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• Portable Media Players 101   [Roundup, PCMag]
  What is a portable media player? If we were to anthropomorphize the PMP, it would be an 8-month old baby—it's generally enjoyable to have around, but it still doesn't really know what it is yet. And it's a bit heavy to carry everywhere. But though PMPs are in their infancy, we've seen several prodigious devices that seem to do just about everything. And as prices come down and new players enter the field, the market is only going to get better.
   Wed, 10 Aug, 2005 | 5 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Dell Pocket DJ   [Review, PCWorld]
  Put a silver IPod Mini beside Dell's Pocket DJ, and--except for the buttons--you would have an easier time telling the Olsen twins apart (pre-hair-dye job). The Dell has nearly the same dimensions as its rival and a polished metal case to match. Switch it on, and the Now Playing screen displays the same font and layout you'd find on the Mini. Advertisement At $199, the Pocket DJ packs a full gigabyte more storage space than the Mini's 4GB for the same price. Dell also includes the most intuitive music management program I've used--Musicmatch 9--and the DJ's use of a scroll dial as its primary control (similar to the scroll wheel on a mouse) permits speedy, simple navigation. The dedicated Home and Back buttons come in handy, too.
   Mon, 01 Aug, 2005 | 8 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Record this: 5 great MP3 players with direct MP3 encoding   [Roundup, Cnet]
  Not everyone needs a full-featured MP3 player. In fact, MP3 players with a ton of extras can be confusing for novice users, who are better off with a basic feature set. But if you're an audio junkie--or just like your gadgets to come fully equipped--line-in recording is one of the nicer perks available on portable audio devices. And unfortunately, the ever-popular Apple iPod isn't going to deliver in this area any time soon. This feature paired with direct MP3 encoding can be a boon to those who like to record live DJ sets or who would just rather forgo using a computer entirely. (MP3 encoding is key, since otherwise sound will be saved in uncompressed WAV format, quickly eating up storage on the player.)
   Fri, 29 Jul, 2005 | 8 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Samsung YH-999   [Review, bytesector]
  So you've just managed to get yourself that spiffy new mp3 player. They've been on the market for a while now, but prices have come down, and features have gone up, so you decided it's time to be on the cutting edge of technology and forgo CDs for flash memory. Sounds like the perfect time for the industry to release a new generation of Portable Media Centres (PMC). They have can play music, have vast amounts of memory, and they can also play videos and display pictures. The cutting edge has just leaped forward by a few hundred dollars. One of these next-gen PMC products is the Samsung YP-999. It has 20GB of HD space, a 3.5” screen, and is the smallest PMC yet.
   Sun, 24 Jul, 2005 | 17 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Frontier Labs NEX 3 MP3/FM Media Player   [Review, Bjorn3d]
  Many of you may have not heard of Frontier Labs, which is understandable since they have only been around since 2003. The NEX 3 one of the four products the company currently sells; actually two of its products are based off of the NEX 3 with the NEX 3+ adding a FM transmitter to the NEX 3 so you could listen to your MP3s in the car or in your home over your radio.
   Thu, 21 Jul, 2005 | 11 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Hyundai HY-6611 MP3 Player Review   [Review, rojakpot]
  Flash-based MP3 players are popular because they are small, light and yet pack a LOT of punch! The only major complaint is probably the lack of capacity. Luckily, advances in flash memory technology has improved their capacity. Today, we will take a look at the new Hyundai HY-6611 MP3 player. Boasting a large capacity of 1GB, voice recording functions, FM radio reception as well as the ability to encrypt data, this looks like a truly powerful MP3 player.
   Sat, 04 Jun, 2005 | 15 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Dell Pocket DJ Review   [Review, rojakpot]
  Pocket-able MP3 players are becoming more popular by the day. Dell saw how big the market is for MP3 players and thus have jumped on the bandwagon with their very own Dell Pocket DJ. Pitted to compete against Apple's iPod mini, let's join Psykhotik today in analyzing the Dell Pocket DJ to see if it has what it takes to bring on the reigning champion of MP3 players, the iPod mini.
   Thu, 27 Jan, 2005 | 40 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• RIO Forge 256MB Sport MP3 Player Review   [Review, rojakpot]
  The portable MP3 player market has expanded a great deal lately and it is now very common to see people walking around with either a flash memory-based or the hard disk-based MP3 player hanging on their belts. Cassettes and CDs? Phish! That's the past! Today, we'll be looking at one of the more notable MP3 players - the RIO Forge 256MB Sport! Let's see how it fares against the deluge of MP3 players in the market!
   Sun, 16 Jan, 2005 | 27 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Aigo MP-P750   [Review, Hexus]
  All in all, Aigo's offering here is a tempting, feature rich one - Not only do you get music playback for your money, but also FM radio and recording abilities. The massive 20Gb of storage is nothing to be sniffed at either, and should be enough to hold more than enough music to take with you on your travels, holidays etc. You also won't be ashamed to be seen out and about with this player - Sure, it's no iPod, but its still a neat, sleek looking device.
