Tag Archives: portable media

This is the Christmas gift that you need to pray no one buys for your children. Griffin, one of the many makers of iPod accessories, has released a karaoke plugin for your iPod. It comes with software for your iPod and a microphone that plugs directly into your iPods port and allows anyone to think they are Cher or Madonna ...

Well if you didn�t get the Borat innuendo in the title, sucks for you; Anyways, Creative just came out with the SE2300 Wireless Headphones. These headphones are perfect for those of you who just happen to somehow get all tangled up every time you dance to your iPod; that could be the fact that you can�t dance, but for this ...

Nowadays, it seems as if everyone�s music library is growing exponentially, and so those iPod Nanos with their set memory just don�t cut it. That�s where Shiro comes in with its new mp3 player, the MY. The newest mp3 player in Shiro�s lineup has an edge over most mp3 players these days: it has an expandable memory card slot, with ...

Just as the car industry went from monster SUVs with horrible gas mileage to small hybrids with excellent gas mileage, the video camera industry is going from big (think Canon XL2) to pocket-sized with the RCA Small Wonder. This tiny camcorder can store up to 60 minutes of MPEG-4 audio and video, or 30 minutes for high resolution, probably a ...

Here’s Toshiba’s first attempt to put a DVD drive and DMB (One-Seg) tuner into their DAP, what’s more they even threw in Divx support. ITmedia Japan took it for a test drive, and it went well. The digital broadcast quality was suboptimal, but that’s due to the broadcasting technology itself rather than the player. Divx support worked flawlessly, DVD playback ...

It was just a while ago since we thought that Digital TV was something out of this world: amazing quality (not really), amazing coverage (nope) and premium price (not anymore). What we really care more is that we won’t miss any programs that we want, and we want them recordable, cheap, anytime and anywhere. Well, recently USB digital TV tuners ...

Two new games have just been released for the iPod: Solitaire & Sudoku. These two games seem like obvious choices to add, seeing how solitaire has stood the test of time and how sudoku is a cultural phenomenon in the US. With thousands of different books being published with millions of sudoku puzzles inside, this game is nearly guaranteed high ...

What if you could store all your data in one place, and access it anywhere – TV, desktop, laptop, cellphone? That’s the question chipmaker Agere is asking with the BluOnyx, which they describe as a “mobile content server”. The device is the size of a credit card, though thicker (think iPod size), and is equipped with Bluetooth and USB connectivity ...

The new trend in mobile devices is the ability to update firmware. While firmware updates aren’t exactly a new concept, more and more companies are taking the responsibility of fixing bugs and adding features as users request them. The Microsoft Zune is one of these devices capable of updates, and the new version of its firmware was just released. Users ...

The problem with all those portable DVD players is that they can be clunky and very easy to break when you are traveling. However, the problem is solved with the Portable Handheld DVD Player. This paperback-sized DVD player contains a 4.2 inch monitor which delivers a sharp, clear picture which is held in an ABS plastic case that is covered ...