MP3

'Thump' sunglasses with integrated MP3 player

By Mike Hanlon

UPDATED November 12, 2004 Oakley has announced the introduction of 'digital audio eyewear' - aka MP3 sunglasses. Named "Thump", the new sunglasses have the audio circuitry built seamlessly into the glasses frame. Oakley's digital music player mounts the speakers to the eyewear frame with miniature extendible booms, enhanced with pivots. They allow the wearer to adjust speaker position for optimal ear placement and to reposition the speakers away from the ears whenever necessary. Read More

Vivitar TV/video recorder/player/MP3/still camera

By Mike Hanlon

Vivitar has launched its own take on the convergent multimedia device with a new and versatile multimedia recorder/player. Due for release on September 23, the Vivitar DVR 390H combines an XVGA MPEG4 video camera, 3.1 megapixel digital still camera, TV/video recorder, digital photo frame, MP3 player and voice recorder in a compact handheld device just 106mm wide x 71mm long x 32mm deep. The price? AUD$999 Read More

Iriver appropriately launches underwater MP3 player

By Mike Hanlon

Music has been land-locked too long so we can all be thankful of today's announcement in the US by iRiver that it will launch, in conjunction with H2O Audio, the H2O Audio SV i700, a fully waterproof MP3 player accessory. The H2O Audio SV i700 is designed specifically for iRiver iFP-700 series flash-memory music players. Read More

Creative Zen Portable Media Center based upon Microsoft Software

By Mike Hanlon

A new era could potentially begin this week with the release of the AUD $999 Creative Labs Zen Portable Media Center (PMC), a tiny device with a 3.8" colour LCD screen and 20GB hard drive that will play Windows Media Video, Windows Media Audio, MP3, JPEG, and TIFF files. Such devices have been coming to market from lesser-known manufacturers over the last 12 months but have not become mainstream as yet, largely because only the very earliest of adopters have embraced the concept. Read More

JumpGear-MP3 uses flashdrive storage for flexibility

By Mike Hanlon

Digital Media manufacturer and marketer Lexar has released the JumpGear-MP3, a digital audio player that uses Lexar's JumpDrive Sport USB flash drive as its storage medium. Priced at AUD$99 including a 64MB flash drive, the player can be used with any of the JumpDrive Sport USB flash drive, and the drives can be used as data storage and transfer mediums, making it an ideal and flexible solution for both music and data. Read More

Harley MP3 gives new meaning to Solid State

By Mike Hanlon

The Harley Davidson brand packs a whallop - currently rated in the Top 50 most valuable brands in the world, it's most potent attribute is loyalty. How many other brands does one find tattooed on a customer's chest? So if you wanted a solid state, industrial strength, no-sissies, reliable, dependable, chromed MP3 player for your motorcycle, where would you go?

The genuine Harley Davidson Road Tech MP3/WMA Digital Music Player is designed so it can be operated while wearing thick leather gloves while riding a motorcycle.

The four large soft-touch buttons are back-lit and the unit has an illuminated LCD display so that if you really do need to take your eyes off the road to scroll through the playlist or turn it up for "Born to be Wild," you can do it at night too. Read More

New Surround Sound System by the

By Mike Hanlon

A new spatial, immersive sound system called IOSONO, which creates an unparalleled listening experience, has been previewed by Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, the often called "father of MP3". Developed by a team at the Fraunhofer IDMT (part of Europe's largest applied research group) under the lead of Brandenburg, IOSONO is the first system to project sounds as if they are coming from a specific spot inside or outside the listening area. It provides a perfectly balanced "sweet spot" for every spectator, no matter where they are positioned in the audience. Read More

Wearable miniscule MP3 player has a colour screen

By Mike Hanlon

Korean electronics company Eratech has begun showing a miniscule wearable MP3 player known as the EMP-Z II, which weighs just 24 grams including the battery and includes a 4096 pixel full colour display. The flattened-egg-shaped Eratech marvel measures just 45x53x17mm and comes in 128mb or 256 mb capacities. Read a review of the Eratech EMP-Z II at i4u. Read More

World's First Underwater MP3 Player uses bone conduction

By Mike Hanlon

A final year design student at Brunel University (UK) has created an underwater MP3 player. Showcased at the Brunel University Design Show, the underwater music machine which has been dubbed 'Soundwaves' has already won inventor Sam Jones an AOL Broadband Innovator Award. Read More

