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Shure E4c Earpod For The iPod

May 21, 2005 Accessories, Apple, MP3 Players Leave a comment

Shure have just released their E4c earphones. These are the in-ear type with various mouldings (sleeves) that fit on to the actual phones so you can get a comfortable fit.

The E4c’s do superbly and it seems that bass, midrange and treble have all improved. A big advantage of using in-earphones is that they block off almost all external sound (which can be detrimental to your health if you use them in a situation where you need to hear things going around you). Not being distracted by external noise means the volume of the device you’re listening to can be turned down, which has two advantages i) battery life is extended and ii) more importantly, there is less distortion and notes sound truer.

While sitting on the underground you could just hear the station announcements on the public address system, but not much else. The music playing was ambient dance music and you could really make out the nuances etc. Unfortunately the only downside of blotting out everything made you realise even more how miserable everyone looked.

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“Wow, another great earphone from Shure”

This is my first impression of the Shure’s E4c. You have no doubt against the quality of Shure’s stuffs. if you want excellent sound reproduction, noise isolation and good looks, go for it. But remember, the retail price is around US$370 USD299.99!

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PalmOne LifeDrive – new iPod rival?

May 20, 2005 Apple, Industry News, MP3 Players 2 Comments

PalmOne Inc.’s new handheld with a built-in hard drive makes it possible to jam more rich content than ever into your pocket.

PalmOne Inc., the world’s biggest maker of hand-held computers, began selling Wednesday a new device that combines business and entertainment functions and targets Apple Computer Inc.’s iPod Photo digital players.

The LifeDrive mobile manager has a 4-gigabyte micro-disk drive that can store and play digital music, photos and video, as well as access data generated by business programs from Microsoft Corp., Stephane Maes, PalmOne’s director of product management, said in an interview.

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The world’s largest maker of hand-held computers is trying to gain back the market leadership, which lose to the Pocket PC. A PDA now is not just a PDA.
Let see how does Apple react to the PalmOne’s move.

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Bill Gates: Cell Phones Will Overtake MP3 Players

May 20, 2005 Industry News Leave a comment

A Reuters article published on the ZDNet Web site on Thursday relates an interview with Microsoft chairman Bill Gates that was published in a German newspaper. He’s quoted as saying: “As good as Apple may be, I don’t believe the success of the iPod is sustainable in the long run. You can make parallels with computers: Apple was very strong in this field before, with its Macintosh and its graphics user interface — like the iPod today — and then lost its position.”

The article quotes Gates as saying that he’d “bet on the mobile phone for sure” as the mobile device that will eventually emerge as the best for listening to music. The article also notes that Microsoft is working hard to get its Windows Mobile smart phone software into devices manufactured by nearly 70 companies, a move that the company hopes will make it more competitive in the face of another threat: Research in Motion’s ubiquitous BlackBerry.

Gates also told the German publication that, at 50, he’s eyeing the day he steps away from the company he helped found. “I think that when someone is 60 years old, he should better leave it to someone else to follow trends in technology. But until then, there’s still a lot to do.”

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I think Bill Gates should pray his Smart Phone to overtake Symbian or BlackBerry before the cellphones overtake MP3 players. Who knows maybe the next iPod is integrated with cellphones? Now Apples has iPod Photo, maybe the next will be iPod PDA or maybe iPod Mobile?
Just my 2c.

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Metal Armor Case for Creative Zen Micro

May 20, 2005 Accessories, Creative, MP3 Players Comments Off

BoxWave offers now metal Armor Cases for the Creative Zen Micro 4GB, 5GB and 6GB.

It is made of durable, protective aluminum, with a soft black foam interior to keep the Zen Micro safe.
A clear Plexiglas window protects the screen. The BoxWave Armor Case also gives you accessibility to all the necessary openings for access to the button functions, display and the headphone jack. Apparently the Creative Zen Micro 4GB, 5GB and 6GB versions are different as Boxwave offers a separate case for each model.

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Solid protection for Zen Micro. But, personally I don’t like it! It made the player looks dump and heavy even thought its made with lighweight anodized aluminum.

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This is the first post

May 19, 2005 Site News 2 Comments

After being a silencer for awhile, I decided to start my blog. This blog is just another gadget blog. It will mainly focus on news and guides of digital audio gadgets. If I have time, I will write a short review on the gadgets that I had used.

This is my first time in writing blog. I use WordPress as I like its simplicity. I think I need a lot of times tweak my blog; to make it better. The first thing I have to is “write more posts”! Also, I will try to revamp this theme to be css layout.

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