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September 2, 2006

FairUse4WM peeps stay one step ahead of Microsoft

Filed under: DRM, FairUse, fair use, fairuse4wm, ibx, microsoft, playsforsure, wma — Paul Miller @ 3:15 pm

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Mere days after Microsoft started pushing a new IBX version for “protecting” PlaysForSure files from its users, the FairUse4WM guys have thrown down a new version that deals with that and other little DRM-circumvention obstacles. The new release — version 1.2 — knocks out DRMv1 files you’ve ripped yourself with protection, breaks down individualized WM9 files and has a workaround for WM11beta2. Of course, we’re guessing it won’t be long until Microsoft has another quick update to break FairUse4WM again, but it seems like a more drastic update might be in order to shut down this hack for good. We’re sure you’re well familiar with our stance on this whole issue, and hope that version 1.2 treats you right.

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August 22, 2006

Newman’s do-it-all, swivel-screen M790 DAP

Filed under: DigitalCamera, PortableAudio, Speakers, Usb1.1, dap, digital camera, jpeg, m790, mmc, mp3, newman, portable audio, sd, swivel-screen, usb 1.1, video, wma — Evan Blass @ 11:09 pm

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You’d think that we would have heard of a company that’s made (or perhaps rebadged) literally hundreds of DAPs and PMPs since 2004, but until we came across the swivel-screen M790, we’d never caught wind of a Chinese manufacturer called Newman. Most of its products are simply cookie-cutter devices that resemble so many of the other products we’ve featured on these pages, but the M790’s unique design and large-ish 2.5-inch screen convinced us to give it another look. As with many foreign products of its ilk, this DAP’s exact specs are a little hard to come by, but we do know that it sports a QVGA resolution, built-in speakers, a camera of some undetermined pixel count (machine translation pegs it as a 20 megapixel shooter, but frankly we’re a bit suspect), and support for MP3, WMA, JPEG, and unspecified video files. Storage on this one is a paltry 512MB (expandable through the SD / MMC slot), but that’s just as well, as it’ll take a pretty long time to load up even that amount of data over the sluggish USB 1.1 connection. Also along for the ride are your typical assortment of dictionaries, games, voice recording, audio line-in, and the all important timekeeping functionality. It seems like you can pick up the M790 sometime this month (maybe even right now!), but it’s obviously not available in the US, so factor in the cost of a plane ticket to China along with however many yuan this happens to be retailing for.

[Via Anything But iPod]

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July 24, 2006

Sanyo’s DMP-M400SD “bring your own storage” DAP

Filed under: DRM, DigitalAudioPlayer, DiplyMusic, PortableAudio, Sanyo, SdCard, dap, digital audio player, diply music, dmp-m400sd, mp3, portable audio, sd card, wma — Evan Blass @ 11:21 am

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Sanyo’s got a new digital audio player poised to drop on the Japanese market, though it’ll mainly be of interest to folks with a couple of extra SD cards laying around, as the DMP-M400SD contains neither a hard drive nor any flash memory. What you are getting with this latest member of the Diply Music line is a pendant-style device sporting a backlit screen that supports MP3 files as well as WMA tracks with or without DRM. Clearly stressing size over features, the M400SD is pretty lean when it comes to extras; in fact, besides acting as a USB mass storage device, there’s really nothing that makes it stand out from the crowd — especially the rather ho-hum 12-hour battery life. If this still sounds like an attractive option to you, then $60 is all it will take to pick one of these up when they’re released on the first of next month.

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Green House GH-KANA-GT MP3 Player, FM Transmitter, Friend

Filed under: Portable Media, fm transmission, gh-kana-gt, green house, mp3, wma — Gizmodo @ 8:26 am

greenhousemp3fm.jpgThe great Japanese company with the environmentally conscious name is at it again. Green House is just a few weeks away from launching the GH-KANA-GT series of MP3 players, which comes with 512MB of flash memory and support for both MP3 and WMA digital music files. Even better, the player incorporates an FM transmitter—the headphone cable functions as an antenna—so that you can host your own pirate radio station inside the house, car, space station, etc.

Thankfully, the player comes with a rechargeable lithium ion batter that lasts for seven or four hours, depending on whether or not you’re using the FM functionality.

