The MP3 Players

Finally, Creative makes respond to Apple’s iPod 5G. Creative’s CEO Sim Wong Hoo is going to give a surprise in a presentation on 8th December 2005. This is probably a serious revenge. I hope it’s not another so-called new players like Muvo Vidz. Perhaps, it may give a big impact for those iPodders!

{ Creative Europe via GenerationMP3 }

MPIO recently announced that its latest MP3 player, FY700, will be released later this month. MPIO FY700 has applied Multi Level Cell (MLC) NAND flash in consumer market.

MLC technology may effectively double the capacity of flash memory and lower down the production cost. It seems to have more tough fight between Apple and Korean makers in future

{ via AVing Visual News }

The professional sound solution provider, SRSLabs has introduced its earphones in Korea. There are three models of earphones that are specially designed for SRS sound field in both consumer and ODM/OEM markets.

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SigmaTel announced on last week that it had acquired the Direct Digital Amplification (DDX) technology, design team and intellectual property from Apogee Technology. DDX technology is a high efficiency, Class-D digital amplifier technology that provides a solution to convert digital audio directly into power without being processed by a DAC (digital to analog conversion) chip.

SigmaTel plans to integrate the techonology into current and future System-on-Chip (SOC) solutions. With this, we may foresee SigmaTel to produce solutions in smaller form factors, longer battery life, and lower bill of material (BOM) costs to consumer electronics manufacturers.

SigmaTel continues to look at opportunities to diversify its business and integrate greater functionality into its product family allowing our customers to offer products they couldn’t deliver before at a lower cost,” said Ron Edgerton, SigmaTel’s president and CEO. “The acquisition of the DDX technology allows SigmaTel to offer its customers a more powerful and robust high definition audio solution that can be designed into future consumer audio products.

{ Press Release }

Apple’s One More Thing event is helding at San Jose, California now. While you and me are not able to be there, iLounge.com is very generous to provide live (failed, due to poor cellular coverage at the event venue) coverage of the event San Jose.

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