Tag Archives: portable media

Wind-up DAB Radio for digital sound through a disaster

Many people can’t live without their DAB radios to get them through the day. At some places of business, that’s about the only entertainment allowed, if you’re lucky. What happens for those who want to listen to a DAB radio without contributing the minuscule amounts of emission substances that a regular DAB radio puts out? That’s where the wind-up DAB ...

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Vinyl 45 iPod Case: Vintage meets vanity

Tired of your old beat up iPod case? The 45 iPod case is like nothing we have ever seen. Like the name might suggest, the product is an old 45 molded to perfectly house your iPod. Not personalized enough for you? Send in your own 45 and they’ll mold it for you. While we wouldn’t recommend sending in a rare ...

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Swim with your iPod Shuffle and bone-conduction headphones

When we want music, we want music everywhere, some of us even want it underwater, so somebody created the underwater MP3 player. The problem of listening to music underwater is that the earphone lines are going to tangle, let alone the fact that your ears would feel uncomfortable because of the super tight earbuds; another danger would actually be not ...

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HaCha R280S PMP media player

The Chinese are among the heaviest commuters in the world, and we know that commuters just love to watch themselves some movies. The Chinese-made HaCha R280S media player features a 16 million color 2.83-inch LTPS LCD display with a clear resolution of 320 x 240. The HaCha has around 4 hour playback for video, supporting WMA and AVI files, along ...

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First detailed review of Sony video Walkman NW-A800

It was only a while ago when we first saw Sony’s new re-designed video plus MP3 Walkman, our friends in Japan have already gotten their hands on one of them, and gave us a really detailed review. Instead of leaving you to struggle with online translators, we’re biometric over here.

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Steve Jobs spotted using the iPhone in the wild

Apple CEO Steve Jobs was spotted in the wild using the still unreleased iPhone. Reports say that Jobs was seen yammering on the phone and listening to music at his kid’s soccer game. Flickr user, Thane, says this about his snapshot: Yes, the photo is for real, and yes it is an iPhone that he was talking on, or at ...

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Nokia 5700 XpressMusic: marketing picture appears

UPDATE March 29, 2007: Nokia 5700 3G swivel music phone is for real. Exactly one month ago we showed you a design mock-up of an unknown XpressMusic swivel device from Nokia, last night we received a better and more official picture of the phone, supposedly to be called the 5700. Now we’re sure that the camera (with LED flash) is ...

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500,000 Pages of The New Yorker: Should last you the year

The New Yorker isn’t exactly the most exciting publication on the planet, those of you who are fanatics about your city and state, or just a plain fan of The New Yorker style, will appreciate this new portable hard drive containing every single issue. This seems a tad overbearing for our needs, but fans of the periodical will surely be ...

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Smokey Amp doesn’t give you cancer, but might lead to hearing loss

Musicians are a different breed from the rest of us. They drink, they drug, and almost all of them seem to smoke. Which makes this Smokey Amp so fitting for the traveling musician. Shaped conveniently like a pack of cigarettes, so you’ll never lose your “cool” factor, the Smokey Amp is a high performing amp (for its size), packed into ...

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TV screen for those who want to crash their cars

This is perhaps one of the most dangerous designs we have seen for a while: TV screens on the sun visor at the driver’s seat. It is only meant to be used when you are not driving, or it’s for the person sitting next to the driver. Depending on what’s playing there, it can be very tempting to glance at ...

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