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iRiver P8 Heads to Russia, Packing Mac-Like UI
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Most of the personal media players on the market are pretty much the same thing. They are generally boxy devices that look like big MP3 players with a color screen. iRiver has a new PMP called the P8 that looks nicer than the typical PMP. The new P8 has big… |
July 5th, 2011
iRiver U100 Gets Official, Heads to Korea
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iRiver has a bunch of different media players. The company has gone official with one of its first new products for 2011 and it is called the U100. The thing looks nice and can be had in a couple colors, with the green and pink offerings in the photo below.… |
January 15th, 2011
Newman Newsmy A18hd Media Player Looks Mighty Slim
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I must start out this post by saying that I rarely trust artist’s renderings of gadgets before they’re released, as they’re almost never what the real thing looks like. That said, this new media player LOOKS pretty slick from the concept renders, but I haven’t found any photos of the… |
December 2nd, 2009
Happy 30th Anniversary Sony Walkman!
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One of the most beloved and most famous brands in music, the Walkman was the iPod of my childhood. Funny how both names make no direct reference to their products. Anyway the first ever commercially available Walkman was the TPS-L2, which was released in July 1979; it’s blue-and-silver body still… |
November 25th, 2009
Playable NES Console Built Into an NES Cartridge [Casemod]
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The first time I saw an NES gaming system built into an NES cartridge, I thought it was pretty sweet. Until I saw this one, which totally outdoes the original. Inspired by an earlier NESp (Ninendo Entertainment System portable) mod by darkeru, modder airz managed to put a completely playable… |
October 11th, 2009
Latte Espresso Media Player: Haptic Touchscreen Pmp for Under $100
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While Apple may have crammed everything but the kitchen sink into their new iPod Nano, one thing it doesn’t have is a haptic touchscreen. But this portable media player from Latte has one, and now it can be had for less than a single Benjamin. Of course, the 16GB Latte… |
September 11th, 2009
Creative’S Zii Pmp Snitched by Fcc, May have Built-in HD Camera: Ziis is Gonna be Awesome
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Forget rumors and *gasp* blogs: if you want to get your hands on legit cutting-edge gadget news, the FCC is the place to be. Take these diagrams, taken from the FCC’s website, of what are supposed to be Creative’s contender for the touchscreen-crazy PMP market, the Zii. That by the… |
July 8th, 2009
Atree J2 Media Player Stares at Us With Its Evil Red Eye
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This new media player from Korea has a unique design punctuated by a bright red LED eye on its face. Why? I don’t know. Maybe so bloggers like me would write about it rather than ignore it amongst the vast sea of PMPs out there. At the center of its… |
May 12th, 2009
Creative’S Zen Mx Media Player: for People on a Monk’S Budget
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Creative has added another PMP to their Zen product line, and they’re calling it the Zen MX. While its specs are as exciting as meditation, it will sell for about a hundred bucks, so it’s a decent option for people who are looking for a PMP on a budget. The… |
April 29th, 2009
Spps200 Portable Power Station:the Bmw M6 of Battery Packs
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Let it be known that I am not the one responsible for that analogy. Battery Geek Inc., makers of said battery pack, are to be commended for such an exquisite and refreshing figure of speech. |
January 8th, 2009
