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The D-roll, or "digital roll," is what designer Hao Hua considers to be a "next generation laptop design," as it does away with the book-like form factor in favor of one mimicking an artist's scroll. Whether or not something like...
POSTED Monday, April 6, 2009
Believe it or not, summer is coming. No really, it is. And whether or not your body is swimsuit ready, the pool parties are coming. Grace Digital Audio has a fun way to get the party started, without the danger...
POSTED Monday, April 6, 2009
Musicians have always had a problem getting amplified sound in many venues. Their choices were to plug into a questionable existing system, lug around a heavy amplifier, or going unplugged. Bose has a new system that will be a godsend...
POSTED Friday, April 3, 2009
Who doesn't want to be a rock star? Anyone? Didn't think so. Now, you can make it a reality with this series of functioning mini amplifiers, modeled after the real powerhouses your fav guitar hero uses. The Marshall half-stack and...
POSTED Friday, April 3, 2009
Jeff Gerstmann and the crew over at Giant Bomb got their hot little hands on a DSi before Nintendo's highly anticipated handheld hits the shelves this Sunday. Their verdict? It's svelte and awesome just as expected, and — as we...
POSTED Friday, April 3, 2009
If you're looking for some wireless freedom without the bulk, Jabra is coming out with a set of Bluetooth headphones the company's calling HALO, though it's not officially endorsed by Master Chief. Due out in May for $130, the stereo...
POSTED Thursday, April 2, 2009
On the crowded Japanese train system the only thing you'll see commuters obsessively staring at more than their super-advanced cell phones is the portable gaming system known as the Nintendo DS. Now a new device called the Health Control Game...
POSTED Thursday, April 2, 2009
April Fool's Day. It's the Super Bowl of pranksters, when everybody — gadget sites included — tries to fool people into believing absurd and ridiculous stories. And then sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Sometimes we hear about a product...
POSTED Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Everything's going HD these days. TV, radio, even cosmetics. Now the lowly MP3 file has gone HD. MP3HD is a new format developed by Thomson, the folks who helped develop the original MP3 format. MP3HD uses lossless data compression, meaning...
POSTED Thursday, March 26, 2009
Nokia recently held a design competition for headphones, encouraging designers to base their imaginings on their favorite music. What resulted were some truly insane designs. The one above, for example, is called "I'm Flying" and is based on I Believe...
POSTED Wednesday, March 25, 2009
That Kindle 2 — we love it, especially for reading books without pictures. But for magazines, blogs and newspapers, color is essential, and that's where this Fujitsu FLEPia e-book reader represents a breakthrough, towering over all the rest. Shipping...
POSTED Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Osaka University inventor Kazuhiro Taniguchi has just unveiled a new way of controlling your earphones called the "Mimi Switch." The unit's infrared sensors detect the movements your face makes when smiling, winking or changing your facial expression and translates those...
POSTED Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Ever wonder why vinyl albums died? Could it be because they weren't portable? Probably not, but imagine how cool it would be if turntables were portable. How much more entertaining would it be to see your favorite scratch artist moving...
POSTED Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Here's some inspiration for those entering our Steampunk Cylon contest: that's a fully-functional first-generation iPod underneath that magnificent steampunk modification. Doctor Grimm's Eye-Pod Victrola has a horn speaker that actually blasts out the tunes when you mount the elaborate music...
POSTED Friday, March 13, 2009
Now that Apple's unveiled its latest iPod that just happens to need special earphones in order to work properly, lo and behold accessory makers are tripping over themselves to make them. Today Klipsch and Scoche both announced they'd be releasing...
POSTED Thursday, March 12, 2009
Recently, a couple of Target employees stole a bunch of digital music players from the store where they worked. By a ratio of five to one, they preferred iPods over "similar Microsoft devices." Is that being a bit harsh on...
POSTED Thursday, March 12, 2009
Lithium ion batteries are in all kinds of consumer gadgetry, from digital cameras to video game controllers. They're also in cars, but the time it takes to charge an electric automobile — several hours at least — hasn't really swayed...
POSTED Thursday, March 12, 2009
Jarring us fully awake as we took our first sip of coffee this morning, Apple announced a new version of the iPod Shuffle. The Shuffle, already the smallest of the iPod family, got even smaller, now pretty much the size...
POSTED Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Can an iPod speaker system be adorable? Absolutely, if it's concealed in a cute and cuddly bear. This featureless bear has controls in its ear and front paws. Is it just me, or is the lack of a face just...
POSTED Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Remember the days when "video projector" meant the same as "big, heavy thing you have to lug around?" Well, Taiwanese company Aiptek has just unveiled an updated version of a pocket projector that can display big pictures. The aptly named...
POSTED Monday, March 9, 2009
The debut of the Kindle 2 and the subsequent release of the Kindle software for the iPhone proves that the world is finally ready for the mainstreaming of eBook readers. Nevertheless, most book fans in Asia still don't have the...
POSTED Thursday, March 5, 2009
It looks like '09 is going to be an innovative year for Asus. The company, which heralded the age of the netbook in the US with its original Eee PC, is turning that keyboard-in-a-PC concept we showed you into a...
POSTED Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Fuel cells are alive and well at Sony, evidenced by the kooky prototypes the shrinking Japanese giant rolled out today at the Fuel Cell Expo 2009 in Tokyo. What you see here are a couple of fuel cell-powered speakers and...
POSTED Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Join us in admiring the understated beauty of this Lisse T10 media player from Myracer. Designed by the same artists who create those gorgeous Cowan media players, this one's not just a pretty face. It plays Xvid and DiVx files,...
POSTED Monday, February 23, 2009
You remember audio cassettes, don't you? Of course you do. They weren't the greatest audio format, but they did bring us mix tapes, and I doubt there are many people from a certain generation who don't have a fondness for...
POSTED Wednesday, February 18, 2009
If you are among the paranoid tech enthusiasts who are love with gadgets, but fearful of the mysterious electronic waves being sent into your skull, the new Adtec Bluetooth wrist speakerphone might be exactly what you've been looking for. Offered...
POSTED Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Well it's about time fuddy-duddy Microsoft hopped up with the hepcats and finally redesigned that stodgy Windows Mobile interface. And what a bang-up job the Redmondians have done with this version 6.5 of its cell phone operating system. It's not...
POSTED Monday, February 16, 2009
These Philips SHB 7110 earphones are swank enough for us to get over our loathing of Bluetooth. There's a microphone in there somewhere, and with a single touch you can tap into a cell phone call while you're listening to...
POSTED Monday, February 16, 2009
DVICE writers take a closer look at the latest tech trends in our weekly column, Shift. Kindle the Second has been unveiled. OK, I know you're probably sick of hearing about it, so I'll come straight to the point: I'm...
POSTED Thursday, February 12, 2009
Thanko, fine purveyors of the weirdest USB gadgets on the planet, has stepped up its game with the introduction of the Miseal Mini-Projector. Offering 800x600 resolution, the projector comes with a speaker dock, projector stand, easily hooks up to your...
POSTED Thursday, February 12, 2009
Remember all those ghosts you loved to hate in Pac-Man? Well, now you can immortalize that love forever with the Speakal iBoo iPod speaker dock — not officially licensed — out now for only $90. The iBoo comes in red,...
POSTED Wednesday, February 11, 2009
The Kindle 2 has been revealed, and though it has some impressive new features, it's far from perfect. Don't get us wrong — it's a great device for today — but the black-and-white screen and clunky keyboard has us...
POSTED Tuesday, February 10, 2009
iStik's iPod nano case lets you stick your iPod anywhere on your person, assuming you're not a nudist. The iStik uses magnets to keep your iPod in place on your clothing, so no more worries about your iPod bouncing loose...
POSTED Tuesday, February 10, 2009
While the rest of the world is panting over the sexy new Kindle 2, Fujitsu has been working on the future of newspapers for the last couple of years with their own "electronic paper" solution. Now in partnership with SoftBank...
POSTED Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen The Reader with Kate Winslet, and do intend to someday, skip the first paragraph. Seriously, stop reading now! If she hadn't hung herself, Hanna Schmitz, Kate Winslet's illiterate character in The Reader would have...
POSTED Monday, February 9, 2009
The Amazon Kindle 2 bursts onto the scene with impressive new features, but it's not alone. There are already plenty of e-readers on the market — and even more coming — each with its own abilities, shape and pricing. So...
POSTED Monday, February 9, 2009
Fresh from its intro in New York this morning, here's a size comparison of Amazon's Kindle 2 e-reader. The purple rectangle in the illustration is the Kindle 2, the gray rectangle is the original Kindle. Both are compared to the...
POSTED Monday, February 9, 2009
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos this morning unveiled the next-generation Kindle, the company's e-reading device that first appeared in November 2007. The new Kindle improves upon the old one by making the chassis even thinner, increasing the battery life, jacking up...
POSTED Monday, February 9, 2009
Today, Amazon has a big announcement, and the smart money says the company will unveil the new model of its electronic reader, Kindle 2.0. Amazon's Kindle is a surprisingly popular electronic reader that Amazon itself is having a hard time...
POSTED Monday, February 9, 2009
Today's almost-certain unveiling of Amazon's second-generation Kindle e-reader has us pretty darn excited. Why? It's the iPhone of the e-reader world in that it's the most usable and marketable unit out there, and a second release of the Kindle means...
POSTED Monday, February 9, 2009
Netbooks are going to be hot this year, with both Dell and Sony — among others — trying to get in on the Asus Eee PC and its success as a cheap, functional laptop for light computer use. So how...
POSTED Friday, February 6, 2009
Nothing says "class" like putting wood on a gadget. It makes it look nice, more expensive, and better constructed. Sure, wood doesn't really make gadgets perform any better than regular plastic, but it just looks so natural. And you can't...
POSTED Thursday, February 5, 2009
While it may be true that scientists have engineered real cockroaches that will one day robotically do your bidding, most of us still don't have access to such dark research designed to harness the power of the hated pest. Luckily,...
POSTED Thursday, February 5, 2009
2008 was a good year for gadgets, and we're hoping that '09 will be just as impressive. We're only a month in so far, but Palm, Dell, Sony and even Amazon have all dropped hints about what the companies have...
POSTED Wednesday, February 4, 2009
From Japan comes this curious cube-shaped MP3 player, which is entirely motion-controlled. It's actually very clever, even if it does seem to do away with the portable aspects of an MP3 player. Tip it and tap it to advance or...
POSTED Wednesday, January 28, 2009
What's surprising about the mobiBlu UFO portable music player isn't its flying-saucer shape — it's that mobiBlu is still making portable music players. Previous products from the creatively capitalized manufacturer have boasted some impressive specs, but the UFO (Model A10)...
POSTED Wednesday, January 28, 2009
If you've ever searched for a portable speaker for your MP3 player, you know that most are big, ugly affairs. The Music Balloon is a colorful alternative — that is, if you like describing your gear as expensive and underpowered....
POSTED Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Japan will be adding red, green, blue and yellow PSP-3000s to the units already on the shelves. The bad news? Yeah, it's only for Japan. The RGBY PSPs will cost around $220, or come bundled with a 4 GB memory...
POSTED Monday, January 26, 2009
Part of the fun of watching the new Battlestar Galactica is seeing how the show tweaks contemporary things just a bit to give them an alternate universe/sci-fi edge (i.e. beveled paper edges, etc.). Similarly, the new Sigma APO hexagonal Bluetooth...
POSTED Friday, January 23, 2009
Perfect for those who prefer the cuter side of geek culture, Tiger Electronics has announced the new I-Turtle. Like its predecessor the I-Dog, the tiny device primarily functions as an external speaker for your digital music player. In addition to...
POSTED Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Eee PC Keyboard is, from what we can tell, just a concept that the company was or is throwing around. It's billed as a full computer inside a keyboard, and even has a 5-inch touchscreen off to the side...
POSTED Friday, January 16, 2009
Earbuds are a great way to listen to music on a portable device, because they're easy to store and often cause a tight seal with your ear, drowning out the outside world and allowing you to listen to music at...
POSTED Thursday, January 15, 2009
2009 looks like it's going to be a hot year for functional and affordable netbooks. Sony, as the company is wont to do, is at least aiming for functional with its Vaio Pocket. Though it's coming out in February, Sony...
POSTED Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Korean audio specialists Digifi have released a new tool for your iPod or iPhone designed to eliminate the clutter and leave your hands free for those treasured air guitar sessions. The new Opera S5 wireless headphones were unveiled just last...
POSTED Tuesday, January 13, 2009
The mini-projector space continues to heat up with the introduction of Wowwee's new Cinemin series of projectors all designed to support your iPod or iPhone. The projector product line includes the Cinemin Swivel ($299) with an adjustable 90-degree hinge for...
POSTED Monday, January 12, 2009
You won't have to look for a big blank wall in a dark room to project a movie onto using Samsung's MBP200 pico projector - it has its own 2.2-inch LCD screen and a little speaker. But this pico...
POSTED Sunday, January 11, 2009
Earbuds were all over the place this year - cheap, almost disposable ones with a sound to match, or incredibly high-end devices with prices that practically hurt. Hitting a nice sweet spot are the Shure SE115 earphones. At just...
POSTED Saturday, January 10, 2009
Taiwanese electronic manufacturer Ozaki had a curious little character on display: President-Elect Barack Obama. We found him wearing a shirt that said "change" and Ba-rocking out to his iPod One, which played videos of his promotional campaign material including...
POSTED Saturday, January 10, 2009
In a world of plastic, throwaway gear, Audio-Technica is bringing out headphones with a very distinctive difference. They use wooden housings, bringing a luxurious sense of quality that plastic just can't compete with. The ATH-EW9 are clip-on headphones with...
POSTED Saturday, January 10, 2009
Don't get me wrong — I love Panasonic. They make the best plasma HDTVs for the money, and the company produces unpretentious proficient products. But a portable Blu-ray player? Yes, a lot of people wondered about the utility of...
POSTED Friday, January 9, 2009
There's a place for crappy earbuds, but equally, there's most likely a place for truly high-end headphones. The Sennheiser HD 800 headphones stand out as a way to hear the details and nuances that are impossible to perceive on the...
POSTED Friday, January 9, 2009
Knowing just how crappy sound quality can get when compressed onto an MP3 player or mobile phone, Dolby has developed a new technology to bring back some of what was lost in translation. Dolby Mobile does a variety of things...
POSTED Thursday, January 8, 2009
By adding a haptic interface to the already awesome YP-P2, Samsung has made a compelling portable media player, the YP-P3. Bluetooth allows for the player to be used as a cellular hands-free kit and also supports stereo audio. Sizes...
POSTED Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Panasonic's DMP-B15 is slated to be the world's first portable Blu-ray player to hit the market when it comes out in May. It has an 8.9-inch screen and features the same integrated Internet and Viera Cast technology that allows...
POSTED Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Touted as the future of reading when it debuted, the Amazon Kindle e-reader has been on sale for about a year. I want to know: How well did it do? Neither Amazon nor its PR agency is telling anyone...
POSTED Thursday, January 1, 2009
Own a Zune? Well, I hope you weren't counting on using it today, because last night at 2am, every single 30GB Zune stopped working at the same time. Oh my god, it's Z2K! No one seems to know just what...
POSTED Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Unless you happen to be an impressive 500 times the size of your average human being, you'll probably use these oversized earbuds as regular speakers. Vaguely called the 500XL Desktop Speakers, there's nothing much here besides a gimmicky design...
POSTED Friday, December 26, 2008
You may remember that tease Sony was playing earlier this week about its non-netbook netbook, showing us a mere shape of the upcoming tinybook? Now the company accidentally leaked a couple of pics and a few specs on its...
POSTED Friday, December 26, 2008
We're thinking e-readers such as the $359 Amazon Kindle and $280ish Sony Reader would be more popular if they just didn't cost so much. Addressing that concern is the PDF-reading eSlick, a $230 reader that might be somewhat of...
POSTED Wednesday, December 24, 2008
If you are one of those travelers unable to get home for the holidays and need to snuggle up with some choice movies the new Castrade Mini-LED Projector (CV-MP01) offers a convenient way to get that movie theater feel at...
POSTED Monday, December 22, 2008
I took a stab at explaining why Bluetooth headphones haven't taken off a couple of months ago. One of the big things that people have a problem is the setup process. It's typically not hard, but it's an extra...
POSTED Wednesday, December 17, 2008
You can always depend on the numerous gadget companies hailing from Japan to come up with the coolest tech you'll never need but definitely want. The latest example of this comes in the form of the Yorozu Audio Universal Speaker...
POSTED Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Most headphones look the same. You're either going to get standard-issue earbuds or standard-issue over-the-ear headphones. That's not the case with Perfect Unison's beautiful wooden headphones, which are adorned with custom screen printings by the Dutch artist Parra. There are...
POSTED Thursday, December 11, 2008
The era of handheld flexible displays just got a little closer when HP rolled out this prototype it developed with the Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University. Said to be unbreakable, the plastic scrolling screens use HP's self-aligned...
POSTED Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Back in the summer we told you about the new Korg DS-10 synthesizer software for the Nintendo DS. Now an outgoing Japanese geek named Jetdaisuke has uploaded video of an innovation originally cooked up by Korg engineer Kanamori-san that allows...
POSTED Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The folks at Strapya World have figured out a way for financially strapped geeks to save money and simultaneously serve their tech lust with the introduction of the Tetris and Atari Breakout Arcade Gaming Piggy Banks. The mini-arcade machines require...
POSTED Monday, December 8, 2008
If you're going to get a big name to design headphones for you, you probably want someone who's ears you trust. Someone who knows a thing or two about how music should sound. How about Dr. Dre? Yeah, I trust...
POSTED Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Nokia rolled out its next generation of smartphones, with more power, more features and stronger specs. The Nokia N97's 3.5-inch touchscreen has a 640 x 360 (16:9) display, and gives you subtle buzzing haptic feedback with every touch. It's...
POSTED Tuesday, December 2, 2008
No, this is not some vaporous design concept. It's the Cowon S9 Curve, a portable media player that will actually be available in the U.S. sometime this month. Setting it apart is its 3.3-inch AMOLED (Active Matrix Organic Light...
POSTED Monday, December 1, 2008
With venerable print journals like PC Magazine folding into online-only operations, many old school media titans are looking for an escape hatch and Samsung may have the key. At Japan's recent FPD International 2008 tech conference, the Korean cell phone...
POSTED Monday, November 24, 2008
If you like thumping bass, you know you need a pretty heavy-duty subwoofer to get your kicks. But what if you're using headphones? There's no room for subwoofers in those, so you've got to just deal with the lack of...
POSTED Friday, November 21, 2008
We've had a couple of days to play with the BlackBerry Storm, Research in Motion's answer to the iPhone. It's the first all-touchscreen, no-keyboard BlackBerry. And let's be clear: It's no iPhone. Its web browser is slow, and you...
POSTED Thursday, November 20, 2008
The next phase of personal cinema has arrived with the debut of the Optoma pocket projector PK 101. The compact device connects to a wide range of digital video sources (including iPods) and allows you to instantly project videos or...
POSTED Thursday, November 20, 2008
One look at the HP TouchSmart tx2 notebook, and you'll want to get your hands on one, literally. Its 12.1" widescreen display swivels into a tablet, and lets you use two fingers to expand and pinch graphics, rotate and...
POSTED Wednesday, November 19, 2008
So you've upgraded to the iPod Touch and you're wondering what to do with all those unused gigabytes on your pre-Touch iPod? A perfect second life for your old-Pod comes via the ProTrack handheld recorder for iPod from Alesis. The...
POSTED Monday, November 17, 2008
This XPod active speaker is so small, you could carry it around in your pocket and hardly know it's there. Just a third of an inch thick, the three-inch wide enclosure contains a couple of speakers and a minuscule...
POSTED Friday, November 14, 2008
Ever since I first saw the original Sony Reader — wow, almost three years ago now — the product line has impressed me, technologically. From the E Ink screen that resembles paper to the extremely lightweight design, Sony had...
POSTED Thursday, November 13, 2008
S1 Audio's BudBud MP3 headphones make sharing one iPod a lot easier — or any MP3 player. That's because each set of ear buds comes with a second pair of piggy-backed buds built right in. No need to uncomfortably...
POSTED Tuesday, November 11, 2008
We're fans of JLab Audio's products, and we're not alone. The company's $16 JBuds have been the best-selling earphones on Amazon for two years running. Now the Tucson-based audio company improves those venerable phones with the J2 Premium Hi-Fi...
POSTED Friday, November 7, 2008
The Mintpad is a curious little device. A tiny little screen that you carry around, it takes the age-old practice of passing notes into the digital realm. How is that different from texting or IMs? Simple — the Mintpad's...
POSTED Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Cold weather walkers and runners, rejoice! Behind-the-head ear muff headphones have been improved, made more colorful, and modernized in the form of Stereo Toasters, keeping those ears warm while blasting your tunes from your music player. We're into coldy-walks,...
