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Creative's palm-sized entertainer 
Juniper Foo | Aug 28, 2007
Just when Creative appears to have lapsed into MP3 ho-hum with two basic Zen Stone offerings to date, it's added back some hurrah to homegrown creativity with its latest portable media player outing.
Having teased the press for close to a week with an e-invite to "experience the Pure Magic of digital entertainment", the Singapore-based company finally announced what appears to be an update to its Zen Vision:M, and then some.
Never mind that the PMP resembles the Meizu Mini 4GB, the design faux pas is forgivable for the big features that come bundled in this little package. About the only thing that felt like a handful (or, more aptly, mouthful) is its rather literal name: The Creative Zen Digital Media Player.
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Jabra's 2-in-1 Bluetooth headset
Juniper Foo | Aug 20, 2007
There's always something irresistible about 2-in-1 devices that pull double duty. Jabra's BT8030 Bluetooth Headset appears to be one of those, given that it's not just a headset but also serves as external laptop speakers/teleconferencing speakerphone when you're Skyping. Those more concerned about the specs should be glad to know these wireless earcans are touted to last up to 26 hours in music mode, 32 hours in talk mode, and 25 days on standby. Should a call get through, the music automatically pauses. Though for US$235 a pop, this will likely appeal only to headset aficionados with some mad money. See more here
Via New Launches
Price: US$235
Availability: At your Jabra outlet
Device: Bluetooth headset
Specs: N.A.
Sony PMX-M70: Gadget giant hobbles PVP with flash
Nate Lanxon, CNET.co.uk | Aug 07, 2007
Sony rubbing our noses in its delightfully filthy electronic dirt with the very tasty-looking PMX-M70. We've got to say that while Sony sometimes gets things wrong these days, it can hit the proverbial nail on its proverbial head when it wants to.
That said, it's not all as excellent as it first appears. This new PVP, sporting a massive 4.3-inch screen and H.264 video support, maxes out at 8GB of flash memory. Why in silicon's name wouldn't you throw a 100GB hard disk in there? Sony, please stop retarding products that could otherwise be brilliant. Give the PS3 some exclusive games, give Blu-ray a significant price drop and give the PMX-M70 a freakin' hard disk.
Anyway, the other specs on this player are excellent: It's got a colour TFT display, MPEG-4 video support, direct video recording and expandability options via Sony's Memory Sticks.
This is an overseas effort at the moment, but Sony usually gives us the goods eventually. We loved the NW-A808, drooled over the NW-E013 and have much respect for the hard-drive-based NW-HD5. If we had only one wish, it'd be for the iPhone to come out right-piggin'-now. But if we had another, it'd be for the PMX-M70 to come over here before Christmas. If we had a third, it'd be for it to come here in September with a hard disk instead of flash memory... but we admit that's being hopeful
Sony NWD-B100: Good riddance, SonicStage
Nate Lanxon, CNET.co.uk | Aug 07, 2007
Okay, okay, two Sony products in two days doesn't mean we're all loved-up with the Japanese Walkmanites, but considering how much we bash its media-manager software SonicStage, we felt compelled to mention that the company's ickle new MP3 player--the NWD-B100--doesn't require it. About time, too.
The NWD-B100 is possibly the most respectable Sony Walkman product to see the light of day in 2007. Yeah, the NW-A808 is a superb piece of audio gadgetry, and the E series earned kudos points for including a system very similar to iTunes' Cover Flow on a tiny color display. But the B100 not only kisses a hate-filled sayonara to SonicStage, it also rebukes Sony's ATRAC audio format to the extent of vanquishing support for it altogether.
While this may not be good news for devout Sony fans who naively claim SonicStage is the hound's knackers and that ATRAC is, for the most part, a lovely bit of code genius, your learned portable media guru knows somewhat better. The B100 plays just WMA and MP3 (no AAC, though), sports a fairly poor 12 hours of battery life, an FM radio, voice recorder, built-in equalizer and, as we mentioned, is managed through Windows using drag and drop.
The NWD-B100 comes in 1GB and 2GB. Go on Sony, release the NW-A808 with drag and drop--we'd bearhug you right here and now.
Commodore lends geek cred to MP3 players
Donald Bell, CNET.com | Aug 07, 2007
Could Commodore's rise out of vintage computer obscurity also mean that we should expect a line of portable media players? We certainly hope so. Apparently Commodore is developing a Wi-Fi equipped PVP called the Gravel In Pocket and a more basic MP3 player called the Gravel C200. The photos are a bit blurry, however, and the Website doesn't create much trust--but the concept alone holds enough retro '80s gadget magic that we wouldn't be surprised if Steve Guttenberg and Johnny 5 walked up behind me and plopped one on my desk. Let's hope there's native support for C64 chiptunes!
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