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Zune 4.0 Software released; Zune HD to get 3D gaming, Twitter & Facebook

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 15th 2009 No Comments

It comes as no great surprise, given our unboxing video and hands-on with the new PMP is already live, but Microsoft have officially announced the Zune HD. As well as reconfirming the specs we’ve already heard – NVIDIA Tegra processor, 720p HD playback, OLED multitouch touchscreen and either 16GB or 32GB of storage – Microsoft have also revealed that yes, the Zune HD will play 3D games such as Project Gotham Racing: Ferrari Edition and Audiosurf Tilt together with getting Twitter and Facebook clients later in 2009.

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iPod nano 5G Video Review

By Vincent Nguyen on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

Apple’s traditional September iPod event last week failed to deliver the all-encompassing camera update widely predicted, leaving the compact fifth-generation iPod nano as recipient of the most attention. With video recording capabilities, a new radio and even a pedometer, the nano 5G certainly has a longer spec-sheet; has it managed to do what Steve Jobs predicted, though, and stomp neatly over the Flip camcorder? SlashGear set to finding out.

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Zune HD premature promo video confirms 3D gaming

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

With the Zune HD officially launching in a matter of hours, it isn’t long before all the mysteries of Microsoft’s new PMP are splayed open like a druid sacrifice. Still, until then we’ll keep gobbling up whatever we’re given, such as some prematurely posted adverts for the Zune HD and seemingly confirmation that it will be capable of 3D gaming.

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Brando bmorn BM-888 touchscreen PMP manages 720p HD

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

We’re used to Brando having a selection of – dare we say it – moderately rubbish USB peripherals and other novelty nonsense, but their latest PMP actually has us tempted. The 7-inch touchscreeen bmorn BM-888 apparently supports 720p video through a TV output, and can play back MPEG (AVI), RM, RMVB and FLV video files along with lossless audio and image files.

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iPod nano 5G gets teardown

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

If there’s one thing you can count on – beyond third-party accessories – it’s that as soon as a new iPod hits the shelves, it’ll be torn down to its component parts. iFixit have already begun to strip the camera-toting iPod nano 5G out of its glossy shell and down to bare circuit-boards, and even if chip codes and DACs mean nothing to you there’s something scandalously exciting about watching it happen.

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Teclast T51 PMP promises audiophile quality

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

Proving your parents’ point that exciting things can come in mundane looking packages, the new Teclast T51 PMP doesn’t exactly inspire at first-glance but certainly leaves us impressed once we’ve worked our way through the spec-sheet. The T51 has a capacitive touchscreen, 8GB (and possibly 16GB) of internal storage and a memory card slot, but what’s really exciting is the audiophile-quality components inside.

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Toshiba Introduces New 1.8-inch HDD That Boasts Highest Capacity Single-Platter Available

By Evan Selleck on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

Today is packed, with all sorts of things being introduced and announced. Making sure that they aren't left out, and giving us something a little bit different for the announcement train, we've got Toshiba announcing their newest, 1.8-inch HDD, that offer up to 160GB of storage. It's all wrapped up in a remarkably small five-millimeter-high, single-platter design that's designed for next-generation portable media players, digital video cameras, as well as other consumer electronics.

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Apple iPod shuffle special edition hands-on

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

Let’s be clear – if you don’t like shiny then you probably won’t be too keen on Apple’s special edition iPod shuffle. Packing the same 4GB capacity of the standard top-spec shuffle, but with a newly polished stainless steel casing, the new PMP is limited to sales through Apple Stores.

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iPod classic gets 160GB upgrade, still $249

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

Apple’s last-remaining hard-drive based PMP, the iPod classic, has also had a quiet upgrade today, with the company throwing out the 120GB of the previous version and slotting in 160GB instead. The iPod classic remains the same size as previously, though, together with keeping the same price tag.

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Apple iPod nano 5G hands-on [Video]

By Vincent Nguyen on Wednesday, Sep 9th 2009 No Comments

Apple’s iPod event has only just ended, but we’ve already had a chance to grapple with what was probably the highlight of the day: the new iPod nano 5G. Now packing a 2.2-inch LCD display and a video camera on the back – complete with microphone and speaker – the nano is now set to take on Flip’s camcorder. Don’t expect it to necessarily replace your digital camera, though; the nano 5G only shoots video, not still photos.

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