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It’s been a while since iriver last updated its P series of large-screen portable media players, — so long in fact, that we thought the series had simply been retired. Imagine our surprise, when this five-incher popped up on the company’s Russian site, sporting a long list of supported file formats, and an even longer battery life (up to nine hours of video and 40 hours of audio). The P8 comes in 8GB and 16GB flavors, but also packs a microSD slot for tacking on additional storage. You’re not limited to watching clips on the 800 x 480 touchscreen either, the player boasts an HDMI port for pushing HD content straight to a TV. Of course, whether or not this half-inch thick, half-pound device ever makes it to American shores or how much it will cost when it does remains to be seen. Check out the gallery of press shots below.

iriver P8 player pops up on Russian site, packs prodigious battery life originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 04 Jul 2011 15:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve been covering Kenwood’s Media Kegs since the dawn of Engadget, and though we haven’t seen one in awhile, there’s no question this line of MP3 players is still alive and kicking. The company just debuted the MG-G608 for the Japanese market with a bilingual UI, stereo Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, and one neon chassis. Otherwise, you might find its specs — namely, a small 2-inch display, lack of video playback, and a modest 8GB of storage — a bit ho-hum. To be fair, it does support microSD cards as large as 16GB, though even then, you might prefer 32GB, depending on how expansive your Hatsune Miku collection is. Japanese and English speakers alike can pick one up in Japan next month for ¥15,000 ($183).

Kenwood’s still making Media Kegs, announces bilingual MG-G608 for the Japanese market originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 26 May 2011 10:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a while since we last saw Philip’s GoGear Connect PMP, and in the meantime it’s acquired a new look and a new flavor of Android. The new GoGear has gone from white to black, lost its trackball in favor of a capacitive touchscreen display, and exchanged the lowly Android 2.1 for Gingerbread. Like its competition from Samsung, the device also has access to the Android Market and all those apps that lesser PMPs lack. After getting some quality time with a prototype of the new device, we found the copper-colored buttons and speaker grill running along its right side to form an intriguing design, but the overall fit and finish — not to mention the lack of a backlight for the screen — demonstrated that it wasn’t quite ready for primetime. Luckily, there’s plenty of time to work out the kinks, as Philips has pegged a September debut for the 8GB and 16GB versions (at $179 and to-be-determined price points, respectively), and promised a 32GB iteration will come later. PR after the break.

Continue reading Philips GoGear Connect gets Gingerbread and some new threads, we go hands-on

Philips GoGear Connect gets Gingerbread and some new threads, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 19 Apr 2011 19:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on February 22, 2011 by CyberNet.

I’m an avid Pandora listener, and for the most part I’m listening to the music when I’m on-the-go with my iPhone. I still like to have some tunes turned on while I’m working though, and for that I fall back to the web interface which can often feel clunky. Last week, with very little hope, I decided to see if there was a Google Chrome extension for managing Pandora playback, and I was pleasantly surprised with what I found.

The unofficial Pandora extension is perfect for any Pandora listener. As you can see in the screenshot above there is an icon added to the Chrome toolbar just like with other extensions. When you click on the icon you’ll have to login the first time, and from there you can switch between and manage stations, manage playback, thumbs up/down a song, and so much more.

Are you a keyboard junkie that would rather manage your music with an interface that is reminiscent of the command-line? Well, the Pandora extension has some special Omnibar commands that can be activated by bringing focus to the address bar and then typing “Pandora” followed by the tab key. After that you can enter things like play, pause, skip, like, dislike, tired, and station <station name>. Yes, you can skip songs and control playback without lifting your fingers from your keyboard. It’s a geek’s dream come true.

If you’ve been looking for a better way to play your Pandora music in your browser I’d say this is almost as good as it gets. Frankly I’m surprised that Pandora doesn’t offer something like this for users that pay the annual fee, but I guess it’s better this way since both free and paid users can take advantage of this.

Unofficial Pandora Extension for Chrome

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Remember the Galaxy Player (or Galaxy S WiFi) we saw back at MWC? Sure you do, it basically strips out the 3G and calling functionality of a Galaxy S phone and leaves you with a Android 2.2 media player or shrunken tablet. Well, it looks like both the 4-inch Galaxy Player 4 and the 5-inch Galaxy Player 5 will be headed to the US this spring. Samsung’s demoing the players here at its NYC Spring Product Showcase today, although it isn’t talking exact timing or pricing. Either way, it looks like this Android 2.2 player (it’s upgradable to 2.3, by the way) with full Market access will be headed stateside sometime soon. We’ve got the full specs after the break and we’ll be trying to dig up more details here — stay tuned.

Continue reading Samsung Galaxy Player 4 and 5 to arrive in the US this spring

Samsung Galaxy Player 4 and 5 to arrive in the US this spring originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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