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SIRIUS Official Announcement of Stiletto 100 and 10

Vincent Nguyen, Aug 20th 2006 Discuss [0]

The new Stiletto 100 and 10 will ship in September and October, respectively. These two portable players are capable of playing live Sirius broadcasts. Both models offer the same touch-sensitive wheel that’s located below the large, easy-to-read color display screen. The Stiletto 100 storage has the capacity to how up to 100 hours of MP3 and WMA files. It features WiFi, includes a unique antenna headphone for improving signal quality. Other accessory includes two lithium-ion batteries, one large and a slimmer version. The full-size battery allows four hours of live satellite radio listening and up to 20 hours of pre-stored-content listening, while the slim battery has only half the listening time. Also included in the package is the AC charger, earbuds, and a PC cable. The Stiletto 10 will only have 10 hours of storage and doesn’t have WiFi – priced at $249. Read The Full Story

Video: Viliv P2 Hands-on Preview

Vincent Nguyen, Aug 19th 2006 Discuss [0]

Who needs a stinking Zune when the Viliv P2 is here now with spanking features like AMD processor 400MHz, 60GB of storage, 4.3-inch widescreen LCD display, an optional GPS receiver, USB 2.0 connectivity, and touch-screen? The Viliv P2 supports MPEG (1, 2 and 4), H.264, DivX, WMV, XviD, OGG, MP3, AC-3, and WAV formats. Click for the video after the jump. Read The Full Story

Gizmodo’s Exclusive Microsoft Zune Details

Vincent Nguyen, Aug 17th 2006 Discuss [2]

The first ever image was just leaked minutes ago, and now more exclusive Zune info as promised by Gizmodo! Lets dive in and get to the gut of the Zune. The scroll wheel isn’t a wheel at all. They’re just four buttons arranged in a wheel formation. Boo! This is a big drawback for iPod users. Then again, Microsoft doesn’t want Steve accusing them of being copycats. Similar to the scroll wheel, the scrolling speed increases if you hold the button down longer. There’s even a large letter that appears in the corner corresponding to the letter of the current song when browsing through the list. On the back, there’s a grip so you can comfortably hold the player when watching video in landscape mode. There’s also a magnet of some sort on the back of the Zune for headsets to attach to – nice touch. The other functions of the magnet can be used for docking or attaching a case to it. This is still being hashed out. There’s an iPod-like dock connector at the bottom of the unit, while the case itself is plastic and semi-transparent. Read The Full Story

RoverTv Mobile Media Player To Go

Vincent Nguyen, Aug 17th 2006 Discuss [2]

The RoverTv portable media player is by far one of the sexiest devices I’ve seen. It merely weighs 4.5 ounces and roughly the size of a deck of cards, making it extremely pocket-able. Cool features like record directly from TV, DVD, CD, FM or computer (supports Mac and PCs), RoverTv accommodates MP3, MP4, WAV files and more. Built-in software allows for easy transfer of video and music content to and from the device. There’s also a built-in FM radio receiver to listen and record FM radio. It's ashame there's no WiFi. Read The Full Story

Here Comes the Sirius Stiletto 100 Fully-Portable Satellite Radio Receiver

Vincent Nguyen, Aug 15th 2006 Discuss [10]

UPDATE 08/28/2006: Added hi-res image and retail product sheet, thanks to SSG for the high-resolution image of the SIRIUS Stiletto and GSI. Oh boy – I’m getting chills down my neck as I eagerly write about the Sirius Stiletto 100. I confess that when Howard Stern moved to Sirius, I was one of the many millions that subscribed. I’ve been waiting months on in for a portable solution from Sirius. Howard and Bubba the Love Sponge (Howard 100 and 101) my dear friends, I’ll have you everywhere I go – in my car, my office, airport and yes even while I’m on the toilet. The Sirius Stiletto 100 is a serious portable device with a bigger screen and an easy-to-use click wheel (similar to that of the iPod). Other cool features include up to 100 hours of music (MP3/WMAs), audio via WiFi connectivity. There are two batteries included with the packaging. One standard, and one extended life, which offers 4 hours of live Sirius reception, 14 hours of WiFi reception, and 22 hours of stored playback time. Yes it does sound confusing right now, but things should be cleared up closer to launch – I hope. Read The Full Story

