Posted on 2008-08-07 under Portable Audio |
BenQ’s Aries 2 MID has won the Bronze Award in the Interactive Product Experiences at at the 2008 Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) recently. It is said that the Taiwanese company is going to launch the device in Europe this quarter.

The above picture is the latest picture of BenQ Aries 2 MID. It looks stylish and attractive. It will come with a G-Sensor for ’shake’ interface. As revealed before, the Aries 2 MID is powered by an Intel Silverthorone 800MHz processor, 512MB RAM and 4GB SSD. It supports HSDPA, WiFi 802.11b/g as well as Bluetooth connectivity.
A relative newcomer to the high-end headphone market, German manufacturer Ultrasone is making waves in the industry with their competitively-priced offerings that deliver excellent sound quality and value. We take their HFI-700 headphones for a spin, and find plenty to get excited about.

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If you are looking for a lightweight MP3 player, Samsung’s K3 2GB or 4GB player is worth your consideration. It weighs just 200g, includes a bright OLED screen and proves simple to use.

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Posted on 2008-06-09 under Mobiles, Portable Audio, Zune |
Interview with Robbie Bach. He is in charge of the Xbox, Zune, and Windows Mobile- all of those ultra competitive consumer devices. In this interview the question of whether or not we would see a Zune phone was brought up.

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Rover Computers has announced new portable media player called “RoverMedia Aria S7 Viewer”. This device has a lot of cool features, which will be appreciated by music and video lovers. It has unique feature for playing all kinds of video, audio files without need of additional converting. It has 2,9″ 16:9 LCD display. By releasing this device Rover Computers brought some news into mp3 players market with it’s ability to play ape and flac audio files.

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Posted on 2008-04-19 under Firmware, Portable Audio, Reviews, Sansa |
The Sansa e200 is one of the best selling budget players ever and that shows on the number of loyal users it has. The original firmware is buggy and somewhat limited, so when Rockbox was released on the player many people praised it. Now a new player has joined the game, SansaLinux.

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Posted on 2008-04-19 under Other, Portable Audio, Prices, Reviews |
MobiBLU Cubes were popular back in the days and introduced us to tiny mp3 players long before the Zen Stone or Sansa Clip even hit the drawing board. The series has been dead for a while now, so it’s surprising to see that it’s now back in the shape of the Cube3.

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Posted on 2008-04-15 under Portable Audio |
You know MP3 players have reached critical mass when they reached a disposable price of $8.50. The AAA battery powered DN-2000 is a basic no-frills player, no screen and no memory. The player has an SD slot where you can add your own memory up to 1GB.

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Posted on 2008-04-15 under Portable Audio |
The Sony NWZ-A820 Walkman MP3 player series offers high-quality music, photo, and video playback, along with built-in Bluetooth audio streaming, EX-style earphones, and phenomenal battery life.

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Posted on 2008-04-07 under Accessories, Other, Portable Audio |
If you have a cheap generic flash MP3 player with a voice recording feature, you can mod it to accept a standard microphone. Great for lo-fi podcasting. First open it up. Inside you’ll probably find something like this:

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