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October 30, 2004
Onkyo has announced the MHP-UW1 a wireless headphone system made up of headphones and a USB transmitter. You connect the USB transmitter to your PC's USB port and it operates as a bus-powered USB audio device. Audio is transmitted from the USB transmitter to the headphones via the 2.4GHz band.
Sales of the "MHP-UW1" 2.4GHz USB wireless headphones start late November - 10,000 yen.
News release:
http://www2.onkyo.com/jp/what/news.nsf/view/mhp_uw1
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October 29, 2004
Ultimate Ears has unveiled the UE-10 Pro ear monitors - The first earpiece to have a 20Hz to 16k (+ or - 3db) truly useable frequency response.
The new high frequency driver has extended frequency response out to 16k with no EQ. According to Ultimate Ears sonically the UE-10 Pro ear monitors are the most accurate earpiece available.
The $900 UE-10 Pro earpiece is designed for professional applications but can just as powerful for the iPod etc
- Price: $900
Sensitivity: 119db @ 1mw
Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 16k
Impedance: 13.3
Driver: Triple (Dual Low-Single High) Low Frequency: dual loaded armature/high frequency: UE proprietary low impedance extended high frequency balanced armature.
Color: Clear, skin tone, custom color or two colors swirls @ no charge
1/8" (3.5mm) Mini Connector. Available in 46" or 64" cables are detachable and replaceable. Available in clear, beige, brown & black.
- MORE via ultimateears
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The m500 is a new 5GB Digital Audio Player from Motorola. The m500 stores up to 1,250 songs (4 minute song encoded as a 128kbps MP3). Features include built-in FM tuner, FM record capability, replaceable and rechargeable lithium-ion battery (25 hours playback), supports MP3, WMA and Audible audio formats & High-resolution backlight display.
The Motorola m500 5GB MP3 player will be available in November - price should be around ($200-$250).
- MORE via Motorola
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The Transcend Digital Album is a 20GB portable data and image storage device that also pulls double duty as a viewer and multimedia player.
Features include built-in flash memory card reader for copying JPEGs from CompactFlash, SD, MMC, Memory Stick, and SmartMedia cards, video out port,infrared remote, 2.5-inch True Color LCD monitor, supports JPEG Photo /M-JPEG /MP3, plug-n-play hard drive & USB 2.0 Hi-Speed data transfer.
MORE via steves-digicams
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October 28, 2004
Ogle at the iPod Photo via iPodLounge.
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One can assume with all the press the iPod Photo received over the past two days that Gateway is fuming that their new MP3 Photo Jukebox was not released a few days earlier.
The MP3 Photo Jukebox is 4GB hard disk-based player with a 1.6-inch color display (resolution 128 by 128 pixels). The audio end of the player supports MP3, WMV, and AAC playback, including support for Microsoft's PlayForSure DRM and the "Janus" DRM. The photo end of the player, includes USB Host functionality, allows you to connect your digital camera directly to the device and places the images on the Jukebox hard drive. - Apple iTunes not supported that is a given.
8 hour battery life 8 hours(3hr charge time) compared to the 15 hours battery life of the photo iPod. Measures 3.8 x 2.3 x 0.7 inches and Weighs 3.4 ounces.
Available in November - $250
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Here is a little MP3 player from Jens of Sweden that would match perfectly with your Minox DC4211 Gold digital camera. The MP-400 flash player called the 'Excentrique' has a high-gloss, black polycarbonate front with sides and back in 24-carat gold. The Excentrique can record music from a radio, computer or stereo in MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG formats, and has a USB 2.0 port for rapid transfer. The 1GB player cost $1,100; available in mid-November.
- MORE via JOS
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Here is a cute little Apple branded sock to keep you iPod Photo all warm & fuzzy this winter season, nothing like a cold iPod people.
This iPod Sweater will cost you $29 for 6. Available Nov 6 - MORE
update - the iPod Sock should also give your iPod some mark protection.
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October 26, 2004
The Elio is a new portable 20GB music player from Asono with digital photos storage & viewing capabilites on a 2.2" TFT LCD color display.
The player supports MP3, WMA and WAV files, you can record directly from any radio channel onto the hard disk in MP3 format, pictures and data from your digital camera and other UMS (USB Mass Storage) devices can be directly transferred to the player, SD card slot, voice recorder, can be used as portable hard disk, USB 2.0.
14 hours battery capacity from the internal lithium-ion rechargeable battery. Size only 72.95mm(W) x 112.94mm(L) x 19.17mm(D).
Asono via Engadget
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The Aaton Cantor-X is a portable field recorder that is sure to guarantee a nod or two for the construction workers on the block. The rugged Cantor-X recorder features a 120GB hard drive, 10 to 15 hour battery life, 18 simultaneous inputs, water-and dust-proof linear sliders, rotary faders, 16 and 24 bit, 44.1Khz to 96.096Khz sampling rates in & out. Built-in sample converters allow for any rates, fast copy to external drives such as HDD and DVD-Ram powered by Cantar through FireWire, or copy to on board CDR/DVD+R burner.
$18,000.
More via Aaton
via Gizmodo
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