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World Cup fever in your pocket

Edvarcl Heng | May 18, 2006

Television manufacturers are eagerly rubbing their mitts as they anticipate their wares flying off the shelves. And that's for TVs both large and small. iriver has just come up with the B10 portable TV, a T-DMB number with a 2.2-inch display.

By the way, a little sauerkraut just told us that Germany is going to have T-DMB network of its own, so B10-toting fans in Germany will never miss a single goal while huddling in the toilet queue.

Weighing only 77g, it leaves plenty of space for the chilidogs, and with 3 hours of playtime, that's enough for almost two whole soccer matches, minus the extra time. Priced at 129,000 KRW (US$136). Available only in South Korea.

Specifications

Dimensions: 72.9 x 48 x 17.1mm
Weight: 76g
Display: 2.2-inch QVGA TFT LCD
FM tuner
Built-in lithium polymer battery
FM S/R ratio: 60dB

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Sony is giving way to AAC

Edvarcl Heng | May 17, 2006

Sony's new music management software is going to play AAC. That's a big turnaround for the music behemoth which once defined and ruled the portable music space. Because AAC is the audio format adopted by Apple, Sony's move is seen as an acknowledgement of the latter's dominance.

This follows the Japanese company's's recent unbridled support for the MP3 format in its new players. Previously, MP3 files were not given equalizer support in Sony's portable music players. So will the Atrac format, popularized in Sony's MD players, fall by the wayside? According to our in-house soothsayer, the odds are short. More info here

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Sony, we hear yer

Edvarcl Heng | May 05, 2006

It’s Sony’s new high-end earphones and it looks like an amalgam of the company’s own Fontopia series and Shure earphones. The MDR-EX90 comes encased in a lathed aluminum housing that’s reminiscent of B&O’s signature style. Sony promises the earphone casing will reduce vibration noise. Danish design influence notwithstanding, the MDR-EX90 looks just plain odd--it seems like someone had stuck on two in-ear rubber foams at a 45-degree angle on top of a standard earphone. But these extraneous protrusions do help. They provide an extra layer of noise protection without the discomfort of canal foam or the expensive circuitry of noise-canceling technology.

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