Another Battery Explodes
Aug 2, 2007 MP3 Players, Related News
Beware of your lithium-powered MP3 player, it could be probably a silence bomb to you! A Chinese man was injured due to battery explosion of his crappy MP3 players. You should stay away from those cheap MP3 players. It’s not worth to risk your life for just few bucks!
[ via PCOnline ]
MP3 Player Flame Test
Jan 14, 2007 MP3 Players, Others Players, Related News
Have you tried a flame resistant test on your MP3 player? Someone has made it on his Ainol U20.
[ via iMP3 ]
Will iPod have 100GB HDD?
Dec 5, 2006 Industry News, Related News
The Japanese harddisk maker, Toshiba, has announced that the company will start to ship its new 1.8″ harddisk from 5th January 2007. The new harddisk is MK1011GAH with 100GB of capacity. Let us make a wild guess on the 6th generation iPod. Will the next iPod have 100GB of HDD, touch screen and wireless network connectivity?
iRiver D26 Leaked!
Dec 1, 2006 iRiver, PMP, Related News
Yet another upcoming iRiver product is discovered at Korean’s Radio Research Laboratory website, like how other was found. It is the new member for iRiver D series – D26. Again, it is most likely to be available only at South Korea 
[ Radio Research Laboratory via iRiverfans ]
iPod Nano 2G Clone Hits Malaysia!
Nov 20, 2006 Apple, MP3 Players, Related News
Oh my god, iPod Nano 2G cloned is now available in Malaysia! I discovered it while browsing the local tech forum, Lowyat.net (ya, I’m Malaysian). It is even printed with Apple logo! If you are an Apple fanboy, please buy the original iPod Nano 2G
[ via Lowyat.net ]
20 Free iTunes with SendStation smartCharge
Sep 5, 2006 Related News
SendStation Systems, creators of popular iPod accessories like the PocketDock line of iPod adaptors, today announced that it is giving away 20,000 songs on the iTunes Music Store.
Customers who purchase a smartCharge car charger for iPod (USD 24.95) or a PocketDock Combo USB/FireWire adapter for iPod (USD 22.95) will receive 20 free songs on iTunes for each of these items bought. Offer is available to US and Canadian customers only while supplies last.
[ Press Release ]
Top 10 Strangest MP3 Players by TechEBlog
Feb 22, 2006 MP3 Players, Related News
Editors from TechEBlog just make up a list of Top 10 Strangest MP3 Players. How much do you agree with them?
- PEZ MP3 Player
- MP3 Toilet
- NES Controller MP3 Player
- Minty MP3
- Brain Wave MP3 Player
- Scented MP3 Players
- Magic Mirror MP3 Player
- $5 Cereal Box MP3 Player
- Clip Type MP3 Player
- Teddy Bear MP3 Player
For me, the coolest is Minty MP3 by Limor Fried 
and the most useless is Toto’s MP3 Toilet (because it is not portable 
)
[ via [TecheBlog -> http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/top-10-strangest-mp3-players] ]
Iwod G10 – PMP with NES Emulator
Jan 22, 2006 MP3 Players, Related News
Any old school NES fans here? If you wanna play NES games like GBA, I got something for you – Iwod G10 (not iRiver G10 
).
It is a portable media player with built-in NES emulator! You may load your favourite classic NES games into it. Besides the NES emulator, another highlighted feature is its big and clear LCD display. Iwod G10 comes with a 2.5″ LTPS 16 million colors LCD that capable to display screen at resolution of 882 x 228 pixels. With the smoothstep technology, the built-in li-on battery capable to play up to 10 hours of video or 30 hours of audio.
Fake iPod Nano in Japan too
Jan 22, 2006 MP3 Players, Others Players, Related News
Apple’s iPod Nano now becomes the most favourite clone digital audio player. These fake iPod Nano are easily found in the retail market, even in Japan. AKIBA PC Hotline recently spotted a fake Nano named, MP34 1GB is sold for just 11,800 Yen (approx US$102)! The size of this MP34 is almost exactly same as original Nano. Most of the features are same as another fake iPod Nano – MSC Dino A. It plays MP3/WMA audio, MPEG-4 video and FM radio.
[ via [AKIBA PC Hotline! -> http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=ja_en&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fakiba%2Fhotline%2F20060121%2Fetc_mp34.html] (babelfished) ]
