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Applications, Mobile, Music, Phones

iPhone Gets A virtual Piano After the Guitar

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I like the idea of a virtual orchestra inside the iPhone, allowing you to demonstrate your musical skills in front of the inebriate guests of the local bar. First, it was the virtual guitar, now it’s the virtual piano and i hope we’ll get the trumpet, next. With iAno, you can start practicing your fingers all the way up to the stages of Carnegie Hall, as a pianist. To do so, you will need a jailbroken iphone/ipod touch and some talent. Looks groovy.

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Audio, Media Players, Music, Video

Toshiba Storms With New Gigabeat PMP Series

Toshiba announces an update release for its Gigabeat lineup, including the Gigabeat V81, T802, U407 and U408 players.

Gigabeat V81 (Replacing the V41 model)

  • Display: 3.5? LCD TFT screen (320×240).
  • TV Tuner: 1Seg (Japanese digital signal).
  • Storage: 8GB.
  • Audio: WMA , Lossless, MP3, WAV.
  • Video: AVI, WMV.
  • Pictures: JPEG.
  • Features: portable digital TV, USB 2.0, SD slot.
  • Battery: audio – 40 hours, video – 13 hours, broadcasting – 10 hours.
  • Size: 115 x 75 x 14.2 mm 168gm
  • Price: $330. Available in Japan from this month.

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Audio, Media Players, Music, Video

Newman Introduces The X2 And X5 Media Players

The Chinese corporation, Newman, storms the market with plenty of new media players. Two of the latest are the Momo X2 and Momo X5 which remind us the Meizu M6 and M3 players.

Momo X2

  • Display: 1.5? QVGA screen.
  • Storage size: up to 4GB.
  • Audio: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC.
  • Video: AVI.
  • Features: two audio chipsets RK2706 and Wolfson WM8987, FM tuner, microphone.
  • Unknown price and availability.

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Momo X5

  • Display: 2.4? QVGA screen.
  • Storage size: 2GB and 4GB.
  • Audio: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC.
  • Video: AVI, RMVB, FLV.
  • Features: two audio chipsets RK2706 and Wolfson WM8987, FM tuner, microphone.
  • Unknown price and availability.

 newman-momo-x5

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Media Players, Music, Video

Teclast T50 PMP Sports A Multi-Touch Screen

Teclast unveils a new PMP with a multi-touch screen. The T50 might be just another multimedia player, but with multi-point touch sensors, it pretends to compete with the iPod Touch. The player features a wide ultra-high-resolution screen with the same iPod Touch capacitive touch-screen, RMVB / RM / FLV / AVI video support and dual-core independence high-quality audio processor. Teclast says a new T59 version is in development and will be released with larger screen, GPS, DMB-TV, multi-point touch and more. No further details regarding price or availability.

teclast-t50

[via engadget]

Media Players, Mobile, Music, News, Phones, Video

iPhone 16GB & iPod Touch 32GB Officialy Released

Super Tuesday is a big US political celebration but also Apple’s announcements day. As we speak, the Cupertino company unveiled the rumored 16GB iPhone for retail price of 499$ and the surprising 32GB iPod Touch for the same price of 499$. Both devices are available immediately worldwide and no other changes were reported. I guess we should be wondering if a 32GB iPhone is coming out this year.

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[via Apple]

Media Players, Music

Newman Red Heart Player Designed For Valentine’s Lovers

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To those of you who haven’t decided what to buy to your partner for Valentine’s day, this new mp3 player from Newman might be a reasonable solution. “Couples” mp3 music device is actually 2 individual players, turning into one big red heart, once combined together. The players come with 1/2GB storage capacity, mp3 and WMA audio support, clean two touch buttons design, FM tuner, recording function and strap attached, so you can…you know, put them around the neck, like those corny necklaces we had 20 years ago. Price is around 55$ so you have 10 days to decide.

Newman-Hearts-Player

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Audio, General, Media Players, Music

iPod Firmware 1.1 Brings Electric Pulses To Your Ears

Firmware version 1.1 can be a dangerous escapade for iPod Classic owners, as we hear the headphones are getting damaged once the update is installed and the device is turned off. For some reason, the latest update sends electric pulses, up to 500mv, causing a real danger to the users and to their earbuds. I guess you should wait with this update until it gets fixed by Apple. If you ran out of patient and already installed it, you should dowgrade to an earlier version.

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[via slashgear]

General, Media Players, Music

Microsoft Zune 8GB Gets Cheaper

Now it’s official, the Zune 8GB gets 20$ price cut, so you can find the player across the US for just $179. The reason for the latest discount wasn’t stated but I believe Microsoft wants to increase the competition with Apple’s iPod players. The reduction brings the Zune 4GB only 30$ away from the 8GB player, which makes it dispensable.

 zune-8gb-price-down

[via engadget]

Audio, Music, Video

Samsung P2 Firmware Update 3.07 Goes Live

Samsung released the second part of the Blue Wave firmware update for P2 players. The first part unveiled Bluetooth support, enabling wireless file sharing with other supported devices and Bluetooth phone integration to handle cellphones via the players. The new 3.07 update version features the following:

  • Gui improvements, including 3D icons.
  • Radio music saving.
  • Album art view.
  • 3 games.
  • Video zooming.
  • Picture zooming and rotating.
  • Text rotating.
  • Alarm Clock.
  • Customized equalizer.
  • and many more.

