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Oct 08

Cowon X7 debuts in home market of Korea with 4.3-inch screen, American ambitions

Posted in: audio, bluetooth, korea, MP3, mp3 player, Mp3Player, Music, official, PMP, radio, South Korea, SouthKorea, Today's Chili

What was merely an indistinct outline in August is today a bona fide retail product. Cowon has made its X7 PMP official over in South Korea, letting us take a gander at the spec sheet if not necessarily buy one just yet. A 4.3-inch touchscreen takes center stage, backed by up to 160GB of hard drive storage and a battery rated to last for 103 hours of music or 10 hours of video playback. An FM radio tuner, built-in speaker, and Bluetooth chip fill out the “retro modern” body, while the software front reveals DivX-encoded video compatibility and a smattering of your usual note-taking and utility apps. The standard 160GB model is going on sale for 339,000 KRW ($304), or if you’re a globetrotter and need a set of preinstalled dictionaries, it’ll set you back 379,000 KRW ($340). There’s no word on US availability just yet, but this thing didn’t go through the chore of getting certified with the FCC for nothing.

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Oct 01

SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ review

Posted in: media player, MediaPlayer, MP3, mp3 player, Mp3Player, PMP, review, Today's Chili

SanDisk’s original Sansa Fuze may have had a solid run — it’s been a particular favorite among those looking for a good, inexpensive player that doesn’t skimp on features or audio quality — but there’s no question that it was long overdue for an update, and SanDisk recently came through on that front with the completely revised Sansa Fuze+. Boasting a considerably sleeker design, the Fuze+ replaces the Fuze’s venerable tactile click wheel with a capacitive touch panel (but not a touchscreen), and it hangs onto many of the features that made the original Fuze stand out, including a microSD card slot, FM radio, and support for a wide range of formats (including FLAC and AAC). Are all the changes for the better? Read on for our full review.

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SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:59:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 21

Lifeline Energy distributes solar powered radio / media players to the villages of Africa

Posted in: green, mp3 player, Mp3Player, solar power, SolarPower, Today's Chili

Everybody know that the big money’s in pain rays and various other wargadgets, so we really like it when someone at least tries to do a little good in the world. Lifeline Energy is a UK-based NGO that works to bring folks in emerging markets (mostly sub-Saharan Africa) items like solar-powered radios and lights, and it has just announced the launch of the Lifeplayer self-powered MP3 player and AM/FM/SW radio. This device features 64GB storage, microSD card slot, 3G connectivity, audio recording capabilities, and the ability to act as a sort of PA system — according to the organization, groups of sixty can hear the thing clearly. It’s powered either by a hand-crank or through its solar panel, and contains a USB port for charging devices such as cell phones. At present, Lifeline Energy is distributing over a thousand of these bad boys in Haiti and it’s accepting donations to distribute them in Pakistan as well. Hit the source link to see how you can help. PR after the break.

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Lifeline Energy distributes solar powered radio / media players to the villages of Africa originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:07:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 09

iPod nano (2010) splayed open in the name of miniature science

Posted in: Apple, ipod, iPod Nano, mp3 player, Mp3Player, nano, PMP, teardown, Today's Chili

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What, you didn’t think iFixit would stop at just disassembling the new iPod touch, did you? The all-new nano has also been sat atop the workbench, handed a bottle of hard liquor, and told to close its eyes and count to 120 million. The 6th-gen device weighs in at 67 percent of the volume of its precursor, with a slightly thicker body and that integrated clip on its back. Its 240- x 240-pixel display offers a 220ppi density, which, within Apple’s ranks, is bettered only by the Retina Display on the fourth generation iPhone and iPod touch devices. Regrettably, just as with those two machines, the 2010 nano has its front glass, LCD and touchscreen assembly fused together. One handy bit of news here is the battery size, which at 105mAh is what you might call paltry, but still doubles up the 2010 shuffle‘s 51mAh. All in all, the conclusion from this dissection is that the new device feels more like a shuffle with a screen than a miniaturized nano, which, when you look at the form factor, makes all sorts of sense. More at the source.

iPod nano (2010) splayed open in the name of miniature science originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 07

iPod nano review (2010)

Posted in: Apple, ipod, iPod Nano, MP3, mp3 player, Mp3Player, Music, nano, review, Today's Chili, video

Apple’s sixth generation of the iPod nano is essentially the first complete rethinking the product has had since its debut in 2005. The previous form factor — slim and light with a decently sized display and clickwheel — has been all but abandoned. The new design is a complete departure; a full touchscreen device that brings to mind something more like a large, living postage stamp than a portable music player. Along with the radical hardware redesign, Apple has infused the media player with a brand new operating system as well — an interface that looks and plays more like iOS than iPod. We’ve spent the past week or so knocking the nano around to see if it’s worth your hard-earned dollars, and we’ve got the answers inside — so read on for our full review.

