Tag Archives: mp3

SanDisk Puts Its $$$ Where Its Slot Is [Yet Again]

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Steven Leckart

SanDisk’s $100 Sansa slotRadio player we reviewed previously is another attempt to convince us to adopt the music/media “format of the future” — which is, of course, the company’s microSD card. Last year, you may recall SanDisk launched a huge … Continue reading →

MP3: Office – “Enter Me, Exit You”

Posted on June 29, 2009 by Joel Johnson

(Currently the band’s download page is offline, but the whole album is available for free download on Last.fm. No agenda, just really digging this band.) Nevermind! Here is the official download page.

The Story Drawer

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

The Story Drawer is an MP3 player with a difference: when you put an item inside it, it detects its presence with RFID and tells a story. Inventor Matthew Simpson: Story Drawer has been designed as a counter to the … Continue reading →

Cassette To Digital, the aptly-named USB tape deck

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

This gorgeous wooden machine, from Japan’s Novac, converts cassette tapes to MP3, WAV or WMA and pipes them up to your computer via USB. It’s Windows-only, according to the specs, and will be $80 when it comes out later this … Continue reading →

Tiny wooden camera MP3 player is adorable, albeit useless

Posted on February 6, 2009 by John Brownlee

This miniature PMP in the shape of a tiny wooden camera is simply too adorable. At 256MBs of internal storage, hard max, it’s essentially useless (even with OGG, WMA and MP3 support) but for $43, I could see this being … Continue reading →

MyRacer MP3 player has adorable OLED pixel-art UI

Posted on January 27, 2009 by John Brownlee

Oh, you know no one’s going to buy one of MyRacer’s cute little Lisse S10 MP3 players over an iPod Shuffle… but christ, isn’t that pixel-art OLED display just gorgeous? Too bad it’s unlikely to ever come out over here. … Continue reading →

Mickey Mouse iRiver gets abstract facial expressions

Posted on December 5, 2008 by John Brownlee

These iRiver Mickey Mouse shaped MP3 players are nothing new, and everyone’s already aware of the darling mechanism of changing tracks or adjusting the volume by screwing the Mouse’s ears… as in “clockwise” or “counterclockwise,” and not by the other … Continue reading →

An MP3 player in the shape of a nut

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

Attention: Nextar has developed an mp3 player contrived to resemble a peanut. It comes in five colors, costs $20 for a 1GB model or $30 for 2GB, and is to be found at Staples and Kmart. I can think of … Continue reading →

Piaggio’s MP3 hybrid scooter gets 141 MPG

Posted on November 13, 2008 by John Brownlee

There’s a couple of reasons I like the look of Piaggio’s new plug-in MP3 Hybrid Scooter. The first is the technology. According to Piaggio, the MP3 will be capable of up to 141 miles per gallon, with zero-to-sixty times of … Continue reading →

Rumor: Dell shelving Zing MP3 player prototypes indefinitely

Posted on November 10, 2008 by John Brownlee

The earlier rumors of Dell launching a new MP3 player called Zing were surprisingly intriguing: a new DAP with the ability to download MP3s over WiFi and share them with other PCs and phones. More Zunish than iPod-like. I was … Continue reading →