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iRiver launces three new DAP’s; U10, T20, and T30


The iRiver U10 can also play MPEG4 videos on its 2.2 inch screen. It can even display JPEG, Macromedia Flash, and TXT files.
The iRiver T20 has a 3 line LCD with 15 hours of playback. The player is your standard DAP player.
The iRiver T30 is geared towards the younger crowd. It has [...]

Philips DAP, SA255/00


Philips has announced the SA255 portable audio player. It includes a paltry 256MB of memory, line-in encoding, voice recording, and FM tuning. It supports MP3, WAV, and WMA.
It looks strangely futuristic, and is probably impossible to use.
Full Blurb [dapreview.net]

Archos Gmini-402 announced


You are looking at the newly announced Archos Gmini-402. This little device can handle MPEG4, MP3, WMA, and JPEG, and it has a 20GB drive built-in.
The screen is pretty small at 2.2″, and I personally couldn’t stand watching a movie at that size, but to each his own. It is priced at approx [...]

Let the Rivet Grab hold of your iPod


Rivet has released a product called the Rivet Grab that has leather-covered stainless steel hooks that grab onto your iPod to hold her steady. The system also allows you to plug your iPod into your computer without taking the iPod out of the Rivet Grab. No word on the release date. The [...]

RCA Lyra RD2315 flash player announced


The RCA Lyra RD2315 digital audio player has the following features (as seen on dapreview.net):

Digital FM Tuner with FM Recording;
Full Dot Matrix backlight display, dual orientation LCD screen
512MB built-in memory
Multiple recording options; Voice Record, Line in Record and FM Record
Looks pretty weird to me. I wonder how it actually works…hmm…guess I’ll never know…
Full [...]

Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F60S


This is the first actual review of the Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F60S that I have seen around the net. Suffice it to say, they do not like it at all. It gets 2.5-5 stars (circles) from PCMag.com. They find that it has heavy harmonic distortion on all EQ settings. It also has [...]

Kensington Stereo Dock for iPod


Kensington has announced their newest iPod accessory, the Stereo Dock. The Stereo Dock charges your iPOd, and transmits through FM to your home stereo, and includes a remote. It is a little pricey, at a meager charge of $89.99 if you pre-order through Kensington’s site (although buy.com has it for $61.30).
Full Story [news.com]

Samsung Yepp to get WLAN for streaming music…


Samsung has teamed up with Korea Telecom to include WLAN connections built-in to the Samsung Yepp, and most likely future audio players from Samsung. The major benefit of this is that we will be able to connect our DAP’s to the wireless network to get some sweet streaming action. You will also be [...]

Rio Carbon Pearl review


PcMag has taken a look at the sleek, and stylish Rio Carbon Pearl. The pearl is a 5GB portable player that is compatible with Audible, MP3, WAV, and WMA files, with built-in FM (with recording), and recording via line-in.
It turns out PcMag fell in love with the little guy, and recommends we all buy [...]

Sonance iPort reviewed


Cnet has a review of the Sonance iPort up, with video. They basically say it does the job, but don’t like the idea of cutting a hole in your wall. They also don’t like the $600 pricetag, and neither do I. One thing I like about it is the video hookup for [...]