POSTED Friday, October 31, 2008
Even the brightest cell phone screens can be tough to see in bright sunlight, getting washed out and impossible to read. You end up having to shade the screen with your hand, which is annoying and makes it tough to...
POSTED Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Sony released a new revision of the PSP last week, which features "a new, more vibrant LCD screen". Yeah, sure it does. So when it showed up today, I figured I'd have a look and bring you a tale...
POSTED Wednesday, October 22, 2008
It might take a few years (or decades) for this iBangle design concept to end up on your wrist, but for the time being, we can stare in astonishment at its ambitious design. You see that blue inner band?...
POSTED Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Moving one step towards a greener future, literally, Japanese telecom giant NTT Docomo has unveiled a prototype shoe that generates enough energy to perpetually power a portable music player. The shoe has a small generator attached to water filled soles...
POSTED Monday, October 20, 2008
Is it us, or isn't it a bit ironic that the same week Sony's newest Playstation Portable (PSP-3000) becomes available, a fantastic design for a future model bursts on the scene? While the PSP-3000 has scant few innovations, this...
POSTED Thursday, October 16, 2008
Now that Sirius and XM have merged, there's a new crop of satellite radios emerging. Here's one from Pioneer, the XMp3 that can act like a TiVo, snagging recordings of five of your favorite stations at the same time....
POSTED Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Nikon has unveiled the latest, and perhaps the best, in Borg wanna-be accessories called the Media Port UP. The multimedia headset allows users to view video (up to 120 minutes of uninterrupted playback), and listen to music (up to 270...
POSTED Tuesday, October 7, 2008
The e-reader market is getting livelier every day. No sooner had Sony updated its Reader last week than we see these leaked shots of the Amazon Kindle 2. Gone is that sculpted, angular look of its predecessor, and according...
POSTED Monday, October 6, 2008
Until now digital readers have been a great idea whose time hasn’t quite come. The good news: every new model gets better, and Sony’s latest Reader, the PRS-700, is the company's best yet. It has the dimensions of a...
POSTED Thursday, October 2, 2008
Nokia scrambles to catch up to the iPhone with its Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone, also known as "the Tube." While its 3.2-inch haptic touch screen and 3.2-megapixel auto-focusing camera are impressive, our buddy John Biggs at CrunchGear was disappointed...
POSTED Thursday, October 2, 2008
How would you like to be able to add movies to your Netflix queue from anywhere? You know, you're out at a restaurant eating dinner with a friend and they mention a film you've just gotta see. Instead of trying...
POSTED Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Archos, known for its multi-talented portable video players, has just busted out a new one: the Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet. The shiny player can be equipped with attachments that turn it into a digital video recorder, TV set,...
POSTED Friday, September 26, 2008
Behold the new T-Mobile G1 phone in motion here, showing it from every angle in all its glory. We're nuts about its push Gmail, Google Maps integration, MP3 store, the first few apps and the $179 phone's slide-out keyboard,...
POSTED Tuesday, September 23, 2008
You might wonder why we don't see more fashion-meets-tech devices considering the advances we've made in recent years. The new Sound Lives Magnetic Earphones from Thanko might provide some explanation. Offered in a variety of styles including soccer ball, skull...
POSTED Friday, September 19, 2008
You may recall SRS Labs, maker of sound-processing software. No? Well, SRS Labs makes sound-processing software, which is supposed to beef up your audio. Their processing is built into a lot of devices — from TVs to sound cards...
POSTED Thursday, September 18, 2008
Back in the old days, a 16-track mixing board took up the space of a ping pong table, but not anymore. The 20 faders of this Yamaha digital mixer fit handily onto the screen of this Nokia N810 Internet...
POSTED Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Notice you don't see many "unboxing" videos on DVICE. There's a good reason for that. They're stupid. Check out this one, the most realistic one yet, which serves as a lampoon of the futility of the whole worshipful unboxing...
POSTED Monday, September 15, 2008
We've been hearing a lot of talk and seeing a handful of demos of pocket-sized projectors, but now there's one going on sale September 30th. The first one out of the gate is from 3M, hawking its MPro110 model...
POSTED Monday, September 15, 2008
Fancy headphone makers Skullcandy have just unveiled a new set of headphones that come with an embedded portable media player, removing the need for wires of any kind. The portable media player slides into one side of the headphones, and...
POSTED Friday, September 12, 2008
Those super-sharp 3mm-thin Sony OLED TVs captured our imagination, big time. The real eye-opener is the company's demo of a group of completely wireless versions of the screen that run on battery power. The 11-inch displays include an HDTV...
POSTED Thursday, September 11, 2008
SanDisk's new 32GB SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash card hopes to draw folks such as serious video professionals, who often have to store and access large, raw files. At 32 GB, it has almost as much storage as plenty of...
POSTED Thursday, September 11, 2008
When we all started texting on numerical pads, we needed a system to make it bearable. T9 texting, the system of predictive text that made tying on a number pad doable, revolutionized texting. And now the guy behind it,...
POSTED Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Ho hum. Another September, another iPod Nano launch. We've seen them again and again, and we're pretty bored with the whole affair. Sure, the new Nano is decked out in nine pretty colors, and we even like its curvy...
POSTED Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Love it or hate it, the iPod has blazed quite the trail in the MP3 player world. Every other player wants to be the iPod, and Apple has managed to stay ahead of the pack by continuing to innovate...
POSTED Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Compare the new tall-boy iPod nano 4g (90.75 x 38.75 x 6.2mm) to its predecessor, the nearly-square nano 3g (69.8 x 52.3 x 6.5mm) of days gone by. And for those of you who aren't iPod/Apple fanatics, here are...
POSTED Tuesday, September 9, 2008
What just happened? Apple's iPod Classic — the one that looks the most like the original — used to come in two sizes: 80GB and 160GB. Today Apple upgraded the smaller model to 120GB ($249) but discontinued the larger...
POSTED Tuesday, September 9, 2008
The trusty iPod Touch (essentially an iPhone minus the phone) just got updated, bringing its case design in line with the iPhone 3G's (though keeping the steel backside) and adding a couple of bells and whistles of its own....
POSTED Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Apple has just unveiled its new iPod Nano line, as expected, redesigning the venerable portable audio player to make it tall and skinny. It has a large screen, taking up half of the surface of the front of the...
POSTED Tuesday, September 9, 2008
While everybody is all a-twitter about Apple's announcements of new iPods and other stuff happening in just a couple of hours, the first rollouts we heard about due today were from Microsoft, accidentally leaking word a month ago of a...
POSTED Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Here's the next generation of e-reader, taking the same E Ink tech used in the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader to the next level. Made by Plastic Logic, this flexible (but not foldable) electronic newspaper is the size of...
POSTED Monday, September 8, 2008
Are you really, really paranoid about having your iPod stolen? Well, Master Lock is here to capitalize on your fears. Its new iCage is a lock that holds your iPod and locks it to anything you have handy, from your...
POSTED Monday, September 8, 2008
If you're hanging out outside in the evening, two things are important to have: light and music. Well, and food and booze, but just work with me on this. This wireless outdoor speaker with a nightlight provides both of the...
POSTED Thursday, September 4, 2008
Sony’s Bravia line of LCD TVs sure does span the size landscape, from huge room-filling HDTVs down to this tiny Mini Bravia XDV-W600 LCD TV. Its 4-inch flat panel can go where few TVs have gone before, even surviving...
POSTED Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Designer Vivien Muller's Solar Cell Tree Charger takes a page from nature, using solar panels as leaves that'll allow it to soak up energy from the sun. Leave it by your window and you have a renewable solution for...
POSTED Friday, August 29, 2008
Our recent post about the upcoming iPod nano attracted some of the craziest comments we’ve ever seen, many of which must have oozed from the steaming cracks of some hellish Internet from an alternate universe. We feel your pain,...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
Now you can service your crazy USB device fetish and ignore the haters at the same time using Thanko's new Sound Lives Stereo Earphones. The USB-powered earphones feature a small external microphone designed to pick up and cancel ambient noise,...
POSTED Thursday, August 28, 2008
Normally we’re not rumormongers here at DVICE, but this time we have two pieces of supporting evidence of a new iPod nano in the works, so here goes. First we hear Digg’s social networking guru Kevin Rose saying he’s...
POSTED Monday, August 25, 2008
One of the most annoying things about carrying around a portable music player like an iPod everywhere you go is that when you're finished listening to music, you need to find a place to put your headphones. Do you bunch...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
If you thought mere instant messaging would be enough to slake the digital thirst of children in this age of emerging tech you haven't been paying attention. Apparently, even children must now be equipped with multi-function smart devices and Bandai...
POSTED Friday, August 22, 2008
While most people believe that vacuum tubes went away decades ago along with propeller-driven airliners and rotary telephones, in truth hardcore music lovers (and guitar players) have long embraced tubes for their sonic properties. After the Cold War ended,...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Sony has a new version of its PlayStation Portable coming out, called the PSP-3000. If you were hoping for any major changes — such as a redesigned button layout for a more comfortable grip or even more power than...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Big sound doesn’t usually come in small packages, but this Soundmatters foxL Pocket Monitor might be able to overcome that limitation. Besides its two “Linear Magnetic Drive Twoofers,” if you hang this bauble around your neck its bass radiator...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Invision phone doesn't look like much. I mean, there's no touchscreen, no slide-out keyboard, no celebrity voices — why should you care? Mainly because it's the cheapest cellphone you can get that includes AT&T's Mobile TV service. We checked...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
So you say your iPod went up in flames due to Apple’s recent janky batteries woes? Have no fear, all iPod refusniks can find a little salvation in two new multi-media player called the Pleigo from Korean manufacturer Axxen. With...
POSTED Wednesday, August 20, 2008
When you listen to headphones, it's not quite the same stereo effect you get from speakers. Each ear only hears one channel, while both ears hear both channels (just at different points and orientation) with speakers. Want that true,...
POSTED Thursday, August 14, 2008
To many people who grew up with it, the Super Nintendo was the best console ever. Sure, it didn't have the flashy 3D graphics that we see on today's consoles, but it had some of the most beloved games of...
POSTED Monday, August 4, 2008
That insane Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) we told you about last month isn't going away. Now the Australian government has taken a liking to the idea of this secretly-negotiated fascism, seriously considering searching iPods and MP3 players at security...
POSTED Thursday, July 31, 2008
You know we must have been right about the iPhone 3G’s short battery life when now there are suddenly several solutions to that problem. Here’s another from Hong Kong dealer in cheapness Brando. This iPhone Power Station doesn’t make...
POSTED Friday, July 25, 2008
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here to witness the beginning of the end of MP3 domination as we know it. Yes, it was surprising to me, too… at last count, I had 3,763 songs in the MP3 format across...
POSTED Thursday, July 24, 2008
The promise of e-readers is great — replacing all your books with one, light device — but they've been around for a while and last I checked my neighborhood Barnes & Noble was doing just fine. A team of...
POSTED Friday, June 27, 2008
One of the most annoying things about the upcoming iPhone 3G is that its Bluetooth abilities are remarkably primitive. Like the previous model, Apple gave it only enough Bluetooth to allow it to pair with a wireless earpiece —...
POSTED Thursday, June 26, 2008
The Sensear SP1 Electronic Ear Plugs work a lot like your ordinary noise-canceling headphones, merged with a hearing aid. The 'phones are designed for professionals who work in dangerous environments — on a carrier's flight deck or at a...
POSTED Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Your car breaks down on a remote road, and your cellphone battery dies. What to do? Flare guns aside, you could strap on the Orange Dance Charge and flail around like a gimp while it uses your body movement...
POSTED Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Billed as the world's smallest karaoke system, Tomy's Hi-Kara device promises to allow you to annoy and astonish music lovers anywhere you go. The tiny cube houses a 2.4-inch screen that displays animations and song lyrics just like a traditional,...
POSTED Thursday, June 19, 2008
It's a common complaint — people love having video portable but can't stand those tiny screens. Well, a compromise is coming: Optoma's Pico projector. Now in the prototype stage, Optoma plans a limited release in Europe this summer with...
POSTED Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Enough about the iPhone penetrating Asia, let's get back to the weird gadgets you can only find in Japan such as the AU Sportio. The cell phone is designed to help you slackers out there stay in shape by counting...
POSTED Thursday, June 12, 2008
When you're as popular as the iPhone, you're bound to have some enemies. The competition is catching up, but the impression the iPhone has made on them is undeniable. Full-bodied touchscreen phones that do more than just enable calls...
POSTED Monday, June 9, 2008
This Rotating Alarm Clock was designed specifically for the iPod Touch and iPhone, accommodating their ambidextrous screen orientation with a versatile clock on board. The iH41 charges up the player and booms out its audio just like all the...
POSTED Friday, May 30, 2008
Call me crazy, but didn't pocket watches fall out of style about 70 years ago? I mean, I'm no historian, but I don't remember the last time I saw somebody bust a pocket watch out of their vest pocket. But...
POSTED Thursday, May 29, 2008
In a somewhat surprising move, Apple has patented a new device-coating solar film that could be used as an alternate method for charging gadgets such as iPhones and iPods. If implemented, it could allow one to lay their phone out...
POSTED Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Those iPod wires never seem to be the right length, getting in the way and cramping your style. Until we can do away with wires altogether, this Wire Button is a design concept that would be a welcome mediator...
POSTED Monday, May 26, 2008
What else can you do with a guitar and amplifier, besides playing "The Star Spangled Banner" in honor of Memorial Day? Hey, let’s make a PC out of that git-box, and flank it with a tiny replica of an...
POSTED Monday, May 26, 2008
Remember Napster, the totally illegal file-sharing program turned legal music subscription site? Yeah, neither did we (or at least we chose not to), until today, when it it launched a music store with 6 million DRM-free tracks for sale...
POSTED Tuesday, May 20, 2008
As Amazon finally makes more Kindle e-book readers available to those eager to plunk down $400 to toss away old-timey paper-n-cardboard books, competitors are coming out of the woodwork. One of the two choices from Astek is the cheapest one...
POSTED Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Looks like our parent company NBC has brushed aside iTunes for its online iPhone viewing, and gone directly to the people. If you navigate to NBC.com on your iPhone’s Safari browser, you can now watch full episodes of 30...
POSTED Thursday, May 8, 2008
Vanessa explores the idea of going "eco-sexy" with some green portables, including a hand-crank charger, a handheld wind turbine and, the emerald aphrodisiac, a backpack with a solar panel.
POSTED Thursday, May 8, 2008
Cellphones and UMPCs are perfectly powerful for some basic handheld gaming, but the trouble arises when you actually try to play games on these business-minded devices. The controls just don't feel right. You cant use a keypad for a...
POSTED Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Reviewers got a chance this week to take a closer look at AT&T's new Mobile TV service, which debuted on LG's new iPhone imitator, the Vu. Feelings about the phone were mixed— some liked the touch screen interface, while...
POSTED Sunday, May 4, 2008
You may remember Kleer, the wireless technology that boasts better specs than Bluetooth, at least as far as audio quality is concerned. It's only appeared in a few products (most notably RCA's JetStream player), but today Kleer's catalog adds...
POSTED Wednesday, April 30, 2008
If you're looking to be able to play your music for your friends from your iPhone or iPod and are also looking to have a way to build a sweet castle out of Legos, there's really only one product to...
POSTED Monday, April 28, 2008
Behold the S2 Pebble, Samsung's newest entry to the cheaper-than-iPod Shuffle MP3 player category. This player has a couple of things going for it. First, it's really, really shiny, and looks like it belongs in your mineral collection. Second,...
POSTED Thursday, April 24, 2008
Does your car stereo still have a cassette deck on board? When was the last time you used it? Never? That's what I thought. But there's no need to let your trusty cassette deck go to waste, even in these...
POSTED Thursday, April 24, 2008
Disclaimer: I want a 3G iPhone. However, like everyone else, I also have a list of things I want Steve "Santa" Jobs to include on future versions of the iPhone, Adobe Flash 9 support being one of them. I...
POSTED Tuesday, April 22, 2008
"Disguise" isn't typically the No. 1 reason you buy a portable iPod speaker, but if you're looking for a speaker that doesn't advertise itself, the Music Mug fits the bill. Operation couldn't be easier: Plug the cable into your...
POSTED Tuesday, April 22, 2008
I hate to drop a word like electroencephalogram on you on a Friday, but you're looking at one. Designed by researchers at the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre in Belgium, the headset provides biofeedback by measuring the electric impulses your brain...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
Hulu, NBC Universal's online video streaming site (disclaimer: Dvice is owned by NBC Universal) may move off the computer and onto mobile devices. That is, if one is to follow the hints laid down by Jason Kilar, the CEO of...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
While your standard iPod dock might work fine in wussy places like offices or kitchens, when you work in a manly environment like a construction zone you need something that won't break if it gets bumped around and a little...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
With all the recent talk of going green leading up to NBC Universal's Earth Week there are probably at least of few of you out there still rebelling against Mother Nature. For the proud SUV truck driving, energy hogging, red...
POSTED Friday, April 18, 2008
Like melon balls wrapped in prosciutto, playing an iPod through such a vacuum-tube amplifier sounds like a ludicrous combination until you actually try it. Perhaps it has something to do with the warm sound of the aged technology of...
POSTED Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Now that summer is right around the corner it's time to figure out which gadgets you'll subject to those wild nights of fizzy mineral water, sandy beaches and playful Cylon Six look-alikes. A good choice would be the new AquaTune...
POSTED Friday, April 11, 2008
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POSTED Thursday, April 10, 2008
A wireless newspaper with a flexible color touchscreen the size of a tabloid may be on the way within the next two years. Media giant Hearst Corp. has been pumping cash into a stealth startup called FirstPaper, whose flagship...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
If you're as obsessed with Disney paraphernalia as certain sci-fi authors, you'll love the new Mplayer Season 2 from iRiver Japan and Disney. The mp3 player comes in 10 colors, has 1 gigabyte of memory, offers USB 2.0 functionality, and...
POSTED Tuesday, April 8, 2008
What do you get the man who's a soccer superstar, an international model and married to a Spice Girl? Why, an iPod Touch - but not just any old iPod. To honor David Beckham's 100-cap in official matches, his...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
As the 1Seg broadcast trend continues to catch on in Japan, watching television on the go has become increasingly common. Serving the emerging niche Panasonic has introduced its new Viera P905iTV handset that mimics the form factor of devices like...
POSTED Friday, April 4, 2008
Digital Foci makes a lot of different-sized digital photo frames, but this Pocket Album is its smallest yet. The tiny trinket with its 1.5” screen is small enough to use as a keychain, holding 74 miniphotos in its decidedly mini...
POSTED Thursday, April 3, 2008
Try as it may, it seems the Zune just can't match up to the iPod. Why not? Well, A.J. Kandy, creative director and prez of King Marketing, posits that Microsoft needs to stop simply following in Apple's footsteps with...
POSTED Thursday, April 3, 2008
Thank goodness the lovely damsel — let’s call her Dawn — wrapped around this Pole Dancer Alarm Clock remains fully clothed, or else all your lady friends visiting your bedroom might think you’re a bit sleazy. Risking your stellar...
POSTED Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Mods don't get much cooler than this, my friends. It's an original NES controller that's turned into an MP3 player, which is cool enough, but when coupled with an original NES cartridge that's been turned into a speaker you get...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
If you like to keep it simple while still showing off your mad scientist side, the Bird Electron DJ6 might be for you. The device has one simple purpose: to get sound to and from your iPod. The only complicated...
POSTED Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Thanko, the Japanese maker of all gadgets weird and sort-of wonderful, has just released its latest creation: the cranking MP3 player. On its surface, it's a pretty mediocre MP3 player, coming with 1GB of storage and no screen for sorting...
POSTED Thursday, March 27, 2008
Maybe Blu-ray and HD DVD wasted too much time fighting it out for the consumer high-def disc market. “I think it’s too late for Blu-ray,” says Laurie Fincham, Chief Scientist at George Lucas’s THX, the standard bearer for only the...
POSTED Wednesday, March 26, 2008
You remember the Solio? That unfolding fan-shaped solar panel that charges up your cellphone, iPod and most other portables? Well, the gadget's getting a long-overdue upgrade: the Solio Magnesium Edition. Gotta hand it to the Solio guys — they...
POSTED Monday, March 24, 2008
If the Sony Reader and Amazon Kindle ebook readers just aren’t doing it for you, now there’s a third choice, the Ectaco jetBook that rolled out today. While this $349.95 reader’s 5-inch screen is smaller than the Sony Reader or...
POSTED Monday, March 24, 2008
Records have always been popular in the audiophile world, where fanatics will spend thousands of dollars on a fancy turntable, but if you're of modest means, there's a more affordable option: the Soundwagon is an oldie-but-a-goodie "record player" that...
POSTED Thursday, March 20, 2008
Designer Jean Hong has a vision for the Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), and it’s taken the form of Pix-L, a device that serves as both alarm clock and bedside browser. Notice how you can prop up the mini-screen for reclined...
