November 13th, 2006 by Chi An

I’ve seen this picture at iRiverfans forum. The webmaster said it will be the new member of iRiver G series. From the button layout of the picture, it seems to have mobile phone features. Well, it looks pretty much photoshoped! Let see what happen then
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November 4th, 2006 by Chi An
iFixit recently published a complete guide on how to disassemble the world smallest MP3 player - iPod Shuffle 2
. All you need are just a spudger and a Philips screwdriver #00.
Well, let skip all the dissassembling process. What I want to know is what the heck inside this tiny thing!

On the top of its circuit logic board, you can see five button sensors, ARM chip and data cable ribbon. No idea about the ARM chip, but it has the number: 337S3300 844A N05WDK01 0642 ARM

The bottom of the board has a Li-ion polymer battery and headphone jack plug, which is most impressive part of iPod Shuffle 2. The plug is multi-modal and switches between USB, analog audio, and possibly power modes.
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October 29th, 2006 by Chi An
When Reigncom first introduced the world smallest MP3 player - iRiver S10, many people were wonder what make it so tiny. Now the secret revealed, it is the new Samsung chip. It is a microcontroller unit that integrates both audio decoder and NAND flash in a single chip. Thus, it made the S10 so compact.

Dissected iRiver S10
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October 27th, 2006 by Chi An
Have you wonder what is inside the Teclast T29 that we talked about before? We have some pictures of this dual core digital audio player here. Let’s have a look on it now!

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October 17th, 2006 by Chi An

If Ainol V1000 is just too plain for you, how about the new Gemei X900, another Chinese PMP with game emulator. Basically, its features arae just similar with Ainol V1000 but it comes with a bigger screen and a gamepad dock! It is also powered by a ADI processor. The new X900 has a large screen, which is a 4.3″ 16:9 Wide Sharp LCD.
Hey, I wish I were in China now!
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