Released yesterday, this latest BluRay player from Samsung definitely stands out in plenty of ways.
The unit doesn’t look like any player. It comes with metal brackets for mounting to the wall, or it can sit prettily on a desktop like a pedestal. Not only does it look awesome, the player packs serious features too, including streaming access for Pandora and Netflix.
The unit is sold at $500.
Unveiled recently, Sony Ericsson’s Satio is marketed as the ultimate multi-media device. The gadget is a camera phone that should appeal to every budding amateur photographer. The gadget boasts of the following powerful features: 
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Music
Web
Communication
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Design
Entertainment
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Says Fredrik Mansson, the company’s Business Manager —
“With Satio you can enjoy any form of entertainment anytime, anywhere. Whether its music or movies you will never be more than a tap away from your favorite tracks or shows. Just tap directly into your favorite videos and music with the unique full touch media menu, standby panels and music player. Snapping perfect pictures also just got so simple thanks to the 12.1 megapixel camera, intuitive touch focus and Xenon flash. Share them with your nearest and dearest via your social networking site, produce huge prints and you can even comment directly on your images.”
USA Today has reported that Microsoft is ready to launch their own version of the MP3 player this coming fall season. The said gadget is expected to come with a lot of impressive features, including one that will allow the user to link up to the Xbox, for a more awesome game experience. This Microsoft Zune is also going to be touch screen, with an HD capacity.
I’m sure a lot of you are thinking of going biking this summer. Or if you are already doing that, how about going biking to cool music while you do that? Well, I know you can do this with earphones but what if you don’t like wearing one but would still enjoy a little music on the road now and then? With this portable speaker from Podio, you can enjoy biking with music even better! Just attach this baby to the handlebars and listen while you pedal away.
The Podio is kinda light weight at 139 grams. It has a 2GB storage capacity, and a speaker that’s 1.5 watt. The Podium functions via a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, good enough for 24 hours at least.
More details after the cut…
For owners of the latest iPod Shuffle from Apple who are dissatisfied with its neutral gray colors (in light and dark gray), here’s a case that’s supposed to add color to your musical device.
The iLuv isn’t an official Apple product release, but it is quite a good alternative. It comes in two types — the iCC12 and iCC14.
The iCC12 is made of silicone and comes in four lovely colors of pink, blue, white, and black. While the iCC14 is made of a hard case in clear and tinted black shades. It would have been greater if there are more colorful options but I guess this should do, right?
At the back of these cases is a cutout area for an easy access to the shuffle’s clip.
The cases come at about $12.99 each and is available at iLuv.
These cases are great for the fun, light and breezy season of spring and summer. Known as fashion wraps, these are fitted hard shell cases made for the iPod Nano 4G and the iPod Touch 2G.
The prints to these cases are decidely girlier with pattern names like BubbleSpotDot Aqua or CheeryPlum Purple.
The cases feature a hard shell design with durable vinyl and fabric.
The cases retail for about $29.95 at Speck Products.
It’s the first mp3 player that talks to you!
With it’s Voice Over feature, the shuffle will tell you what song is currently playing and who the artist is. It comes pretty handy when you’ve got over a thousand songs on your iPod and you keep forgetting pertinent information like the title and artist. This is a feature that’s quite useful to someone like me because forgetting details happens to me all the time.
Aside from the voice over, the new shuffle is 1.8″ tall x 0.3″ thin. It promises to be of easier use, but I don’t know…I could easily lose something like this. Good thing it comes with a clip you can fasten.
The new iPod shuffle also has 4 GB capacity which can incorporate 1000 songs.
Learn more about the new iPod shuffle via the Apple Store.
How cute are these things? No idea what it is, huh? It looks like a dehumidifier. Or a house lamp. But you know what, these are actually iPod speakers shaped like raindrops.
Each set comes with a waterproof interior as well as waterproof mp3 connector…which means, this speaker may be placed in the bathroom and it won’t mattre because it is waterproof. Volume controls, play and pause buttons are found and adjusted on the external surface, it just doesn’t seem to obvious from this design.
The gadget comes in four colors (bright pink is not in picture).
Specifications: operates for 10 hours on four AA batteries, measures 130 x 190 mm (5.1 x 7.5 in.), with an internal compartment measuring 165 x 225 x 165 mm (6.5 x 8.8 in.). Weighs 480g.
Each speaker costs about $64.99
Via Gizmine
Frankly, I’m not too thrilled about iPod docks that sit there on my table, in this massive shape or form and does nothing else for me but play music. Most docks I find are a waste of space, when I know that there could be more use for it. I think Gracious Home has heard my grumbling because I love their MP3 Speaker system. It is so efficient.
And by efficient, I mean, the dock is a multitasker that doubles as desk organizer tray to put pens, paperclips and other stuff in. It is also a desk lamp. Isn’t this amazing?
Features:
*Compatible with any iPod or MP3 player
*Connects to the headphone jack
*Energy-efficient 20W Halogen bulb included
*2 pencil/pen holders and 2
organizer trays
This iPod dock costs an affordable $19.99.