POSTED Wednesday, March 19, 2008
If you were looking for a guilt-free alternative to plugging your gadgetry into a wall outlet to charge, then look no further — at least, provided you have some patience. The eMotion Solar PMP is a media player that'll...
POSTED Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Aside from trying furiously to copy the Apple iPod and now iPod Touch design before the device officially makes its local debut, the other Asian gadget trend focuses on releasing devices that look like tasty candy bars. The latest in...
POSTED Tuesday, March 18, 2008
With a look that screams "electric shaver" and a name better suited to a new anti-depressant, the Edirol mp3 player from Roland has so much going against it you just have to love it. The device's more redeeming qualities include...
POSTED Friday, March 14, 2008
Our jaws dropped at LucidTouch, a great see-through touchscreen idea Microsoft showed us last October. Now the company’s photoshopped up a really pretty simulated tablet PC using the technology that lets you see your hands on the other side...
POSTED Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Whether you're honing your podcasting chops to become the next Leo Laporte or in need of a robust recording solution for your next independent film the Sony PCM-D50 is a rugged device likely to suit your needs. The 24-bit recorder...
POSTED Wednesday, March 12, 2008
You probably take your iPod for granted at this point. I mean, iPods have been out for years now and they're pretty ubiquitous. There's nothing crazy or novel about carrying a few thousand songs around with you anymore. But do...
POSTED Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Those looking for that 1970's high-priced audiophile feel in the age of digital simplicity have a new toy in the form of the Gakken Vacuum Tube Amplifier. The device even comes unassembled, allowing you to put together the amp and...
POSTED Tuesday, March 11, 2008
This Mini Speaker is about the size of a hockey puck, and probably sounds about like most of the other small speakers you might plug into your cell phone or iPod. But wait just a minute. This one expands...
POSTED Monday, March 10, 2008
The Backpacker's Diary is meant to allow travelers an easy way to log and share their experiences, and takes the idea of a notebook-inspired personal computer to the next level. Portable just like a laptop, the Diary's functions change depending...
POSTED Wednesday, March 5, 2008
If you just had an ultra-thin voice recorder in your pocket all the time, think of all the things you’d avoid forgetting. Just whisper a reminder into this credit card-sized digital device’s 6.5-millimeter thinness, and your faulty human memory...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
Sega Toys has released a device called the Body Trainer, the only music player that might get you to momentarily step away from your iPod. Sega claims the Body Trainer will boost the effectiveness of your workouts using a monitor...
POSTED Friday, February 29, 2008
Sony ships its MDR-NC500D headphones on March 21, touted as groundbreaking technology. The company sent us a pair just before we hopped on a plane to the annual Sony Open House in Las Vegas, inviting us to take a...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Zu Zu's Petals is a collection of consumer electronics concepts by Bluemap Design that are meant to inject a little natural goodness into the unnaturally-shaped technology world. The various devices of Zu Zu's Petals are presented as if they are...
POSTED Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sony just announced a pretty crazy pair of headphones, the PFR-V1s. These $500 headphones are far from the most stylish things you could wear around, but in terms of sound quality they look to be second to none. What makes...
POSTED Tuesday, February 26, 2008
In the old days there were Tupperware parties, with the occasional Avon or Amway party on the side. Today, there are Taser parties. Dana Shafman is the inventor of the Taser party concept, and according to a recent New...
POSTED Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Imagine you're 1, lying there in your crib, and bored with the various stuffed animals and squeaky toys your parents leave for your supposed amusement. Surely some rockin' tunes would liven up the place? While grown-up iPods and the...
POSTED Saturday, February 23, 2008
It's a good idea to get a case for your iPod to protect it from getting all scratched up in your pocket or bag. But why settle for some generic case that everybody else is buying from the Apple Store...
POSTED Thursday, February 21, 2008
The recent news that Toshiba just put a stake through the heart of the HD DVD format may have distracted you, but don't forget that the company also just announced the launch of a remodeled Gigabeat media player called the...
POSTED Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Apple lowered the price of the 1GB iPod Shuffle today to the ultralow price of $49. That’s pretty damn cheap. Like, not-even-worth-stealing cheap. If price is the deciding factor for your MP3 player, you’ve got to get an iPod...
POSTED Tuesday, February 19, 2008
You can think of the Yuento Music Mug as the iPod speaker dock for the minimalist Jonathan Ive (award winning Apple designer) wanna-bes out there. Hidden at the bottom of the pure white cup is a tiny stereo input...
POSTED Tuesday, February 19, 2008
We've seen some pretty goofy MP3 players in our day, from this one that claims to massage you to this one that claims to help you relax and concentrate. The latest in the "wellbeing plus music" category is the...
POSTED Thursday, February 14, 2008
Does your picket line need something? Something high-tech? Something eye-catching? Something unbelievably dorky? Instead of carrying some lame cardboard sign you can wear the Video Vest screen to get attention. I won’t promise that you'll get your message across, but...
POSTED Wednesday, February 13, 2008
One of my favorite Japanese brands, next to the recently embattled Sony, is the Harajuku based Amadana. The company's ability to seamlessly merge retro style with modern technology consistently evokes real-life images of "The Jetsons." The latest must-have gadget from...
POSTED Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Wait a second, hold the phone. Now, not only do I haven't to deal with every Bob and Joe blasting music from their run-down Taurus, but now I have to listen to it from all of the bicyclers as...
POSTED Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Wine Rack manages to combine a classy beverage, trailer park sensibilities and one hell of a pun all in one great package. It's a sports bra with a polyurethane bladder on the inside able to hold 25 ounces,...
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
These Cylinder Travel Speakers are a pretty nifty way to take a bit of stereo power with you wherever you go. Packed up, as a tube, they fit neatly into your bag and will even still work as speakers....
POSTED Thursday, February 7, 2008
Unless your neighborhood thief has a hankering for vintage small electronics, disguising your iPod inside an old Sony Walkman might be a worthy diversion. The clever ruse even reveals a fake cassette tape through its window, completing the illusion....
POSTED Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Considering both the iPhone and iPod Touch are great devices to watch video on, they need all the memory they can get. After all, what good is a PVP if you can’t fit all three seasons of Lost on...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Sometimes those chintzy little iPod dock speakers just won't do the trick when it comes to bringing your record collection with you. That's when you might want to roll out the Yamaha NX-A01 One Box Cubic Stereo Speaker. Packed...
POSTED Tuesday, February 5, 2008
The Kaossilator isn't the nuttiest synthesizer we've seen around these parts, but it is definitely the most intriguing. On the outside, Kaossilator appears to be a traditional touchpad separated from its laptop keyboard companion. In all reality it is...
POSTED Monday, February 4, 2008
We all know that audiophiles often talk about the warm sound of old-skool analog vinyl records, and now you can get your iPod (at least physically) much closer to actual analog with one of these custom iPod cases stamped...
POSTED Saturday, February 2, 2008
Time Warner just launched a test of its new HBO on Broadband service, only available so far to residents of Wisconsin who are subscribers of Time Warner Cable, HBO and Road Runner broadband. It so happens that some of...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Just when we thought we couldn't stand to look at another iPod dock, here comes the Moderna from Phiaton. We have to admit the design is pretty cool on this one, with nice sleek lines and those tubes on...
POSTED Thursday, January 31, 2008
Among the myriad doodads that populate the gadget space promising to enhance your iPod experience, the DPJ-08580B stands out as a winner. The device acts as a portable DVD player with an embedded iPod dock that allows you to...
POSTED Saturday, January 26, 2008
Put away the fancy and overcomplicated professional DJ equipment, there is a simpler option out there. The Micro Mixer DJ-4 is as bare minimum of a DJ setup one can get. It has two plugs that can connect to...
POSTED Friday, January 25, 2008
We've seen some really strange tales of convergence in the past, but this one may take the cake. Eye Play is a sunglasses or eyeglasses case and an MP3 player. What do glasses have to do with MP3s? Absolutely...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
This thing right here is a solar powered MP4 player and Nintendo emulator. Yes, Nintendo emulator. You can load an SD card up with songs, videos and less-than-legal ROMs and have it handle them all. It can play NES, SNES,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
With iPods of all colors and shapes available, those little white earbuds that have become more of a fashion trend than legitimate audio accessory and you know a product like this was bound to happen. The 500XL is, guess...
POSTED Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Although Apple's new pink iPod Nano will make the company's girly-girl customers happy, there's another demographic whose demands are going unmet. According to a study from industry group NPD, 30 to 40% of kids ages 6 to 10 already use...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The Polymer Vision Readius received a release date of sometime toward the middle of this year, and the cell phone/e-reader hybrid is shaping up to be an enticing contender against Apple's iPhone and the new wave of e-readers. It...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
One of the big announcements from last week's MacWorld keynote was the upgrade to the iPod Touch. This upgrade included Mail, Google Maps, Weather Stocks and Notes, all for $20, which was odd given that new iPod Touches would...
POSTED Tuesday, January 22, 2008
If you lived through the 1980s and early 1990s, you probably have a soft spot in your heart for cassette tapes. Sure, just dragging and dropping your favorite songs into a playlist in iTunes is the easiest way to make...
POSTED Monday, January 21, 2008
Sure, CES may be in the books, but the National Association of Music Merchants is going on now and Pioneer was ready to bring a new line of products to the table that is contributing to the ever-evolving world...
POSTED Thursday, January 17, 2008
Instead of relying on software, this $200 iRecord PMR100 moves video content — broadcast or prerecorded media — directly from the source to an iPod, PS3 or even a USB thumb drive. It's got S-Video and RCA A/V jacks, so...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
If you're anything like me (and God help you if you are), your tech weighs twice as much as all your other luggage and you pack all your items in bubble wrap and then shove them inside sweaters and...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Armband straps for iPods, iPod Nanos, iPod Shuffles et al, are great for exercising… except for those flopping earbud cords. Grandmax's solution is retractable buds built right onto the Velcro-adjustable arm strap. For $30, there are models for every...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
You knew those iPod earbuds had stems for a reason, and now we've found it — to clip cute little earring-like buds to them. These Budclicks are just $10 bucks each and come in 16 different styles, eight for...
POSTED Wednesday, January 16, 2008
This "MP3 Smart Jacket" isn't the most stylish or aesthetically pleasing thing in the world, but if you care more about function than form and have a lot of crap to carry around with you, well, maybe you'll like it....
POSTED Monday, January 14, 2008
The Spinn from iRiver is taking a unique approach to the MP3 player in what one would assume to be an attempt to topple the mighty kong. The Spinn is a new design that combines the hot and sleek...
POSTED Saturday, January 12, 2008
Belkin's introduced a new iPod and iPhone to car radio broadcaster, this time taking the guessing out of the channel-surfing equation. The Tunebase FM has something the company calls ClearScan technology: push one button and the dock will troll...
POSTED Thursday, January 10, 2008
It seems like the new goal for all gadget designers is to out Apple Apple, to make a touchscreen media player even sexier than the beloved iPhone. Is it possible? Sure, I guess so, but it's gonna take a lot...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Biking around is a great alternative to driving, especially in a city setting. It's cheaper, it helps save the environment, and it give you some, let's admit it, much needed exercise. Unfortunately, you lose one of the best aspects of...
POSTED Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Boasting 85% noise cancellation, the Audio-Technica ATH-ANC3 Quiet Point Acitve Noise-Canceling In-Ear headphones (you couldn't just say "earbuds," guys?) have the right idea. Most makers of noise-killing headphones do a lot of things wrong: First, they make them too...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Creative's Zen Stone has started to give the iPod shuffle a real run for its money. The company has just introduced the new Zen Stone Plus: it's the same size the earlier Stones, but now it has a speaker,...
POSTED Tuesday, January 8, 2008
We're usually pretty skeptical about inexpensive iPod imitators, mostly because they're not very inexpensive. But today we met Truly's Lava, a cute and tiny portable music player that has 2GB of memory, can operate on shuffle or run songs...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
Earphone cords are sooooo 2007. Sure to be a hit with gym nuts and joggers, Sennheiser’s new MX W1 earbuds ditch the wires, using Kleer’s (pretty killer) wireless technology to deliver excellent sound quality. I saw and heard a...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
We got our first look at Sony's Rolly dancing MP3 player a few weeks ago at New York's BlipFestival, where it was paying a visit from Japan. As you may remember, Rolly is a small (slightly larger than an...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
The Olympus LS-10 is one serious recording tool. The company says it can record with studio-like quantity to the 2GB of onboard memory, and there's an SD card slot to expand that memory. The battery life is about 14 hours...
POSTED Monday, January 7, 2008
This morning LG introduced MPH (Mobile-Pedestrian-Handheld), an in-band mobile DTV technology that provides broadcast quality TV to mobile and handheld devices, even if they're traveling at 140 mph. Above are prototypes of MPH-embedded systems, including a GPS navigator that...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
We want to like Emtrace's Photoskin, really we do. It's very sleek, thin and shiny, though since it's much taller than a credit card it's hardly wallet-sized. The real problem with the Photoskin is that it's a Linux-based portable...
POSTED Sunday, January 6, 2008
XIAS (ki-as) is known now (if it's known at all) for its inexpensive digital cameras, but early this year the company plans to introduce an MP3 player and DRM-free music download website. The 4GB video-capable player is most notable...
POSTED Saturday, January 5, 2008
Next time someone asks what that jazzy song you're listening to is, whip out a headphone hub and let them have a listen. The Belkin RockStar is just that, and will allow for five sets of headphones to plug...
POSTED Friday, January 4, 2008
Portable device manufacturers and their associated service providers are itching to give you TV wherever you go, and up front is Motorola with its first entry into the field, the DH01. The 4.3-inch mobile live TV player will let...
POSTED Thursday, January 3, 2008
Microvision has been dabbling in mini projectors for over a year now, previewing its PicoP display engine prototype at last year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and even teasing us with the idea of projecting images from Motorola cellphones. Now,...
POSTED Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Mustek is testing the waters with an alternative MP3 player form factor with the Freestyle! MP3 headphones. Everything fits in the body of the headphones — no wires, no MP3 player unit in your pocket. Having less mess would...
POSTED Tuesday, January 1, 2008
If Apple follows through with one of its new patents, your iPod may start paying attention to how long you're listening to music, and how loud. Sounds a little intrusive but, If you think about it, pretty much any...
POSTED Thursday, December 27, 2007
JVC has just announced a pair of earbuds that aren't made from the plastics that you're used to with most headphones of that nature. No, they're made of wood, just like the classy speakers you have setup in your living...
POSTED Wednesday, December 26, 2007
There's never enough MP3 docks. By now you should have one in the kitchen, media room, shower and even at the office. On the hog is another place that can be scratched off that list with this motorcycle-mounted MP3...
POSTED Wednesday, December 26, 2007
The dream of wielding a Star Trek alien musical instrument like the one shown above can now be yours courtesy of the Suzuki Q Chord. Designed to avoid allowing the playing of any wrong notes, the Q Chord combines...
POSTED Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Projectors and stereos with integrated iPod docks are understandable and even acceptable, but a digital photo frame with an iPod dock may be pushing it a little too far, just like that iPod docking stethoscope. Mustek's i700 digital photo...
POSTED Saturday, December 22, 2007
As little as a year ago, only the hardiest contrarians mocked the iPod. Then Apple released a questionable new generation. Buyers of the Classic give it just three and a half stars on Amazon, complaining you could grow old...
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Unless you are the lead vocalist who happens to pound on a tambourine while singing, the tambourine player needs all of the help he or she can get. This tambourine contains 14 LEDs that will light up when the...
POSTED Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Mobiblu Cube 2 was a cute little 512 MB or 1GB MP3 player, just larger than your standard gaming die. It had some major advantages over the iPod Shuffle, including a LED-screen, built-in FM tuner, and voice recorder....
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
The Sony Little TV manages to exude quite a bit of character despite being small enough to comfortably fit in your hand. The set has a silicone body covered by highly elastic "super-knit" fabric. The television is able to...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
We can't imagine that a folding cardboard boombox will get terrific sound out of your iPod, even with working speakers. (Having to clarify that the iPod speakers you're selling actually work is kind of a warning sign right there.)...
POSTED Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Don't know what you are looking at? Think it is a hot plate or other kitchen gadget? Think again. This is a conceptual design of an MP3 player designed for the kiddos. Designer Sung-kyu Nam is the brainchild of...
POSTED Saturday, December 15, 2007
In Korea, a country where gadgets might as well be their national currency, electronic dictionaries are all the rage. Why? I have no idea. You'd think they'd have them built into their phones or their arms by now, but...
POSTED Friday, December 14, 2007
A Brazilian ice cream company has figured out a great way to give away iPod shuffles in an upcoming contest: freeze them in popsicles. Yep, they're giving away 10,000 iPod shuffles to people who are lucky enough to buy...
POSTED Thursday, December 13, 2007
If Gilligan's Island was resurrected for 2007 tastes, you might see something on the show like the Hyoutan speaker set. Paired with an included amplifier, the Hyoutan speaker set can instantly take your iPod experience from a cold, futuristic...
POSTED Wednesday, December 12, 2007
This Acorn digital music player isn't going to win any awards for great functionality, but it's certainly one of the more original portable designs we've seen around these parts. It's made out of wood! It's shaped like an acorn!...
POSTED Monday, December 10, 2007
As great as eBooks are, the biggest let down is the black and white e-ink screens we have to put up with. Without color forget reading glossy magazines, comic books, or viewing photos on a single portable device. Times...
POSTED Friday, December 7, 2007
If you're a major gamer you probably know that Nintendo's DS Lite is the best-selling gaming machine of the year. Here are some more stats: During the recent Thanksgiving week consumers bought 9,200 DS Lites per hour. Over 57...
POSTED Thursday, December 6, 2007
The Sony Rolly is an egg-shaped MP3 player that can dance to its own music. The Rolly isn't officially available in the U.S. and probably never will be, so we couldn't pass up an opportunity to see it in action.
POSTED Thursday, December 6, 2007
The Cowon Q5W portable media player is pretty much the granddaddy of the genre, delivering a huge feature list that should satisfy any media junkie. Featuring a big, beautiful screen with a great resolution (720x480) and a 60GB hard...
POSTED Thursday, December 6, 2007
No, this spikey ball isn't a dog toy, nor quirky cubicle flair, but rather a very useful and functional cable organizing device. To use, you insert the earbuds into Tetran's mouth and wrap the excess cables in, out and...
POSTED Monday, December 3, 2007
If you want to give a loved one Amazon's new Kindle for Christmas, you're out of luck. It won't arrive until after December 25. If you're willing to settle for Sony's Reader, however, it will arrive in time for...
POSTED Monday, December 3, 2007
It doesn't matter if the Amazon Kindle e-book reader is the first e-book reader that makes sense. It's not a question of whether the unique un-backlit monochrome screen technology works, if the Sprint-powered wireless online bookstore and download of...
POSTED Friday, November 30, 2007
Check out these tiny video players, about the size of a credit card but able to play back three hours of video or six hours of audio on a charge. On the left is the black Neon M3, playing...
POSTED Friday, November 30, 2007
The smart guys over at MIT are at it again, this time developing a cool "Bar of Soap" multigadget that changes its function depending on how its held. For example, if you hold it upright, it acts as a phone....
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Clearly aimed at female gadget fiends, Sony's new Walkman NW-E013 set of mp3 players will likely be a hit with the ladies this holiday season. Offering 1-gigabyte of memory, the tiny lipstick-like devices come in sky blue, hot pink,...
POSTED Wednesday, November 28, 2007
At long last, a View-Master we adults can all sink our eyes into. YelloMosquito, the division of 22Moo that brought us the EVG230, is about to unleash the QingBar EG300, billed as the world's first wireless video eyewear. To...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
A wise man once said something along the lines of "if you don't waste stuff, you won't want stuff." I'm paraphrasing, but you get the idea. For example, that handy box that your iPod Nano came in? I hope...
POSTED Tuesday, November 27, 2007
There was one hot gadget that you definitely couldn't find in stores this Black Friday: Amazon's new ebook reader, the Kindle. You couldn't even get one shipped overnight from Amazon. But the company made sure that plenty of journalists...
POSTED Sunday, November 25, 2007
I'm a little surprised it has taken this long to do so, then again I cancelled my subscription to Accordion Weekly and haven't followed the trends, but Roland has released the very first fully digital accordion. This behemoth of...
POSTED Saturday, November 24, 2007
The hardest part about being an aspiring rock star is the inability to easily show off your very overrated skills. A miniature amp like the Roland Micro Cube would solve that problem. It includes a carrying strap and weighs...
POSTED Friday, November 23, 2007
Your friend has pictures from the latest party on her iPod. She says she'll email them to you, but you know it will never happen. You're home from the holidays and want to share your favorite play list with...
POSTED Wednesday, November 21, 2007
The Zune isn't the only fancy new portable media player with a touchpad to drop this holiday season. Nope, there's also this Haier Ibiza Rhapsody Media Player. Coming with a 30GB capacity, a 2.5-inch screen, and WiFi you can...
