Category: Portable Audio
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Runner’s World Publishes Guide to Picking an MP3 Player
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRunner’s World Magazine published a guide to picking an MP3 player written by Gizmodo editor John Biggs. Conspicuous in its absense from this guide is the iPod nano, but not a surprise due to the fact that the review was written for a “dead trees” publication. Of real surprise, however, is…
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Apple Announces iPod nano to Replace iPod mini
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOn Wednesday, Apple Computer announced the iPod nano digital music player. Priced at about $199 with 2 Gigabytes and $249 with 4 Gigabytes of memory and available in either white or black, it’s an incredibly cool replacement for the iPod mini. I agree with Walter Mossberg of The Wall Street Journal…
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SV-iP4G Waterproof Listening Solution for Fourth Generation iPods
Reading Time: 2 minutesSV iP4G Waterproof Case and Headset provides a way to use your 4th Generation iPod in the pool. [ Photo: H2O Audio ]. Moments after I wrote the SwiMP3 Underwater MP3 Player article, I leaned that a company called H2O Audio started shipping the SV iP4G waterproof case and headset for the…
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SwiMP3 Underwater MP3 Player Looks Great for Distance Swimmers
Reading Time: 2 minutesSwiMP3 Underwater MP3 Player may be just the thing you need for training for your next Half Ironman. [ Photo: Finis ]. One of the more unusual fitness gadgets I’ve stumbled on recently is the SwiMP3 Underwater MP3 Player from Finis. This is an MP3 player meant to be worn on the…
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Bose SoundDock Reviewed by The Gadgeteer
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMeredyth Didier wrote an excellent review of the Bose SoundDock in which she compared the SoundDock to two other portable speaker systems that she previously reviewed: the Altec Lansing INMOTION Portable Speaker System and the Sony SRS-T55 Folding Travel Speaker. According to her review: I tested the sound using an audiobook,…
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Chip that May Power the Fifth Generation iPod Announced by Portal Player
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMobileMag reported that PortalPlayer announced the PP5022 System-on-Chip that some analysts believe will power the fifth generation iPod. The big news in this release is a large projected increase in battery life. According to the article: The PP5022 is specifically designed for enhanced features on hard-disk drive-based personal media players… and…
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TextAloud 2.0 Converts Text to MP3 Files for Exercise or Commute-Time Productivity
Reading Time: < 1 minutePlayerBlog reports that TextAloud 2.0 has been released by NextUp.com. This software “reads” text that you provide and creates spoken word MP3 files. When I use an iPod, I often listen to spoken word content from Audible.com. I could see myself using TextAloud to timeshift some reading that would otherwise take…
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Apple’s New iPods Reduce the Number of Included Accessories and Pass the Savings on to You
Reading Time: < 1 minuteApple Computer announced several new iPod minis and iPod Photos earlier today. These portable audio players are: 60-Gigabyte iPod Photo, $449.00 30-Gigabyte iPod Photo, $349.00 6-Gigabyte iPod minis in blue, pink, green, and silver, $249.00 4-Gigabyte iPod minis in the same colors, $199.00 Apple’s made a few interesting changes to the…