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Zany shapes for your MP3s

By Edvarcl Heng
Jul 08, 2005

Though everyone else seems to take the iPod as the epitome of cool, we, on the other hand, beg to differ. Unlike Huey Lewis, we certainly do not share the sentiment that it is Hip To Be Square. Hip is daring to be different and these MP3 players we spied during our weekly excursions out of the office told us one thing: It is more fun to break out of the mold.

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The irregular
If Vivienne Westwood had a chance to design her own MP3 player, it might not stray too far from this one weirdo. Looking like a cross between a circle and something else, this MP3 player has conformity NOT written all over it.

See other views: Top | side | the sexy curve
Est. retail price: S$268 (US$197.32) for 128MB
Spied at: Hi-V Trading at Sim Lim Square
Model name: Datum MH-718
Basic specs:
32g
42 x 70 x 22mm
18 hours playback
Four EQ settings


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       Phone or MP3?
 We almost walked right past this one, thinking it was just another Samsung handphone, till a more keen-eyed colleague remarked that it was kinda odd to place a phone among all those MP3 players. We swiftly did a U-turn that any driving instructor would be proud of and crashed out in front of this sliding MP3 wonder.

See other views: Side (opened) | top | side (closed)
Est. retail price: S$189 (US$139.15) for 512MB
Spied at: MacFactor in Sim Lim Square
Model name: Audio Labs A508
Basic specs:
OLED display
Supports MP3 and MP4


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       Knocking on designer wood
 Saw Kate Moss recently? We definitely haven't, but we would imagine that an anorexic android supermodel might look something like this after a bionic boob job. Top heavy, anyone?

See other views: Back | battery (closeup) | battery | volume switch
Est. retail price: S$199 (US$146.51) for 512MB
Spied at: Merdeka Audio Pte Ltd in Sim Lim Square
Model name: Woodi WD-G100
Basic specs:
Supports MP3 and WMA
Runs on AAA battery
FM radio
Voice and line-in recording


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       Skywalker's lightrazor
 Raging sub-zero temperatures, a non-existent love life and an impending Imperial siege; sigh, the things a Jedi knight has to do to make a living. As the sole heir of Jedi skills, appearances must be kept. Since the night when Chewbacca gobbled up the last can of shaving cream, Luke was rumored to have resorted to a mini lightsaber to keep looking dapper in the face of the Empire…

See other views: Front
Est. retail price: S$140 (US$103.08) for 256MB
Spied at: Sim Lim Square
Model name: Ranger FT-700
Basic specs:
Line-in recording
Supports MP3


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       The flip flap Ranger
 Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Boo.
Boo who?
Boo woo! When is the Ranger going to turn on the music?

Est. retail price: S$349 (US$256.95) for 512MB
Spied at: Merdeka Audio Pte Ltd in Sim Lim Square
Model name: Ranger FT-700
Basic specs:
Supports ASF, MP3 and WMA
Runs on AAA battery
80 x 37 x 17mm
56g

 

 
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