Sony Discontinues Walkman Bean
Feb 19, 2006 Industry News, MP3 Players, Sony
Sony finally decided to discontinue the production of Walkman Bean. The jellybean was critiqued since first introduced last August. However, the spokesperson hints that an upgrade could be on the way.
Sony Corp. will discontinue its Walkman Bean portable music players in April, less than six months after the colorful, kidney-shaped player hit the market, according to several UK media reports. The company confirmed the decision to UK newspapers The Telegraph and The Independent.
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Dell drops hard-drive MP3 line
Feb 5, 2006 Industry News
The world largest PC maker, Dell has decided to drop three hard-drive based Digital Jukebox MP3 players after failing to take market share from Apple’s iPod. However, Dell still sells the flash-based DJ Ditty. The company also continue selling MP3 players from other makers, including Creative through its website.
“We saw an opportunity to streamline and consolidate our portfolio,” Dell spokesman Liem Nguyen said. “We made a decision to transition from the hard-drive products to flash players at the beginning of this year.”
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MobiBLU DHH-200 Features Seagate’s 8GB ST1 Series
Jan 24, 2006 Industry News, MP3 Players, MobiBLU
The capacity of Hyunwon’s MobiBLU DHH-200 will be upgraded to 8GB with Seagate’s latest ST1 Series hard drive. Seagate’s 8GB ST1 Series is the highest capacity 1-inch hard drive on the market. It includes RunOn Technology and G-Force Protection, which ensure reliability and robustness during active use. The new 8GB DHH-200 is expected to be available in North America soon.
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CNET Awards Creative’s Zen Vision:M “Best in Show”
Jan 9, 2006 Creative, Industry News, MP3 Players
CNET has just announced its very own Best of CES Awards. CNET editors named Creative’s Zen Vision:M the Best in Show product of CES 2006!
Cementing it as our Best in Show pick is its winning design; any product that cares to take on the stylish iPod must be able to turn heads. Though it’s thicker than the iPod, the Vision:M boasts a sturdy, comfortable feel, a rainbow of color choices, and glossy good looks.
Whether you agree to CNET’s choice or not, Zen Vision:M is indeed the most innovative product of Creative recent days.
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CES 2006: iRiver
Jan 9, 2006 Industry News, MP3 Players, iRiver
We had heard about the upcoming Sony PSP’s rival – iRiver G10 just before the CES 2006. However, the picture leaked several days ago was not the iRiver G10. It is iRiver V10, the upgrade version of iRiver G10.
Basically, iRiver G10 is a portable multimedia player that supports audio/video playback, image browsing, and voice recording. Futhermore, with WiBro capability, iRiver G10 may also browse web, read email and play streaming medias. Another exciting feature is that iRiver G10 comes with independent GPU, which makes it comparable to Sony PSP! iRiver V10 is actually the upgrade version of of iRiver G10. It may feature 8 – 16GB of NAND flash memory or a 30GB of 1″ / 1.8″ HDD. The company hopes to improve its resolution of 640 x 480 @ 30fps.
iRiver G10
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