Next iPod to have metal unibody design?

According to Macnn, one of Apple's latest patents indicates the company may be looking at a unibody design for the iPod classic--and possibly other products.

In October of last year, Apple began incorporating unibody designs into its new MacBook and MacBook Pro lines. The "revolutionary" manufacturing process creates a seamless enclosure carved from a single piece of aluminum that makes the final product lighter, thinner, and, according to Apple, sturdier. The unibody design may also help shave manufacturing costs.

It seems logical for Apple to switch to a unibody design for its iPod classic, which currently uses separate aluminum and stainless steel layers.

Macnn reports that Apple's patent states that "the sheet metal may be formed in such a way that the final part looks like it was machined down from a large thick slab of material. By utilizing sheet metal, the overall cost of the part can be reduced."
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Vestalife Butterfly flies in the face of audio sensibilities

For the slew of companies creating speaker docks for the Apple iPod, distinguishing their products from the masses can be a bit of a challenge. Creating an eye-catching design is just one of the many ways to tackle this issue, and an increasing design trend is the animal-inspired speaker. Such is the case with the Vestalife Butterfly, a funky speaker dock that every iPod-toting 11-year-old girl will be scrambling to obtain. At US$79, the Vestalife Butterfly is priced fairly, given the neat design and fair amount of features, but sound quality is definitely not its strong suit.
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Human-sized Lego DSi model

In conjunction with the launch of the Nintendo DSi in the US, the Japan-based videogame console company commissioned artist Sean Kenney to create a large Lego sculpture of its latest handheld. And, boy, did he make one. The details on this scale model are simply amazing, right down to the stylus slot and power connector. In fact, if it wasn't for the person standing beside it in the picture, it'd be hard to tell that this isn't just a pixelated photograph of the DSi. If you want to see it in the flesh, it's on display at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller Center in New York City.

New PSP to take on iPhone this Christmas?

Thanks to a chatty developer, we recently heard and relayed rumors that the next-generation PSP will have a sliding screen. Well, a second mystery developer, who's allegedly "working with the new hardware," has upped the ante: He or she claims Sony's next-gen portable gaming console will actually have a sliding touchscreen along with the much-requested, dual-analog thumbsticks.

This all comes from Pocket Gamer, which doesn't name its "insider" source but says, "The new handheld will arrive before Christmas and will be far more similar to the iPhone than the current device." It also claims the new PSP will be announced in June at E3.
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Lenovo MRT800 is a touchscreen PMP

In Singapore, MRT is the abbreviation of Mass Rapid Transit which is the daily commute for most poeple. While I'm still grappling with the odd name, it seems Lenovo's strange moniker isn't a notebook or Netbook as we expected, but a new portable media player. So far, the buzz on the Net is that the player will pack a 4.3-inch panel with a resolution of 480 x 272 pixels, 4GB of onboard memory and a microSD expansion slot. It'll also support most of the music and video formats out there, as well as JPEG and BMP images. There's no word on pricing and availability for now, but good luck with the name, Lenovo. It's just not as cool to say I'm listening to my MRT800, as opposed to I'm listening to my iPod.

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