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Nino's Portable Electronics Blog December 2004 Archive

By Nino Marchetti, About.com Guide to Portable Electronics

Survey reveals MP3 player shopping habits

Wednesday December 29, 2004
A survey conducted at the end of November for Sigmatel, a company which provides imbedded technologies which help run a wide range of MP3 players currently in the market, may ... Read More

Auvi shows off new low cost flash memory digital audio player

Wednesday December 22, 2004
As more and more flash memory MP3 players come to market, the price point slowly falls. One of the latest, the Auvi SA125, is priced at a very reasonable $59.99 ... Read More

Video Without Boundaries announces new portable video player

Tuesday December 21, 2004
With the yearly Consumer Electronics Show drawing closer, some companies are starting to announce their new product lineups. Video Without Boundaries is one of those and their announcement is about ... Read More

Portable Entertainment's Friday Pick: Casio SY-30

Friday December 17, 2004
Once in a while here at the Portable Entertainment website I do like to highlight non MP3 players and the like as the pick of the week. This time around ... Read More

iPod Shortage and other iPod news

Thursday December 16, 2004
Technology journalist Cynthia Webb of the Washington Post has a great column today on all things iPod. Among the news she rounds up is a report from the Wall Street ... Read More

Cybook ebook reader goes on sale

Thursday December 16, 2004
While many will concede the ebook reader market has been dead for some time, there are still a few companies out there struggling to make a living. Case in point: ... Read More

New Digital Mind Corporation DMC 8270 goes after iPod

Wednesday December 15, 2004
The new DMC 8270 is looking to be all things to all people and perhaps steal some of the iPod's thunder in the process. This low cost 20 GB hard ... Read More

Motorola pushes new MP3 players at Radio Shack

Tuesday December 14, 2004
Cell phone company Motorola announced last week they have signed an exclusive deal with Radio Shack to carry their new line of MP3 players. The flash memory based Motorola m25 ... Read More

New Headtrip MP3 headphones offer self contained experience

Monday December 13, 2004
While the new Think Headtrip headphones might look regular enough, they are actually a self contained MP3 player and headset combo unit. Sporting memory amounts up to 256 MB of ... Read More

Portable Entertainment's Friday Pick: Bose SoundDock iPod Speaker System

Friday December 10, 2004
There are iPod speaker systems and then there are iPod Speaker Systems. One of the current kings of this hill is the Bose SoundDock. Connecting the iPod to this multimedia ... Read More

iRiver shows off photo viewing digital audio player

Thursday December 9, 2004
Besides announcing the N10 on Tuesday, iRiver also gave out details on the iFP 900 flash memory MP3 player. The most interesting features of this product, which comes in storage ... Read More

iRiver debuts MP3 player you can wear around your neck

Wednesday December 8, 2004
iRiver made two announcements yesterday regarding new MP3 players. One of these should make the fashion set happy: a new wearable MP3 player known as the N10. This flash based ... Read More

How to Copy CDs Using Windows Media Player 10

Tuesday December 7, 2004
Windows Media Player 10 is one of several prominent media management programs which can be used to copy music from CDs onto your hard drive and later to your digital ... Read More

New McDonalds Happy Meal Sega Handheld Games

Monday December 6, 2004
Parents wanting something to give their children to do during long holiday car trips will rejoice with the new Happy Meals promotion McDonalds is running through the end of December. ... Read More

Portable Entertainment's Friday Pick: Creative Zen Micro

Friday December 3, 2004
The new Creative Zen Micro offers up a very favorable alternative to the iPod mini. This award winning digital audio player has a 5GB hard drive within, capable of holding ... Read More

Creative MuVo TX FM MP3 Player Review

Thursday December 2, 2004
Creative's MuVo TX FM is a middle of the road, fairly inexpensive flash memory MP3 player. It has a good set of features, a few minor quirks and will accompany ... Read More

Sharper Image shows off iPod speakers which make environmental noises as well

Wednesday December 1, 2004
Leave it to gadget company Sharper Image to come up with this one. The Sound Soother Fifty Aluminum-Cone MP3 Speaker System combines an iPod speaker accessory with a device which ... Read More

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