This is the latest from Philips in the area of their Home Theater line — the new HSB2351 is this all in one, hi tech sound bar audiophiles will want to own. The sound bar has an integrated DVD player as well as MP3 linking for that complete audio and video experience. It is powered with subwoofer 300W strong. Speakers are Dolby classified and the gear is HDMI 1080p capable, with video upscaling.
The gear has USB flash drives, so it’s capable of reading USB media. A built in FM tuner is of course not lost on this, so you can also listen to the radio if so desired.
The design is obviously sleek. It’s a great space saver and one magnificent audio/video component in one.
Philips will have this available in the US by April 2009 and will sell for US$349.99.
Via Ces CNet
The shape of this very low priced mp3 player is one of its best features, I could see this clipped in a shirt pocket, purse, collar, short sleeve?
Very lightweight, with animated LCD -(although black and white)… some of the neat extras are an E-book reader with long text recording function, able to copy the unread text to hard disk for the next reading.
Built in Microphone with voice recording features, keep this in your shirt pocket or on your person and you could secretly record a whole days worth of sound,
A phone book feature lets you store and retrieve phone numbers ( or any numbers I suppose ) viewable on the lcd screen.
It has all the playback features you’d expect a mp3 player to have - ( normal, menu, repeat, repeat all, shuffle. )
While it does not give you a full control EQ - it does offer the major settings ( normal, Rock, Pop, Jazz, bass )
Formats Supported are MP3 OGG WMA WAV (PCM/ADPCM) - It also sports a high speed USB 2.0 interface for speedy copying of music or Ebooks.
And the Dimensions are 59mm×15mm×16mm, weight: 150 g. Super small and lightweight - so all you fitness nuts out there could clip this on and not expect it to fall off due to its weight.
The only thing not specified is battery life, I assume its got a Lithium Ion polymer batter like most of the competition - for safe bets I’d assume a 8 hour batter life tops before recharge.
Now for the best part of this beauty - its wonderful pricetag! - at these prices you could afford to get 2 or 3… heres the rundown.
1 Gig with FM radio $30.00
2 Gig with FM radio $42.57
1 Gig without FM radio $27.37
2 Gig without FM radio $40.53
Product page for all units is HERE
And at some point I’ll add a review - (my old mobi cube player broke and I need a new one - this fits my bill! )
Enjoy! - Rob
I know there are a lot of alternatives for listening to music in the shower, for instance there are speakers you can hang in the shower and connect to your mp3 player. To me this sounds like a recipe for disaster as the steam and moisture from your oh so hot cleanup will probably kill just about any mp3 player out there.
Those speakers don’t light up either.
With this gadget you can have your music and light up the shower a bit too.
Shaped like a computer mouse, the radio features a splash-proof body, a speaker with clear and crisp sound, and an easy hanging antenna. Also great for the outdoors and poolside parties. Available in Blue, Orange, and Green. Requires 3 AA batteries, batteries not included.
So in the morning you could listen to the news or your fav dj, and for that romantic evening tune in the some ambient music from pbs or such. Its self contained so no worries about steam. It probably won’t survive a fall into the bath though, so for that you might want to see my post on the radio bath tub rubber duck.
You can buy the mood light shower radio HERE for $17.95 - limited production so get ‘em while they last.
Mezmerizing color combinations of green, purple, and blue rotate and revolve in a sound responsive light show with these interactive stereo speakers.
The LED lights dance with the music intonations and beats.
If you are allowed to play music in your office - now you can look super cool while doing so - it comes with its own power adapter and a standard speaker jack - so you could even hook these up to your pc.
Not too expensive at $39.95 - you can find a pair HERE
Its been a couple weeks since I found a gadget fun enough to put up for a Friday. This gadget qualifies nicely though. IT was featured on the Today show - and gets rave reviews from every buyer.
Full sized guitar - with 4 buttons on the fretboard to make playing a cinch for even a first timer. You can use it like a regular guitar - OR - hook it up to your mp3 / music player and play to your tunes! You can also have it play background rhythms so you can concentrate on the solo parts.
The pitch and tempo are adjustable for tuning to just about any song.
This is a great way to introduce a child to guitar - or heck just give the thing for the pure joy of playing. I gotta admit - even though my kid and I can play basic acoustic guitar - I’m thinking of getting this purely for its fun value.
Well, that and the excellent price - How could you go wrong for $27.96? Grab one at Discovery before they’re gone!
Hooks up to your iPod, PC, home audio system, musical instrument (or virtually any other musical source) and projects a light show that moves across the room to the rhythm of the music. The interactive Lightcast features a cluster of 33 multi-coloured LED lights which pulse, flash, fade and synch according to the intensity and beat of your music.
Using an interchangeable lens/mirror for different light patterns, the Lightcast has four mix modes: Smooth, flow, vibe and pulse, and includes an illuminated infrared wireless remote allowing you to create a psychedelic light show in any room for the ultimate visual experience.
The price is $104.46 US and £49.95 Euro - You can grab one HERE
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