Archive for the ‘Mp3 player’ Category
If you thought controlling your MP3 player with a Bluetooth headset was high tech, you haven’t seen anything. At the Wireless Japan Expo in Tokyo, a company called NTT Docomo showed a technology called EOG (electro-oculogram) that allows the user to control electronics with their eyes, in this case an MP3 player.
In it’s current incarnation the device isn’t very practical, but in the future the technology might be integrated into headphones to allow for controlling your music. Seems rather odd, then again it’s not without it’s usefulness, at least in some circumstances.
You know how it is: you’re camping in the wild, and your iPhone suddenly runs out of juice, just as you get bored stiff with the music selection you’ve got aboard it. Previously you’d've had to carry a bunch of stuff around to sort this out, but Macally’s PowerLink has come to the rescue. With USB plug on one end and 30-pin iPod connector on the other, it acts as a sync cable, but also has a battery inside to give you a squirt of extra power if you’re in a pinch. It also packs a 2GB flash drive, but you’ll need to get mp3’s off that via iTunes, sadly. No info on how long the battery lasts, but as a 3-in-1 gizmo it’s pretty useful. Out "soon" for $49.99.
We pretty much knew it was coming, but Microsoft just officially announced the Lips karaoke game official. Just like we’d heard, the singalong title will come with a motion-sensitive mic that lights up in time to your voice. The game interface is somewhat similar to Rock Band or Singstar, where you have to hit various pitches accurately to rack up points — but in addition to the game content, you’ll be able to sing along to your own music off a Zune or iPod.
Bird Electron announced its new peanut shaped speakers for DAP, the EZ16YG… This new stereo speakers feature two 30mm Driver. This device measure 108×50×100(mm), weighs 25g, and cost around 25€.
Solio makes a range of solar-powered battery chargers, but the Hybrid 1000 improves upon the more basic models because it contains a rechargeable battery that holds power for up to a year.
The ‘Hybrid’ in the name indicates that the device can be charged either by plugging it into the USB port of a computer (notebook or desktop) or, of course, by leaving it in the sun.
Supplied in the box is a USB power cable and three adaptors so that the device can be connected to a portable music player, phone or other portable device. The adapters supplied in the box connect it to Nokia phones and devices that accept mini-USB power (which more and more phones and cameras do).
There’s also a generic USB connector so that you can plug in any USB cable supplied with a product that offers power. There is a wide range of additional fittings for other devices, all of which can be bought from the Solio website, but that obviously adds to the cost.
Once you’ve got the necessary connections sorted the Hybrid 1000 is very easy to use, with a simple Start button to kick off the charging process and a series of lights that report on the current level of charge of the internal battery.
The device worked well during our tests but we did notice that it needs to be placed in quite direct sunlight in order for the solar panels to do their job. Solio reckons that a full battery will charge the average mobile phone fully or give around 10 hours of music playback on a music player. One hour of direct sunshine will give you around 15 minutes of talk time or 40 minutes of music, then.
In our tests we found these figures a little ambitious but they’re not so far off that it became a major problem. We can see the charger coming in very handy during outdoor pursuits in favourable weather (it comes with a carabiner clip for attaching to a bag). It’s a shame that the Hybrid isn’t a bit more rugged, or waterproof for example, but overall it’s an effective way to charging portable devices in an emergency or on the move.
Designer Yurii Smitana Perfilov clearly took a look at the chaotic button-fest that is the usual universal remote and thought “uuuugleee.” So the first thing you notice about the sPult remote is its gorgeousness, like a retro-futuristic digital dagger. The second thing is the lack of buttons: that scroll wheel does volume or channels, selected at a push, and there’s a favorites selector, mute and power function plus a simple display. I thought the back-lit Moto RAZR-like universal remote I just bought was attractive, but if sPult were more than a concept, I’d ditch that silver laser-keypad nastiness in a heartbeat.
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We have seen diamond studded iPhones and solid gold iPods so why not diamond studded earphones. From designer Thomas Heyerdahl comes the iDiamond a first of its kind earphones made from white gold and studded with a whopping 204 diamonds. Only 1000 of these super blinged earphones will be manufactured with each one selling for $6400.
Victor-JVC unveiled four new Headphones for a TV use, the HP-AV and HP-X Series.
The HP-AV350 and HP-X73 provide a frequency response of 12Hz-24,000Hz, pressure sensitivity of 104dB/1mW, while the HP-AV250 and HPX53 provides 14Hz-23,000Hz frequency response and 97dB pressure sensitivity.
From Greenhouse Japan comes the ‘KanaCL’ a lightweight flash based DAP with 2GB of onboard memory. It supports playback of MP3 / WMA files and comes with a voice recorder. It connects to the host via USB and songs can be transferred by simple drag and drop operation from Windows Explorer itself. The onboard Lithium Ion battery delivers around 5 hours of playback time. The KanaCL measures 26×66×14mm, weighs 20 grams and will be available in four colors pink, white, black and red for 5480 Yen ($ 55).