POSTED Tuesday, November 20, 2007
CES has a weird taste for what is innovative, like this speaker lamp, and occasionally gadgets that don't exist. This year one of our favorites of CES's "favorites" was Vestalife's Ladybug speaker dock. It's a portable set of speakers...
POSTED Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Today, Amazon officially announced its Kindle ebook reader. Contrary to what we previously reported, the Kindle is notWi-Fi compatible. Instead, it's on its own EV-DO network, called Whispernet, which is affiliated with Sprint. Unlike any other EV-DO device we've...
POSTED Monday, November 19, 2007
Microsoft announced its new line of Zunes in early October, eliciting a flood of opinion about the gadget's future. But only now are the reviews of new Zunes rolling in. Everyone agrees on one thing: the new Zunes are...
POSTED Sunday, November 18, 2007
Call me old fashion, but radio is my preferred method of music listening. Whether it is AM, FM, satellite or digital, not knowing what song is coming up next always enthralls me. One particular area that has yet to perfect...
POSTED Saturday, November 17, 2007
The market is flooded with iPod speakers that let the world know what you've been snatching from BitTorrent sites, but only one speaker system lets you add a touch of magic. The WinniF Air Speaker won't just blast tunes...
POSTED Saturday, November 17, 2007
The MC Square is a "light and sound machine" that purports to help its users with stress relief, relaxation, memory improvement, better sleep, and concentration enhancement. The technology is even backed up by scientific studies. Sounds great, right? The...
POSTED Thursday, November 15, 2007
As far as MP3 players go, they don't get much smaller than the Tok Tak. It's essentially a little nub with a headphone jack, making it look like you're wearing headphones plugged into nothing. And while it might get...
POSTED Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Alpine Electronics' eX-10 is a Bluetooth-ready, dashboard-mounted control unit for your iPod that will let you easily switch through your tunes without having to glance down at every red light (or every time you switch lanes, you rebel you)....
POSTED Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Whether you love or hate the Zune, there's no denying that Microsoft is doing something really cool with the ZuneOriginals line. Starting today, November 13th, Microsoft will sell 4 GB, 8GB and 80 GB variants of its portable media...
POSTED Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Those earbuds that came with your iPod suck, my friend. And while sure, you could spend $50 and upgrade to some much better headphones, why be so cheap? If you're gonna upgrade, you might as well seriously upgrade. Take...
POSTED Monday, November 12, 2007
While it seems like a lot of trouble to go through just to make a palm-sized radio, Cambridge Consultants has figured out how to pack enough Wi-Fi radio circuitry into this RadioPro to let you receive 10,000 stereo radio...
POSTED Monday, November 12, 2007
This Acelabs S3 portable media player looks like a great alternative to Apple's ubiquitous players, featuring a touchscreen and a slim profile. It's loaded with a microSD card slot, so you can put any amount of memory you'd like...
POSTED Monday, November 12, 2007
It's kind of strange how baths were so much fun as a kid, and now they are viewed as relaxing and soothing. Don't you just want to splash around a little bit to get out the frustrations of the...
POSTED Sunday, November 11, 2007
Oakley is still at it. Despite only having one customer for their Thump line of MP3 sunglasses — the not-so-favorable Dog the Bounty Hunter — the latest in the line of Thump MP3 sunglasses, the Split Thump is now...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
NBC Universal's Green Week is here, focusing on topics that affect the environment. All week long we'll be bringing you special stories to help get you on Gaia's good side. Plugging in your cell phone every night may not...
POSTED Tuesday, November 6, 2007
With terrestrial radio slowly dying off, it is time to replace that aging AM/FM clock radio with something a little more current, like the MusicPal wireless Internet radio and MP3 player. The MusicPal has some advantages over similar wireless...
POSTED Sunday, November 4, 2007
Korea is known for some pretty crazy gadgets, but this one may take the cake. The latest in dog consumer electronics comes JooZoo, a diamond encrusted and gold MP3 player from Innobitz. Innobitz actually tries to justify this device...
POSTED Friday, November 2, 2007
The NVX3000PC — or the "Anyware" mobile PC, as parent company Audiovox is calling it — is a portable computer launching under the Jensen brand that isn't quite a handheld GPS, nor a full laptop. Instead, the Anyware incorporates...
POSTED Wednesday, October 31, 2007
If our favorable impression of Razer products such as the Pro|Type keyboard and Mantis gaming mouse pad is any indication, these Razer Mako speakers might be worth the wait for their December ship date. This THX-certified 2.1 speaker system...
POSTED Tuesday, October 30, 2007
It's pretty amazing the range of things that fit in your pocket these days — like a full digital sound studio. About the size of a flash drive, the MBox 2 Micro comes loaded with the popular Pro Tools...
POSTED Monday, October 29, 2007
No longer will the run-of-the-mill street performer have to lug around a heavy and awkwardly shaped keyboard. Infinite Response has answered the calls of those traveling musicians with the Vax 77 keyboard. This keyboard has two features going for...
POSTED Monday, October 29, 2007
While most of the LCD industry is obsessed with going bigger Sharp has been focused on making screens smaller. The company's latest achievement in this area brings us an LCD screen 2.2-inches wide and just 0.68 millimeters thick. Primarily...
POSTED Thursday, October 25, 2007
Not one to get by on looks alone, the BODiBEAT by Yamaha chooses the right songs to match the pace of your workout. While you're running or walking, BODiBEAT tracks the metrics of your workout including distance, time, pace...
POSTED Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Since all iPods and other MP3 players continue to insist on bundling crappy, cheap earphones and earbuds with their players, a robust aftermarket business for quality earphones has developed. Sennheiser, not one to be left out, has announced some...
POSTED Thursday, October 18, 2007
Miniature MP3 players are a dime-a-dozen nowadays, but I did a double take upon seeing the Orbit. Why? Because the Orbit is made by Altec Lansing, which is generally known for producing high-quality audio equipment. Upon further investigation the...
POSTED Monday, October 15, 2007
There's nothing quite like being out in the middle of nowhere and all of your gadgets, including your cellphone, music player, digital camera, gaming console, and Bluetooth headset are all out of battery power. What would you do? Would...
POSTED Monday, October 15, 2007
Everyone remembers those old CD wallets. You probably still have one crammed underneath your car seat or stored in a closet filled with old CDs. The Popblaster steps in to give a bit of life to the outdated audio...
POSTED Monday, October 15, 2007
If you're looking to play music from your Bluetooth-enabled cell phone or MP3 player and also like crazy-looking pieces of tech, SonyEricsson's new speaker is right up your alley. Dubbed the MBS-100, the alien-looking speaker comes loaded with a...
POSTED Thursday, October 11, 2007
Cute, light and cheap — that's what we like in an MP3 player, and this "Chocolate" one certainly qualifies. Available from Brando, the USB Chocolate MP3 player has 2GB for your tunes, room for about 300 MP3 or WMA...
POSTED Wednesday, October 10, 2007
They may be worn on the head and in the ears, but Sony's PFR-V1 aren't your typical headphones. The headset actually contains tiny personal speakers that rest on the ears and are meant to completely mimic the sound quality...
POSTED Saturday, October 6, 2007
Accessorize much, Pioneer? Debuting at CEATEC are the SE-CLX9 earphones, which come with practically a briefcase of different adapters to completely change the sound of the SE-CLX9 earphones. The earphones are capable of blasting out tunes at a deafening...
POSTED Friday, October 5, 2007
The Replug utilizes the magical power of magnets to protect your expensive audio equipment. I hate to do the comparison, but think of it like the Magsafe adapter on Apple's MacBook, minus the proprietary functionality, and it's for audio...
POSTED Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Today Microsoft unveiled the company's new lineup of Zune players. The Zune, for those of you who might need a refresher, is the software giant's rambling, confused answer to the iPod: a music player that supposedly gives you more...
POSTED Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Well, it's been about a year since the original Sony Reader debuted, so it seems about right that Sony today announced Reader 2.0, the PRS-505, coming later this month for $300. The revamped Reader promises more memory, faster response...
POSTED Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Looking like an old Nokia cell phone, the Shunpu Digital Therapy machine aims to shock you into healing. Not a one-trick pony, this electrocuting device will work you over with acupressure, acupuncture, nerve stimulation and massage. Combing traditional Chinese therapy...
POSTED Monday, October 1, 2007
The Mio DigiWalker C720t is a touchscreen handheld GPS that will show you a map of where you are on its respectable 4.3 inch widescreen — providing you're somewhere in North America. It does everything a good GPS should,...
POSTED Saturday, September 29, 2007
If you rely on a projector but hate the associated clutter that goes with the territory (the bulk of the unit itself on top of having to lug your laptop and hookups around), you might want to check out...
POSTED Friday, September 28, 2007
Today in New York City, HP revealed "for the first time outside of the lab" a concept handheld for the company's Mediascape (or "Mscape") gaming software. The handheld has been sighted before, though — specifically in an HP commercial...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
The new Sony Walkman A910 series has just been announced and while it doesn't offer touch-screen functionality or a Starbucks tie-in like the iPod Touch, the list of what it can do is impressive. The A910 series offers a...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
I can't tell you how many tykes I see running around with cell phones these days. Do they even have anyone to call? Well, they must have a friend or two out there because the Zipit Wireless Messenger 2,...
POSTED Thursday, September 27, 2007
The personal media player world is still rocking from Apple's avalanche of new releases, and now more than ever it's important for opponents of the immortal iPod to stand and deliver if they want to survive. While rumors hint...
POSTED Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Riding your bike in traffic while listening to music via earphones is downright dangerous, not to mention pretty frakking stupid. A more sensible way to listen to music on your bike is the cy.fi, which bills itself as the...
POSTED Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Never have Anime schoolgirls been used so effectively to promote a product than with the new Segnity television tuner. E-Revolution and Tomy have released this portable 1Seg (a mobile digital audio and video broadcasting service in Japan) television viewer...
POSTED Tuesday, September 25, 2007
When news of the new iPod Nano first leaked out onto the tech blogs last month, I was, like many, underwhelmed. Perhaps unconsciously tapping to our hard-wired aversion to obesity, I agreed that the squat design looked like crap compared...
POSTED Monday, September 24, 2007
Personal-viewing eyewear — wraparound sunglass-type video-projection goggles that create the illusion of watching a movie on a big screen floating before your eyes — has been around for years. None model has taken off because the resolution is too...
POSTED Saturday, September 22, 2007
Long trips are made more bearable by taking a couple of movies along to watch. Current portable DVD players are still on the bulky side, and watching a flick on a small iPod screen is even worse. Designer Yeon-shin...
POSTED Friday, September 21, 2007
Just when you need to make a call, your cell-phone battery bites it. Just when you're about to trudge home after a hard day pushing paper, your iPod craps out. There are a growing number of pocket widgets that...
POSTED Friday, September 21, 2007
Audiophile iPhone owners, rejoice. You can chuck Apple's awful included earbuds now that the first iPhone-compatible earphones with an in-line microphone and controls are starting to arrive from headphone manufacturers. Up first: the new Altec Lansing UHS-306 ($90). Like...
POSTED Thursday, September 20, 2007
Whenever I work out, I have my iPod ritual. Before I put my shirt on, I strap my Shuffle onto my arm and connect my headphones to it. That way, most of the cord goes under my shirt so...
POSTED Wednesday, September 19, 2007
An enterprising hacker has developed a piece of software that makes your Nintendo DS a lot more useful: a VoIP application. Yes, using the DS's built-in WiFi, touchscreen, and microphone, you can now make free calls once you're done playing...
POSTED Friday, September 14, 2007
If you're in the market for a new portable music player, you've probably had your eye on all those new iPods Apple unleashed a couple weeks ago. Yeah, they're alright, but don't you think you could spend more money and...
POSTED Friday, September 14, 2007
Bone conduction headphones — headphones that vibrate music right into your skull, allowing you to hear it no matter how loud your surroundings are — haven't quite caught on. It might be because people just don't know about it,...
POSTED Thursday, September 13, 2007
Just because something has the word "cool" in its title, doesn't mean that it's neat, awesome, or even a good idea. That's how we feel about the CoolTone mini-fridge, which comes tricked out with a CD player and clock...
POSTED Wednesday, September 12, 2007
It may not be a Mack truck transforming into Optimus Prime, but Plantronics has definitely taken a page out of Michael Bay's book with its latest morphing 855 Bluetooth headset. It's a bit different from the usual array of...
POSTED Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Now that Apple's set the tone for the fall harvest of MP3 players, other manufacturers are beginning to make their countermoves. SanDisk, one of the big makers of flash-memory players, today did a decent job of one-upping Apple with...
POSTED Monday, September 10, 2007
No, that's not the escape pod from 2001: A Space Odyssey — it's the latest gadget from Sony. On the heels of the Apple iPod Touch debut last week, Sony has unveiled its new digital audio player called The...
POSTED Monday, September 10, 2007
Iriver's B20 gadget has got to be the most underwhelming portable video player I've seen in a long time. Or maybe it just feels like it after Apple's big week. But really, who really cares about a player with...
POSTED Friday, September 7, 2007
With the new iPod Touch taking top spot in the iPod roster, the venerable original is starting to look dated. But Apple is definitely not discontinuing the bestselling music player — especially since it's the only one in the...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Apple didn't just unleash their hot new iPod Touch today. Oh no, they also dropped an updated version of the iPod Nano. Just like the rumor mill predicted, it's a fat little guy, shorter and squatter than the last...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Apple unveiled the next generation of iPods a few minutes ago at one of Steve Jobs' trademark wowie-zowie this-is-the-greatest-thing-ever keynotes at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The highlight of the event was clearly the all-new all-sexy iPod Touch,...
POSTED Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Is Dr. Amar Bose the secret illegitimate father of Steve Jobs? Regardless, he's certainly the last of the great first-generation audio pioneers. Though audiophile publications make acid comments about the price/performance ratio of his speaker lines, he is nonetheless...
POSTED Tuesday, September 4, 2007
This "Lobster" concept design for a portable music player is meant to be worn on your arm in the most comfortable way possible. Unlike armbands for typical gadgets like iPods, it doesn't just use a strap to wrap around...
POSTED Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Hard to believe, I know, but Sony's still making MP3 players. As crazy unpopular as they are (Sony doesn't rank any higher than 39th on Amazon's MP3-player best-seller list), the electronics giant continues to underwhelm us with more of...
POSTED Friday, August 31, 2007
Bose kindly sent us its latest toy — a portable version of the company's generously promoted SoundDock iPod speaker. The SoundDock has generally garnered good reviews, and Bose says it set out to keep the sound quality about the...
POSTED Wednesday, August 29, 2007
The worst part about long car trips is not being entertained every single second. I mean, if you get sick of listening to music on your iPod or playing video games on your PSP or DS Lite, what are...
POSTED Wednesday, August 29, 2007
What's the one thing you could change about your MP3 player if you could? Right, exactly — that annoying headphone cord that gets tangled up, breaks easily, and generally weighs down your ears. Well, Samsung thinks its fixed the...
POSTED Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Touchscreens are so hot right now thanks to the iPhone, but they haven't been perfected yet. No, there are plenty of places that touchscreens can and will go that the current generation of models couldn't even dream about. One of...
POSTED Monday, August 27, 2007
Your wrist is your TV screen: That's the promise of Epoq's multimedia wristwatch. We haven't personally tried it out, but if you're watching video on such a tiny screen, chances are it's not going to be great. Good thing...
POSTED Friday, August 24, 2007
If you want to share your randomized music with the world, you can always find a set of speakers to plug your iPod shuffle into. But then, that's not all too spontaneous, is it? What if you want to...
POSTED Friday, August 24, 2007
Some pictures of a squat iPod hit the Web last week, and a few sites picked them up as a rumor. Nothing new, right? But then Apple went ahead and had their legal team ask Gizmodo to take them...
POSTED Thursday, August 23, 2007
Storage options for devices such as cell phones, digital cameras, and portable media players are changing. While it used to be that you could buy a small SD card for a bit of storage, deferring to spinning hard disks when...
POSTED Thursday, August 23, 2007
With iPod theft running rampant, many people are afraid to pull their expensive music players out to change tracks when in crowded areas. You can't really blame them; if there's anyone to blame, it's Apple for not putting in...
POSTED Monday, August 20, 2007
Gaming PCs are notoriously expensive, sacrificing reasonable prices for the most top-of-the-line components available. Laptops have never really been good as gaming PCs due to their lack of expandability and the high price of their components to begin with....
POSTED Friday, August 17, 2007
It happens all too often. You turn your back, and bam! Your iPod is gone. It's been pinched. Jacked. Stolen. In fact, well over 50 million iPods have been taken illegally. One tragic murder has been attributed to a...
POSTED Thursday, August 16, 2007
Boomboxes just aren't as cool as they used to be. Sure, maybe 25 years ago it was new and exciting to be able to play your music anywhere for anyone, but we're living in the age of the iPod,...
POSTED Thursday, August 16, 2007
Seven years ago I walked into the local computer store and on a whim bought the Franklin Rocket eReader to keep me company. Over the next three years I used that e-reader almost every day until the thing crapped...
POSTED Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Sirius, the satellite radio provider that wants oh-so-badly to merge with XM, is releasing an update to its portable Stiletto player, the aptly named Stiletto 2. What do you get with this new version? Well, you'll obviously be able...
POSTED Wednesday, August 15, 2007
The iPhone's influence is more than apparent on Samsung's latest MP3 player. From the sleek touchscreen to the icon-based menu to its overall size, the Yepp YP-P3 is definitely an imitator, not an innovator. But that's OK — the...
POSTED Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Retro is cool. Just look at clothes, music, and basically every other style out there. It's all cyclical, so what was once cool and then became uncool will inevitably become cool again. With that in mind, this Lasonic Ghetto...
POSTED Monday, August 13, 2007
After the lights go out for good, what will you do for music? Here's the answer: a media player equipped with a hand crank, created by Trevor Baylis, the same guy who invented the wind-up radio back in the...
POSTED Friday, August 10, 2007
The MP3 player market is getting so competitive these days, what with companies like Apple and Creative dominating the scene, that to have any hope of surviving your product has to really stand out. This fresh concept by designer...
POSTED Thursday, August 9, 2007
This new Timex Ironman does basic watch stuff like tell time, light up, and act as a stopwatch, but it also has another feature that makes it stand out from all other watches: it'll control your iPod. By plugging a...
POSTED Saturday, August 4, 2007
Are you really, really serious about your headphones? Can you just not handle it when you feel like you're losing some of the fidelity of your music due to cheap earbuds? Well, you know as well as I do that...
POSTED Friday, August 3, 2007
Do you have something to prove? Do you need to look as tough as possible to make up for the crippling insecurities you feel inside? Well, that's kind of sad, but far be it from me to refuse to...
POSTED Thursday, August 2, 2007
We try not to shower you with every iPod accessory that blinks into existence, but when one of the most respected speaker manufacturers in the world steps up with an iPod dock, we take notice. Today, B&W Loudspeakers unveiled...
POSTED Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Who wants to use their HDV camcorder as a playback deck? It's a sure way shorten the life of your expensive cam, and is a real hassle to always connect and disconnect to your TV. Come September, fans of...
POSTED Friday, July 27, 2007
Toshiba's Gigabeat was one of the few MP3 players left out there competing with the hard-disk iPods — the ones that give you big capacities in the neighborhood of 30 GB or more. Based on the new Gigabeat U-Series,...
POSTED Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Among technophiles, there are those who prefer simplicity and functionality, and those who look for attention-grabbing conversation pieces. This conceptual media player from designer Can-Hong Huang looks to be directed squarely at the latter. The latest gadget to take...
POSTED Friday, July 20, 2007
The Q-Bean-ST by LTB audio claims to be my PC's new best friend. Well, at least it'll have one, since my computer and I are rarely on speaking terms. Having gotten that off my chest, the Q-Bean is a...
POSTED Monday, July 16, 2007
Been longing for Bose's oh-so-comfy QuietComfort 3 headphones but can't quite justify spending more on your headphones than you did on your iPod? JVC just announced its own pair of noise-canceling phones that cost a good chunk less. The electronics...
POSTED Friday, July 13, 2007
This flat-panel speaker bar doesn't serve any drinks, but it does deliver room-filling sound from your iPod. The iLive speaker bar (a.k.a. iHT3817DT) will also recharge your iPod as it plays. The actual connector for your iPod is on...
POSTED Thursday, July 12, 2007
As iPod docks go, Samsung's MM-X5 has a few things going for it. Not only is it pretty hot looking, it actually takes care of something that's always nagged me about most iPod speakers — they add yet another...
POSTED Thursday, July 12, 2007
I can't help but admire the low-tech audaciousness of the I.Dear speakers — tiny cubes that give your iPod a voice. After all, their wood enclosures make them look almost like bamboo dice. But inside each one is a...
