February 8, 2010
Selecting a Car CD-MP3 Players
If you are thinking of updating to the latest car CD/MP3 player, you are probably wondering what is available for your money. The important thing to know is what you want from your car audio system. If you are more interested in hooking up your MP3 player to your car stereo more easily then you can expect to pay less than if you are looking for a more sophisticated car stereo that stores your MP3 files for you.
Prices range from under £60 to several hundred pounds, especially if you are interested in DVD playing capabilities as well. But, as mentioned above, it is important to know what you are looking for.
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Posted 11:12 PM
February 8, 2010
How to convert MIDI files to MP3
Virtually all people love music. If they don't create it, then listen to it. Thus, different audio formats are such a hit, but there are two that are most popular. These are MP3 and MIDI.
MIDI is described as the digitized representation of the parts of the song. These include the pitch, playback speed, instrument used, and audio balance. It doesn't contain any vocal sound and is not capable of saving real performances.
A number of people prefer MIDI format because they are technically small, and they can be played using certain mp3 players. However, for you to truly appreciate the sound of the MIDI files, you require a sound card-in fact, the more expensive the better. This way, you can really differentiate the sound.
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Posted by pajaro at 9:36 PM
February 8, 2010
Micro sized mp3 player? TheKube, smallest player yet
Singapore-based Ollo Technologies are rehashing what is now a tired concept: the smallest mp3 player: theKube. Looks like a small-sized tofu or sugar cube, that may look cute, but I'm thinking it will be a lot of trouble not having it lost with your change.
This tiny gadget weight just 18g and is 22 mm per side.
These cubes come in a range of five different colours – white, black, light blue, pink and yellow –
Like a dice token, each side is marked with a different function: play, on, next, previous, etc.
It uses a microSD for memory storage and the usb cable uses one face.
The sharp edges might feel poky when dropped in your pocket. It won't be long when a 'cube' player will be sold in the market, to avoid precisely just this.
What seems to have only bad points, do have some good "sides": it has a good sound system, considering it does not have equaliser or bass boost. Sounds are clear and crisp, but comes with crappy earphones.
The MicroSD card storage allows up to 32GB although that will come extra as it only comes with a 2 GB card.
Nice as a novelty, but you might get better mileage from something else, even if it's a big bigger...
Posted by pajaro at 2:20 PM
February 7, 2010
Marinemart Freestyle Audio Waterproof mp3 player
Marinemart has released this waterproof mp3 player, the "Freestyle". It might be a bit paltry with only 2 GB, but that might be just enough to hold your favorite tracks to play while in the shower! Or well, you might have better ideas for using it in other places...
Plays your standard MP3/WMA/WMA DRM files and has an FM tuner, but it seems a bit expensive for $89.99.
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Posted by pajaro at 9:03 PM
Samsung to release transparent OLED Display
Samsung is ready to release a new type of display: Trasparent OLED, which will be shown in the forecoming "IceTouch" mp3 player with a 2 inch display which can be viewed from either side.
Also, Samsung will relese a 14 inch transparent OLED laptop display which might be the first in the market!
Posted by pajaro at 3:20 AM
February 6, 2010
Chinese mp3 player: Yinlips YDP102
Chinese players are getting to be on the bleeding edge of the technology curve on mp3 players.
This new player, from Yinlips, supports the amazingly wide range of formats: MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC, OGG, WAV! Not only that, it can sustain 100 hours of playback with only a 5 minute "flashing charge"... well, that last may be just marketing hype, we would like to see that come standard with all mp3 players... although I think that "flash charge" is due to som new capacitor technology.
Bad UI usability is suspected, as people prefer the simplicity of iPod players, but due to the continual copying of interfaces, we would only imagine it would not be such a big issue.
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Oh, and it only costs $20...
Posted by pajaro at 4:28 AM
February 5, 2010
Phillips RaGa 2 GB
It has been clear that mp3 players must be small and unobtrsive. But electronics companies are still looking for ways to implement small players with small lcd screens that fill the need for very small players.
This new 2 GB player from Phillips looks quite nice, in a nice square gadget.
The buttons look functional, I guess that for 2 gb of music you don't need that many options anyway. It does include an equalizer, although most people don't even bother.
I cannot imagine what makes this product "green", but it's billed like it. Maybe the manufacturing process is "greener"? I would think that's just a title slapped to it to aid marketing.
Internal Memory: 2 GB
Audio Format: MP3, WAV, WMA
Posted by pajaro at 9:57 AM