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Spotify Mobile App for iPhone submitted for Apple approval [Updated]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Jul 27th 2009 No Comments

spotify iphone app Streaming music service Spotify have submitted a mobile version of their desktop internal radio software to Apple’s App Store, which - if approved – would allow users to stream their choice of individual tracks, albums and playlists to their iPhone and iPod touch handsets.

While pricing for the app is likely to be free, it’s been suggested in the past that users would be required to sign up for Spotify’s premium service. While the company offers an ad-supported free desktop version, interspersing tracks with occasional adverts, the premium £9.99 per month ($16) package removes the adverts and increases audio quality.

Updated: Spotify have confirmed that it will be only accessible to Premium subscribers; check out their demo video after the cut

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Motorola Media Mover will reach production

By Chris Davies on Monday, Apr 6th 2009 No Comments

All the way back in September 2008 Motorola demonstrated their MCU3E, an awesome little wireless media transcoder device. At the time they had no plans for production; now, though, the gadget is back with a new casing, a new name - the Motorola Media Mover – and what seems to be a definite launch plan.

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Samsung YP-Q2 8GB & 16GB PMPs unveiled

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Mar 12th 2009 No Comments

Samsung have quietly unveiled their latest PMP, the Samsung YP-Q2, a minor evolution on the company’s existing digital media players. Outfitted with 8GB or 16GB of storage, the YP-Q2 has a 2.4-inch QVGA display, promises 50hrs audio playback, and is controlled by touch-sensitive illuminated buttons.

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Chinavision Portable Digital Media Center

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Mar 11th 2009 No Comments

The design of this Portable Digital Media Center may not be retro, but it’s interpretation of “portable” certainly is, taking us back to the days where a 14-inch CRT TV was considered highly luggable. In this case, Chinavision offer an 8-inch swiveling LCD display, DVD and CD player, FM radio and even retro NES gaming.

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Sony NWZ-X1000-series OLED Walkman specs released

By Chris Davies on Monday, Mar 9th 2009 No Comments

Full specifications of Sony’s OLED-display NWZ-X1000-series Walkmans have emerged, courtesy of the Hong Kong SonyStyle store. The listing confirms the 3-inch WQVGA 432 x 240 OLED display together with the supported file types and maximum resolutions of the media the Walkman will play.

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iLuv i1155 8.4 Inch Portable Multimedia Player for your iPod and DVDs Review

By Ewdison Then on Monday, Mar 9th 2009 No Comments

Video capable iPods have made portable media all the more accessible. Attempt to watch anything more than a short clip on one, though, and you’ll be wishing for glasses or, preferably, a larger screen. That’s where the iLuv i1155 Portable Multimedia Player comes in, offering not only a big display for iPod video playback but a DVD for all the legacy discs that copyright laws won’t let you rip. It even manages to look attractive; is the experience as good as the promise, though?

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Rhapsody Ibiza MP3 players coming from Haier America

By Shawn Farner on Tuesday, Jan 13th 2009 1 Comment

ibizarhapsodytouch 270x2111 It looks as though two new Rhapsody-powered MP3 players are getting ready to rumble, and they won’t be satisfied until they win the world title for “most uncreative model names”. Haier America has announced the Ibiza Mini and the Ibiza Touch. Mini and Touch – now why do those sound familiar?

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Samsung’s P3 ready to battle the iPod Touch

By Shawn Farner on Friday, Jan 9th 2009 1 Comment

Samsung is showing off its new touchscreen media player, the P3. From the looks of it, the P3 seems to be positioning itself as a challenger to the iPod Touch. Of course, offering the same features won’t be enough to knock Apple down from the top – they need something unique, and they just might have it. We’ll have more for you after the jump.

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Fiio E5 headphone amplifier

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 19th 2008 3 Comments

It may look like a Shuffle, but the Fiio E5 isn’t even a PMP. In actual fact it’s a clip-on headphone amplifier, intended to boost volume from your favorite media player and drive higher impedance cans than might normally work. With an Apple-style clip, the E5 measures just 44 x 38 x 12.2mm but boasts 150mW (at 16Ω; or 12MW to 300Ω) power output with under 0.009-percent distortion at 10mW.

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XPod Active Speakers: tiny portable stereo audio

By Chris Davies on Monday, Nov 17th 2008 No Comments

High-fidelity is all well and good, but there are times when you care less about quality and more about portability. The XPod Active Sound speakers definitely cater to the latter scenario: measuring 3.07 x 1.34 x 0.33 inches they’re stuffed full of two piezoelectric speakers and a stereo 770mW amplifier.

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