Technabob » asf http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:27:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 They’ve Got the iPod, We’Ve Got the Ibird http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/19/theyve-got-the-ipod-weve-got-the-ibird/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/19/theyve-got-the-ipod-weve-got-the-ibird/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2007 02:24:25 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/19/theyve-got-the-ipod-weve-got-the-ibird/ Your fancy new iPod might have a touchscreen and Wi-fi, but I’m pretty sure it can’t do this. Not only does the iBird-1000 MP3 Player look like a bowtied penguin wearing headphones (I couldn’t make this stuff up), it can move its mouth and “sing” along with your music.

singing bird mp3

In addition to flapping its yellow beak, the bird has blinking light-up eyeballs and an OLED belly that displays track and lyric information. If that’s not enough, the plastic avian also has an FM tuner, voice recorder and a built-in speaker. Too bad its little birdbrain only can hold 1GB of songs.

Importer ChinaGrabber sells these wingless birds for $32.99 each (in wholesale lots of 10+ only).

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/19/theyve-got-the-ipod-weve-got-the-ibird/feed/ 4 Mp3 Player Gets Amplified http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/07/mp3-player-gets-amplified/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/07/mp3-player-gets-amplified/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2007 04:26:23 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/09/07/mp3-player-gets-amplified/ Who needs headphones when your MP3 player’s main feature is a big old speaker right smack dab in the middle of it? That’s what these digital music players from China are all about.

digitalrise boom mp3

Lanhui’s LH-555 media players come in several bright colors, and have a retro sort of feel to them. On the front of each player is a rather substantial speaker for blasting out your tunes without your headphones on. Playback details are displayed on a bright OLED screen, with an especially chunky looking typeface for the track info. The players can handle MP3, WMA, ASF and WAV audio file formats and have 1GB of memory on board. There’s also a TF memory slot for additional storage. They didn’t leave out today’s requisite FM radio and voice recorder either.

Chinagrabber has these for sale (under the DigitalRise brand name) for just over $30 each. However, you’ll have to buy at least ten of them, since that’s based on a quantity purchase. Maybe you can buy some for your friends if they’re not already listening to yours?

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