Posts Tagged portable media player
Mu Space concept music player turns into a pillow
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on February 3rd, 2010
You’ve heard of Mu Space, right? It’s that social networking site that no one wants to visit anymore because they went straight to Facebook after they graduated high school.
I’m kidding, of course. According to my source, the Mu Space is a music player that transforms into a bed, but it really transforms into a pillow if you see it open. I’ve included an additional pic after the jump so you can see exactly how the user is supposed to use it.
As you can see, it resembles a bowling ball holder without the zipper when shut, but looks like a very flat and comfortable helmet/pillow when open. From there, the user just chills out with their tunes playing at their ears.
Right now, the Mu Space is merely a concept, so I don’t know how exactly the music gets downloaded onto the helmet, as I do not see any USB ports, mini-USB or otherwise.
I like the idea of comfortably listening to tunes without headphones, but I honestly can’t say that I have an occasion for this. After all, would you feel comfortable lying down in a coffee house or on a city street while you listen to your music in this fashion? Chances are, someone would probably come up to you and say that you are loitering.
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Samsung IceTouch PMP with transparent AMOLED screen
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on January 5th, 2010
Right now, I am writing from Las Vegas, and waiting for CES 2010 to officially begin. I’ll be attending CES Unveiled later this afternoon, where I will get a lot of “sneak peaks” at new products. In the meantime, there have been a lot of new products that have been getting leaked to the media.
For example, the IceTouch (YP-H1) from Samsung. This is a new PMP with “the world’s first 2-inch, full-color, transparent Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) touch-screen display”. Yes, someone finally made a PMP with a completely transparent screen, and that someone was Samsung. Be sure that the history books are updated.
The IceTouch can function as “a DVD-quality video player, studio quality audio player, an ultra-portable photo album, and FM radio and even a portable storage device”. It supports such audio formats as MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, AAC, M4A, MP3HD codecs, as well as video playback for MPEG4, WMV, H.264, Xvid and Divx file formats.
The IceTouch has 16GB worth of memory, and the user interacts with it using a “TouchWiz Sweep” Interface. I’m not certain what that is, but it is “designed to provide a comfortable grip and give users new options for interacting with their player”.
The IceTouch comes in white with customizable skins of pink, blue, purple, and grey. It will be on display at Samsung’s booth at CES, but there is no word on a price or date of availability.
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Onda VX520 portable media player
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on December 6th, 2009
Another day, another portable media player comes along that tries to unseat the iPod range (iPod classic and iPod touch) as the portable media player of choice, but this time round the Onda VX520 fails to do just that. Not that it isn’t of any good for that matter – no sir, after all, it supports 720p videos albeit coming with a rather tiny 3″ LCD display. On the other hand, you can always hook it up to your HDTV via its HDMI out port for a high definition experience wherever you go. No idea on pricing, but it does support a wide range of video files including RMVB, AVI, DAT, FLV, MOV and MKV.
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FINIS Next Generation SwiMP3 Player uses bone conduction technology
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on September 18th, 2009
I realize that summer is over in some parts of the world, but for those who are still swimming, this next product is for you. Especially if you want to listen to music in the water. You can now have the best of both worlds with FINIS SwiMP3 player.
This isn’t the first time that we have reported on the SwiMP3 player, or an MP3 Player that can play underwater. I think this is the first time we reported on one that uses bone conduction technology, which we have also reported on in the past.
Bone conduction doesn’t require the user to stick anything in their ear to have good music, but relies on vibrations on the skin that somehow relays the sound to your brain.
In the case of the next generation SwiMP3 player, the bone conduction apparatus fits directly on the side of the swimmer’s goggles. All the controls such as play, pause, advance tracks are all on the ear.
Just to let you know, there is only 1GB worth of storage on this guy, but how many tunes are you really going to listen to when you take a dip, anyway?
You should be able to get the FINIS next generation SwiMP3 player for about $150.
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Nest Box with IR Camera
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on May 22nd, 2009
Is there anything more bonding to a father/son relationship than the building of a birdhouse? Maybe before the digital age, but now the birdhouse has been made technologically efficient.
As you can see, this nest box has tiny camera inside of it, so you can actually see what is going on inside of it. It is an IR camera, so you can view what is going on during the night and the day.
This camera also has a transmitter with a range of 328 feet to the included base station. This base station can be connected to any display with RCA input, and you can watch a nest like it was a Discovery Channel program.
Of course, there is no guarantee that you will have some good footage of the birdies with this peeping tom camera. I wonder if the birds have any idea that they and their babies are on a reality TV show. You might want to figure out a way to record it, as you could easily miss the episode where the eggs hatch.
