The MP3 Players

First Vietnamese legal online music Web site

Jun 4, 2005 Digital Music Comments Off

Vietnam will, for the first time, provide more than 10,000 songs protected by copyright for online listening and downloading to local users.

Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Center has agreed to provide copyrighted songs for FPT Corporation under the website nhacSoO.net. This will be the first and the largest online legal music network in the country. The users may listen to the songs on the website for free, but they will be charged to dowbload the songs.

{via THANHNIEN News }

This is a good sign to legalize the online music especially in ASEAN countries, where the intellecture properties are in so important for them. I wonder how Malaysian government deal with illegal music download.

Popularity: 4% [?]

Don’t dump your old iPod

Jun 4, 2005 Industry News View Comments

Apple Computer Inc announced a recycling program for iPod, its famous portable music player. Customer may hand in their old iPod to Apple’s 100 retail stores in the U.S.

Apple will offer a 10 percents of discount on new iPod for those who drop off their old iPod, iPod mini and iPod Photo at the same day. The company will then process the environmentally friendly disposal.

Apple has just agreed to a settlement over complaints on batteries failure in iPods this Thursday.

{ via BetaNews }

Popularity: 3% [?]

Apple to settle iPod battery claims

Jun 3, 2005 Apple, Industry News, MP3 Players View Comments

The settlement potentially covers an estimated 2 million consumers who bought a first, second, or third generation iPod on or before May 31, 2004. For consumers who experienced battery failure with previous-generation iPods, Apple will offer the $50 store credit or $25 in cash. Customers who have paid Apple to repair their iPod battery within two years of purchasing the device are eligible for a $50 cash refund. Apple charges $99 for such repairs.

The consumers began lodging complaints after word of the allegedly faulty batteries spread.

{ via Reuters; CNET News }

Popularity: 3% [?]

HP to sell iPod mini

Jun 3, 2005 Apple, MP3 Players View Comments

The HP-branded iPod mini will be available in a silver color only. The retail price for 4GB version and 6GB version will be US$199 and US$249 respectively. Together with this debut, HP also unveil new HP Printable Tattoos for the iPod mini. All these will be available to consumers in the U.S. and Canada online at hpshopping.com starting June 5, and shortly thereafter at major retailers.

HP is the only OEM partner with Apple that is allowed to sell the iPod product line and is only allowed to sell it in the U.S.

{ via The Mac Observer } { where to buy? }

Popularity: 11% [?]

Kenwood M1GA3 1GB MP3 Players

Jun 2, 2005 MP3 Players, Others Players View Comments

Kenwood introduces M1GA3 MP3 Player, 1GB versions of their MP3 player line that they introduced in Japan earlier this year.

The Kenwood players are believed that were OEMed from Creative (DMP FX120). Kenwood just has a really big brand and is able to string a high audio quality story around this rather average mp3 player in Japan. Another theory would be that they further developed the Creative DMP FX120 to make it better.

The new Kenwood M1GA3 comes in white, blue and light blue. The features include:

• MP3 and WMA file support
• USB 2.0
• 32 hours battery life
• FM-Tuner

{ via I4U News }

Popularity: 4% [?]