Look for the GH-KANA-GT this August in Japan for around $77. – Nicholas Deleon

Product Page (in Japanese) [Green House via Fareastgizmos.com]

July 21, 2006

Apacer’s Audio Steno AU522 flash-based DAP

Filed under: AudioStenoAu522, CardReader, DigitalAudio, FlashDrive, FmTuner, VoiceRecorder, WAV, apacer, audio steno au522, card reader, dap, digital audio, flash drive, fm tuner, mmcmicro, mp3, oled, voice recorder, wma — Evan Blass @ 8:45 pm

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What do you get when you cross an iPod Shuffle with Nokia’s 7280 fashion phone? (Hint: it’s not Transcend’s T.Sonic 310, but good guess). Why, Apacer’s upcoming Audio Steno AU522 DAP, of course. This fairly-stylish little number comes in capacities ranging from 256MB to 2GB, supports MP3, WMA, and WAV files, and includes a memory card slot for boosting storage by another gig. A built-in USB connector allows you to use the AU522 as a flash drive or reader for all those MMCmicro cards you have lying around, and you can also record directly from the FM tuner and share your music with a friend thanks to dual headphone jacks. The two-color, 128 x 64 OLED screen is another nice touch, though it probably contributes to the player’s mere eight hours of battery life. No word so far on either pricing or availability, but if you really have a desire to snatch one of these up, we’re confident that you’ll be able to make it happen.

[Via MP3 Player Guide]

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July 13, 2006

Genus’ SLM radio does DAB and MP3

Filed under: DRM, DigitalMusic, FM, PortableAudio, dab, digital music, genus, mp3, portable audio, radio, sd, slm, uk, wma — Evan Blass @ 1:45 pm

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UK DAB enthusiasts now have yet another way to listen to those sweet digital broadcasts on-the-go thanks to a new portable radio from Genus; and as if that alone weren't exciting enough, the so-called SLM also includes an FM tuner and SD slot for rocking out to MP3s. Actually, there's really nothing here that we haven't seen before from manufacturers like Pure Digital and MPeye, but it can never hurt to have another product on the market driving down prices, right? One feature you're not getting with this unit -- besides the inability to record OTA programming -- is DRM support, so if you want to load up your PlaysForSure- or FairPlay-protected tracks, you'll need to strip out the copy protection with one of those handy pieces of software first (not that we'd ever encourage that sort of behavior, of course). It looks like you can pick up the OLED-equipped SLM right away from either Curry's or directly through Genus, and at $182, it's pretty reasonably priced -- though you'll have to shell out more loot if you're in need of a blank SD card for storing tunes.

[Via Shiny Shiny]
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July 9, 2006

Venzero’s LilOne HDD-based 6GB MP3 player

Filed under: 6gb, MiniOne, dap, lilone, mini one, mp3, one, venzero, wma — Stan Horaczek @ 3:03 pm

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While everyone else has been busy watching the World Cup, it appears Venzero has been in the labs, creating a new middle child for their ever-expanding One line of DAPs. At 6GB, the LilOne fits snugly between the original, full-featured 8GB model and the minimalistic, flash-based Mini version that was announced last month. Like it's siblings, the LilOne will play MP3s and WMAs (with and without DRM), with a 1.5-inch screen providing access to short videos and photos. Other features include a 20-hour battery life, a €200 pricetag and the kitschy MusicMarker feature that helps you identify songs you hear on the radio. We're assuming it was size restraints that kept this player from getting the handy retractable USB connector of the original One, but that shouldn't prevent it from giving players like iRiver's E10 and Sandisk's Sansa e260 a little gentlemanly competition.

[Via DAPReview]
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June 29, 2006

Hands-on with Napster’s new 1GB player

Filed under: 1gb, audio, dap, mp3, napster, player, playsforsure, wma — Paul Miller @ 10:05 pm

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Napster isn't so shy about their new DAPs after all. We just got to spend a little time with Napster's new 1GB PlaysForSure promotional player, and we liked what we saw for the most part. The tiny device probably won't be seen outside of its current role of attracting 1-year subscriptions, but it manages a nice look, decent user interface and a commendable 40 hour battery life -- not bad for $50. Of course, the player's first role is to support DRM10 PlaysForSure files from Napster To Go, but regular old WMA files and MP3s are supported as well, and it doesn't seem that Napster has made an effort to lock down the player from other services. You can also play back MPEG-4 video on the tiny, but nice, 128 x 160 LCD, but you'll be on your own for content since Napster doesn't currently offer any vids. There's also JPEG and FM playback, and everything is accessible via a convenient and fast iPod-like menu system. We'd estimate the player is 10-12mm thick, but while it's shorter than the iPod nano, the player felt comfortable in our large hands, and the buttons were plenty easy to use. It might all come down to your preference of music service, but we can't see this little OEM player standing in your way. Keep reading for some more pics.


