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16GB Creative ZEN Mozaic now available: nothing new

Creative have announced the release of their new 16GB ZEN Mozaic music player. Apart from the larger storage, there is nothing new about the 16GB version.

The Creative ZEN Mozaic 16GB still has the 1.8 Inch LCD screen, as well as an FM radio and built-in speakers, which is a good bonus. Do not expect anything fantastic sound wise though, but great for when you are on holiday getting ready for a night out.

The ZEN Mozaic is compatible with MP3/WAV/MP3 audio files, as well as AVI, and BMP/GIF/JPEG/PNG/TIF files.

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Hands-on: Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 player

This is the Creative Zen X-Fi MP3 player that features a great screen, sound and sports Wi-Fi, but sadly it does not support Mac (when will these brands ever learn).

The Zen X-Fi has been given a full review by the guys and girls over at Pocket Lint (hit the read link below this post); they found that the Zen X-Fi is a “cracking player that sounds great”.

In their verdict they did comment on one problem with one of the latest MP3 players from Creative, this was because this music player doesn’t come with the massive eco-system like Apple audio players do. In fact the good points outweigh the bad, and being able to expand the Zen X-Fi up to 64GB is impressive.

Read the full review on Pocket Lint.

LM801 Toughphone: Rugged Water and Dust-Proof Phone

We all remember how tough the Sonim toughphone was; well it looks as if the phone has a new challenger. The LM801 has now surfaced and promises to be tough enough to take a good amount of beating.

The LM801 Toughphone promises to be one of the toughest on the market. The rugged handset is black and yellow in color and is both water and dust-proof.

The LM801 Toughphone has a range of features which include a MP3 player, and FM radio, as well as an altimeter, barometer, thermometer. As yet the phone is not available in the UK

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Sandisk Clip 2GB MP3 Player

The Sandisk Clip 2GB MP3 Player manages to produce big sound from such a small device, the player comes with a host of features all with one thing in mind, total music enjoyment.

The Sandisk Clip 2GB MP3 Player has a clip on it, so you are able to clip it to your belt which is better than trying to force it in to your pockets. Read more

TrekStor launches the vibez Flash MP3 player at IFA

TrekStor, the leading manufacturer of high quality MP3 players, external hard drives and USB sticks, is launching its TrekStor vibez Flash MP3 player at this year’s IFA in Berlin (TrekStor Entertainment Hall; Hall 10.1). The company is also unveiling the i.Beat organix 2.0 and i.Beat nova.

The TrekStor vibez Flash adds flash memory technology to the award winning TrekStor vibez, to make this MP3 player even more robust. The player comes with a music library, and integrated DJ mode that can automatically suggest songs based on previous listening habits. Its cross-fading function allows users to smoothly switch from one track to the next. The MP3 player comes with 8GB, 16GB or 32GB of storage capacity. In addition, the new TrekStor vibez Flash is DRM9 and DRM10 compatible, enabling users to play music purchased over the Internet. Read more

Soundcast ACR212 & ACT211 Audiocast Wireless Audio System

With the Soundcast ACR212 & ACT211 Audiocast Wireless Audio System, you are able to play all your favorite digital audio files out loud and you do not need to connect any wires to the device.

This is done through the use of the ACR-212 AudioCast wireless receiver. This works in conjunction with the ACT-211 AudioCast transmitter, which incorporates 2.4 GHz Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (FHSS) technology.

This system allows you to receive your PC or MP3 player’s audio signal from a distance. The setup of the system is very simple, all you have to do is plug in the AudioCast receiver and transmitter into a power socket then run a cable between the receiver and your stereos auxiliary or tape input.

It takes just seconds to set up and from then on you will just love your new audio setup. The Soundcast Audiocast Wireless Audio System is on a special of just $49.99 from Woot.

dual iPod MP3 players with the Muteki XROSSFADE

Here is a great music system from Sony, the LBT -DJ2i Muteki™ XROSSFADE™mini hi-fi component system, it allows you to mix your music from dual iPod and MP3 player so you can play DJ for the night at your own party, if you do get bored mixing you can switch and listen to basic AM/FM radio or a single CD to give yourself a rest.

