Tuesday, April 04, 2006

World's Most Expensive Mp3 Player


An anonymous reader writes "TrekStor, a German manufacturer of MP3 players has developed the world's most expensive MP3 player. This unique custom-made portable player is based on TrekStor's i.Beat organix mp3 player, and has one GB of memory, 25 hour battery life, supports MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF, OGG audio files, and is cast in 18 carat gold with 63 diamonds (one carat)."

Monday, April 03, 2006

Sony's iPod Assault Is No Threat To Apple

PLAYERS > New Sony CE-P Series


THEMP3PLAYERS.COM: Finally, Sony decided to make MP3 player with color display! Sony China has introduced the new CE-P series that features an 1.5″ 260K color OLED display. The new MP3 player is also the first model that design by Sony China Creative Center based in Shanghai. Other features include MP3/WMA playback, build-in FM tuner, FM recording, voice recording, BMP/JPEG display and so on.

There are 3 models in new CE-P series, which are:
CE-P17: 1GB, black and gold color, RMB1199 (approx US$150)
  • CE-P15: 512MB, black, silver and red color, RMB999 (approx US$125)
  • CE-P13: 256MB, black, silver and red color, RMB799 (approx US$100)

Why Sony Should've Put Its Weight Behind Hi-MD

OSNEWS.COM: Currently, .mp3 players are all the hype. Everyone has one, and if you don't, you're old-fashioned. I do not have an .mp3 player. I tried to have one, but for various reasons it did not please me. I'm a MiniDisc guy. I've always been. MiniDisc has some serious advantages over .mp3 players, whether they be flash or HDD based.