You will have to connect the camera to a power supply, unless you want to use the battery pack. By the way, the battery pack is only good for about two hours. The Nest Box with IR Camera is available at the Pro-Idee site for about $211.
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DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on May 22nd, 2009
Asus will be offering new motherboards from the P5Q Turbo and M4 Series that boast the DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC feature. Granted, we too haven’t really heard about what DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC is all about so here’s a quick primer.
DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC uses advanced post-processing technology to deliver an incredible surround effect from just two speakers or headphones. The post-processing contains significant psycho-acoustic information that alters human perception, making one believe that sounds are actually occurring outside the boundaries of the two-speaker system or headphones. Developed with a key understanding of acoustics and years of knowledge in dealing with the properties of sound, DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC creates a three-dimensional wall of sound that exceeds the limitations of just two speakers for an optimal surround sound experience. DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC also supplements the weakened stereo image and ambience of digitally compressed audio, while keeping the monaural components (such as solo vocals) unchanged.
Sounds like something worth having in our computers, although for the masses, the current crop of integrated audio system is more than adequate to cater to their aural needs.
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LG HB954TBW Blu-Ray Player includes iPod dock
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets, iPod Gadgets on May 22nd, 2009
Sometimes the most ingenious technological advances are really the most obvious. Case in point, the LG HB954TBW Blu-ray 5.1 Home Theater Combo.
I am assuming that it is called a Combo because this Blu-Ray player has a unique feature of a slide-out iPod dock. This feature really is obvious, really. Does anyone know if this is the first Blu-Ray player to offer such a painfully obvious feature? I would have thought that an iPod dock would have been a standard in all DVD players by now.
Unfortunately, my sources don’t have much information about the HB954TBW other than that. Most of them have said that it accepts all iPod models, but it is sketchy about whether or not it will accept the iPhone.
However, the real question is whether or not this will play video content from the iPod on the player. The next question would be what quality the video would be?
According to my source, the LG HB954TBW was on display at CES. However, I remember visiting the LG booth, and I don’t remember seeing it there at all. Well, it did take up a lot of conference space.
We do know one thing: the price. It should be about $1,000, and it will only be sold in Korea.
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The iRock Mini Guitar Amp works as iPod speaker
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets, iPod Gadgets on May 22nd, 2009
There are times that those of you that are skilled with playing the guitar, that you don’t want to lug out your full sized amp. That’s where this iRock would come in handy. It’s not going to be anything overly special, but it does make it so that you can hear your electric guitar either through the speaker or through headphones. Making it ideal for a quiet practice session that won’t disturb anyone. Plus it does double duty by doubling as an iPod speaker.
Since it does hook up to your iPod as well, it’d definitely be worth the money. As far as amp specifications go it has all the usual features, including an overdrive distortion and volume control. It plugs directly into your guitar, and there is no extra cord needed. Then if you want to be even more quiet, just pop some headphones into the speaker. For $24.95, it’d be worth picking up to give it a try.
Source: ChipChick
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The Wall Mounted CD Player might be a bit outdated
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets on May 22nd, 2009
I feel confident in stating that a very large portion of the general public considers CDs to be an outdated technology. So with that in mind, that’d make something like this, in which case the only function is to play CDs doubly outdated. After all, although some of us still have a CD or two lying around, they could at the very least toss in an FM radio. Instead though, they bank on that someone not willing to give up on their CD collection will be drawn in by the chic look of this CD player.
After all, this does look plenty chic, as far as looks go, I really can’t complain. It mounts to a wall and plays your music through the speakers. The volume and search controls are located at the very top of the CD player, which keeps the face of it nice and clean. That is besides that it shows the CD, which would give you a way to proudly show off your favorite music. Sadly though, this CD player gets even more ridiculous. To purchase it, it’s going to cost you $178 from Muji. I can’t see many being willing to pay that for a device that’s already plenty out of date.
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iPod nano Converter TV
Posted by admin in Audio Gadgets, iPod Gadgets on May 22nd, 2009
Ever wished you could upgrade your iPod nano (the third generation in particular) to come with a much larger screen so that you need not squint your eyes each time you want to watch a video on it? Well, thankfully there is a retro-looking upgrade known as the iPod nano Converter TV that offers another 2.8” of viewing real estate through the use of a magnifier, alongside two tiny built-in speakers for external stereo audio. Be warned though, whatever aesthetics the iPod nano has will be completely destroyed when you attach it to the £14.99 iPod nano Converter TV.
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