The nifty little sound system also allows you to beat blend with re-programmed percussion and drum loops, you can line up your next track through the moniter queue so you can fade into the next track perfectly with the cross fader and cue. Show your DJ skills off easily as this system can also mash or boost your tracks.

If you want to know the basic specs for the lightweight system, well it has USB Recording & Playback (MP3, WMA, AAC) which gives you even more options for input and sound mixing.

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A sole email device by Peek, will it be a success?

With most mobile phones having an email function, do you think there is a need for a cheap email gadget that basically just emails? Well we should find out soon as Peek the company behind the email gadget is coming on September 14 to Target stores, although they say it will be available earlier on the web.

Peek (who were formally known as Txtbl) have posted some updates lately and also posted a photo of the gadget, which we have uploaded for you, they also have said that it is going to cost $99.95.

Ok, so we have a email gadget that sends and collects emails, it looks pretty smart in several colour’s, aqua, cherry and grey, slim form, has a full QWERTY keyboard and it worked over the T-Mobile network for $19.95 a month, and it’s said that there is no long-term contract, no mail rebate, no digital camera, no App Store, no MP3 Player, no SMS, no Web browser, no mobile TV just plain and simple email, oh although it does include Yahoo mail, Google Mail, AOL and the like.

Time will tell if Peeks email gadget will be a success, it’s hard to think with all the multi-use gadgets around that someone would want to possibly carry to devices instead of one, ok, it is slightly cheaper but adding the T-Mobile service on top it’s not that cheap, there have been a few one function successes the flip video camera has been one. But with such stiff competition for Peek we can only wish them luck.

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Sony E Series NWZ-E435, E436 and E438 MP3 Players

Back in the 80’s and 90’s Sony were king when it came to portable music players with their Walkman range. However times have now changed and we know that there is a new king on the block from Apple.

As we know Apple has the iPod and Sony know that they just can’t touch that media player, but they hope with the launch of their E Series MP3 Players that they could compete with the Nano.

There is to be three models in the new E Series range, these include the NWZ-E435 (2GB), NWZ-E436 (4GB) and NWZ-E438 (8GB). The new mid-range MP3 players from Sony are aimed at the girly market.

The E Series comes with a 2in QVGA LCD screen and is able to play a range of files, such as MP3, WMA and AAC.

The players are just 8.5mm thick and weigh about 50g. If this was not enough to make you go out and purchase one, then Sony has another trick up their sleeve. There are rumors that the new Sony E Series MP3 Player will come with an FM tuner as well as simple drag and drop file transfers.

Will this be enough to win old Sony customers back?

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Toshiba’s HD-DVD Revenge: XDE DVD player, XD-E500 1080p

It was both painful and expensive for Toshiba when their HD-DVD format lost to Sony’s Blu-ray, but it looks like there is some HD-DVD revenge on the way.

Toshiba is launching its new upscaling technology called XDE; this stands for eXtended Detail Enhancement. Toshiba’s first product using this technology is a DVD player named “XD-E500 1080p/24fps”.

XDE promises to make your ordinary DVD’s look similar to Blu-rays thanks to some new upscaling technology. While Blu-ray has not made the public dump their DVDs yet, Toshiba wants you to keep your current DVD collection.

The XD-E500 DVD player will upscale your DVD video to 1080p, and it will also play many file formats including: JPEG, MP3 and DivX.

If Toshiba’s new XDE technology takes off then it cause a major blow to Sony’s Blu-ray, why would you want to buy more expensive Blu-rays when you can watch your large collection of DVDs in high definition?

The XD-E500 will be available this month for $149.99, we do not have a UK release date yet or price but will update you when its released. We are also hearing that televisions with “eXtended Detail Enhancement” may be on the way as well.

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Samsung’s new E200 Eco cellphone

Samsung is really showing the world how much it cares about the environment by launching its third phone in 2008 that’s has parts made from bioplastics.

This is the new Samsung E200 Eco cellphone and the bioplastic (materials extracted from corn) parts in this phone have stepped up a gear. This is the first Samsung phone to have an entire case made of bioplastic.

Within the Samsung Group is a company called Cheil Industries, they have been developing these environmentally friendly materials.

