Archive for the ‘Portable Media & MP3’ Category
Apple revamps iPod range, iTunes and Apple TV; eats a little humble pie
Apple have been hard at work and yesterday Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleneck owner and Apple CEO Steve Jobs launched a totally revamped Apple iPod range, a new Apple TV and a music based social network, Ping. Keen observers will have noticed Apple tacitly admitting 3 mistakes, as they restored buttons to the iPod shuffle, removed video from the iPod nano and switched to an all streaming model for the Apple…
Versatile and stylish – Pioneer’s KODO XW-NAW1 iPod wall mounted speaker system
As we mentioned in our feature on the best iPod docks due to high consumer demand, competition to produce the very highest of quality iPod speaker systems is hastily gathering speed. Born from this surge in spiritedness Pioneer GB has launched an exciting new addition to its KODO range of iPod speaker systems – the KODO XW-NAW1. In the same way TV wall brackets deliver the luxury of being able…
Olympus LS-5 Linear PCM digital recorder: Mobile mini sound studio
Listen up journalists, musicians and podcasters! Olympus is launching a new digital recorder this month, which it claims allows you to record and edit your work while you’re on the move. At a tad under the 200 quid mark, the Olympus LS-5 Linear PCM Digital Recorder records 24but/96kHz PCM audio files, which can be edited in the device at the touch of a button. It comes with 2GB of memory…
Pump up the volume with the best iPod docks around
As ghetto blasters and stereo players are being rapidly ditched for iPods and iPhones, with their aesthetical attributes and sound clarity, iPod docks are becoming quite competitive in the world of gadgets. Latest Gadgets looks at five of the best of these musical pedestals, which have become an important fixture in many a home. Philips Fidelio DS900 Built out of natural wood and with a back curved for better sound,…
Girls get the chance to shake their groove thing – the Samsung Tic Toc mp3 player
Here’s one for the girls – a cute little MP3 player with an unusual control system. Samsung’s Tic Toc has only one button, which can be clicked to change the volume, and clicked three times to skip to the next album. A nifty motion control features allows other controls to be undertaken by shaking this palm-sized gadget (rather like the shake to shuffle feature on the iPod nano and Shuffle)….
Skullcandy 50/50 headphone review: Bass on a budget
My informal headphone review process for the past 10 years has been to put HipHop by Dead Prez on and stroke my chin. The Skullcandy 50/50s passed this test with flying colours. For some of you, the next 290 words may be a waste as I have already told you all you need to know. Of course sound quality is what matters, and on the whole the 50/50s deliver. Powered…
Solar Sound 2 review: Solar powered portable stereo
With it looking increasingly likely that there will be actual sunshine this summer, more and more people will be heading outdoors for picnics, barbecues and general frolics. Devotec’s Solar Sound is a nifty little gadget for outdoor weather music. In the box you get the unit, a 3.5 mm retractable stereo audio cable, mains plug that also works with USB and a little carry case.The unit itself is a medium-sized…
Sony iPhone headphones – something for everyone
It’s become a modern-day love/hate story for the iPod generation: The ecstasy you feel when you finally get your mitts one of Apple’s sleek little devices, is immediately overcome by the disappointment of experiencing its below-par, bundled earphones. The limitations of the standard-issue accessories are a much-vented source of frustration for consumers who have already splashed out a small fortune on the game-changing music gadgets. Despite their iconic design, the…
Freecom’s World first USB 3.0 external HDD
Once upon you would have had to knock up a few extra shelves to house your growing collection of movies, music and important documents; but thankfully with the increasing digitisation of our day to day lives, you can now fit an entire library’s worth of information onto the smallest hard drives and storage devices. The problem is however that with ever-increasing file sizes the standard USB 2.0 connection is seeming…
The Mini 5, Dell’s answer to the iPad?
While Apple strive to convince the world that the next big gadget is the iPad, a device that attempts to wedge itself into the market between a smartphone and a laptop, Dell have declared that a gizmo sized between a smartphone and a tablet is the true portable of the future – a Mini 5. The device, which features a five-inch, multitouch screen (at 800×480 resolution) and built-in 3G and…
