Archive for the ‘Audio’ Category
Apple had their annual iPod refresh event today and went all out on iPods. They introduced a new iPod Touch, along with an iPod Nano which goes back to the vertical form factor of the second generation. This new gadget rocks a bigger screen, an accelerometer (just like the iPhone’s) and a Genius function (which lets you arrange your songs on the go based on how the songs blend together).
It also has a brand new feature: shake your iPod to shuffle the music! (more…)
Apple had their annual fall event today and they announced a bunch of new products.
One of them was the new iPod Touch which had its design completely revamped. Featuring a polished stainless steel back, volume controls, the App Store and a very nice battery life, the new iPod Touch is really trying hard to be the best player out there. (more…)
Looking like something made out of PVC piping, the new USB speakers from LaCie are still worth your inspection. Regardless of appearance, these are high quality digital audio speakers. They have 16-bit signal processing and a frequency range of 90Hz - 20kHz. They deliver two watts of total power, with 1 watt per channel. They’re also compact and hassle free with the USB cable fitting nicely in to the base of each speaker.
For once when we say hassle free, we actually mean hassle free! No drivers needed for these guys. Truly plug and play for both Mac and PC. (more…)
With the impending release of both Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour, the news has finally come out about the fact that the instruments of each game will be cross-compatible between both games. This has been officially confirmed by Gamerscore.
This is awesome news for both Xbox and Playstation 3 owners. Wii owners of either game are still left in the dark, which will come as no surprise for those familiar with Nintendo’s practices.
Previously both games weren’t totally compatible, with some instruments being game-independent while others were tied to their respective games. (more…)
So you got your brand new iPhone 3G to impress everyone and it’s been working great, except there’s one tiny detail: the more you use it, the more you realize the camera sucks. It has terrible focus, needs great lighting in order to work and it has no zoom. Well, that’s no problem for the likes of Brando, who have come up with a visually impressive solution. Brando has come up with an iPhone telescope, for those times when you really needed to take a shot, but you can’t get there up-close (more…)
In case you haven’t heard about them yet, Sony Ericcson has three new Walkman phones available. They are the SE902, the W595 and the W302. Get the scoop on these Walkman phones below.
The top choice is SE 902, a full-featured music phone that sports a 5 megapixel camera, an 8GB Memory Stick Micro (M2) that can store 8,000 songs and an HSDPA connection for faster media sharing on the Net. You can choose from Volcanic Black, Wine Red, and Earth Green.
The W595 Walkman above is aimed at those who love to share their music with their friends (or strangers). Aside from loud built-in stereo speakers, there is a sharing audio jack that enables two people to listen to the same device at once. (more…)
Creative has been releasing a bevy of new players recently, including the Krystal and the Zen X-Fi. Rounding out its personal media player barrage is the new Mosaic, which was just released in Singapore and is slowly but surely making it’s way over to the US.
The Mosaic will feature a 1.8-inch display and come in 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB varieties. It will sport an FM tuner with speakers, include MP3/WMA/WAV/Audible codec support, and run for approximately 32 hours on a single charge. (more…)
Cowon has unleashed the P5 in the not-so-crowded market of touchscreen personal media players (PMP). It is targeted more at video users, offering a 5 inch 800×480 pixel touchscreen display with haptic feedback. The design is pretty nice and quite similar to the Archos line of PMPs and several UMPCs.
To speed things up in the interface and playback department, the P5 uses a fast 700Mhz processor to decode full DVD-resolution videos, both offline and online through the built-in DMB tuner (for now, it’s limited in Korea). (more…)
GIGA JUKE is the latest attempt from Sony to bring an advanced hi-fi music system into your living room. Even iPod lovers can benefit from its built-in dock and radio tuner. You can also copy music from CDs to its hard drive pretty fast (a 60-minute CD in less than 4 minutes), and quickly transfer the songs to other MP3 or media players. Sony claims it only takes 90 seconds to copy 74-minutes worth of music from GIGA JUKE’s hard drive to a media player.
The entry-level NAS-E35HD system can do all that at an affordable price-point. For more demanding users, the NAS-SC55PKE serves as a complete multi-room system comprised of a music server and wireless player unit, wirelessly delivering music to up to five zones. In other words, if you have only one or two rooms, stick with the NAS-E35HD. (more…)
Creative tried to keep this one under the radar, but a leaked image on their Hong Kong site was recently discovered showcasing the yet-to-be-released Zen Krystal media player. The 4GB player is comparable to the Nike+ edition iPod series. In other words, designed for the purpose of working out with music.
It includes several games, namely “Hurdle Race, Catch & Dodge and Dice Roll.” The unit features a blue 0.7″ OLED, FM radio, and 10 hours of playback time. (more…)