The Samsung E200 Eco features an MP3 player, has video messaging capabilities and a 1.3-megapixel camera. There is no U.S. release date yet, although Europe is getting the E200 Eco in September.

As expected, its not just the phone that’s good to the environment, the packaging is made from recycled materials as well.

How much do you think bioplastics will help the environment?

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Blu-ray players Leaked Including Yamaha BD-S2900

Now we all love a good Blu-ray player, well in fact I prefer just to stick with a PS3 gaming console as it has a Blu-ray player and of course a hell of a lot cheaper. Anyway Yamaha are gearing up to unveil at least 3 new AV receivers on the world alongside a very high break the bank price Blu-ray player.

First up is the 7.1-channel RX-V1900 which apparently has USB, HDMI sockets, digital audio ports and a not known amount of power, this will be selling for around $1,399.95. Next up is the RX-V3900 for $1,899.95 and the RX-Z7 priced at around $2,699.95.

Anyway let’s move onto the most interesting one, the many are calling it “mythical” Yamaha BD-S2900, this Blu-ray player is priced at $1,199.95 with specs that include 192kHz / 24-bit DACs, BonusView, support for 1080p24 / 12-bit Deep Color, the full list is below. Not too sure if these specs are correct but we are very sure that CEDIA will clear things up for us.

Specifications shown over on AVBuzz
• Profile 1.0 Version 1.1 compatibility
• Secondary Video/Audio for enhanced commentary or information
Virtual Package for new entertainment possibilities with SD Card
High Picture Quality
• 1080p/24fps-compatible HDMI video output
• 12-bit Deep Color • High quality video processing with Chroma Upsampling precise pixel
Generation and 16-step motion detection
• 1080p playback for DVDs, photos and personal video data
Magnificent Audio Performance
• Direct HD audio bitstream output: Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio (lossless); Dolby Digital Plus and DTS-HD High Resolution Audio
• 192kHz/24-bit audio DAC
Advanced Facilities
• Design matches top-class Yamaha receivers
• RS-232C interface for custom installation
• IR In/Out ports
• Yamaha SCENE compatibility
• On-screen display with GUI
• Dolby Digital and DTS decoders
• Extensive disc/format compatibility
• SDHC compatible SD Card slot
• Dialogue Enhancer
• Dynamic Range Compression
• 5 Picture Modes (Normal/Soft/Fine/Cinema/User)
• 3 illumination modes: Bright, Dim and Auto
Disc/Format Compatibility
BD-Video, BD-R (BD Video), BD-RE (BD-Video andJPEG),
DVD-Video, DVD-R/-RW (DVD-VideoDVD-VR, AVCHD),
DVD+R/+RW (+VR, AVCHD),DVD-ROM (DVD-VR, JPEG, AVCHD)
CD, CD-R/-RW(CD-DA, MP3, JPEG) and SD/SDHC (JPEG, AVCHD)

Source – AVBuzz & HDTV-Space-Forum

Radiopaq Takes Internet Radio from Computer Screen to Comfy Chair

Radiopaq, the innovative brand that brings you thousands of internet radio stations and podcasts from across the globe via Radiopaq.com, today announces the hardware that will pave the way for the future of digital radio. The Radiopaq Rp5 gives you the freedom to enjoy internet radio without having to sit in front of your computer, alongside your favourite analogue and digital stations - and, most importantly, the sound quality is fantastic Read more

Review: Is the MiShake MP3 media player good?

Looks like pocket-lint know what they are talking about and we found this very interesting indeed, they are reviewing the MiShake MP3 portable media player where they give their honest opinion in their review.

The MiShake with its Shocktronix-based player may be something that we might like; the whole design of this media player is nothing special really when you look at it closely. Some of the features which we do like are the motion-sensor that will indeed detect movement, yes shake and tilt is what this device is about, this new action on this player allows you to switch between media files, photos, music, and video, if these controls are too cumbersome you can use the 2.4-inch touchscreen display.

Priced at £119.95 we say that is not a lot of money when you think about it, the media player also features a dice shaker, step counter and even a spirit level, why the hell you would want that is beyond me.

