MP3 player tag

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Take Care of Those Ears! Watch the Volume ...

Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned Monday.(Am sure that would track nicely... Full Story

Posted on October 13, 2008 6:22 PM

Remember When Labor Day Meant Noisy Beach Parties???

It really wasn't all that long ago when you could bring an AM radio to the beach for Labor Day, tune in Cousin Brucie and rock the sand dunes!(Remember all of those beach party movies? Can anybody name one?Now, with... Full Story

Posted on August 29, 2008 4:55 PM

Apple iPod touch

Apple unveiled the iPod touch, essentially a "phoneless" iPhone featuring all that glorious iPhone multi-touch UI functionality but without the AT&T contract. :)  The iPod touch features WiFi wireless connectivity which not only lets you browse the web using... Full Story

Posted on September 5, 2007 4:14 PM

Radio iPod coming?

Tomorrow, Apple is set to launch a radio iPod - according to vnunet.com who cites a reliable source. The source stated that the new iPods can receive digital radio and includes a "buy now" feature to allow the user to... Full Story

Posted on September 4, 2007 10:26 AM

Sony Walkman NWZ-A810 & NWZ-S610

Ok, so Sony kinda sorta took my hint from yesterday and today just launched some cool combination gadgety devices - the Sony Walkman NWZ-A810 & NWZ-S610, which are portable music and video players. Now I get that Sony is trying... Full Story

Posted on August 30, 2007 12:34 PM

Microsoft plays nice with Apple iPod - no more corruption

The Windows Vista team has been working very closely with Apple to fix a problem whereby iPod's data becomes corrupt when you eject your iPod. Wow, Microsoft working closely with their arch rival to fix a bug? Considering Microsoft... Full Story

Posted on May 9, 2007 9:32 AM

100 million iPods sold

Wow, 100 million iPods sold. That's 100 million hard drives. That's more hard drives sold for the iPod than some countries have PC hard drives. Apple is a rare tech company that has successfully diversified itself between two totally separate... Full Story

Posted on April 9, 2007 4:23 PM

Not Quite the Download Generation Yet ...

While we get very excited about downloading music, the discussion over DRM and which MP3 player is best, only one in four online consumers have acquired music via digital downloads, according to CEA Market Research in a study called "Uncovering Trends... Full Story

Posted on February 22, 2007 10:12 AM

What's the Best Gadget To Take on Vacation?

With many of us getting ready to travel next week, I always wonder what the best gadget there is for travel and vacation time. Would immediately dismiss the Blackberry -- too easy to get calls/messages/email from the office. Would also... Full Story

Posted on February 15, 2007 8:28 AM

How Many NYC Marathons with Nike+?

With the New York City Marathon this weekend -- Sunday to be exact -- got to wondering how many runners will be equipped with MP3 players to pass the time (does add a bit of weight, though). That thought then... Full Story

Posted on November 3, 2006 12:28 PM

CordGo Wraps It Up! No More Tangles!

Here's another gadget that I wished I had inverted -- it's simply called Cordgo, and in a way that is what is does (or enables you to do). A one hand-operated cord adjustment and storage accessory, Cordgo's durable, lightweight design fits... Full Story

Posted on August 28, 2006 9:01 AM

Speakers That (Are) Rock

What would summer be without listening to your favorite music al fresco? Now that doesn't have to mean a festival or town music series and it certainly means more than going personally mobile with an MP3 player or other digital... Full Story

Posted on August 4, 2006 8:54 AM

Train Spotting

Maybe it's the intense heat (hot as blazes!), but seems to be a drop in gadget use on the train this morning. (I thought everyone was goin' mobile!) Last time, seems that just about half the commuters had some sort... Full Story

Posted on August 1, 2006 3:36 PM

Intel Adding Power (Wtih Micron) & Going Green

As the demand for energy conservation continues to grow, corporations are tailoring their products to better meet consumers' needs. Intel underscored this trend when it unveiled 10 new Intel Core 2 Duo and Core Extreme processors earlier this week. The new processors... Full Story

Posted on July 28, 2006 2:13 PM

Microsoft Zune takes on iPod

As several news sites have reported, Microsoft plans to release a new music and entertainment player and accompanying software under the "Zune" brand this year to challenge the Apple iPod media player. The latest Apple iPod plays both music and videos... Full Story

Posted on July 24, 2006 12:25 PM

Gadget Protection at Its Best: Go Allsop!

Loved the Allsop Splash Pack DriPod so much that we've just added another one to keep some of my precious gadgets dry this summer! (And no, that is not a giant tongue!) The Splash Pack is an air-tight case for... Full Story

Posted on July 7, 2006 11:51 AM

July 4th: Whatever Happened to Boomboxes at the Beach?

Thinking about July 4th and how the holiday (at least for me) brings of thoughts of fireworks, BBQs and the beach ... Now, with all of the noise about MP3 players and iPods and personal music players, whatever happened to... Full Story

Posted on July 3, 2006 8:41 AM

Shure Sound Isolating Earphones: How Sweet It Is ...

What with MP3 players, iPods, CD players, cell phones and all kinds of other gadgets, it seems like just about everybody is wearing earphones these days! It may seem like a weird analogy, but the same adage about treating... Full Story

Posted on June 30, 2006 4:57 PM

Fun in the Sun (and Water?): Keeping That iPod Dry

Now here'a a really good idea for summer fun in the sun (and water) -- Allsop's Splash Pack DriPod! (And the way it's been raining in the Northeast, this might work well ...) I'm getting a bit ahead of myself.... Full Story

Posted on June 26, 2006 6:08 PM

Microsoft iPod/iTune Killer Under Development?

All kind of noise yesterday about Microsoft developing a MP3 player to compete with Apple's iPod as well as a music download service to rival iTunes ... Hard to imagine this is any kind of "iPod/iTunes slayer" -- anybody think... Full Story

Posted on June 20, 2006 8:31 AM

Krusell's on the Case

Mobile phone cases and PDA cases are big business. After you’ve dropped a few bucks on these gadgets, you need to protect them from scratches, drops and other potential end-of-life occurrences.You may remember I’ve just moved from a Treo 600... Full Story

Posted on April 7, 2006 3:07 PM

(Gadgets) Love Is Love (Not Fade Away) ...

It’s interesting how the hottest of hot technologies gradually cools and fades away. I’m thinking about this after visiting Best Buy to buy a cassette player for my elderly uncle who loves to listen to books on tape. Now Best Buy... Full Story

Posted on April 6, 2006 6:35 PM

The Cube Gets Even Cooler: mobiLBU Goes 2 GB!

Loved the mobiBLU DAH-1500i Cube MP3 Player when I wrote about it last year. Now. there's a new 2 Gigabyte version, adding to the existing 512MB and 1GB versions.With its unique cube form factor at less than one-inch on all dimensions, the... Full Story

Posted on March 28, 2006 8:54 AM

How To Prevent Hearing Loss

Good article yesterday on Wired News about "How To Prevent Hearing Loss" now that we're all walking around with headphones on -- either with iPods or other MP3 players or even cell phones. Worth reading before it's too late and all you... Full Story

Posted on March 21, 2006 8:02 AM

Swiss Army Meets the MP3 Generation: Make Sense?

Funny story on yesterday's Tech Confidential about how Swiss Army knifes are kluging on MP3 players to create strange tried-and-try analog/quick obsolescence digital combinations. Does anybody buy these things? Would you? ... Full Story

Posted on February 7, 2006 8:04 AM