MP3 Players & Digital Audio

Rimax Mystic VoIP MP3 player

October 27, 2006

The Rimax Mystic is a new MP3 / MP4 and video player that also doubles as a VoIP phone using it's built-in microphone. You connect it to your PC via USB and the Mystic becomes a VoIP phone. Technically it's just another USB audio device with both speaker and microphone that can be used b yany application - whether it be Skype or listening to iTunes. In addition to being able to play your PC audio, and use it as a microphone device for VoIP applications, it recharges while connected to the USB port.

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio, Skype, VoIP

Unsigned Artists Get Their Own Upload Site

October 24, 2006

I used to have a lot of fun looking throught the cut-out bins at record stores for LPs by artists that looked or sounded interesting.

(Does anybody know what I'm talking about?)

And I used to find some good albums and artists that I might not have ever heard about.

Now, in a similar vein but with a modern twist, www.MP3Musicgrams.com, a free music promotion site that features MP3 music uploads, and Musicgrams, have entered into an online artist promotion and revenue sharing partnership with MusicGorilla.com.

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio, Reviews

Lost: One iPod

October 23, 2006

Can the Internet and gadgets blogs also serve as a giant virtual "Lost & Found"?

An interesting idea put forth today on ZDNet that a daisy-chain link ups of gadgets (and other) blogs can restore a lost black iPod to its owner.

So, in the sense that we've all lost a beloved gadget and sorely hoped that my some miracle it would be returned, let's see if our readers can be of any help returning this iPod to its rightful owner.

Once again, here's the link ...

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio

An Apple a Day Doesn't Keep the Doctor Away: iPods with a Virus

October 19, 2006

Can you believe this news about iPods shipping with a virus?

It's finger-pointing central, with Apple blaming Microsoft, and Microsoft having none of it.

Who's to blame?

Read the details here.

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio

'iPhone' Phone Home: Apple Wants You

October 17, 2006

It's always fun to read AppleInsider for the latest news, buzz and rumors of what's going on inside the core of Apple Computer.

Well, it's not a surprise to many of us (I expect) to read today about Apple seeking the rights to the iPhone trademark. (Love to add this little symbol after the word ...

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio, Mobile Phones

I Can Hear Clearly Now: HD Radio Rebates

October 16, 2006

It would be really great to be able to sit in the car and hear great, high-quality, static-free radio.

Well, those (don't have to be a subscriber) days are coming clsoer and closer.

In a play to make HD radios more affordable, including tabletops and car adapters, iBiquity is discounting models by up to $50, lowering the costs of some receivers to less than $200.

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio

Get in Gear with iPod Pouches

October 9, 2006

WaterField Designs has come up with some winning, innovative pouches to hold your iPod -- and all the rest of your gear for that MP3 player or just plenty of your other stuff.

It's very nice that the scrambling around to find all your iPod gear is now a thing of the past.

An assortment of padded compartments keeps your iPod – no matter what size or style –and iPod accessories secure and tangle free.

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio

Tower Records: Bye-Bye

October 9, 2006

Going the way of the LP record and the dodo bird, Tower Records is becoming the latest in a line of record stores that are closing down.

It used to be you'd go to a place like Tower or Strawberries or Sam Goody (or name your local record store) to check out the new music, pick up an album (later a CD) and see what the band looked like, etc., but that's all doable now on the Internet (minus the tactile sensions).

Is this progress? Or just lost youth?

Are there lessons to be learned?

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio

Take the Fifth -- Beethoven's Fifth ...

October 5, 2006

Free classical music downloads of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony launch The Philadelphia Orchestra’s online music store.

(I like it!)

The Philadelphia Orchestra is the first major American orchestra to offer consumers the opportunity to download recent and archival music directly through its own website.

Also available for purchase in the store are the other Beethoven symphonies recorded under Christoph Eschenbach during the 2005-06 season, selections from the Orchestra’s highly acclaimed Centennial Collection with works conducted by the great maestros of Philadelphia – Stokowski, Ormandy, Muti and Sawallisch -– and pieces recorded during the past six years.

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio

TuneFlow: Your Choice

October 4, 2006

Sites were you can download music for free is far from a new idea, but at least TuneFlow is taking a novel approach with its support of indie music.

TuneFlow's "Music to the Ears: Tune Tournament" lets us (we the people) decide the best new songs on its web site.

Better yet (mostly), all tournament songs are available for free downloading. The songs are already in iPod-ready MP3 format, and there's no DRM.

Posted in MP3 Players & Digital Audio

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