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Logitec announces line of colorful in-car DAPs

Filed under: FmTransmitter, LighterSocket, PortableAudio, dap, fm transmitter, in-car, lat-fm300u, lighter socket, line-in, logitec, mp3, portable audio, wma — Evan Blass @ 4:11 pm

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Japanese manufacturer Logitec — who, as we found out the hard way, is in no way related to the American Swiss firm Logitech — has just announced a colorful set of in-car DAPs that plug directly into your vehicle’s lighter socket. What’s more, the MP3- and WMA-capable LAT-FM300U includes both a built-in FM transmitter and line-in jack, so you can broadcast directly to your head unit from either the device itself or from an external player like an iPod. And judging by the $68 price tag and lack of storage information, it sounds like you’ll probably need to bring along a more capacious device on trips lasting longer than an hour or so, as we doubt you’ll be getting more than 512MB of flash memory when these drop in early August.

[Via Digital World Tokyo]

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June 9, 2006

MSI’s P610 flash and P640 micro-drive MP3 players

Filed under: MIS, P610, P640, dap, mp3, playsforsure, wma — Thomas Ricker @ 8:20 am

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You have to admire their determination, 'cause MSI just keeps the MP3 players coming. This swanky pair feature 1.8-inch 128x160 displays, optional FM tuners, line-in/voice/FM radio recording, and playback of your JPEG snaps and MP3/WMA and PlaysForSure WMA audio files. The P610 (on the left) sports up to 2GB of flash in that slim (no, not that slim) chassis while the P640 brings an 8GB, 1-inch micro-drive (and room to grow) and associated chub to the table. If we knew the price and availability, we'd tell ya.

[Via Anything But iPod]

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June 7, 2006

SavitMicro’s Dueple: HD media player with DVD

Filed under: DriveEnclosure, DvdPlayer, HDD, HardDrive, MPEG-1/2/4, MediaPlayer, component, divx, drive enclosure, dueple, dvd player, dvi, geekstuff4u, hard drive, high-definition, media player, mp3, ogg, s-video, savitmicro, wma, wmv — Evan Blass @ 11:02 am

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We've seen Korean manufacturer SavitMicro a few times before, once with a hub for multi-cam recording and another time with a media-playing drive enclosure, and now they've popped up once again at Computex with yet another device that promises to simplify your digital life. Like their drive enclosure, the new "Dueple," as it's known, also accepts swappable 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drives for multimedia playback, but throws in a DVD player as well for spinning any of those old-fashioned discs you may have laying around. The Dueple features DVI, component, S-video, coax, and digital audio outputs for hooking up to your home theater gear, Ethernet and USB ports for data transfer, and lets you watch/listen to MPEG-1/2/4, MP3, DivX, WMV, WMA, and OGG files, including high-definition content. There are probably better ways of getting your digital swag onto a TV than this particular solution, but if it sports a reasonable pricetag when it comes out within the month -- from e-tailer GeekStuff4U -- we imagine that it will draw some interest.
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June 5, 2006

BenQ’s VIIV-friendly DMP300 Digital Media Player

Filed under: 802.11, Dmp300DigitalMediaPlayer, MPEG-1/2/4, MediaCenter, StreamingMedia, benq, dmp300 digital media player, hdmi, intel, media center, mp3, pmc, streaming, streaming media, viiv, wma, wmv9, xvid — Evan Blass @ 4:44 pm

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Now that you've picked up a brand new VIIV-powered PC (because computing just isn't computing without VIIV), you probably want a media streaming device to watch all your digital swag on regular TVs, and BenQ's got your back with the new DMP300 Digital Media Player. Like many of the other similar solutions on the market, the DMP300 streams your music (MP3, WMA, PCM), vids (MPEG-1/2/4, WMV9, XviD), and pics (JPEG, JPEG2000, BMP) over a wired or wireless (802.11b/g) network, but also leverages the power of VIIV for accessing certain remote applications and premium content. This model sports a full range of connectivity options -- HDMI, component, S-video, and digital audio outputs are some of the highlights -- and will be available for an undisclosed price under generic branding sometime next quarter.
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May 26, 2006