POSTED Monday, July 9, 2007
If you haven't bought an iPhone but are still a fan of the design, don't worry. Chances are good that in the not-too-distant future you'll be able to buy an iPod in that slick form factor without needing to...
POSTED Monday, July 9, 2007
Ever find yourself out and about and you hear a song you fall in love with, but don't know the artist or song title? Yeah, me neither, but in case your car stereo doesn't have song ID, or you...
POSTED Friday, July 6, 2007
They guys at Parrot, God bless 'em, are still tossing unusual Bluetooth products into the market in the hopes that something will stick. Their latest shot is the Parrot Party, a small portable Bluetooth speaker that can receive audio...
POSTED Thursday, June 28, 2007
Look out, Chumby's coming. No, it's not your portly brother-in-law coming to clear out your fridge — Chumby is a portable Internet gadget that first made itself known to the world about a year ago. The handheld device has...
POSTED Monday, June 25, 2007
Tearing down the mountain on your dirt bike gets even better if you have your own personal soundtrack. iHome's iH85 Cycler is a portable mountable iPod speaker for your bike, exercise equipment or even Mommy's stroller. There are times...
POSTED Monday, June 25, 2007
You're doing your bit to save the planet: driving around town with solar panels installed on your hybrid car, and keeping your D-cell batteries out of landfills — because you recharge all of yours via that gassy ball in...
POSTED Friday, June 22, 2007
Creative's answer to the iPod Shuffle, the Zen Stone Plus, has got itself its own set of speakers, and boy are they adorable. Fitting right on top of the tiny player, they turn it into its own little K5-esque...
POSTED Friday, June 22, 2007
Want to know where you are at all times? You need a portable GPS. Want to show off your geek chic while doing it? Then you need iriver's NV, a GPS that moonlights as a portable media player, and...
POSTED Monday, June 18, 2007
Last night in New York Archos showed off its Gen 5 line of portable media players. Not all the players were there so some of them had to be talked about behind their backs. These gadgets have options such...
POSTED Friday, June 15, 2007
Bluetooth, best know for draining your cell phone's battery when paired with a wireless earpiece, is slowly getting built into more and more audio gear. Although Bluetooth headphones may still need some work, the wireless tech may do better...
POSTED Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Which would you rather have, six iPod nanos, or one really well-protected iPod nano? It's not an easy decision, I know. Take some time to think about it. Because if you do want your nano to be really cosseted,...
POSTED Thursday, June 7, 2007
The iPod nano is great and all, but it's so small and portable — what if you want to carry your music with you in a form that won't fit easily in your pocket? And that scroll wheel, it's...
POSTED Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Sure, you've got a laptop, but don't you sometimes feel like it's a bit too big and usable? Perhaps it could be more gimmicky? At least it could prove to everyone that you have way too much time on...
POSTED Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Cultural icon or not, boomboxes were annoying when their owners used them to subject the rest of us to their questionable musical tastes back in the '80s, and it's highly unlikely they'll be any less irritating today. Still, that...
POSTED Tuesday, June 5, 2007
New parents are going to love the Soban digital photo album as the new method of slow torture for friends and family. This super small photo viewer connects to a computer via USB and has the ability to store...
POSTED Friday, June 1, 2007
Having a portable speaker for your music player is fun, as it lets you share your tunes with people without needing to pass headphones around. The problem is, small speakers produce small sound. And by small I mean terrible. Tinny,...
POSTED Wednesday, May 30, 2007
It should come as no surprise that Mitch Altman, inventor of the TV-B-Gone, has come up with a new device that provides entertainment of a totally different kind. Having given legions of TV haters the ability to turn off...
POSTED Tuesday, May 29, 2007
For just $17, the Universal AC Travel Adapter will make sure your gadgets never run out of juice no matter where in the world they are. A quick twist of the base and it sprouts prongs for the electrical...
POSTED Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Fear not, this is just the dancing speaker called Wassup. Cute is an understatement: The oval-shaped robot with floppy legs and ears looks like a dancing rabbit from the future. Wassup is activated by sound from your iPod or other...
POSTED Monday, May 28, 2007
The DLO TransDock Deluxe makes it easier to use your iPod in your car by giving you controls right at your fingertips. Strap its remote onto the steering wheel, and it communicates with your iPod in its little holster....
POSTED Thursday, May 24, 2007
Is your current iPod dock not showing off your treasured music player at the level it deserves? The Audio Pro Porto speaker is a proper pedestal for your iPod, standing tall (well, kinda tall — about a foot) instead...
POSTED Thursday, May 24, 2007
What would happen if two massive time-wasters morphed together to form the ultimate time-waster? British videogamers are about to find out now that British Telecom (BT) has teamed up with Sony to turn the PlayStation Portable into a voice-over-internet...
POSTED Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Monster Cable takes advantage of the diminutive size of the Apple iPod shuffle, building a pair of 1.6-ounce headphones around Apple's pint-sized music player. These iFreePlay headphones do away with wires altogether, letting you plug that shuffle right into...
POSTED Wednesday, May 23, 2007
DirecTV is now shipping its Sat-Go system, the first portable satellite-TV system. The combined LCD screen and satellite receiver is housed in a geeky briefcase and weighs a hard-to-schlep 27 pounds. But the setup is simple and requires no...
POSTED Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Mio's new DigiWalker C520 GPS brings you maps and entertainment on its widescreen display. It gives you a choice between a full- and split-screen map views, and the text-to-speech ability speaks clear voice prompts, calling out street names such...
POSTED Monday, May 21, 2007
Any product that prevents temper tantrums is okay by me, and the Chargepod certainly qualifies for that category. We've all been there, cursing all things electronic as we try to untangle the jumble of cords charging our ever-expanding collection...
POSTED Friday, May 18, 2007
Herrington has a pair of headphones from Jensen that free music lovers from being tethered to their portable music player, because the SportPhones are the MP3 player. These super-light (just 2.2 ounces) headphones connect to a computer via USB,...
POSTED Friday, May 18, 2007
The Philips AJ300D is a compact iPod dock and alarm clock that packs quite a bit of punch for being such a small, compact device. It comes in a bit more traditional package, unlike some of the docks recently...
POSTED Thursday, May 17, 2007
The TrekStor MovieStation is a 500-GB hard disk that can play back movies right into your television set without even using a computer. As much as we love home theater PCs, sometimes all we need is a hard drive....
POSTED Thursday, May 17, 2007
Q has probably been handing these spy devices out for years, but for the rest of us having a hidden recorder embedded in a pen makes all of us wannabe 007s. While it looks like a normal everyday writing...
POSTED Monday, May 14, 2007
Just when you think Apple has run out of creative ways to control an iPod, they wow you with a patent that you totally couldn't have thought up on your own. This one is especially unique and cool, although...
POSTED Saturday, May 12, 2007
Many of us SCI FI gadgeteers are so distracted by Apple's iPod products that we hardly notice when a slim and nubile iriver multimedia player such as this second-gen Clix sashays by. Just look at this 2-GB bauble, all...
POSTED Thursday, May 10, 2007
Smartphone not enough for you? Laptop too bulky? Has Samsung got the gadget for you: The Q1 Ultra is the company's second-generation Ultra-Mobile PC — those pint-size Windows machines that look like big portable media players. The Q1 Ultra...
POSTED Tuesday, May 8, 2007
Fancy yourself some sort of DJ? Well, you don't need to have a couple of decks and a huge PA system to mix your beats together anymore. Now you can spin on the go, from anywhere you please, with the...
POSTED Friday, May 4, 2007
Creative's Zen MP3 players haven't proved to be iPod killers, but the line has amassed a healthy following as the most visible Apple alternative. Today, Creative announced its iPod shuffle competitor, the Zen Stone — only eight months after the...
POSTED Friday, May 4, 2007
Nothing is worse than forgetting your entertainment when you get on a long flight. You have nothing to do but read their crappy in-flight magazines and get inappropriately drunk if you didn't bring some music or videos to watch....
POSTED Thursday, May 3, 2007
Picture this: You're out in the country, getting a little stargazing fix with the help of your fancy Minox Makroskop MS 8x25 mini telescope. Suddenly your friend grabs your arm: "Dude, is that a scorpion by your foot?" You...
POSTED Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Transformers mania is officially sweeping the globe, with normally non-transforming objects suddenly sprouting up with little robots hidden inside. A perfect example of the phenomenon are these Japanese headphones, which sort of transform into a robot while continuing to...
POSTED Thursday, April 26, 2007
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. What with the propigation of music-playing phones over the last couple years, you've got to assume at least a few people have ditched their iPods and started using their cell...
POSTED Thursday, April 19, 2007
Being a technology connoisseur these days means weighing yourself down with any number of gadgets — iPod, cell phone, GPS, PDA and all the rest. Though there have been attempts at uniting them all, you usually end up with...
POSTED Wednesday, April 18, 2007
How much do you love to watch TV? According to Nielsen Media Research, during the 2004-2005 season, the average household watched more than 8 hours of television a day. Your TV watching will surely rise with a subscription to...
POSTED Monday, April 16, 2007
A Wi-Fi enabled iPod is finally on the way, set to ship in the second half of this year, according to manufacturers in Taiwan. Wi-Fi could add convenience to the Apple music player, giving users the ability to wirelessly...
POSTED Friday, April 13, 2007
I am not a thief. I've never shoplifted. I once took a candy bar from my sister, but felt so guilty that I confessed and paid her back — three times. I feel bad taking more than one sample...
POSTED Thursday, April 12, 2007
Epoq has introduced a compact portable media player (PMP) that's just slightly bigger than a book of matches. As small as it is, the company has been able to squeeze a 2.2-inch touchscreen into the gadget, which can play...
POSTED Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Sony, who still remembers being king of the portable music player market, like, 20 years ago when people thought cassettes were totally rad, has just announced their latest stab at getting people to ditch their iPods, the E Series....
POSTED Wednesday, April 11, 2007
At what point is a gadget just too damn small? I thought a video player with just a 1.5-inch screen was too tiny but now we see for sale on Gadget Universe what's being dubbed as the "Ultimate Smallest...
POSTED Monday, April 9, 2007
Geek fashionistas take note — a new accessory you slip over your wrist promises to make a great partner to your pocket protector. Based upon experiences from one of their interns (sounds reliable), Venture Designworks has unveiled the FreeHand as...
POSTED Thursday, April 5, 2007
You can tell a lot about a person from their iPod dock. Circular and symmetrical: you like to be in control. Stone camouflage exterior: you're in touch with nature. And if you had the Dragon I, it might be...
POSTED Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Are you riding the wave of the future, watching videos on all sorts of formats and on different devices? If so, then you know how much of a pain converting formats is. If you're an Apple fan and have...
POSTED Tuesday, April 3, 2007
We've had MP3 watches for a while now, though they've never really taken off. Just a guess, but it might have something to do with those earphone wires dangling from your ears to your wrist. For his concept MP3...
POSTED Friday, March 30, 2007
I enjoy sitting in a lukewarm pool of my own filth, which is why bathtubs are so great. But hey, what good is a bath without some tunes to go along with it? This crazy Japanese audio player has...
POSTED Friday, March 30, 2007
A word to the wise: If your kid gets a fancy chocolate egg during the family's upcoming Easter festivities, you may want to check the label before you sneak a bite. And if the golden box it's in is marked...
POSTED Thursday, March 29, 2007
You can't throw a Bluetooth earpiece without hitting a music phone these days, but Nokia's latest multimedia phone adds something new to the field. What's the word I'm looking for…? A turn? A spin? In any case, if you...
POSTED Thursday, March 29, 2007
Texas Instruments has created a DLP projector so small, it fits comfortably in the bottom of a cell phone. At a mere 1.3-inches, the Pico is nice and small yet can pump out a DVD-quality image in widescreen-TV sizes....
POSTED Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Bose calls these things "in-ear headphones." Maybe "earbuds" isn't a fancy enough term when the world's most aggressively marketed audio brand expands its portable audio line into iPod-accessory territory. As the only mega-market audio manufacturer still ruled with an...
POSTED Wednesday, March 21, 2007
If you're embarrassed about your love of Passions so much that you refrain from watching it on your iPod in public, don't worry. Now there's a way for you to enjoy any embarrassing video, be it a soap opera...
POSTED Friday, March 16, 2007
In case you were confused by Polk Audio's dabbling in smaller electronics, like table radios and iPod docks, the traditionally speaker-centric company is spinning off a new brand for that kind of stuff, creatively called Polk Audio Designs. Now...
POSTED Thursday, March 15, 2007
I love it when products combine the old and the new in a great, clever way. Unfortunately, this is not one of those products. I mean, yes, it combines old and new stuff, but great and clever? Not so much....
POSTED Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Anyone else sick of waiting around for a music-playing phone with the capacity of a big iPod? Yeah, me too. Well, if you've gotten impatient, you not have an option that, while it won't save space in your pocket,...
POSTED Wednesday, March 14, 2007
I've got this iPod dock at home for hooking up my iPod to a TV, and probably the biggest hassle is finding a convenient place to put it. That issue would be nixed if the dock and the TV...
POSTED Monday, March 12, 2007
The MindSpa promises to help you deal with life's daily stress relaxing you and helping you sleep better. Employing precise frequencies of oscillation light and calming tones, the portable gadget is supposed to guide the wearer toward inner peace....
POSTED Friday, March 9, 2007
Feel like roughing it, but not completely? Pitch this $249 Eureka N!ergy tent with its three 12-volt outlets distributed inside, and have all the comforts of home while communing with nature. The system runs on the E! Power system...
POSTED Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Advertisements on FM radio should be considered some unique form of torture. They're always so grating, so annoying, so… painful to listen to. That's why when you're driving with the radio on, someone is always designated the radio scanner, jumping...
POSTED Wednesday, March 7, 2007
If you think your iPod is a sexy music player, take a look at this thing. It's called the Zenum Organum, and it's guaranteed to make you twice as likely to get mugged than if you had an iPod,...
POSTED Wednesday, March 7, 2007
Before 1950, vacuum tubes added warmth and created rich tones for music lovers listening to the radio. Today, in a world of transistors and compressed file formats, returning to that golden age of yesteryear seems nigh impossible. Roth Audio...
POSTED Tuesday, March 6, 2007
If I'm going to be on the subway for just a couple of stops, sometimes I won't even bother to bring my iPod. Of course, those are always the rides when the train gets stuck between stations, with the...
POSTED Monday, March 5, 2007
Why have boom boxes fallen by the wayside in our culture? They're such a great way to force everyone around you to listen to your music, and who doesn't love that?! Just because cassettes aren't exactly at the pinnacle...
POSTED Thursday, March 1, 2007
Living in a small space forces many people to go for smaller TVs, but this is ridiculous. Headplay's personal Cinema System is a video headset and media center for both games and movies. I checked out Headplay in person...
POSTED Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Getting your electronics stolen really sucks. You spend all this money on a new iPod or laptop only to have some sleazebag swipe it from your backpack on the subway — it just hurts. Until now, there wasn't much...
POSTED Monday, February 26, 2007
Gimmicky iPod cases are a dime a dozen, so it's hard for one to stand out. Especially for me, as I use that crappy pouch that it came with to keep my iPod from getting scratched in my pocket and...
POSTED Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Summer is coming! Yes, eventually, summer is coming! Get ready, suckers. You've been getting used to having earphones permanently affixed to your head in these winter months, so you should start looking for a similar solution for the hot...
POSTED Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Wow… if bone conduction headphones were ever thought of as cool, that misconception ends today. These crappy looking headphones are basically circa-1982 headphones that sit in front of your ears rather than on them. They then pump tunes right...
POSTED Thursday, February 15, 2007
Good news for people interested in taking their short, disposable videos with them on the go: Nokia and YouTube have made an arrangement to get YouTube's content on Nokia's phones. Yes, soon owners of Nokia's N-series handsets will be...
POSTED Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Not often do we come across a piece of gear that makes us wish we'd thought of it. But when we saw this in-dash iPod dock (more of a slot, really) adapted from a car cassette deck, we dusted...
POSTED Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Oh, Microsoft — why are you always late to the game against Apple? First the iPod beat the snot out of the Zune in the retail world. Now, on the heels of the Apple iPhone announcement, comes word of...
POSTED Friday, February 9, 2007
If you're really, really worried about getting your iPod stolen, you might feel more comfortable if you knew you were protected with somewhat extreme measures. Sure, this iPod locking case is big, bulky, and awkward, but no one will...
POSTED Friday, February 9, 2007
They're not coming to the States anytime soon, but some new toys out of Japan from Ratoc are a meaningful step forward in wireless audio streaming. Slated for release this March are the REX-Link2 receiver (with USB transmitter) and...
POSTED Thursday, February 8, 2007
Why should you buy a Zune? Because Bill Gates is strapped for cash. No, actually because Microsoft, to sustain its World Domination, must never allow the enemy to get too strong, in any market, including handheld media players. After...
POSTED Wednesday, February 7, 2007
We've seen our share of waterproof headphones, but this pair of earbuds from Aquapac could be the alpha dog of underwater headgear. While previous models have been aimed at people who want to shower with their iPods, the Aquapac goes...
POSTED Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Here's a great way to tick off that old fogey teacher: Get one of these Mead binders with built-in speakers when it's released just in time for back-to-school shopping this September. Just plug that iPod or any other music player...
POSTED Monday, February 5, 2007
Winter isn't over yet, folks, so you need to keep thinking about staying warm out there. That doesn't have to mean you don't get to have convenient portable music. Nike has just announced their unfortunately named Hatphones, which are, you...
POSTED Saturday, February 3, 2007
Sony's been trying to kill off the iPod for years, but now it's almost admitting defeat by releasing this CPF-IP001 iPod audio docking station. Except for a low-profile release of an iPod adapter for car radios a year ago,...
POSTED Friday, February 2, 2007
Now that you've run out and bought a new iPod Shuffle in every color, you'll probably want a way to charge your new accessories on the go. After all, one isn't always near an outlet. Just charge up the...
POSTED Friday, February 2, 2007
Gadgets aren't just about functionality. No, they're about style, too. Just ask Apple. People want their new toys to not only act the way they want but they also want them to look cool while doing it. Zox Japan...
POSTED Thursday, February 1, 2007
Recently we've seen some pretty amazing and innovative gadgets from Samsung. Remember those incredibly skinny phones, the 10-megapixel phone, and the i70 camera with HSPDA? Well the gadget flow doesn't stop there. The i7 is Samsung's new digital camera...
POSTED Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Steve Jobs didn't need to get into his black turtleneck to get us excited about the latest development from Apple: brightly colored iPod shuffles. Today the company rolled out new versions of its tiniest MP3 player in pink, green,...
POSTED Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Okay, the music-playing watch. Before you dismiss the idea as this decade's version of the calculator watch, have a look at this prototype version from iriver. The design has a number of things going for it: first, the MP3...
POSTED Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Does this phone look familiar? It looks like something else, but I just can't put my finger on it — oh! Now I see! It looks almost exactly like the overhyped Apple iPhone coming later this year! Well, what's...
POSTED Tuesday, January 30, 2007
This is perhaps the most annoying backpack ever. That might not sound like much, as there aren't many backpacks out there that anyone would classify as annoying, but just take my word for it. The Skullcandy LINK has built-in speakers,...
POSTED Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Remember all the cool stuff you assumed you'd be able to do with the Zune's WiFi when it was first announced? Then remember how you didn't buy one because Microsoft crippled the WiFi so much that it was pretty...
POSTED Monday, January 29, 2007
For those of us who remember the '80s, there's nothing quite so fun as reminiscing with really old video games. Now the same people who brought us tiny Atari keychain joysticks have come up with Nintendo Mini Classics. These...
POSTED Sunday, January 28, 2007
Oh first glance this MediaStream eMotion (how clever!) is a neat little gadget, what with it's portable DVD playing abilities. I mean, watching DVDs on the go is pretty sweet, especially if you're eight years old and riding in the...
POSTED Friday, January 26, 2007
Soon you'll be able to buy more than just an overpriced Venti Half-Caf Fat-Free Soy Mochachino at Starbucks. They're planning on setting up downloading stations in the ubiquitous coffee giant's stores, allowing you to pop your iPod in and soak...
POSTED Friday, January 26, 2007
LG announced a new media player today, the FM37. It's a diminutive little guy, measuring a mere 10.4mm thick, but that's not to say it doesn't perform like the big boys. It's got a nice 2.4-inch TFT touch screen...
POSTED Wednesday, January 24, 2007
There are plenty of USB MP3 players that are super cheap and super simple, but they generally lack some pretty basic functionality that makes using an MP3 player worthwhile. For example, do you feel like trying to sort through a...
POSTED Tuesday, January 23, 2007
You love your MP3 player, but you love the '80s even more. This doesn't have to be a competition — not if you had an MP3 player shaped like a Rubik's Cube. After all, that Rubik's Cube speaker you...
