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iPod nano hack removes apps; Jailbreak work-in-progress [Video]

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Apple's latest iPod nano hasn't inspired quite the frenzied hack atmosphere as its iPod touch and iPhone siblings, but that doesn't mean the tiny touchscreen PMP is completely devoid of modification. James Whelton won a nano and spent little time in cooking up an app hack; while so far he can't add software to the PMP, he's figured out how to modify the Springboard UI to remove apps. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Cowon D3 Plenue Android PMP gets official

, Dec 28th 2010 Discuss [1]

Cowon has finally got official on its long-rumored D3 PMP, and as teased it does indeed run Android. The Cowon D3 Plenue has a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display and uses Android 2.1, paired with WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 and a T-DMB TV tuner. Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy Player YP-GB1 Android PMP headed to CES 2011

, Dec 27th 2010 Discuss [1]

Samsung is readying a new PMP version of its Galaxy S family of Android smartphones, with the Samsung Galaxy Player YP-GB1 expected to make its debut at CES 2011 next month. The 4-inch WVGA PMP measures 9.9mm thick and uses a Super LCD display rather than Super AMOLED; it also loses the cellular connectivity, with WiFi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS, though Samsung Hub says that does free up room for a T-DMB digital TV tuner. Read The Full Story

Peek-powered phones, PMPs & digital photo frames in licensing future

, Dec 20th 2010 Discuss [0]

Simplistic messaging company Peek is looking to move away from standalone hardware and instead position itself as a software provider for budget-smartphone and consumer electronics manufacturers. CEO Amol Sarva told GigaOm that Peek's power-frugral software - which offers support for push-email, location-based services and basic social networking integration, all on 100MHz chips - is set to arrive on five phones in the next month, and on thirty by the end of 2011. Read The Full Story

Cowon 3D PMP Due in December

, Nov 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

Cowon knows how to make Personal Media Players. They've got a myriad of the devices available now, with more coming down the pipe, and now it looks like one more is set to join the fray just in time to hit Christmas wish-list. Though, their newest effort isn't just another PMP. This new device, aptly called the Cowon 3D, features glasses-free 3D technology, and still manages to pack in all of the other features people expect in their PMPs. Read The Full Story

Cowon X7 DAP/PMP gets official in Korea

, Oct 8th 2010 Discuss [0]

Cowon has gone official in Korea with its latest PMP that looks more like a smartphone than a traditional PMP I am used to seeing called the X7. The thing has a 4.3-inch screen with no word on what the exact resolution of the thing is. It should make for some nice mobile video playback assuming the screen is decent. Read The Full Story

Ode to the Nano, V to the izzA

, Sep 30th 2010 Discuss [4]

I was once stranded in Amsterdam for more than a week with my iPod nano and only 4 albums of music. I started the week at a Microsoft Mobius event, from which I got to visit Amsterdam coffeeshops with some fairly interesting and important people from Microsoft, Qualcomm and some of my other favorite tech blogs. After that event ended and most of my compatriots went home, I stuck around for a while to try to crash Nokia World, to which I was not actually invited or approved. In between, I had to wander the city and avoid getting into trouble.

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iPod nano gets iFixit teardown treatment

, Sep 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

We've seen the iPod touch and the iPod shuffle bare their silicon souls under iFixit's relentless gaze; now it's the turn of the final new 2010 iPod, the iPod nano, to get torn apart.  iFixit has flexed its usual screwdriver and spudger - together with a heat gun to melt the glue that holds the screen in place - and discovered that the nano's guts are a 50/50 mixture of logic board and battery. Read The Full Story

ViewSonic MB-P702 PMP/ereader surprises by not being a tablet

, Sep 7th 2010 Discuss [0]

We'll admit, we were so intrigued by ViewSonic's ViewPad 7 and ViewPad 100 last week, we didn't spot their MB-P702 PMP/ereader at the booth.  According to imp3, the 7-inch slate may look like yet another tablet, but actually it's a whole lot more focussed than the similarly-sized ViewPad 7.  No Android, no web browsing or Google Maps; just 1080p HD video playback with an HDMI output. Read The Full Story

Archos 28, 32 and 43 hands-on [Video]

, Sep 3rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Though Archos' larger internet tablets grabbed our attention first, we spent some time playing with the French company's three smaller models too: the Archos 28, 32 and 43.  Ranging in size from 2.8-inches QVGA, through 3.2-inches WQVGA, to 4.3-inches FWVGA, the three palm-sized tablets are Archos' attempt at hybrid PMP/MIDs, hitting price points from $99.99 to $149.99 to $199. Read The Full Story

Philips GoGear Connect hands-on [Video]

, Sep 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Philips’ GoGear Connect PMP was meant to make its debut here at IFA 2010, but the company took the wraps off a few days early after leaks. We grabbed hands-on time with the Android-based media player today, and – after a somewhat glitchy start – found it’s actually a decent attempt to twist Google’s OS into a more narrow focus of device. Check out our first impressions and some video after the cut.

Video demo after the cut

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iPod nano 6th-gen hands-on

, Sep 1st 2010 Discuss [6]

At first glance, if it wasn’t for the touchscreen display up front, you could easily mistake the new iPod nano for the iPod shuffle.  Significantly smaller than its predecessor, the new nano gains a clip, a 1.54-inch 240 x 240 multitouch-capable display and the shuffle’s VoiceOver, turning it potentially Apple’s most tactile PMP yet.

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