MobiBlu B153 audio player reviewed

Filed under: audio player, b153, battery life, mobiblu, mp3, wma — Marc Perton @ 7:18 pm

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By now, you probably already know the MobiBlu B153’s claim to fame: it’s got a battery life that is so impressive that it’s in the model number. That’s right; this flash player will last about 153 hours, or over six days of continuous use. That might be great if you’re off on a camping trip or too lazy to charge your player more than once a week, but how about the player’s other features (you know, like its UI and how it sounds)? CNET checked out the B153, and found that, other than the battery life and its ability to automatically download podcast subscriptions, the player is just so-so. Its interface is strictly folder-driven — forget about sorting by artist or genre. The screen is also small, and support for DRM is limited to purchased WMA files (no subscription support). Oh, and CNET’s testers found the battery life to be a mere 146.5 hours. Hey, we’re not complaining. That’ll still give us six full days of music.

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Pioneer VSX-516 6.1ch receiver with USB, MP3, AAC and WMA playback

Filed under: aac, amp, mp3, pioneer, receiver, surround sound, vsx-516, wma — Marc Perton @ 11:50 am

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Pioneer continues to pump out surround-sound receivers with the ability to play digital audio files via a USB port, and the latest in the line, the VSX-516, adds a few new tricks, including support for the latest Dolby standards. The VSX-516 also continues Pioneer’s support for WMA9 Pro, for lossless playback. And the VSX-516 also represents a decent price drop: Pioneer’s first amp with similar features, 2003’s VSA-AX10Ai-N, went for a whopping ¥500,000 (about $4,400), while the new model is just ¥49,500 ($440), or about a tenth of the price of the older model. What a difference three years makes.

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iRiver N12 to go up to 2GB

Filed under: dap, digital audio player, iRiver, mp3, n12, usb, wibro, wma — Marc Perton @ 10:05 am

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Sure, we weren’t exactly brimming with excitement about the iRiver N12, when we first caught sight of it a couple of weeks ago. But we’ve heard at least one good thing about the new player that sets it apart from its lookalike predecessor, the N11: the N12 will be available in capacities of up to 2GB, for a price in Japan of about ¥21,980 ($195). Other specs remain the same: OLED display, and support for MP3, WMA and PlaysForSure. Yeah, we know what you’re thinking: iRiver’s about to give up on the digital audio player business altogether in order to focus on WiBro gaming, so why should I even consider buying one of their players? Well, don’t worry. We still don’t expect this one to make it to the US, so unless you’re in Asia, chances are they’re not about to try selling it to you to begin with.

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May 16, 2006

MobiBlu Cube 2 gets specs, pricing

Filed under: Cube2, DigitalAudioPlayer, FM, PortableAudio, TinyGadgets, Usb2.0, UsbMassStorage, cube 2, dap, digital audio player, jewlery, korea, mobiblu, mp3, ogg, oled, portable audio, recording, tiny gadgets, usb 2.0, usb mass storage, wma — Evan Blass @ 6:10 am

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Diminutive DAP manufacturer MobiBlu has just released the specs for their latest miniature wonder, the 24 x 24 x 24-millimeter Cube 2, which improves upon its predecessor by letting you view photos on a thumbnail-sized, 64 x 48 pixel OLED display. Unfortunately for our love of machine translation, the Korean Cube 2 website lumped all the specs into an un-translatable image, but the sprinkling of English words indicate that there’s not much more to this model than we already knew. Coming in 512MB and 1GB flavors, the 18-gram player features MP3, WMA, and OGG music file support, direct recording from the FM tuner, crossfading between tracks, USB mass storage capabilities, and the obligatory digital equalizer settings, plus the ability to hang it from your ear. Pricing is set at $154 and $192 for the half- and full-gig versions, respectively, but there’s no word yet on when we’ll be seeing this new model ’round these parts.

[Via DAPreview]

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May 11, 2006

NTT DoCoMo, Microsoft to form music download service

Filed under: DRM, NtttDocomo, f902is, hsdpa, microsoft, nttt docomo, windows media, wma — Marc Perton @ 1:22 pm

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NTT DoCoMo plans to work with Microsoft to build a music service based on Windows Media. The service would not allow direct downloads, but would instead require music to be transferred from a PC to a cellphone. The service would work with Windows Media audio from over 100 providers, and will launch this summer on the F902iS (pictured), one of DoCoMo’s recently announced HSDPA-capable phones.