POSTED Thursday, January 18, 2007
Admit it: when was the last time you actually listened to a CD in your car? Like most of us, you probably listen to either FM, satellite radio, or most likely, your portable MP3 player. A few manufacturers are...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Remember those Ultra-Mobile PCs that had the gadget world all abuzz a while back? Anyone? Okay, they were those reasonably sexy handheld PCs that were sort of in between a portable media player and a laptop. The most notable...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
It's tough to impress me, but iriver did it with its Unit 2. The company calls this slick stereo minisystem the Unit 2 because it hasn't thought of a name for it yet. The front LCD pops off to...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
While Bushnell might not be a name many of us know, XM Satellite Radio is. This Onix400 combines many of the mapping and GPS features that Bushnell specializes in, and adds in all the benefits of XM Radio. The...
POSTED Wednesday, January 10, 2007
The rumors are true. Yes, there will be an iPhone this year. And, yes, it will be called iPhone, despite reports to the contrary. It comes in 4-GB ($499) and 8-GB ($599) models. The iPod interface looks pretty great....
POSTED Tuesday, January 9, 2007
You probably know SanDisk as the manufacturer of that removable flash-memory card in your digital camera. You might not know that SanDisk is moving powerfully into other markets and is already the No. 2 seller of flash MP3 players....
POSTED Monday, January 8, 2007
Making a mix is more than just picking which songs you want to rip to your iPod. Belkin is giving you a chance to make your own original music, using the iPod as your master recorder. The TuneStudio, which...
POSTED Monday, January 8, 2007
So, you're driving down the road one fine morning in February 2009 when suddenly the FCC officially pulls the plug on analog TV, and just as suddenly, your little tykes are freaking out in the back seat as SpongeBob...
POSTED Sunday, January 7, 2007
We've seem some feeble attempts at iPod karaoke before, but we're willing to give this new one, from venerable brand Emerson, a fair shot. The gist is you get a microphone that connects via cables to both your iPod...
POSTED Saturday, January 6, 2007
Can you feel CES in the air yet? If not, this advance announcement from iriver should add to the gadget ambiance. The portable-media-player manufacturer will be showcasing at least a couple of new toys, including a new version of...
POSTED Thursday, January 4, 2007
Oh tiny MP3 players, how rarely you adequately balance size with functionality. MP3 players can be made about as small as you could reasonably expect, yet there's a limit to how small you want something to be. Now that...
POSTED Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Bluetooth is awesome and all, but in my experience no one has figured out how to use it in wireless headphones without creating a seriously lousy product. That healthy skepticism doesn't mean I'm without hope or optimism for the future....
POSTED Wednesday, January 3, 2007
If the airport security guy opens your carry-on and says, "What is this?" Just reply, "This is Polk Audio's miDock Portfolio. Go ahead, open the soft carry case. The speakers open on a hinge, see? The iPod goes onto...
POSTED Thursday, December 28, 2006
How come the prices on digital cameras from different retailers can range over $100 while the best discount you're likely to get on a new iPod is $5? This Slate article makes a convincing attempt to explain the phenomenon....
POSTED Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Like rats to the Pied Piper, the Robot Boombox will follow your footsteps wherever you go. Simply plug your iPod into the 11-pound Miuro, (which, frankly, looks like Humpty Dumpty after his great fall) or stream music wirelessly from...
POSTED Tuesday, December 26, 2006
So I was just packing yesterday for my annual trip back home for Chirstmas, determined to try out a few select gadgets while I'm out of action, and I found myself becoming increasingly annoyed at all the charging cables...
POSTED Friday, December 22, 2006
Much like the TuneView, the Popalive remote control from Alive Style can control your iPod from afar while bringing its playlists, menus, and whatnot straight to your hand via two-way RF technology. It's even more fun doing it through...
POSTED Friday, December 22, 2006
Thanks to unimpeded capitalism, there are so many music players available that deciding which one to buy might make your head 'splode. In fact, only two players really count — iPod and Zune. Everything else is just marketplace clutter....
POSTED Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Maybe you have a friend who likes to take his iPod kayaking. Or maybe your sister likes wakeboarding while listening to Devo. In either case, you should introduce them to Otter's line of waterproof boxes made especially for iPods. I...
POSTED Monday, December 18, 2006
SanDisk and Sony are working on a Memory Stick Pro-HG format that puts the old Memory Stick Pro format to shame. Yes, the "HG" actually means something: the new Sticks are designed to provide high-speed continuous writing (up to...
POSTED Friday, December 15, 2006
Why pay for expensive studio time or even worry about getting an at-home recording setup? If you have an iPod, you're halfway to having a setup for recording the next Since U Been Gone in the privacy of your...
POSTED Thursday, December 14, 2006
Gadgets keep gettin' smaller, which means all of their components need to get smaller as well. The speaker has gotten shrunk down like the rest of 'em, but how small can you make a speaker and still have decent sound...
POSTED Thursday, December 14, 2006
The future isn't all flying cars and hotshot microwaves. In fact, I think I may have stumbled across something exciting and practical: charge-by-contact plates. Though companies like Splashpower have been at this game longer, WildCharge plans to push things...
POSTED Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Do you people really want to walk around with screens attached to your faces? Can you not be so far from a screen at any point that attaching a TV in your glasses seems like a great solution to that...
POSTED Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Now that you've discovered the joy of downloading videos to your iPod, your old speaker dock may lack something that you covet: a video output for watching those digital vids on a TV. For you serial downloaders of 24...
POSTED Tuesday, December 12, 2006
We really like the Nike + iPod sport kit, but the fact that they expect you to buy a special pair of shoes just to use it is pretty weak on Nike's part. We already have shoes that we like...
POSTED Tuesday, December 12, 2006
Gadgets in the wilderness are on borrowed time. Those batteries will run out at some point, and with no power outlets nearby, you're boned, right? Not so with the SolarPort 4.4, a videotape-size solar panel that'll juice up your...
POSTED Thursday, December 7, 2006
We love Bluetooth technology, since it lets us go all hands-free with our cell phones (and iPods) with no wires, but it has its limitations. One big one is battery life — you may have noticed that your cell phone...
POSTED Wednesday, December 6, 2006
For the two or three of you out there that have managed to pack your new 80-GB iPods to the gills, good news! Toshiba has just unveiled a 100-GB 1.8-inch drive, the same size and brand used in your...
POSTED Tuesday, December 5, 2006
Although there's certainly no shortage of iPod docks for connecting to your TV or stereo, Keyspan's TuneView jumps to the front of the line by including a handy LCD screen right on the remote control. Announced last winter and...
POSTED Monday, December 4, 2006
You're a tough guy! Look at you, so big and strong. Why, if it wasn't for your crippling fear of both airplanes and dying in a foreign land, you'd surely be in the armed forces. Hey, don't worry, your...
POSTED Saturday, December 2, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Falon Oh, Zune. You had so much promise! We were all so excited when we heard that Microsoft was putting all...
POSTED Thursday, November 30, 2006
If you liked the look of Samsung's K5 digital audio player but didn't care about wasting space with a little speaker attached, good news. Take a looksie at the Samsung YP-K3, the next model in that line of portables from...
POSTED Thursday, November 30, 2006
I told you so. Back when I was raggin' on the idea of people watching movies on their cell phones I said that YouTube's content was the perfect library for mobile viewing, and it looks like Verizon was listening. Soon...
POSTED Tuesday, November 28, 2006
I feel like after showing you this picture there's not that much left for me to say about perhaps the most poorly designed headphones ever. But for you, my friend, I'll try. Just looking at them brings up visions in...
POSTED Tuesday, November 28, 2006
The Beatles, one of the last major holdouts to keep their music from online music stores, are apparently in talks with Apple to not only put their catalogue exclusively on the iTunes Music Store, but to sign off on a...
POSTED Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Could Samsung have started a trend? Following in the footsteps of the Samsung K5 comes this portable media player, the MMP X-500, which boasts a built-in speaker. The speaker doesn't look all cool and slide-y like the K5's, but...
POSTED Monday, November 27, 2006
Sure to be a generator of several, "Ha! That's so cool," comments at your next dinner party, this iPod station/alarm clock by Accurian merges modern gadgetry with some retro style. When you turn in for bed, slip your iPod...
POSTED Friday, November 24, 2006
If you somehow haven't gotten a portable MP3 player yet but managed to snag a Nintendo DS lite, don't run out and buy an iPod. Nintendo is releasing their MP3 player, a little device in the shape of a...
POSTED Thursday, November 23, 2006
You already have headphones for swimming, but how about for skiing? The best way to bring some tunes to the slopes this winter is with Lobz's audio ear warmers. Ah, earmuffs… warm, fuzzy, and appropriate for every occasion. And...
POSTED Wednesday, November 22, 2006
We're skeptical about bone-conduction technology around here. It seems like the ears were designed pretty well for hearing stuff, and listening to things via vibrations in our skull just strikes us as a bit… unnatural. And plus, aren't the...
POSTED Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Battery chargers hardly count as gadgets on their own. Instead they're unfortunate technological necessities that MIT is working on eradicating. You wouldn't think battery chargers would be poised to take the tech world by storm, but you'd be wrong....
POSTED Monday, November 20, 2006
We suspect this electronic Bible, resembling a portable media player, was conceived by a Catholic school student who kept getting his iPod confiscated by the nuns. Would they be so quick to take away your toy if they knew...
POSTED Friday, November 17, 2006
Oh my goodness, look at this! It's an iPod dock! You know, it's nice to see someone come out with something to plug my new music player into. Oh, I'm sorry, I should give you some context. The iPod...
POSTED Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Microsoft is a smart company, so there's no way its gigantic leap into portable music players, the Zune, wouldn't be compatible with their upcoming behemoth of an operating system, Vista, is there? Guys? Wait, it isn't compatible with Vista...
POSTED Wednesday, November 15, 2006
Now that Apple has weaseled its way into the dashboards of most cars, it's on to the next logical step: airplanes. Starting in mid-2007, airlines Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM, and United will feature iPod integration at seats...
POSTED Wednesday, November 15, 2006
I'm all for creative placement of iPod docks, but is it really that great an idea to have your iPod get its juice from another device that needs to be charged? It seems a little strange to me, but...
POSTED Monday, November 13, 2006
Are you a professional gamer? No, if you live in your parents basement and play World of Warcraft all day you are not necessarily a professional. I don't care how many numbers you have in your name or how creative...
POSTED Saturday, November 11, 2006
From the "because we can" department comes this miniscule video player, providing you with the ability to view digital videos on a device about the size of a Listerine PocketPak. Yeah, just look at that thing, it's freaking tiny....
POSTED Friday, November 10, 2006
Sure, there are lots of MP3 player speaker docks out there, but how many of them are designed to be attached to the handlebars of your bike? Just one, as far as I can tell. This bad boy locks...
POSTED Monday, November 6, 2006
The fine lads over at Gizmodo got their hands on Microsoft's new Zune audio player and let loose with a great, in depth look at the tasty gadget as well as the Zune Marketplace that Microsoft hopes will steal...
POSTED Friday, November 3, 2006
Do you people really like watching TV shows on tiny screens? I think it's silly, but don't let me stop you from having your fun, no matter how lame said fun is. Here it is kids, what you've all been...
POSTED Friday, November 3, 2006
Someone come quick! It's an emergency! Oh God, the humanity of it! I just can't believe this is happening! My iPod, it, it… it ran out of batteries. What, you were expecting something more serious? Well, call me overdramatic,...
POSTED Thursday, November 2, 2006
Not quite as innovative as the company's recent K5 portable, Samsung's latest MP3 player, the T9, nonetheless crams an impressive feature set into its super-slim casing. You get all the perks you'd expect from a non-Apple flash player —...
POSTED Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Japan has seen it all when it comes to digital audio players, which is why they've begun releasing models of questionable design. They've just gotta mix things up, you know? While many players are all about cool features or...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
We've seen lots of Skype phones and we've seen lots of MP3 players, but boy howdy, this is the first time we've seen a shotgun marriage of the two gadgets. The Rimax Mystic is a pretty standard digital audio player,...
POSTED Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Is it a sin to listen to music on a MP3 player shaped like a cross? Doubtful, although I'd feel a tad guilty listening to any death-metal tunes on the Saint B, a digital music player that's combines a...
POSTED Monday, October 30, 2006
The same technology that rattles your jawbone so you can listen to calls on this Bluetooth headset empowers the SwiMP3 underwater headphones. This MP3 player-goggles-headphone combo is sure to make you the coolest kid at the pool… or at...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
Despite recent upgrades, Apple's iPod army doesn't quite have the best battery life among all the players out there, with some besting it by an embarrassingly large margin. And if you use your iPod to watch video at all, you're...
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
We've been talking about and waiting around for the true video iPod for what feels like years now. There have been loads of rumors about the upcoming device, and it was originally supposed to have come out by now....
POSTED Friday, October 27, 2006
When listening to your iPod at home, do you find its sleek modern lines interfere with your earthy décor? These stony iPod docks might be a little more to your liking. Adding that Japanese-garden element that so many other...
POSTED Thursday, October 26, 2006
Who says portable audio players should easily fit in your pocket? That's the tyranny of the iPod's market dominance talking, you sheep. Why don't you think for yourself for once and open your mind to an audio player that...
POSTED Wednesday, October 25, 2006
What do you call a big group of iPod accessories? An iHerd? A Podmob? In any case, there's a really long playlist of iPod speaker docks out there, but the Ion iPa03 PA system doesn't quite belong in that...
POSTED Tuesday, October 24, 2006
If you're prone to getting spinach stuck in your teeth, then Senko has a product for you. ScreenMirror is a sticker that makes your cell phone (or iPod) screen reflective when the backlight is off, which is great for checking...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
It might come as a surprise to many, but there was a time when the desk wasn't just the place where you use a computer. Yes, desks have a variety of other purposes, such as actually reading a book...
POSTED Friday, October 20, 2006
And so it begins. Well, not really begins — Monster is hardly the first manufacturer to announce it'll be making accessories for Micorsoft's Zune player. But Monster's official announcement today of its half-dozen or so Zune add-ons sure makes...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Some owners of brand new video iPods may be getting more than they bargained for with their trendy new purchase — a windows virus preloaded on the music player. Yes, now you have more than just RIAA lawsuits to worry...
POSTED Wednesday, October 18, 2006
If you needed any more proof that electronics are getting smaller and smaller, Toshiba's just provided Exhibit A: a front projector so tiny, it fits in the palm of a gorilla's hand (well, a human's, too, but isn't it...
POSTED Monday, October 16, 2006
We all know about wearing a music player to the gym, but the spa? OSIM's iGoGo would be right at home there, though, since it brings a new innovation to the MP3-player bag of tricks: massage. Yep, with the...
POSTED Thursday, October 12, 2006
Except among the golden-eared, pride of ownership in a music player rarely extends to the part that vibrates and makes noise. Earbuds are a necessary evil, tolerated only because the player would be useless without them. Anyone interested in...
POSTED Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Ultimate Ears, makers of some of the finest earbuds in all the land, are preparing to unleash the triple.fi 10 pro headphones upon the world this December. As an owner of a pair of Ultimate Ears earbuds (albeit a...
POSTED Thursday, October 5, 2006
Headphone cables can be a hassle, getting tangled up in your pocket or caught on the treadmill when you're at the gym. Bluetooth wireless technology promises to rid our lives of unsightly and annoying wires forever, and Koss wasted...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Everybody knows that compressed music like MP3 doesn't sound as good as a CD, and everybody seems totally fine with making that sacrifice if it means they can carry 80 zillion songs with them in a gadget the size of...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
There are plenty of headphones out there with noise canceling technology; headphones that analyze the sound of your surroundings and then create sound to nullify it and make your music easier to hear at lower volumes. But what about headphones...
POSTED Tuesday, October 3, 2006
Sony keeps tossing digital audio players at the market hoping one will stick. Their latest attempt at a sliver of the iPod's throne is the NW-S706, a slim little player with a 4-GB capacity. It also has noise-canceling technology,...
POSTED Monday, October 2, 2006
This watch will save you some pocket real estate by clearing out your MP3 player and strapping it to your wrist. Holding either 512MB or 1GB of tunes, it also has an FM radio so you won't miss Mandatory...
POSTED Friday, September 29, 2006
Apple announced the new pricing of its iPod roster a couple of weeks ago, which is I guess how long it takes for Microsoft to react to anything, since it's just now settled on the price of its upcoming...
POSTED Thursday, September 28, 2006
Slingbox is a much-loved time shifting device for your TV. It allows you to watch your TV from anywhere that has an Internet connection, including portable devices such as the Motorola Q, at 640 x 480, the same resolution...
POSTED Wednesday, September 27, 2006
It's been delayed and delayed, but Sony's portable Reader, first announced in January, is finally for sale. To recap, the Reader (model no. PRS-500) is a handheld that's meant to stand in for that stack of books in your...
POSTED Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Logitech announced today the company's FreePulse wireless headphones, purported to be half the size of previous models. Weighing a barely there 2.1 ounces, the headphones should be kind to your ears when you're strolling about. Connecting to your audio...
POSTED Wednesday, September 27, 2006
For Sirius listeners who need their daily doses of Howard Stern or Martha Stewart no matter where they are, the new Stiletto 100 ($350) will let you tune in from anywhere — as long as you can see the...
POSTED Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Like we need to tell you, it's probably a good idea to keep your iPod out of sight while you're on the subway. Problem: you'll probably have to pull it out to when you want to turn it up...
POSTED Monday, September 25, 2006
Have you been scouring the Net for a waterproof MP3 player to go with those underwater headphones or waterproof speakers you got awhile back? The Hydra is ready to rock while wet. Playing MP3s, WAVs, ACTs, and WMAs, it'll stay...
POSTED Monday, September 25, 2006
Winter is coming, and those white earbuds you sport so proudly are gonna freeze to your skin if you don't keep your noggin warm. Motorola and Burton have teamed up to combine the two things they do best to present...
POSTED Saturday, September 23, 2006
The big thing with satellite radio these days seems to be having the ability to record your favorite tracks for later listening. Various portables from both XM and Sirius have offered this function, and Delphi's latest SKYFi (SkyFi? Whatever)...
POSTED Thursday, September 21, 2006
One thing that a lot of people seem to forget about HDTV is that it comes in pretty damn well over the airwaves. You don't necessarily need cable to get a nice HD signal — at least for the...
POSTED Wednesday, September 20, 2006
I don't know how many times I've been sitting around my apartment with my friends, and someone says, "Hey, I've got a hankerin' for some karaoke." Well, actually, that happened only one time, and we ended up wandering around...
POSTED Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Since phones these days are absorbing the abilities of digital audio players, it seems only fair that some digital audio players are starting to borrow the design of phones. Cowon's iAudio F2 wears its phone-y façade well, right down...
POSTED Monday, September 18, 2006
Now that Apple's locked in its plans for the latest iPods, Microsoft has made its countermove by offering up the details on the company's Zune player. First the bad news: there's no precise launch date or price yet, although...
POSTED Thursday, September 14, 2006
There are loads of iPod cases out there, and not too many of them worth mentioning here on our highly selective blog. These iPod and Macbook covers from French twin sisters Lauren and Paulina Bibi, however, are just too...
POSTED Thursday, September 14, 2006
Mere hours after Apple debuted its all-new iPods, Asia-based iriver went for an in-your-face counterattack by announcing its S10 music player, which is about the size of the new iPod shuffle, just 0.4 inch thick. But the S10 bests...
POSTED Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Well, we might not have a true video iPod or an iPhone, but Apple gave us a few things to talk about during Steve Jobs' "It's Showtime!" event today. iTunes and the accompanying online store got an upgrade, both...
POSTED Tuesday, September 12, 2006
With trademark fanfare, Apple today unveiled the next generation of iPods, significantly upgrading and reducing the price of every model of the current lineup, but stopping short of announcing a new widescreen, video-specific version of the megapopular music player....
POSTED Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Here's something that we're hoping Apple will include on the true video iPod we're expecting them to announce later today: a breathalyzer that hooks up to your iPod for some reason. Oh, and it also doubles as an FM...
POSTED Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Matt Krueger Apple is set to start offering full-length movies for download through iTunes for viewing on iPods and Sprint is...
POSTED Thursday, September 7, 2006
If you want to be able to bring the party wherever you go, it's pretty tough to tote a decent PA system around with you to pump out the tunes. The giant speakers, all the cables, and the CD...
POSTED Thursday, September 7, 2006
Apparently Hollywood thinks that people love to squint, because between the iTunes Movie Store opening up and now Sprint renting movies to their phones one would think that small screens are the new big screens. Sprint already has 45 movies...
POSTED Wednesday, September 6, 2006
Do you leave your iPod cranked up all the way and still want it to go louder? Years of standing right next to the speakers at Journey concerts has left you half deaf, and in order to finish the...
POSTED Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Portable TVs always sound like kind of cool idea in theory, but when you actually try to use one you find that they either aren't portable at all due to needing to be hooked up to a cable source...
