mp4 on technabob...

sci-phone: iphone clone runs java apps, still phony

filed under: media players | mobile tech

SciPhone iPhone Clone

Nope, your eyes aren’t fooling you. This isn’t an actual iPhone. It’s the latest in a long line of iPhone knock-offs to find its way to our shores from China. The SciPhone isn’t the first iPhone clone out there, but it’s the first one I’ve seen that claims to run native Java applications…

continue reading...

posted: July 4th, 2008 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

maxx digital dvd player looks just a little like sony psp

filed under: media players | mobile tech

Maxx Digital Portable DVD PSP Lookalike

Now don’t get me wrong. Other than the stupid analog controller, I really like the industrial design of the Sony PSP. But I’m not sure it warrants other gadget manufacturers going out and making their devices look just like it…

continue reading...

posted: June 29th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

cell phone watch flips its lid

filed under: media players | mobile tech | timepieces

U200i Cell Phone Watch with Flip Lid

This oversize wristwatch conceals a little secret beneath its flip-top. Just pop it open, and you’ll reveal a fully-functional multimedia mobile phone inside…

continue reading...

posted: May 1st, 2008 stumble it! 7 comments author: technabob

mp3 alarm clock gets color video screen

filed under: gadgets | media players | timepieces

JWD MP4 Video Cube Media Player

This wouldn’t be the first time I saw an alarm clock that could play MP3 tracks, but it is the first one I’ve come across that can play movies after it wakes you up.

JWD’s pint-sized MP3 media player has a compact 2.0-inch full-color LCD screen which can play MP4 format video clips…

continue reading...

posted: April 30th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

handheld nintendo emulator goes solar

filed under: gadgets | media players | mobile tech | video games

NES GBA GBC Emulator Portable Solar Media Player

This portable gaming beast not only plays games from three classic Nintendo systems, it runs on the power of the sun. Out of the box, the player can handle NES/Famicom, Gameboy and Gameboy Color titles, as long as you can get the ROMs transfered to an SD card…

continue reading...

posted: January 22nd, 2008 stumble it! 7 comments author: technabob

ifone is one phony iphone

filed under: media players | mobile tech

iFone - iPhone Knock-Off

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But sometimes, a crummy copy is just a crummy copy. Take for example, this poor Taiwanese knock-off of the Apple iPhone. This thing makes no bones about its source of inspiration. Heck, they couldn’t even come up with an original name and just called it the iFone…

continue reading...

posted: January 17th, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

archos tv+ media hub/dvr takes aim at apple tv

filed under: home entertainment | media players

Archos TV+ Media Hub

In anticipation of the upcoming 2008 CES show, Archos has revealed complete specs and images for their highly-anticipated media hub, the Archos TV+. The compact device may be about the same size as an Apple TV, but it packs in a number of additional features…

continue reading...

posted: January 3rd, 2008 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

haier ibiza music player gets wi-fi rhapsody store

filed under: media players

Haier Ibiza Media Player

The new Ibiza media player from Haier starts off with many of the same features you’d find in a iPod or Zune. But the big difference with the Ibiza is that it comes with a built in live download integration with Rhapsody’s subscription service…

continue reading...

posted: October 31st, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

clone wars: ipod nano knock-offs under $50

filed under: media players

DigitalRise iPod Nano Clone

I’ll start out by saying this. Steve Jobs and company will no longer like you if you buy one of these. But for those of you who are too stingy to drop $149 to $199 on a real iPod Nano, here’s a cheap Chinese knock-off that’s a dead ringer for Apple’s chunky little 3rd-generation media player…

continue reading...

posted: October 7th, 2007 stumble it! 4 comments author: technabob

mp3, mp4, mp5 - whatever it takes

filed under: media players | strange and wonderful

MP5 Player

I was checking out the bargain basement tech over on DealExtreme this morning, and came across this oddity. According to the manufacturer, what we’ve got here is an MP5, yes M-P-FIVE player.

As far as I know, there is no official MP5 file format…

continue reading...

posted: September 11th, 2007 stumble it! 7 comments author: technabob

atree um10 portable: please define “dictionary”

filed under: media players | mobile tech

Atree UM10 Dictionary PMP

Why is it that Korea seems to be getting all the coolest gadgets these days? They’re calling the Atree UM10 a pocket dictionary, but I see a whole lot more.

Beside looking great, the UM10 is a very capable media player, which can deftly chew through MP4, WMV, MP3, WMA and OGG files with nary a complaint…

continue reading...

posted: September 10th, 2007 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

magnetox v120 dvr looks nothing like mac mini

filed under: home entertainment | media players

Magnetox V120 Media Player

From the separated at birth file comes this digital video recorder from China’s Magnetox, which looks more than a little like Apple’s Mac Mini computers.

The Magnetox V120 features the same white and aluminum accented case design as Apple’s popular compact computer…

continue reading...

posted: September 3rd, 2007 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

pmp plays music, video, games, even reads books aloud

filed under: media players | mobile tech | video games

Chinavasion Media Player Game Console Book Reader

Here’s another cheapie media player that manages to cram everything but the kitchen sink into a single device.

Chinavasion’s latest media player not only handles your music and videos with aplomb, it can also emulate a variety of classic gaming consoles…

continue reading...

posted: August 19th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

world’s first waterproof digital video player

filed under: media players | mobile tech

Waterproof MP4 Digital Video Player

If you’re into multi-tasking, specifically swimming and watching movies at the same time, have I got a gadget for you. This new digital media player can not only play your favorite vid clips, it can do it in the pool…

continue reading...

posted: July 30th, 2007 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

world’s smallest mobile phone fits in a watch

filed under: media players | mobile tech | timepieces

SMS M500 Mobile Phone Watch

A while back I told you about a watch out of China that had a mobile phone built into it. Unfortunately, that ended up being a cheap knockoff of the real deal by Australia’s SMS Technology, and was subsequently pulled off the shelves.

Now SMS is back with a new version of the original, the M500…

continue reading...

posted: July 8th, 2007 stumble it! 11 comments author: technabob

Next Page »

recent posts