Instead of me banging on and on like a stuck record please get yourselves over to pocket-lint for their full review, you will enjoy it.

Cute Teddy Bear MP3 Player the kids will love

We all know that kids love teddy bears and they also love music, so put the two together and you have a right winner on your hands. It actually looks like an ordinary cuddly teddy bear, but no, it is not ordinary. These will be great toys for the children.

This is the Teddy MP3 player with all the little things like play, forward, previous, power, Vol+ and Vol- button controls, these are all located on the teddy bears paws.

The main features include 1GB of flash memory, support for MP3 and WMA audio formats, 1 x USB cable, 1 x Battery cover (battery is not included here), weighs around about 268 grams and is only 230mm x 230mm x 140mm (L x W x D), fur material, Supports Windows 98SE, ME, 2000, XP, Vista (Window 98 needs USB driver), also support OS Mac 10 and Linux 2.4.

Other features include high Speed USB 2.0 Ultra Fast Data Transfer and easy to operate use. The only downside is the USB chord that comes out of the Teddy bears backside. The market price for the Cute Teddy Bear MP3 Player is normally $62.89, but you can buy it for only $27.49 via UXCELL.

Timex TS70B Clock Radio for Sansa e200 & c200

The Timex TS70B is a clock radio that is compatible with all Sansa e200 and c200 players. Normally clock radios are a bit on the boring side, but I have to say that once these players are docked they look very cool.

The Timex TS70B Clock Radio has a tower design and comes complete with remote, meaning you do not have to rush from your bed once the alarm goes off.

Do not worry if you do not own a Sansa e200 & c200 player as Timex have included a 3.5mm mini-jack, allowing you to connect other brands of MP3 players to the radio.

There are a few downsides to the Timex TS70B, the first being that you can’t wake up to your tunes on your MP3 player. You can only wake up to AM/FM radio or buzzer. The other downside is the sound, it does not like going loud but what do you expect for a clock radio.

Woot has the Timex TS70B Clock Radio on a one day special for just $29.99

X-OOM Music Clean 5: Transfer Old Music to CD and iPod

X-OOM Music Clean 5 enables users to digitally re-master and restore old music from vinyl and cassette tapes to CDs and MP3s quickly and easily.

The software features a high quality digital equaliser for removing unwanted noises such as crackling, clicking and hissing, leaving music to be enjoyed in excellent quality. Favourite old vinyl and cassette tapes kept in the attic can be restored and then backed up onto a PC, ready to be transferred to a CD or MP3 player. Even the oldest tunes can be brought back to life and listened to in high quality once again Read more

Motorola MOTO U9: The Stylish Side of Music

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that the stylish MOTO U9 is now available unlocked for GSM networks in the U.S. exclusively through MOTOSTORE. In addition to its curvaceous, graceful design, the U9 features an abundance of mobile entertainment features.

“MOTO U9 is a stylish phone, designed for trendsetters seeking to make a fashion statement,” said Pete Peterson, general manager, global ecommerce, Motorola Mobile Devices. “In addition, U9 delivers a dynamic music experience, allowing consumers to carry the music that moves them anywhere they go.” Read more

Ford SYNC Recognized: National Multiple Sclerosis Society Da Vinci Award

Today the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, Michigan Chapter announced that Ford SYNC® is one its 2008 da Vinci Award winners. The National MS Society honors innovations annually that give people with disabilities the ability to participate and contribute in all aspects of society. SYNC is being honored because it features a voice-recognition interface that allows hands-free operation of a variety of Bluetooth enabled devices in a safe manner Read more

Hands on: LG KF750 Secret Mobile Phone & Game Video

Over the past two weeks I have been reviewing the LG KF750 Mobile Phone that has been designed to perform to the highest standard and look great which I can reveal it does just that. The LG KF750 combines its stylish design with a very clear LCD. The LCD gives you an interactive experience that I am sure you will be very happy with.

My first impression of the KF750 was that it has a great design and is a similar size to my old phone which was the LG KF600 (101.2×50.7×14.1mm), now I thought that phone was great apart from the mirror screen that made it hard to see outside. Despite the fact that the LG KF750 still has a kind of mirror screen you can still see it outside which is great Read more

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