POSTED Saturday, September 2, 2006
The New Yorker, the venerable weekly magazine for the supposedly-literate, is releasing every issue since its initial publication in 1925 on a portable hard drive. The 80GB USB drive will come loaded with over 4,000 issues, working out to...
POSTED Friday, September 1, 2006
Remember that digital audio player with the slide-out built-in speaker? Samsung made it official today, with a U.S. release coming this month. When it's turned off, the Samsung K5 looks kind of like a small obsidian brick, but this...
POSTED Friday, September 1, 2006
The latest weapon in Creative's cold war against all things iPod is the Zen Vision W, a portable video player that appears to improve upon its predecessor, the Zen Vision. Vision Dubya comes at us with a 4.3-inch widescreen...
POSTED Thursday, August 31, 2006
Sony wants to beat the iPod so badly, it's almost cute. They've released yet another incarnation of their beaten-like-a-dead-horse Walkman line, this time directly going after the new iPod + Nike setup that we liked so much. The test...
POSTED Thursday, August 31, 2006
As much as you love your iPod nano, it's going to run out of power during that flight to Australia. So will your BlackBerry. And your Dell notebook. If you want to keep using them — all of them...
POSTED Wednesday, August 30, 2006
An MP3 player that recharges on the fly with no electricity required seems far fetched, but apparently you haven't thought about the power of the yo-yo. Yes, finally someone has combined an MP3 player with a yo-yo, giving you...
POSTED Wednesday, August 30, 2006
I hate running. On the rare occasion that I feel motivated to actually go to the gym, the time I spend on the treadmill to stay in shape always seems to drag. But the Nike + iPod Sport Kit...
POSTED Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Panasonic has just announced a new digital audio player, the "D-snap" SV-SD800N, that includes a "noise killer" function that apparently cuts out background noise. While details are rather scant, it looks like all that means is that it comes with...
POSTED Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Looks like Sirius is finally getting in the game of portable satellite radio (no, the S50 doesn't count since it has no built-in tuner), as these photos of the upcoming Stiletto can attest. Satellite Standard Group got a hold...
POSTED Monday, August 28, 2006
Looking to shoot some decent video, but don't want to spend a bundle? Well, there's that camera in your cell phone, but a 30-second clip at 15 frames per second probably won't cut it. No, what you need is...
POSTED Thursday, August 24, 2006
While messenger bags and even, yes, man purses seem to be the fashionable way for a guy on the go to carry his belongings these days, don't count out the old high school standby — the backpack. It still has...
POSTED Tuesday, August 22, 2006
It doesn't have a screen, so this new portable from Onyko isn't quite a portable media player as we know it; it would probably be more accurate to call it a transportable media player. Since there's no display, you...
POSTED Monday, August 21, 2006
Finally, there's an all-in-one device that supports playback of most major audio and video formats, including connectivity to DVD and DivX players. The just-announced XPIN MX-430 is a portable entertainment device that's also equipped with a built-in GPS antenna...
POSTED Sunday, August 20, 2006
While at the moment you'll still need to resort to less than legal methods in order to download Mission: Impossible III, word is coming that you'll soon be able to download your indie movie faves from Lions Gate without...
POSTED Friday, August 18, 2006
If you want a slick, iPod nano-sized MP3 player but don't actually want to buy an iPod nano, this Maxfield Max-Sin Touch will give you similar size and features without making you feel like just another iPod clone. Featuring nice...
POSTED Friday, August 18, 2006
Being out and about and running out of juice on your cell phone, iPod, or PSP can really put a damper on your weekly voyage out of your parent's basement. If you happen to run into one of these...
POSTED Friday, August 18, 2006
Workers of the world unite! The glorious day has arrived when we can take not only take our fries, coffee, and liquor to go, but our TV as well. Using a 2-GB SD card for storage, users can choose...
POSTED Friday, August 18, 2006
Straight from Cain Laboratories in Japan comes the Cain i2, another iPod lookalike mini stereo system that joins the iBlueTube in its love of vacuum tubes. Even though you can use it with any MP3 player, the white plastic...
POSTED Thursday, August 17, 2006
Oh man bro, so I was totally seeing Dave Matthews play at Giants Stadium, and during that one song… you know, the kind of generic one, with the fiddle? Anyways, I wanted to hold my lighter up high and let...
POSTED Thursday, August 17, 2006
While wearing EgoKast's video belt buckle, you'll have a new way to "show the world what's on your mind" — that is, if your mind is located just slightly above your crotch and comes preloaded with fragmented, stoned-out video...
POSTED Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Sure to soon be the bane of many a subway rider's existence, the new Samsung YP-K5 is a digital audio player with a built-in speaker for letting everyone in the vicinity know just how big a George Michael fan...
POSTED Tuesday, August 15, 2006
You can't beat lying around all day listening to music, and the I-Connect pillow lets you do it anywhere without headphones. Simply plug the pillow's minijack cable into your iPod or MP3 player's headphone jack, and the cushion becomes...
POSTED Monday, August 14, 2006
I'm all for cleaning up desktop clutter, which is why I'm a fan of this forthcoming Razer Pro|Type keyboard. Available in both iPod and Zune flavors, it's a keyboard with a built-in dock for your music player of choice....
POSTED Monday, August 14, 2006
So I was chatting with somebody from Amazon's Electronics Store yesterday, and we were pondering why Bluetooth headphones haven't caught on all that much. I mean, I have to say, as convenient as my iPod shuffle is, the No....
POSTED Thursday, August 10, 2006
While speaker docks for the iPod are pretty much everywhere, from the living room to the kitchen to the bathroom, they all ask people to put down another significant amount of cash on top of their player, oftentimes even...
POSTED Thursday, August 10, 2006
Talk about fashion forward: Korean company EarMecca has worked out a way to cross the DNA of an earring with that of an earphone, creating a new breed of ear bling. These freaky "earringphones" almost defy gadget taxonomy, but...
POSTED Wednesday, August 9, 2006
Sony has just unveiled the Mylo, a portable media player and communications device that seems to defy categorization. Apparently not related to the failed wireless service of the same name that Sony launched in 2001, this Mylo is pure...
POSTED Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Designed to be worn like a bright sonic badge signaling your authority in the township of sound, the Qoolqee X Sports MP3 player adds some rugged functionality to your music experience. Styled in either yellow, red, or blue with...
POSTED Monday, August 7, 2006
Everyone knows that adding a solar panel to a piece of headgear has only the coolest of results, which is why we are so excited about this sweet solar-powered visor radio. Most gadgets we tell you about here have...
POSTED Monday, August 7, 2006
If making music is what moves you, it's great to always have your instrument at hand just in case inspiration strikes. That's easy enough if your instrument of choice is the harmonica or penny whistle, but even a small electronic...
POSTED Friday, August 4, 2006
Even though technology is advancing at an unprecedented rate these days, for some uses you can't beat old standbys. Apparently bike locks are one of those standbys, as this Secure-It Pod Safe uses that same method in its bid...
POSTED Friday, August 4, 2006
As iPods become the way we listen to music everywhere, from the kitchen to the bathroom, auto manufacturers are getting with the program. Those FM transmitters that offer a quick-and-dirty stream from your iPod to your car stereo make...
POSTED Thursday, August 3, 2006
With the Nintendo Wii's virtual console promising loads of retro-gaming glory, playing our favorite games from childhood has been floating around our brains quite a bit lately. However, the Wii isn't the only game in town for emulation. In...
POSTED Wednesday, August 2, 2006
As a skier, I only used my iPod while going down the slopes once. It was cool to listen to music while skiing, but I also felt like being unable to hear the people around me was somewhat dangerous...
POSTED Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Yes, we're with you: we're getting pretty tired of the legions of iPod speaker docks, so we promise not to waste your time with any of them unless they a) have a sassy name, or b) look really, really...
POSTED Tuesday, August 1, 2006
Archos, the company that's become synonymous with portable video in possibly a few parts of Europe, is at it again. The Archos 604 and 404 portable media players are scheduled to come out in August, and a few leaked...
POSTED Monday, July 31, 2006
Even though the iPod is the undisputed champion of portable music right now, it's had the unfortunate side effect of getting people to listen to the same damn few hundred songs over and over and over again. Sure, there's...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
After weeks of rumors and speculation flying around the Internet, Microsoft has finally made official what we've assumed for a while: they're releasing a portable music player called Zune to take on the iPod. Not just a player, Zune...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
It has the goods and the looks to be a decent sports MP3 player, but LG must have known its MFFM20 portable would have to boast some pretty unique features to convince folks to not just buy an iPod...
POSTED Monday, July 24, 2006
Each week Adam Frucci takes a closer look at the latest gadget buzz in his column, Shift. Image by Falon The iPod is the clear leader in digital audio players and has been since its launch for a reason —...
POSTED Thursday, July 20, 2006
The next-generation iPod, rumored to be due early next year, may add another feature to the photo-, video-, and music-toting little device: 3D gaming. Graphics-chip manufacturer Nvidia has reportedly signed on to make 3D technology for the upcoming "true...
POSTED Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Take those earbuds that came with your iPod and throw them in the garbage. No, wait. Cut the cords into little pieces, then throw them in the garbage. Then go out and buy one of these great-sounding earbuds or...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
It sounds like the battle between Steve Jobs and Hollywood executives over the price of movies at the iTunes Music Store has ended with a compromise. While Steve wanted to sell movies like he sells music, at a flat...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Target, the Wal-Mart that it isn't taboo to shop at, knows what its customers like. Spending millions on market research to figure out exactly what consumers do daily that could be improved by purchasing new products at Target, they've...
POSTED Tuesday, July 18, 2006
If your gadget pool has grown beyond the obligatory cell phone and iPod (and really, whose hasn't?), chances are the place where you plug them all in for recharging is looking pretty tangled. That is, if you even managed...
POSTED Monday, July 17, 2006
Listening to your iPod while cycling would be fine if it weren't for all those predatory motorists who drive like they're playing Grand Theft Auto. If you have your earbuds in while you're on your bike, there's a good...
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
With Sony's proprietary UMD format pretty much dead in the water at this point, the electronics blunder-king is looking for new avenues to overcharge for digital copies of movies. Well, if one proprietary format didn't work, what about trying a...
POSTED Thursday, July 13, 2006
Miss boomboxes? Yeah, being able to share your music with an unwitting public is pretty sweet, but with the advent of iPods and all these teeny-tiny music players meant to be used with headphones, the boombox seems to have...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
Oh, we're definitely getting some of this in. These iDrops promise to restore your iPod to looking like new, letting it relive the glory days of its youth by wiping away all those smudges and scratches. How can a...
POSTED Wednesday, July 12, 2006
There's been lots of buzz around the Web about Microsoft's plans to take Apple head on in the portable audio market, but today all sorts of info has been leaking, specifically from "insiders" to our buddies over at Gizmodo...
POSTED Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Designers are always trying to find creative ways to fit big screens in small packages, and this Tripod MP3/video player is a neat twist on that goal. A small triangle that fits easily in your pocket when used for...
POSTED Monday, July 10, 2006
If you rushed out to get your very own pair of waterproof headphones as soon as we told you about them last week, here's a player to complete your underwater experience. The Fusion Digital Media Player is built to...
POSTED Thursday, July 6, 2006
Having a fancy video iPod isn't all that special unless you actually, you know, watch videos on it. However, converting video to play nice with your iPod is a pain, usually forcing you to stick to the overpriced iTunes...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
One day, we'll all be carrying around hydrogen fuel cells for powering our portable gadgets. At least that's the vision of Voller, a British energy company, which created this Automatic Battery Charger (ABC) to supply power to things like...
POSTED Wednesday, July 5, 2006
At this point, it almost takes more energy to find a cell phone that can't play video than one that can. However, the puny screens that come on oh-so-tiny devices make watching portable video for any period of time...
POSTED Friday, June 30, 2006
While traditional speakers don't do so well when used underwater, these headphones use a well-known waterproof material to function in the murky depths: the human skull. By sending vibrations right into your jaw, the EZ-80WP uses "bone-conduction technology" to...
POSTED Thursday, June 29, 2006
Remember when the Sony Walkman was the be-all, end-all of portable audio? Those were halcyon days for Sony, before the iPod and widespread digital copying screwed up its market dominance. Now Sony's looking to reclaim some of its lost...
POSTED Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Headlining Toshiba's new line of Satellite laptops is an impressive gaming notebook, the P105-S9321, an upgrade based on the S921. Specs of the new model are respectable: a 2-GHz Intel Core Duo processor (up from 1.83 GHz), 2 GB...
POSTED Tuesday, June 27, 2006
This new Viliv P2 portable media player (no relation to the Intel Viiv processor) is a monster of video and audio portability. A monster, we tell you. It sports a generous 4.3-inch touchscreen, GPS navigation, a 20- or 30-GB...
POSTED Tuesday, June 27, 2006
We find it a little ironic that Skullcandy would name a pair of headphones with gold-colored earcups the "Proletariat," but with those cool little skulls on the frame, we're guessing not too many bourgeois stuck-ups would wear them anyway....
POSTED Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Tivoli Audio, designer of specialty radios, has thrown its hat into the crowded ring of makers of iPod speaker docks with the sassily named iYiYi. Poking fun at the plethora of products out there that tack a lowercase "i"...
POSTED Wednesday, June 21, 2006
This summer, Creative's releasing its latest weapon in the war on the iPod's ubiquity: the nano-sized Zen V Plus, and CNet was lucky enough to get one early and write up a detailed review of it. And would you...
POSTED Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Toshiba wants to take down the iPod in a bad way, and they hope the one-two punch of the new gigabeat S and its partnership with movie-downloading service Vongo will help them do it. Coming in both 30-GB and...
POSTED Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Subway crime is down in New York City, with one startling exception: theft of personal electronics like cell phones and iPods. And though we don't have stats on hand, we're betting the trend is similar throughout the country. To...
POSTED Thursday, June 15, 2006
One of the big things holding back your favorite gadget makers from slimming down your cell phone, PDA, or MP3 player to the extreme is the battery. No matter what your gadget poison is, it needs power, and if...
POSTED Thursday, June 15, 2006
Over the past couple of years we've seen more and more mobile phones with built-in music players, so it was probably inevitable that music players would start picking up communications abilities. Case in point: MusicGremlin's MG-1000 "Gremlin" MP3 player,...
POSTED Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Sometimes it seems like companies create products just as joke fodder for jaded, snarky bloggers. Exhibit A: this toilet-paper dispenser/iPod dock, the iCarta. Seriously, guys? Have consumers been clamoring for this, or do you just think there haven't been...
POSTED Tuesday, June 13, 2006
If you're of the style-over-substance mentality of gadgetry, this little Arko MP3 player might look pretty sweet to you. If you enjoy powerful features… well, is looking nice a feature? It's got a backlit color display, supports such eclectic...
POSTED Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Epson has developed new 7.1-inch piece of electronic paper that's bendable and has a very respectable resolution of 1,536 x 2,048 pixels. Electronic paper is a thin material that acts as an electronic display, allowing for text and graphics to...
POSTED Monday, June 12, 2006
After that dorkwad Bluetooth watch from last week, we felt the need to cleanse ourselves with a more stylin' timepiece, so we're glad that reader Robert pointed us to the 2006 Abacus Smart Watch, designed by Fossil. The Abacus...
POSTED Monday, June 12, 2006
CBS has become the last of the major networks to offer its prime-time programming for download from the iTunes Music Store, joining the other three major networks as well as a number of cable channels (including SCI FI). So far...
POSTED Friday, June 9, 2006
Coming your way from Pioneer: a new line of high-end receivers that can do some sweet tricks with high-definition video and your iPod's music library. The flagship model, the Pioneer Elite VSX-84TXVi, is a 980-watt beast that features four...
POSTED Thursday, June 8, 2006
Noise-canceling headphones are a must for anyone who travels on airplanes frequently, as engine noise can force you to turn up normal headphones to dangerous levels. The problem with most models is that they tend to be bulky or...
POSTED Wednesday, June 7, 2006
Considering Bono's been singing in those Apple commercials since the video iPod came out, it's really about time U2 gave the go-ahead on the U2 video iPod. Featuring a red clickwheel and a bunch of preloaded videos from the...
POSTED Tuesday, June 6, 2006
Because we all are just dying for Apple to hurry up and deliver us a full-fledged iPod/cell-phone hybrid, we can't help but mention this questionable rumor that's been flying around the Net: RIM (makers of the Blackberry) and Apple...
POSTED Monday, June 5, 2006
Cameras are everywhere these days. I once worked in an office building that had a big red sign at the door that warned all visitors that they would be filmed by up to 38 different audio and video cameras once...
POSTED Monday, June 5, 2006
That iPod of yours can play video, sure, but that screen is just so small. It's barely big enough for you to watch it, let alone the people sitting next to you on the subway trying to check out...
POSTED Friday, June 2, 2006
If you're still stuck in the 20th century playing music on little plastic discs, this speaker/CD case combo could be a useful way for you to make your music portable. Looking like a standard CD book, the case has removable...
POSTED Thursday, June 1, 2006
Apparently the Nintendo DS Lite, which was due to hit stores June 11th, has begun popping up ahead of schedule at certain Wal-Marts and Targets. With the electronics departments of those stores staffed by workers who didn't quite make...
POSTED Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Is Microsoft going to release a handheld version of the Xbox? That's the word according to a new report from The Diffusion Group, a new-media research firm. While Microsoft head honcho Bill Gates was mum on the subject at this...
POSTED Tuesday, May 30, 2006
There may be better ways to kill off a long weekend then nonstop Sudoku, but we're still going to order this handheld electronic version of the game from ThinkGeek before we think of one. Running on a pair of...
POSTED Friday, May 26, 2006
Your classy apartment needs a little spicing up. That sunglasses-wearing sunflower that moves to music needs a dance partner. And that sassy Budweiser can wearing a Santa hat? He hasn't wobbled back and forth in ages. How's about adding this...
POSTED Friday, May 26, 2006
Stepping up from the factory-supplied earbuds should be the first accessory any newbie iPod owner should consider. There are plenty of upgrades on the market, including Apple's own in-ear buds, but Griffin Technology's new TuneBuds could be worth a...
POSTED Wednesday, May 24, 2006
The iPod is a versatile little gadget, and while it's been used to aid people who work out before, Nike has announced a new system that really takes the gadget to the next level. The Nike iPod Sport Kit...
POSTED Tuesday, May 23, 2006
It's the main thing on your mind when you walk into an electronics store: Don't get ripped off. Whether you're shopping for a digital camera, computer, or HDTV, you want to know what's a fair price, and what's a...
POSTED Thursday, May 18, 2006
Sony Ericsson continues its experiments in crossbreeding with the W850 Walkman phone, a hybrid of a phone and a music player, announced today. The W850 is a slider design and features a bevy of nice features, including 1 GB...
POSTED Thursday, May 18, 2006
Because nothing solves a problem like a lawsuit, the amazingly litigious RIAA has sued XM Radio for their Inno portable player (shown) that allows users to record songs they hear and save them for later. Seeking a completely insane $150,000...
POSTED Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Iriver has announced its new clix portable music player, featuring tight integration with Windows Media Player 11 and the new MTV Urge music store. Shooting for the type of easy syncing that makes the iPod/iTunes combo so popular, Microsoft...
POSTED Wednesday, May 17, 2006
Lovers of all things tiny, rejoice! The mobiBlu Cube 2 is here, and it's just as small as ever: under 1 cubic inch. Of course, there's a danger in misplacing, breaking, or accidentally swallowing a gadget that small, but...
POSTED Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Creative has joined the increasingly popular club of companies suing Apple, seeking injunctions against the company to stop manufacture of the popular iPod and iPod nano music players, saying that Apple infringed upon its copyright for the menu interface for...
POSTED Tuesday, May 16, 2006
You can toss out that magnifying glass next time you want to watch some TV downloads on your iPod. Icuiti (pronounced eye CUE it tee) DV920 Video Eyewear turns your iPod's itty bitty 2.5-inch video screen into approximately 42...
POSTED Monday, May 15, 2006
Looks like Sony is getting in on the Ultra-Mobile PC game — Microsoft's bid to out-iPod the iPod, in case you missed the emergence of UMPCs (a.k.a. the Origami project) a couple of months ago. We remain skeptical of...
POSTED Monday, May 15, 2006
There are plenty of iPod speaker systems out there vying for a sizable chunk of your money, so manufacturers are resorting to more eye-grabbing designs to stand out. Take the new JBL Radial: Holding your iPod in the middle...
POSTED Tuesday, May 9, 2006
You love your iPod, but hate your computer — it's an all-too-common dysfunctional relationship, but your music listening shouldn't have to suffer just because your PC blows. The iLoad, a portable music ripper, cuts the PC out of the...
POSTED Tuesday, May 9, 2006
The Cebob Pops are portable speakers for your computer or stereo with a twist: they're inflatable. Easy to tote around when deflated, they inflate to about 10 inches and provide a fuller sound than most small speakers. Featuring a...