First Zune Content Revealed

Vincent Nguyen, Aug 14th 2006 Discuss [7]

The official Zune guys of Madison and Pine just shared some of the content that’s expected to come with the Zune. I have no clue who these guys are - the Subpop’s CSS and Hot Chip, but what I do know is I don’t care for demo tracks or videos. I’ll end up wasting more time deleting them off the device. Thanks but no thanks – I’ll add my own content. If this is what Microsoft means by a greater experience, they’ve got their work cut out because everyone’s taste in music is different. Boo! Read [via Madison and Pine]

Curon QCOX PMP With Click Wheel

Vincent Nguyen, Aug 10th 2006 Discuss [0]

There’s more than one way to skin a cat, so does the same principle apply to designing PMP? There’s the usual Windows CE 5.0-CE based operating system powered by AMD’s Alchemy chipset. Most PMP offers a 4.3-inch screen, 30GB hard drive, supporting a variety of audio and video files. More and more PMP also features a T-DMB receiver and supports “HD quality TV out,” in countries that support it. So what did Curon give the QCOX to make it stand out from the rest of the crowd? A simple and easy to use circular click wheel, that’s found on some digital cameras. This is a nice addition allowing users to switch between modes easily and quickly forgoing the GUI. Read The Full Story

UB-890 PMP

Vincent Nguyen, Jul 24th 2006 Discuss [1]

This is possibly one of the tiniest PMP on the market, weighing merely 55g. The screen is only 2 inches so it might be difficult to watch video or read your ebooks comfortably. The UB-890’s storage capacity range from 1-4GB; which is plenty of room to store a couple of videos, ebooks or songs for the road. Read The Full Story

Artec T14A USB TV Tuner: For HDTV on the Go

Benjamin Nied, Jul 20th 2006 Discuss [0]

If you love your HDTV, but hate not having the ability to utilize it everytime your on the go (or simply on your laptop), then Artec's T14A USB TV Tuner might be just what you need. While it requires you to have a normal analog TV Tuner card already installed, this little device llows you to pull HDTV streams right over the air and retails for $89 at the lowest, which is still one helluva lot cheaper than buying an HDTV, an HDTV-ready set top box, and any of the hundred accessories or addons that you may or may not decide to need. Read The Full Story

Samsung Begins Mass-Production of 8GB NAND Memory

Benjamin Nied, Jul 20th 2006 Discuss [0]

If current NAND Flash Memory sizes simply aren't big enough for you, then you're in luck. Samsung has announced that it has begun mass-production on 60nm NAND Flash memory chips, meaning that it won't be long before we start seeing these high-capacity memory in cell phones, portable media devices, and and 2G iPod nanos. According to Samsung, 8GB is now possibly by basically taking two 4GB NAND packages and putting them on top of each other. Read The Full Story

Microsoft Trying to Sway iPod Accessory Makers

Benjamin Nied, Jul 13th 2006 Discuss [0]

Microsoft, the evil empire that could, is apparently trying to persuade iPod accessory makers to join the Dark Side; in this case, Microsoft is trying to convince them to make accessories for the upcoming Microsoft Zune as well. Similar to the iPod like, the Zune will feature its own expansion port (guaranteed to be compatible with nothing that looks remotely like it), but the kicker is that the new port will apparently allow companies to manufacture accessories for less money; this alone could sway several iPod accessory makers away from Apple into the realm of Microsoft. Read The Full Story

New Details on the Microsoft Zune

Benjamin Nied, Jul 11th 2006 Discuss [0]

Thanks to our compatriots over at the Gizmodo, we have some new details on Microsoft's upcoming Zune media player, including what to expect and which details are really just fantasy. As you know by now (and if you don't, come out from underneath that rock of yours), Microsoft's Zune media player is looking to take the iPod head-on for music/video player supremacy. Unlike other competitors that are trying to go head-to-head with the same feature set as the iPod, Microsoft is taking their player in a completely different direction, trying to outmaneuver the iPod with features lacking from Apple's players. Read The Full Story