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Pioneer updates Carrozzeria in-car entertainment systems

Filed under: 5.1, 7-inch, AVH-P90DVA, AVIC-VH009MD, DVD, GPS, MobileEntertainment, Navigation, aac, amp, avic-s1, carrozzeria, cd, divx, in-dash, japan, md, minidisc, mobile entertainment, mp3, pioneer, tuner, tv, vcd, wma — Evan Blass @ 9:15 am

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If you’re looking to play almost every audio/video format known to man in your car, even MiniDiscs, then Pioneer has just introduced a whopper of an in-dash system that may be perfect for you (well, if you live in Japan, that is). The AVIC-VH009MD in-car multimedia system, which takes over the high end of Pioneer’s Carrozzeria lineup, features a 5.1 channel amp, dedicated TV tuner, GPS receiver with birds-eye view, and a head unit that contains a 7-inch screen and plays back DVDs, CDs, MDs, and MP3/WMA files as well as DivX-encoded videos. Also new to the Carrozzeria line is the AVH-P90DVA, which also has a TV tuner and 7-inch screen, but *only* supports DVDs, CDs, VCDs, and the aforementioned codecs plus AAC, but not MiniDiscs or navigation. The all-in-one system will go for a cool $3,200, while the AVH-P90DVA costs $2,300, although if you want to listen to tracks from your cellphone, you’ll have to forgo a lot of these niceties and stick with the Bluetooth-equipped AVIC-S1 that we brought you the other day.

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Read- AVH-P90DVA

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NTI Comodo’s NP-950 DAP with in-dock VoIP and DJ functions

Filed under: 1.5-inch, 1gb, 512mb, DigitalAudioPlayer, NtoComodo, UniversalMp3Player, VoIP, WAV, amv, asf, broadcast, digital audio player, dj, ebook, lcd, mp3, np-950, nto comodo, opencast, universal mp3 player, wma, wmv — Evan Blass @ 4:55 am

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Talk about a convergence device-- not only does NTI Comodo's new NP-950 digital audio player perform the obligatory playback and recording functions, it can even act as a VoIP "handset" or broadcast tunes DJ-style over the Internet when docked in its USB cradle. Being marketed as the "Universal MP3 Player" in conjunction with OpenCast, this model is available in 512MB or 1GB flavors and supports MP3, WMA, ASF, and WAV audio tracks, WMV and AMV video files or JPEG/BMP/GIF photos on its 1.5-inch LCD, as well as English, Korean, Japanese, or Chinese eBooks. We're not really sure exactly who's being targeted with this unit -- whose price and release date are unknown -- since you can't store all that much content on it, and the chat/broadcast features seem more gimmicky than useful.
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May 10, 2006

Mio C810 PMP with DMB and GPS

Filed under: GPS, c810, dmb, korea, media player, mio, mp3, pmp, wma — Marc Perton @ 4:34 am

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Here’s the latest multifunction portable that won’t make its way out of Korea (hint: if you see DMB in the description, that’s usually the case): the Mio C810, a portable media player with a DMB receiver and GPS. The player has a 4.3-inch LCD, four-hour battery life, and supports multiple audio and video formats.

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May 2, 2006

Cowon’s 4GB iAudio6 DAP reviewed

Filed under: 4gb, AnythingButIpod, CES, DigitalAudioPlayer, HardDrive, PortableAudio, WAV, anything but ipod, cowon, dap, digital audio player, flac, hard drive, iaudio, iaudio6, lyrics, mp3, ogg, oled, portable audio, wma, xvid — Evan Blass @ 8:30 am

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Cowon’s gotten
some rather mixed reviews in the past for their line of iAudio
DAPs, but the outlook seems mostly positive for the upcoming hard drive-based href="http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/03/cowons-new-iaudio-6-goes-0-85-inch/">iAudio6, with Anything But iPod
finding very few flaws in the diminutive player’s design, features, or performance. Especially impressive is the
1.3-inch OLED screen, which gets high marks for both color depth and clarity — ABi calls it “simply
brilliant” — and makes watching XviD-encoded movies almost bearable on such a small display. The iAudio6, which
we first spotted at CES, can handle
up to 4GB of MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, or WAV-encoded tracks on its .85-inch drive, but it’s the drive that leads to one of
the few knocks on this model, which is a noticeable lag time between operations. Other nice features include USB host
capability for device-to-device file transfer with other UMS-enabled hardware, software that automatically tags certain
tunes with the corresponding lyrics, line-in and voice recording, and surprisingly powerful output that can drive even
large headphones. If you don’t mind a bit of a delay when recording or changing tracks, or a bit of eye strain when
watching your flicks, then the iAudio6 sounds like it’ll make for a solid purchase whenever it becomes available
Stateside.

