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MP3 Player

Electrolux UltraSilencer Music Edition Concept

2009.12.10

I plug my ears and listen to music from my iPhone when I vacuum. That’s because the Animal from Dyson is very loud. But do I want my vacuum to be silent? I’m not sure. I think automobiles are similar. I like the roar of an engine: some convey animal-like strength and power while others [...]

iPod Building Block Speaker

2009.12.06

There are many tech gifts, too many actually. But there are few really nifty ones. iGadget Life lists a few budget-friendly ones and the iPod Building Block Speaker caught my eye. It adds a playful design to the ultra-sleek high-tech iconic MP3 player today, Apple’s iPod. The iPod Building Block Speaker is priced at just [...]

MyRacer Lisse Q10

2009.10.13

Beautiful MyRacer’s Lisse Q10 is retro, simple, elegant, and is one of the sexiest PMPs I’ve ever seen. But the volume knob is a bit weird as it protrudes out from the edge of the chassis–there’s potential for accidental turning especially inside your pocket or purse. I’m just a wannabe product designer so take this [...]

2010 iPhone: 5 Megapixel, 1080p 30fps Video Recording

2009.09.22

Tiny Sensor During the sixth annual Samsung Mobile Solutions Forum that was held at the Westin Taipei Hotel on September 21, 2009, Samsung announced its S5K4EA, a quarter-inch optical format, 5 megapixel system-on-chip (SoC) image sensor targeted at high-end mobile phones. The S5K4EA combines a CMOS image sensor and an image signal processor. Samsung used [...]

iPod nano: AF Lens Too Thick

2009.09.18

Too Thick David Pogue spent some time with Steve Jobs (Steve is eating a lot of ice cream… lucky him!) after Apple’s iPod Show that was held in San Francisco on September 9, 2009. David asked Steve Jobs why the new iPod nano can record video but can’t take still photos. Steve said the reason was [...]

Sony Walkman NW-A840: The Thinnest Walkman

2009.09.16

The video is in Japanese.
Really Thin Sony’s NW-A840 is the company’s thinnest Walkman at just 7.2mm thick (about 0.28-inch). That’s pretty thin considering the svelte-looking Zune HD has a thickness of 8.9mm–downright fat compared to the NW-A840. The iPod touch is a bit thinner than the Zune HD at 8.5mm, still quite a bit thicker than [...]

New iPod touch is really faster

2009.09.16

Apple claimed the new iPod touch was faster than the old one by 50%. Let’s see.
Compared to the old iPod touch (MacWorld tests):

Boot times: 31 –> 19 seconds
New York Times webpage loading: 34 –> 15 seconds
Peggle app launch: 12 –> 7 seconds
HR Battle app launch: 20 –> 15 seconds
Rolando 2 app launch: 10 –> 5 [...]

Zune HD Commercial: Portable Perfection

2009.09.16

Here’s a Zune HD commercial that touts it as “Portable Perfection”. The highlights include: HD Radio, Watch Video (480 x 272 resolution screen), Wireless, Games. So if the Zune HD is perfect then that means the iPod touch is, well, not. Let’s take a look at each of these highlights and compare them to the iPod touch’s.

Zune HD Teardown Analysis: NVIDIA’s Tegra

2009.09.15

Tegra iFixit has done it again. The good folks at iFixit took a brand new Zune HD and had a close look inside. There are many pictures in the teardown but I will share with one of a few that really interest me as a display geek. The picture showing NVIDIA’s Tegra processor shows that [...]

Apple iPod nano: Shoots Video

2009.09.09

Apple unveiled the new iPod nano with upgraded capacities: 8GB and 16GB. Major new features include a video camera that can store H.264 video with a 640 x 480 at 30fps resolution and a larger 2.2-inch LCD with a 240 x 376 resolution (204 PPI).  I’m not sure if you can use this video camera [...]


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