Download the new update here.

Check out the video.

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Internet, Media Players, Music

Slacker Portable Internet Radio Player Goes Live

To those of you who haven’t heard about Slacker, we are talking about an internet radio service that hosts hundreds of radio stations. Slacker announced the release of a portable internet radio player, back in January 2008 at the CES show and now it goes live and getting shipped to retailers. The new Slacker player comes with three 4-inch screen models:

  • 2GB – stores 15 stations and free 500MB for your personal media – 200$.
  • 4GB – stores 25 stations and free 1.5GB for your personal media – 250$.
  • 8GB – stores 40 stations and free 4GB for your personal media – 300$.

The stations are loaded to the player through your USB-PC sync or through wireless hotspots, via the WiFi connection. Each station is presumably loading 100 songs to the player and it seems they are doing a good job in learning your music taste, Pandora style. A satellite car dock is expected to be released in the near future.

slacker-player

[via slashgear]

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Media Players, Mobile, Music, News, Phones, Video

Garmin Introduces The Nuvifone Smartphone Device

Garmin announces the release of the Nuvifone, a new 3.5G GSM HSDPA smartphone, combined with a media player, full GPS navigation system, proprietary OS and many advanced elements. The Nuvifone sports the following features:

  • Display: 3.5? touchscreen.
  • 3 major icons: Call, Search, Maps
  • Built-in camera with longitude / latitude tagging system.
  • Full GPS navigation system, loaded with North America and European maps.
  • Google local search capability.
  • Garmin Online Service: an online updates information service, including weather, traffic, stocks, news, sports, hotels, etc.
  • WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
  • Email, SMS/MMS and IM support.
  • Nuvi navigation service, providing “Where Am I ” function, for an accurate location info, on and off the road.
  • Integrated media player, supports MP3 and MPEG4/AAC .
  • Availability: Q3 2008.
  • Price: Unknown.

I’m definitely looking forward to snack one of those and see it in action.

garmin-nuvifone

[via gizmodo]

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Audio, Media Players, Music

Kenwood MGR-A7 Features A Personal Recorder With An MP3 Player

Kenwood announces the release of Media Keg MGR-A7 series that combines a recording device with an mp3 player in one unit. The MGR-A7 is a high-performance 3-mounted microphone recorder with three levels of automatic recording feature set, to prevent noise incorporation. The device features 2GB of internal memory, SD/SDHC slot, small LCD screen, USB 2.0, multi-language support, MP3, WMA, WAV audio formats support, 19 hours continuous playback and recording sustained, 7EQ compatibility and the size of 52.7 x 100 x18 mm for 95gm. It is available in Japan in Black and Red colors.

kenwood-MGR-7

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Audio, Media Players, Music, Video

Pasen to Introduce the F10 MP3 Player

Pasen revealed a new mp3 player, the F10. The new device features the following specifications:

  • Display: 2.6?, 16:9, 260k colors (400 x 240).
  • Storage size: 4GB (90 Euros), 8GB (120 Euros).
  • Audio: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC.
  • Video: AVI, XviD, Divx, RMVB.
  • Features: microSD slot, microphone, FM tuner,  touch pad,  8 EQ effects.
  • Pictures: JPEG, BMP, GIF, RSC, TXT.
  • Size:  102x47x7 mm.

pasen-F10

 [via gmp3]

Media Players, Music

New Creative Zen Stone & Stone Plus Get A Speaker

Creative released a new line of Zen Stone and Stone Plus MP3 players, equipped with a built-in speaker and encrusted with aluminum body. From what we read, the external speaker is surprisingly good, though it has a limited range. Like the previous Stone players, the new line includes an OLED screen, FM tuner and a microphone. Price is set for $60 to Stone Plus models with a screen and $50 to those without one.

zen-stone

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CES, Internet, Media Players, Music, Video

CES 2008: iRiver Unit II Was Saved For Dessert

iRiver was a major showing player at the CES this year. Just before recapping, the company introduced a new media center prototype, the iRiver Unit II. This model is a futuristic combination of audio, video, TV tuner, FM tuner, internet WiFi, SD expansion and a 7″ portable control display, loaded with some cool widgets. The Unit II is packed with some advanced features, such as mini handy keyboard, speaker dock, VOIP connectivity and various connections, including component, RCA, RGB, optical, HDMI and more. The device is expected to be released in 2009 for 700$. check out the video:

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iriver-unit2

[via engadget]

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Music, News, Phones

Nokia Offers Free Music For 1 Year

Nokia_MusicRecently, we have reported on a new Nokia online music store. The new store provides music purchasing services directly from your mobile phones or downloading to your PC. Now we hear, that Nokia has closed a contract with Universal, to offer free, unlimited songs from various of millions of tracks, to those who will purchase a Nokia phone. Although the new Nokia Comes With Music program is limited to 1 year, it is considered a huge revolution, since the users will be allowed to keep the songs for themselves, after the subscription is over.

And we say: Let The Competition Start.

Update: Tracks format is WMA 128kbps and 192kbps.
[via gizmodo]