POSTED Monday, May 8, 2006
If you're looking for the best way to say, "I love you" to your iPod-addicted wife or girlfriend, Italian company Mac@Work has the perfect gift: diamond-encrusted earphones. When picking out some iDiamonds (how original), you can choose between four different...
POSTED Thursday, May 4, 2006
With the increasing popularity of Internet video on Web sites like YouTube, MySpace, and Google Video, more and more people want an easy way to put their homemade videos online. Unfortunately, camcorders are generally expensive, bulky, and full of...
POSTED Wednesday, May 3, 2006
The kitchen tends to be a hub in most houses, bringing families together with the combination of food and adequate seating. Having music in the kitchen is a great way to make it an even more pleasant place to congregate,...
POSTED Tuesday, May 2, 2006
There's not much about the foot wide, 8-pound Xbox 360 that lends itself to portability, but that didn't stop Korean company Joytech from making this LCD screen for it. This handy 9.2-inch high-def portable monitor for the Xbox 360...
POSTED Monday, May 1, 2006
You just spent $400 on an iPod, and all you're using it for is music? Come on, you might as well get a little more out of that big purchase of yours. Why not use it to help you...
POSTED Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Ripping CDs to MP3s is a pretty easy process, with many different free programs vying for space on your hard drive to have the honor of digitizing your music. But what if you aren't near your computer? Sometimes you...
POSTED Wednesday, April 26, 2006
The long-awaited firmware update for the PlayStation Portable has finally arrived. The 2.7 upgrade, which can be wirelessly downloaded to the handheld game console using a Wi-Fi connection or downloaded from playstation.com to a PC and transferred to the...
POSTED Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Reading the newspaper on a handheld during the morning commute makes perfect sense, if only for the convenience of not having to origami newsprint while standing on a bus. Soon — this year, in fact — portable electronic readers will...
POSTED Monday, April 24, 2006
The iPod makes music very personal. You rip your music, buy your barely copyable iTunes songs, and ensconce yourself into your own white-earbud domain. Sharing rarely enters into the equation, beyond lending your buddy the player for a few...
POSTED Friday, April 21, 2006
Fujitsu's e-paper is an electronic surface that uses liquid-crystal technology to display a still image. What makes it remarkable is that once that image is loaded, it stays there without consuming any energy. Shown above is a prototype of...
POSTED Thursday, April 20, 2006
The shower used to be one of the few places you couldn't listen to your iPod, but that "problem" will soon a thing of the past now that Pioneer has announced its new SE-22 waterproof headphones. But, short of...
POSTED Thursday, April 20, 2006
The goal of clearing up space in the valuable jeans-pocket real-estate market with an all-in-one gadget is something we see manufacturers driving towards, but oftentimes it takes a forward-thinking designer to see our desires and take them a big...
POSTED Monday, April 17, 2006
Ever been out with a friend comparing iPod playlists, and he plays for you a killer song that you just have to have for yourself? With an iPod, he'd have to rip you a copy, e-mail it to you,...
POSTED Friday, April 14, 2006
For folks who use their iPod as a digital jukebox in the living room as well as on the go, the new HomeDock Deluxe from DLO might come in handy. Once your iPod is in the HomeDock, you can...
POSTED Thursday, April 13, 2006
Well, you can't be right all the time. The upcoming Sega handheld we recently posted about turns out to be an April Fool's Day prank from the hilarious French Web site Inpact Virtuel. That drawing just looked so real, and...
POSTED Thursday, April 13, 2006
How do you like your eggs: scrambled, over easy, or done up like a wireless speaker? Designers Kyoko Inoda and Nils Sveje definitely prefer the third option, if this oval-shaped gadget is any indication. Supposedly compatible with "any audio...
POSTED Thursday, April 13, 2006
We've come a long way since the early days of satellite radio when all the products were for vehicles only. Now we've got boomboxes, home tuners, and plug-and-play devices — but it's the portable category that's about to get...
POSTED Thursday, April 13, 2006
About the size of an iPod nano (but noticeably thicker), the iriver E10 features a 6-GB hard disk and a 1.5-inch color screen. It also features a few features of questionable value, such as an FM tuner, a flash...
POSTED Thursday, April 13, 2006
French Web site Inpact Virtuel is reporting that Sega is planning on releasing a new handheld console, currently called Hedgehog, early next year. It will include both a touchpad and a joystick, combining the control mechanisms of the Nintendo...
POSTED Wednesday, April 12, 2006
The Buddha Machine is a small plastic music box from China with nine short ambient-sound recordings created by experimental music duo FM3. It has a tiny speaker, a headphone jack, a switch that allows you to skip through the...
POSTED Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Ever been wandering around the park listening to your iPod, right at the climax of your favorite song, and the battery cuts out? There aren't many things more annoying then losing power when you have no way of recharging. Well,...
POSTED Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Here it is: final proof that anyone who's refused to get an iPod because it's "too complicated" is just being stubborn. Fisher Price is releasing an MP3 player designed for toddlers, complete with online music store. Yep, even babies...
POSTED Tuesday, April 11, 2006
The new Playaway takes the work out of audiobooks: no downloading, uploading, or loading of any kind needed. It's an all-in-one player that contains one book and runs on a single AAA battery — just plug in your headphones, hit...
POSTED Monday, April 10, 2006
You can't throw a rock in iPodLand without hitting a speaker dock, but we like the iCube II since it's so… cubular. It's also a pretty clever move to show a picture of how the boxy speaker connects to...
POSTED Friday, April 7, 2006
It's official: you can now buy an MP3 player for about the price of a Chicken Selects combo at McDonald's. Japanese company Evergreen has announced its new DN-2000 MP3 player, which fits nicely into your shirt pocket, runs on...
POSTED Friday, April 7, 2006
Is it just me, or are there more iPod cases than there are non-iPod MP3 players? Case in point: these wood iPod cases from Peter Kinne Design. The birch cases will give your iPod that look-at-me!-ness that white earbuds no...
POSTED Friday, April 7, 2006
With Video iPod rumors on hold for the last five minutes or so, Samsung's taken the opportunity to quietly start taking pre-orders for its YM-P1 portable video player. That seems to indicate this gadget is actually going to come...
POSTED Thursday, April 6, 2006
"A fish, a barrel, and a smoking gun" — that was the slogan of the late, lamented suck.com. The fish: mobiBLU's B153 (formerly the DAH-1900) music player. The barrel: The manufacturer's claim of 153 hours of playback per charge....
POSTED Wednesday, April 5, 2006
If you own an iPod nano, you know that the sleek little player gets scratched up fairly easily. Slipping it into a protective case can help, but cases can make your iPod look bulkier, kind of going against the...
POSTED Monday, April 3, 2006
There are times when I wish I had a time machine so I could turn back the clock and become a kid again. Certainly, today's kids get much cooler toys to play with, and they don't get much more impressive...
POSTED Friday, March 31, 2006
Unlike a certain popular portable music player that's been massaged into a personal video player (think different), RCA's Lyra X3000 was designed from the outset for video. When it comes to peering at a portable's video screen, size does...
POSTED Thursday, March 30, 2006
Checking out photos and videos on portable devices is definitely a big perk of today's gadgets — as long as you can stand squinting at micro-size screens. But if Polymer Vision gets its way, your view of portable entertainment...
POSTED Tuesday, March 21, 2006
While the world has gotten more and more inundated with gadgets, books have remained stubbornly low-tech. But this year could mark a turning point in tome technology, with two electronic reading devices debuting this spring. Next month iRex will...
POSTED Monday, March 20, 2006
If you caught a glimpse of last night's American Inventor, you know good ideas are few and far between. To ensure your great ones aren't lost, you might want to invest in a voice recorder like IBM's planned Magic...
POSTED Friday, March 17, 2006
With millions rediscovering portable music thanks to the iPod, those same millions are discovering something else: the earbuds that come with their players suck. MP3-player earbuds are typically fragile with weak, tinny sound — overpowered by even light background...
POSTED Thursday, March 16, 2006
If you've been thinking about buying a PlayStation Portable (PSP), Sony Computer President Ken Kutaragi has some enticing news for you. Starting March 22nd, the PSP will have two prices: the $249 Value Pack currently available and a $199...
POSTED Thursday, March 16, 2006
You're at the bar checking out Letterman, when Dave starts in on a particularly witty line of quips. You'd love to show the bit to your friends, but — damn, you didn't set your TiVo! Well, you could just...
POSTED Thursday, March 16, 2006
Your iPod won't help you fillet a fish. Okay, that revelation might not destroy Apple's market share, but for those who value versatility above all, Swiss Army is offering an MP3 knife. The Victorinox Swiss Beat MP3 ($170) is packed...
POSTED Thursday, March 16, 2006
Dick Tracy's watch radio had enough gee-whiz factor to set many a schoolboy's head spinning in 1946, but today's technologically jaded generation will need a far more spectacular wrist gadget to generate anything beyond than a sleepy yawn. Eurotech's...
POSTED Thursday, March 16, 2006
If you're getting the flash-memory cards from your digital camera and MP3 player mixed up all the time, the Memory Card Travel Case ($20) can help keep your bits organized. Developed by Digital Foci, known for digital photo albums and...
POSTED Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Taiwanese company Micro-Star International, known primarily for motherboards and graphics cards, is showing a solar-powered MP3 player concept at CeBIT. With a backside covered in solar cells, the 4-GB player can hold a charge for eight hours and will continuously...
POSTED Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Promises about shoes are always suspect. PF Flyers said you'd run faster and jump higher. Not so. But I can guarantee you this: Dada Footwear's Code M basketball sneaks will make your feet more musical. The shiny silver kicks...
POSTED Friday, March 10, 2006
You've got a $1,500 Fendi tote and $500 D&G pumps — an Iconz iPod Case probably isn't gonna cut it. For fashionistas cut in the mold of Carrie Bradshaw, Gucci's offering the chocolate calfskin MP3 Case. Priced at $195 for...
POSTED Friday, March 10, 2006
The gadget "street" has been buzzing for a while about one word: Origami. That's the code name for Microsoft's project to create a handheld device to rival all others, including Apple's iPod. At the CeBIT trade show in Germany,...
POSTED Thursday, March 9, 2006
Is the rack about to go the way of the thumbscrew and the iron maiden? Er, the A/V equipment rack, that is. For gear-heads, the question is no longer "what's the signal-to-noise ratio on this big black box," but...
POSTED Tuesday, March 7, 2006
For lovers of 1.5-inch TV, Cingular is launching an on-demand mobile-TV service, Cingular Video, running over the company's new 3G wireless network. Subscribers can view three- to five-minute clips from 18 different channels, including Cartoon Network, NBC, ESPN, and HBO....
POSTED Tuesday, March 7, 2006
There are plenty of docks out there for jacking your iPod into a home stereo, but their remote controls are pretty simple — capable only of adjusting volume and skipping from one track to the next. If you want to...
POSTED Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Samsung's announced a Windows Mobile-based phone equipped with an 8-GB hard disk. The SGH-i310, similar in appearance to Samsung's long and straight i300 (launched last year), will include dual speakers, an amplifier, a Bluetooth stereo link, and, of course, a...
POSTED Monday, March 6, 2006
Think Secret, an Apple rumors Web site, says it was told by "reliable sources" that Apple is planning a spring launch for the company's long-predicted video-specific iPod. That time frame may be pushed back, however, as Apple talks to the...
POSTED Friday, March 3, 2006
Traveling in a foreign land and don't know how to ask where the john is? The Voice Travel Mate is a pocket translator capable of interpreting 700 commonly used phrases among 12 international languages including Spanish, German, French, Italian, and...
POSTED Thursday, March 2, 2006
Are you like me? Do you find headphone cables the No. 1 reason you don't use your iPod all the time? I think we could both use a pair of Bluetooth headphones, which do away with those pesky wires...
POSTED Thursday, March 2, 2006
Blackbox AV is hoping GPS can guide the tour industry. Frontier, intended primarily for train, bus, and boat tours, is the Welsh company's "intelligent guide while you ride." Audio tours are typically designed around estimations of where a tour...
POSTED Wednesday, March 1, 2006
Next time you upgrade your cell phone, be sure to dump your old one legally or you could be slapped with a stiff fine. States and municipalities across the country are clamping down on cell-phone waste, hoping to cut the...
POSTED Wednesday, March 1, 2006
The Internet hype machine was predicting that Apple would unveil a video-specific iPod today, but Steve Jobs instead took to the stage in Cupertino, CA, to reveal an iPod "high-fidelity" speaker system — the iPod Hi-Fi (too bad "iFi"...
POSTED Tuesday, February 28, 2006
An MP3 player with true high-end audio chops has quietly crept onto the scene. JVC credits the sonic sophistication of its XA-HD500 Alneo player ($249 list) to a couple of circuits named K2 and C.C. Convertor. Yeah, those names sounded...
POSTED Friday, February 24, 2006
While Tool-Lok probably won't eliminate all electronics theft, it may make a miscreant contemplate risk versus reward. Tool-Lok — embedded RF circuitry in your portable — automatically locks up a device after a preprogrammed number of hours, and without an...
POSTED Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Remember that scene in The Lawnmower Man where Pierce Brosnan is wearing a high-tech headset that makes him feel like he's floating? This Sound Therapy Eye Mask is kind of the same deal, only you'll have to use your imagination...
POSTED Wednesday, February 22, 2006
I just found out: I am Batman, at least according to Which Superhero Are You?, and don't fault me for wanting to show it off. Yeah, if you're a big Loony Tunes fan or have a soft spot for The...
POSTED Tuesday, February 21, 2006
If a lavender scented candle and a Danielle Steele novel aren't enough to keep bath time bubbling, it might be time to turn to an old friend. But don't expect the rubber ducky of your youth. By twiddling the FM...
POSTED Tuesday, February 21, 2006
You know, I'm getting really tired of all those morning commuters leaning in to check out my video iPod. After all, I was the one who paid $1.99 so I could watch last night's Lost on the D train. I...
POSTED Tuesday, February 21, 2006
You never know when inspiration will strike. Was Right Said Fred in the cozy confines of a music studio when the melody for I'm Too Sexy was born? I don't know, and I'd have a lot of soul searching to...
POSTED Friday, February 17, 2006
Put this one in the common-sense file — Philips recently patented an idea to make touchscreens responsive to pressure and not just movement. Exactly how a pressure-sensitive screen might work is still in the planning stage (and don't be...
POSTED Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Soon you'll be able to browse Web sites and watch TV on your Nintendo DS portable, the Game Boy inventor announced today. By adding optional cards with either a built-in Opera Web browser or a digital TV tuner, you can...
POSTED Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Here's an innovative way to share the killer tunes on your iPod. Next time you get the urge to spread your music, just plug your 'Pod into the minijack on the Nimzy Vibro Blaster, plunk it down on the...
POSTED Wednesday, February 15, 2006
The next time you're relaxing with your iPod, consider putting the headphones away and curling up with this pillow/speaker hybrid. Predictably called the iPillow, it has a plug for your iPod's headphone jack, feeding the music to a pair of...
POSTED Monday, February 13, 2006
In the next few months, nearly a dozen companies will be unveiling Bluetooth stereo headphones with built-in microphones. These wireless wonders will allow cable-less enjoyment of your portable music player and cell phone. Bluetooth headsets make perfect sense in a...
POSTED Friday, February 10, 2006
Reason would testify: a 2.5-inch screen isn't a 42-inch plasma. Digislide has taken this logic to heart and is hoping their projection technology might begin to bridge the gap. The Australian company displayed its portable projection technology, Digismart, at a...
POSTED Friday, February 10, 2006
For NASCAR faithful, the introduction of NASCAR NEXTEL FanView to racetracks should be more titillating than a Michael Waltrip/Robby Gordon face-off. The handheld FanView will include video, audio, and data capabilities allowing race attendees access to the race telecast and...
POSTED Friday, February 10, 2006
Since the announcement of the Nintendo DS Lite portable game console a couple of weeks ago, it seems the company's been spending too much time studying iPod minis and Verizon RAZRs… and possibly Lifesavers. Nintendo's Japanese Web page shows the...
POSTED Friday, February 10, 2006
As noted in our CES roundup, we've got some love for mobiBlu products. For its size (slightly less than one inch in each dimension), the original cube MP3 player, the DAH-1500, was already packed with features — an OLED display,...
POSTED Thursday, February 9, 2006
As for creative prowess, SolidAlliance is clearly a man among boys. Following in the footsteps of the iconic USB flash drive/sushi roll, comes the scented iCool MP3 players. Yes, scented. Odor options include chocolate, rose, and raspberry. I doubt they're...
POSTED Wednesday, February 8, 2006
Universal Display Corp. has shown off a full-color OLED (organic light-emitting diode) screen that's extremely thin and, more importantly, flexible. The prototype's screen measures just 4 inches diagonal, but it's a miniscule 0.004 inches thick. Resolution is said to be...
POSTED Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Dell's hard disk-based DJ is dead. While the company claims, "We are streamlining our product line," that seems like a pleasant way of saying, "Apple kicked our butt." For most of us, the Pocket DJ, born in 2003, was just...
POSTED Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Ashamedly, I watch American Idol. Not always, but often enough, and one thing I've learned, I can judge sound. Simon lambastes a dreamy-eyed singer and I hear the Brit's pain. Randy says, "Dude, you can really blow." I heard them...
POSTED Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Today, the 1-GB iPod nano is officially a reality and surprise, the shuffle's still alive and kicking. After weeks of speculation that a 1-GB nano would lay waste to the shuffle, it turns out Apple will release their newest...
POSTED Tuesday, February 7, 2006
Officially, there are more than a 1,000 iPod accessories and counting. But just because these add-ons are labeled "Made for iPod" doesn't mean they're made well. January yielded a bumper crop of interesting ideas executed badly, and we've harvested...
POSTED Friday, February 3, 2006
Who is John Kiel Patterson? He's the guy suing Apple because his iPod is too loud. In case you never had a Walkman in the '80s or a Discman in the '90s, let's be clear about one thing: listening to...
POSTED Friday, February 3, 2006
A report from AppleInsider quotes analyst Ben Reitzes who says Apple is "getting set to 'end of life' the [iPod] shuffle." Uh… I think I know what you mean, Ben. And the shuffle's successor? Rumor is it'll be a 1-GB...
POSTED Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Samsung says they've invented a fuel cell that could more than double battery life in your cell phone or iPod. Announced Tuesday, the methyl alcohol-operated fuel cells will allow for eight hours of mobile-phone use and between two and four...
POSTED Tuesday, January 31, 2006
In between 350-yard drives and Cohiba puffs on the course, I like to trade blue-chip stocks or call on my assistant for an appointment. But often, my cell phone's battery can't make it through 18 holes. Dutch company Soldius has...
POSTED Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Here's a novel way of carrying your data files: imation's flash wristband is fashionable and convenient. Kind of annoying that it's just 256 MB — so forget about carrying much high-quality video — but having your bits quite literally...
POSTED Tuesday, January 31, 2006
I bought the JBL Encounter speakers on a whim a few weeks ago from Best Buy during one of their killer holiday deals. I wasn't really in the market for speakers shaped like alien heads, but they got good...
POSTED Monday, January 30, 2006
Spicing up your bath time, Pioneer Japan is offering up the AS-PS55 waterproof speakers that can be connected to an audio player via a 35mm stereo jack. Could be an interesting experiment: Listening to music underwater might give you...
POSTED Friday, January 27, 2006
Philanthropy may have made him Time's Man of the Year (well, one of them), but Bill Gates bathes in money because of imperialism. Could he possibly let Apple and Sony win the portable-gadget war? Not likely. Xbox chief Peter...
POSTED Friday, January 27, 2006
Buried in an impressively doublespoken report (I mean, "bimodal consumer types"? "Core competencies"? Come on...) on the future of the TV industry, IBM appears to strongly encourage TV networks to make their shows easily copyable to portable players. The summary...
POSTED Thursday, January 26, 2006
In the last couple of years, Apple's streamlined the formula for portables: go small, go white, or go home. When Nintendo unveiled its Nintendo DS Lite handheld, the company gave its carefully considered reply: Hear you loud and clear. The...
POSTED Thursday, January 26, 2006
The sun is a big, fat ball of plasma whose radiant light is a source of energy ripe for the taking. All you need is a solar cell to convert it into electricity, and you're living off the grid. Enter...
POSTED Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Hey, if you can put subway maps on an iPod, why not people's turn-offs and turn-ons? PodDater.com aims to bring sexy singles to your fingertips by letting you download members' self-made videos to your iPod. You don't even have...
POSTED Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Kicked off by CES, the New Year always brings with it mucho promises from electronics manufacturers of soon-to-come breakthrough gadgets. Too often, however, cool products get heralded with gala coming-out parties only to be never heard from again. 2006...
POSTED Wednesday, January 25, 2006
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) may be a rapidly receding memory, but it usually pays to go back and take a second look after all the dust clears. After all, given the sheer enormity of the show, there's no...
POSTED Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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