   Fri, 07 Jan, 2005 | 21 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Creative Nomad MuVo˛ 4GB   [Review, Hexus]
  As a compact MP3 player with bags of storage capacity, you're on to a winner with the MuVo˛. 4GB of storage space in such a small device can't be bad, Hitachi's MicroDrive 1" format the genius behind the implementation. Battery life is good, comparable to its chief rivals and the software is simple to use.
   Sat, 04 Dec, 2004 | 18 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Frontier Labs NexKube   [Review, Bjorn3d]
  The Frontier Labs NEX KUBE is an attractive, versatile MP3 player / USB 2.0 Flash Disk. It has a few flaws, but it does a lot of things well. The unit is quite stylish with its silver finish and its flashing blue LEDs. I really like NEX KUBE; I take it with me to break the monotony on long bicycle rides (50+ miles).
   Mon, 26 Jul, 2004 | 76 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Dell's Digital Jukebox 20 - Music, the Dell Way   [Review, AnandTech]
  Since Apple has already made it big in the MP3 market, two of the three big system manufacturers have decided to follow suit. HP's Carly Fiorina announced they would develop their own MP3 player based on Apple's iPod, which should pop up sometime around the summer time. Dell, on the other hand, chose Creative Labs to manufacture their Digital Jukebox MP3 players, which comes in 15GB and 20GB models.
   Sun, 20 Jun, 2004 | 34 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Apple 40GB iPod   [Review, TheTechZone]
  I was never a big fan of Apple products. I always thought Apple was all about style over substance. Their products look really nice but that's about it. When Apple first introduced the iPod it was an instant hit and won rave reviews for its design, packaging and performance. The only problem was that first iPod only worked on a Mac, which greatly limit its sales.
   Tue, 04 May, 2004 | 32 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• iRiver iGP-100 Player Gets Smaller, Faster and Sexier   [Review, TomsHardware]
  iRiver's iGP-100 digital music player with a micro hard drive shows just how the MP3 player market has come. For less than $200, iRiver's latest player offers a fresh design and hours and hours of music play.
   Tue, 04 May, 2004 | 49 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Nex IA MP3 Player   [Review, nextgenelectronics]
  With technology coming up with new gadgets and gizmos almost every day, we can foresee the day when CD players are a thing of the past. Much like fuel injection replaced the carburetor and CD’s eventually replaced tape and records, digital audio devices are becoming a much more viable and functional solution to listening to and recording sound. The Nex ia Digital audio player by Frontier Labs is just such a device that plays MP3, WMA, while also recording digital sound all in one device.
   Fri, 30 Apr, 2004 | 40 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Rio Karma 20Gb MP3 Player   [Review, Hexus]
  The term MP3 no longer covers a file format, but a concept. Even the average Joe on the street will have heard of MP3, usually in news stories about on-line piracy, and be able to equate it with CD-comparable audio files stored on a computer, and played back with an iPod. Motion Picture Experts Group Layer 3 Audio has, thanks to no small effort from Napster and the iPod, become firmly wedged in the public eye. People are waking up to the idea of a small player that doesn't skip, that can store large amounts of music, that can play tracks downloaded (legally, from an on-line music store, of course) from the Internet, that can finally lay the Discman to rest.
   Tue, 27 Apr, 2004 | 23 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Play As You Go: Digital MusicPlayer Roundup   [Roundup, PCMag]
  The right digital music player has to fit your lifestyle, whether it's your workout buddy, a travel companion, or your portable music library. The differences were obvious in our testing: We can help you choose between one of the smaller, hard drive players or the lightweight, flash memory players. Our tests showed that all of the players were competent sonically; the earphones made bigger differences in sound quality. We've reviewed 13 portable digital music players, with an ear toward audio fidelity and an eye toward style.
   Wed, 21 Apr, 2004 | 27 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Apple iPod 20GB Review   [Review, LegitReviews]
  Today I will be looking at Apple's illustrious MP3 player, the iPod. I think it's fair to say for any PC enthusiast, whether you're a fan of the Macintosh line of products or your general PC products, chances are you store music on your computer. If you are like me, and struggle to remember the last time you purchased a CD, then it would be nice to take your collection of songs from your computer and onto something a little more portable.
   Mon, 08 Dec, 2003 | 66 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• MSI Mega Stick 1 - The Mini Wonder   [Review, AnandTech]  
  Meanwhile, there are other innovative products that take what already is and improves on it. MSI is a great example of this with their Mega Stick 1. MSI has taken a USB flash drive and turned it into a fully functional, on-the-go solution: FM tuner, FM recorder, voice recorder, MP3 player, and of course, a storage device. This may not seem like much at first, but we found out otherwise once we put it through the paces…
   Sat, 22 Nov, 2003 | 536 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail

• Best Digital Audio Players   [Roundup, PCWorld]
  Whether you're just carrying a few songs to the gym or hauling your entire music collection with you on vacation, there's a player that has the capacity, price, and features to meet your audio needs.
   Sat, 15 Nov, 2003 | 137 Click(s) | Related: Reviews or Talks | Detail