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iPod nano review (2010) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 04

Zune HD taking to the skies with United Airlines in-flight entertainment trial

Posted in: Microsoft, mp3 player, Mp3Player, PMP, Today's Chili, zune, zune hd, ZuneHd

Microsoft and United hooked up back in June for a hardware-less Zune partnership, which seems to have turned out pretty sweetly for both parties. Dave McLauchlan, chief Zune HD evangelist, has dished the news that the two companies are stepping up their relationship with a set of 500 Zunes being provided for long-haul flights to Hong Kong and Australia. Before you cry foul and say you never get on a flying tin can without your own media, Microsoft’s angle here will be to preload those OLED-sporting babies with exclusive content, including flicks that haven’t yet made it to a DVD release. Dave himself has been running around movie studios and closing deals, while the Zune HDs in question have now been encased in rubber, had their screens protected, and batteries charged. See them in a group shot after the break.

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Zune HD taking to the skies with United Airlines in-flight entertainment trial originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 04

Unannounced Sony Walkman NWZ-S754 unearthed at IFA

Posted in: hands-on, mp3 player, Mp3Player, PMP, sony, Today's Chili

The Walkman section of Sony’s booth at IFA this week has an automatic information system that pops up specs on a central display for each model as you pull it away from its base, but there was one unknown model chilling out that popped up nothing more than a “coming soon” message when you yanked it out. What gives, Sony? Why the mystery and suspense? Why are you doing this to us? Well, a little digging through the menu system reveals that it’s the NWZ-S754, presumably the follow-on to last year’s S745. Given the lack of specs we weren’t able to glean much, but both the black and silver units on display were 8GB models; naturally, we’d assume larger capacities are also in the cards when it launches. The display was contrasty enough so that we’re thinking it could be OLED, which would make sense — they do OLED on a number of other Walkmen models already — and the “Mickey Mouse effect” of the button layout has been diminished a bit. That’s good or bad, we suppose, depending on just how hardcore of a Disney fan you are. More details when we have ’em.

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Unannounced Sony Walkman NWZ-S754 unearthed at IFA originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 01

Zune HD could have all-new model in the works

Posted in: Microsoft, mp3 player, Mp3Player, PMP, refresh, rumor, speculation, Today's Chili, update, upgrade, zune, zune hd, ZuneHd

The Zune HD continues to rank among our all-time favorites in terms of industrial design, so it’s good to hear that Microsoft isn’t entirely abandoning the PMP sector for its new Windows Phone 7 hotness. Mary Jo Foley of ZDNet has consulted her tea leaves (and in-the-know tipsters) and emerged with the strong feeling that some new Zune hardware is brewing up in Redmond. Little specificity is available, beyond the obvious postulation that a new ZHD would probably be driven by an ARM CPU and take some software pointers from WP7, but we’re told to look toward to the early 2011 horizon and see if we can’t spot any sexy new media players emerging. A mirage is as likely as the real deal right now, but it’s always fun to look to that horizon, no?

Zune HD could have all-new model in the works originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:53:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 01

iPod shuffle (2010) first hands-on!

Posted in: Apple, hands-on, HandsOn, ipod, mp3 player, Mp3Player, Music, Today's Chili

Not much to say here, it’s got a click wheel in as few molecules as possible. Pics below!

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iPod shuffle (2010) first hands-on! originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 01

iPod nano redesigned: smaller, lighter, better and costing $149 for 8GB or $179 for 16GB

Posted in: Apple, breaking news, BreakingNews, ipod, iPod Nano, keynote, launch, mp3 player, Mp3Player, nano, PMP, refresh, Today's Chili, update, upgrade

Apple has just revealed its 6th generation iPod nano, which has been outfitted with just about the boldest redesign the portable media player has experienced yet. Gone is the clickwheel, to be replaced with a touchscreen interface and a shuffle-esque square form factor. It’s now 46 percent smaller and 42 percent lighter. Hard volume buttons on the side and a clip on the back provide the minimal hardware accouterments to that multitouch touchscreen, while the inside provides enough juice for 24 hours of audio playback. Seven total color variants will be up for grabs, including a Product RED option, with prices set at $149 for 8GB of storage or $179 for 16GB and pre-orders being taken today.

P.S. — If you were looking for that awesome camera the nano used to have, stop. It ain’t there anymore. We’ve also noted that there’s no video playback to be found anymore, either.

Gallery: iPod nano gets a major overhaul