[Thanks, James]

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April 28, 2006

Sorell DN10 GPS/DMB-enabled Korean PMP

Filed under: 1gb, 3.5-inch screen, 3.5-inchScreen, GPS, OtaTv, PersonalMediaPlayer, avi, divx, dmb, dn10, jpeg, korea,sorell, mp3, ota tv, personal media player, pmp, sd, wma, xvid — Evan Blass @ 8:14 am

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We haven’t
featured a foreign PMP on these pages in awhile, so for those of you
hungry for a feature-filled device that you’ll never get your hands on, we proudly present the Sorell DN10. With only
1GB of internal flash memory, the DN10 isn’t going to win any capacity awards, although an SD card slot allows you to
jack that total up to a still-low-but-acceptable 3GB. Features, then, and not storage, are what should draw Koreans to
this model, as it boasts a 3.5-inch screen and both a GPS receiver for navigation and DMB tuner for watching OTA
programming when they get sick of the two movies that they were able to cram onto the device. Filetypes supported
include AVI, DivX, XviD, WMA, MP3, and JPEG, and pricing comes in at under $400 (measured in won, of course).

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April 19, 2006

Viliv announces new US-bound PMP, the P2

Filed under: 400MHz, 60GB, AC-3, GPS, H.264, MPEG-1/2/4, MadCodecs, PersonalMediaPlayer, WAV, WMV 7/8/9, WindowsCe5.0, Wmv7/8/9, amd, divx, mad codecs, mp3, ogg, p1, p2, personal media player, pmp, viliv, windows ce 5.0, wma, xvid — Evan Blass @ 9:46 am

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So apparently the viliv
P1 personal media player is doing so well in
the US, that the company has already announced plans to release their new model, the P2, Stateside as well. The P2
takes all the P1’s multi-codec goodness (MPEG-1/2/4, H.264, DivX, WMV 7/8/9, XviD, MP3, WMA, OGG, AC-3, and WAV),
subtracts the iPod resemblance, and adds a 60GB option as well as an optional GPS receiver. Powered by a 400MHz AMD
processor, the P2 runs on Windows CE 5.0 and sports a large 4.3-inch, 800 x 480 widescreen LCD, and also can also act
as a USB 2.0 host device. Expect to see these for sale sometime in the middle of August, although pricing has yet to be
announced.

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MobiBLU Cube 2 - successor to “world’s smallest” MP3 player

Filed under: cube 2, dah-1500, dap, mobiblu, mp3, portable audio, wma — Marc Perton @ 5:46 am

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MobiBLU is apparently getting ready to roll out a successor to the DAH-1500/1500i, the company's diminutive flagship product. The new model, apparently known as the Cube 2, doesn't appear to shave an millimeter or gram off of the DAH-1500's tiny footprint, but does add a new cross-shaped controller, along with a two-color OLED display. (We assume MobiBLU has kept the player's MP3/WMA/FM specs.) And we still don't recommend wearing it as jewelry.

[Via DAPReview]
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April 18, 2006

RCA Lyra X3030 media player gets bump to 30GB

Filed under: audible, divx, lyra, movies, playsforsure, pmp, rca, thomson, wma, x3000, x3030 — Marc Perton @ 12:55 pm

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It may be only a couple of weeks since we first started seeing reviews of Thomson/RCA's Lyra X3000 portable media player, but that hasn't stopped the company from announcing a successor, the X3030. Like the X3000, the X3030, due out in May, can handle WMA, PlaysforSure, Audible and DivX files, and has a 3.6-inch LCD display. In fact, the main difference between the two models appears to be a bump in hard disk size, from 20 to 30GB (gee, that must be why this is the X3030). RCA has kept the suggested retail price at the same $399 level as the X3000, so if you like the Lyra's specs and 20GB will do it for you, now might be a good time for you to grab an X3000 from a clearance bin.
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