Touchtable is a portable media player designed to be interactive and intuitive, with DJ-style controls. It features a large controller wheel that surrounds the screen and functions like a turntable. It’s sensitive to touch and pressure and when you use it in combo with the surrounding function buttons, it facilitates absolute user control over a… Read More Touchtable Interactive MP3 Player
Tonium’s 60GB Pacemaker, a portable DJ system, in now available in the United States at Amazon.com for $499 (See Amazon’s site for the latest pricing and availability). The Pacemaker is a 60GB portable media player that features full DJ capabilities in a package the about the size of a PlayStation Portable (PSP). Features: Portable DJ… Read More Tonium 60GB Pacemaker Now At Amazon
Yamaha has announced a new MP3 player, the BodiBeat, that promises to DJ your workout, selecting tunes based on your heart rate. According to Yamaha, it’s “the world’s first music player/heart rate monitor that selects and plays songs to match the pace of the user’s workout.” The player goes beyond Apple’s Nike + iPod combination,… Read More New MP3 Player Creates DJ Mixes For Exercising
Teuthis has several kits and parts available for making your own MP3 player. The Super-Simple MP3 Player is based on the PIC 16LF877, with plenty of processor time to spare. There is a bare bones assembly version, and a new C version with more features and stability. It uses compact flash cards up to over… Read More Build Your Own MP3 Player
Listening to iPods for as little as 5 minutes a day can cause hearing loss. Researchers Brian Fligor and Cory Portnuff estimate that a typical person could safely listen to an iPod for 4.6 hours at 70 percent of full volume using the supplied earphones without greatly increasing the risk of hearing loss. However, listening… Read More iPods Pose Risk of Hearing Damage
Creative Technology has introduced the Zen Vision:M, a 30GB video player, photo viewer and MP3 player. Designed with a 2.5-inch, high-resolution 262,144 color LCD screen, the Zen Vision:M displays rich, vibrant digital video, and photos, full-color menus and album art. Creative is positioning the Vision:M as an alternative to the recently released video iPods. “When… Read More Creative Intros Zen Vision:M MP3/Video Player
Toshiba has developed the first gas-powered MP3 player. Before you plan on gassing up your player, though, keep in mind that the device is a proof-of-concept developed to highlight the capabilities of new portable fuel-cell technology. Toshiba Corporation has developed two prototype direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) units and begun tests to validate their operation… Read More First Gas-Powered MP3 Player
iriver has announced its T family of PlaysForSure-verified flash-memory music devices. The players support Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) 10, making them the first flash devices to support portable subscription-based music services, such as Rhapsody To Go, Napster To Go and Yahoo! Music Unlimited. “By delivering music subscription and download support at such aggressive… Read More iriver Intros New T Family of Flash-Memory Music Players
Creative Technology has introduced the Zen Vision MP3 player with a 3.7-inch SharpPix high-resolution 640×480 262,144-color screen for photo viewing and digital video playback. Featuring a transflective screen that provides excellent image and video quality even in bright sunlit conditions, the 30GB Zen Vision carries up to 15,000 songs, tens of thousands of photos, or… Read More Creative Debuts Zen Vision Multimedia Player
iriver has announced three additions to the award-winning portable music H10 series. Player navigation, color display, photo viewing, FM tuner, voice recording and touch strip control are consistent experiences across the family, which comes in 20GB*, 6GB, 5GB and 1GB capacities. The new players come in a variety of modern colors and support a broad… Read More iriver Debuts H10 Family of Portable Music Players