MP3 Jukebox built into AK47 Ammunition Magazine

By Mike Hanlon

AudioBooksForFree.Com, the No1 UK online mp3 audio book publishers has released a one-of-a-kind MP3 portable jukebox - built into the ammunition magazine of a Kalashnikov AK-47 Assault rifle. The "AK-MP3 Jukebox" comes with 20GB storage capable to hold up to 9000 songs or 3000 hours of mp3 audio books. The manufacturers claim that the stainless steel body of the casing makes this new player uniquely suitable for the outdoors. As the advert says, the 'player could be used on its own or it could be attached to the Kalashnikov machinegun instead of the ordinary magazine.' Read More

Bluetooth MP3 Snowboarding Jacket from O'Neill

By Mike Hanlon

Infineon Technologies and O'Neill Europe unveiled the result of a joint product development project on January 14 - their first 'wearable electronics' snowboard jacket with functions such as an MP3 player and mobile telephony by Bluetooth.The jacket will be known as "THE HUB" and technologically clued-in snowboarders will be able to purchase the jacket when O'Neill's 2004/05 winter collection goes on sale later this year. Read More

Coin-sized wearable MP3 player

By Mike Hanlon

Saturday October 4, 2003: A "coin-sized" MP3 player has been unveiled by digital audio specialists Eratech. The EMP-Z squeezes in 128MB of storage capacity into a casing just 42 mm diameter by 10mm thick and weighing 15g and can be used as a portable HDD... Read More

Creative Nomad Jukebox Zen NX

By Mike Hanlon

Monday September 15, 2003: The latest Nomad Jukebox MP3 player has been redesigned to accommodate up to 30GB in-built memory (enough for 1,000 hours of music) and advanced navigation and search functionality in a pocket-sized anodised aluminium casing 22mm thick and weighing just 226g. Read More

Creative Digital LX200 MP3 player

By Mike Hanlon

August 2, 2003: Featuring a built-in memory of 256MB, FM radio and voice recording capabilities, the LX200 is the latest in ultra-portable, multi-functional MP3 Players from Creative Digital. Read More

Dual Sports wearable MP3 + heart rate monitor

By Mike Hanlon

Friday June 27, 2003: Dual Sports has integrated a heart rate monitor, digital watch, FM radio and voice recording capabilities into an MP3 player that can be worn during athletic activity. Read More

iRiver's thumb sized, 512MB, voice recording MP3 Player

By Mike Hanlon

The new iRIVER iFP-195T is the size of a thumb, has a built-in FM Tuner and voice recorder and 512MB of memory capable of holding 17hrs of MP3 music. Read More

Smallest MP3 Player in the World

By Mike Hanlon

June 3, 2004 This two-piece MP3 player is small enough to fit on a key ring and can store one hour of music as well as doubling as a storage device... Read More

iRiver MP3 Player / Burner

By Mike Hanlon

The iDP-100 functions as a digital music player, recorder and media burner with the ability to store up to 11 hours of music per 500Mb dataplay disk... Read More

Ingenious Dual Play MP3

By Mike Hanlon

The most ingenious MP3 player we've seen in a long while is the Dual Play Multi Format Digital Audio Player - an MP3 player that can be played in the tape deck of your car... Read More

Apple iPOD MP3 System

By Mike Hanlon

Apple's MP3 is one of those products you WANT! It's gorgeous in acrylic white and chrome, and is a terribly convenient size, being roughly the equivalent of a pack of cards. Read More

SlimAudio MP3 Player

By Mike Hanlon

At roughly the size of a credit card, the SlimAudio MP3 player is the smallest available at just 61mm x 91mm x 5mm and it weighs just six grams. It won a 2002 CES innovation award due to its size & compression algorithm which trebles equivalent storage capacity. See www.lucktechnology.co.kr. Read More

Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 2 MP3 System

By Mike Hanlon

Combining advanced technological function with exquisite form is this new MP3 system from Bang & Olufsen - the BeoSound 2. Not much larger than a piece of jewellery and equally as beautiful, the Beosound2's tiny screenless stainless steel case fits in the palm of a hand, and the functions behind the control buttons were immediately evident. Apart from an exquisite tactile quality, it has the best set of three-way adjustable earpod headphones we've ever seen. Read More