This iPod alike portable media player is cute, small, cheap in price and various colors to choose from - just $73 for 2GB. Ordinary MP3 player is insufficient for us, the demanding customers. Most new MP3 players have the capability of video playback, high capacity and watch movies.

Here’s the specs:

• 2.4″(320×240) display
• Mpeg4, H.264/AVC video formats
• MP3, WMA, AAC audio formats
• 7.5mm thin
• 12 hours (audio) to 5 hours (video) of battery life

Sony NWZ-A820 Walkman player is equipped with rich features with a relatively slim design. NWZ-A820 also boasts the capability to manually delete videos directly from the internal memory without having to plugging to a computer. This MP3 player comes in 8GB and 16GB, retailing for $270 and $320 respectively when they arrive this March in just one color - black.

• Sony EX series in-ear buds with 13.5mm drivers
• 2.4″ QVGA LCD display (320 x 240 resolution)
• Integrated FM tuner
• Video playback of 30fps
• 36 hours of battery life for audio playback
• 10 hours of battery life for video playback
• Built-in noise-canceling system (up to 75%)
• Bluetooth A2DP technology
• Compatibility with WMA-DRM, WMA, AAC, PCM, MP3, MPEG-4 and JPEG file formats
• Bundled with DR-BT21G Bluetooth-enabled headphones

Source: Ubergizmo

Ok, this is the coolest audio splitter I’ve seen. In most cases, you can share what you’re listening to with 1-2 friends, but 5 friends can listen from Belkin’s RockStar! This star-shaped minijack hub allowing one music player to send music to up to five pairs of headphones. This handy device offers six ports—one input and five outputs - so you can split one signal to many sources. It’s also cool because the five outputs can be toggled to input as well, so you can mix more than one signal together and output to one source. Could be handy for some awesome mixing.

Source: Yahoo!

Apple are about to announce movie rentals via their iTunes download service for only $3.99 per 24hr period, according to “people familiar” with the company’s media plans. The service includes content from existing partner such as Walt Disney Co., Paramount and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp, as well as new additions Warner Bros. and Fox. New and old movie titles will be available for rental with further emphasis placed on the Apple TV as a conduit between Mac and TV. This sounds like a Super Deal for movie fans out there! How many movies can you watch in 24 hour time frame?

Zunescene has a cool-looking Zune 3 concept (done by forum member “Teccom747”) Let’s called it iZune? Haha… It’s just a concept though. Let’s check out the specs.

Specifications:

• The Zune 3 is also a phone with all the features of the Zune 80, with new features such as internet explorer, wifi marketplace, common phone apps, and more.
• The Zune 3 is fully touchscreen, however, the lower panel buttons are touch “sensitive” play/pause/call, zune, and back/hang up buttons that glow, they are permanent (similar to the chocolate’s buttons).
• The Zune 3 is available in 16GB, and 32GB flash memory sizes.
• Navigating the Zune 3 is similar to the 80’s squircle except on the touch screen.
• The screen itself is a high quality, scratch resistant, touch-sensitive glass that covers most of the front of the device.
• Around the perimeter of the glass is a glowing light that can be customized to the color of the user’s choice through the settings menu.
• The remainder of the device’s exterior is similar to the Zune 80’s finish, including the hold switch to de-activate touch.
• Video’s are now presented in high-quality widescreen format.
• The Zune 3 is not restricted to any particular network.
• The device has external speakers for speakerphone functionality and to share music with your friends!

Source: Zunescene

During my Christmas shopping I browsed a lot of MP3 players and searched for the one that offered the most for the least amount of money that I had to drain from my bank account – which already suffered collateral damage from the pre-holiday shopping. Not surprisingly, I passed by several iPod look alike (why manufacturers aren’t confident enough to manufacturer their own style and design is a different story).

What caught my attention was a $23.95CAD lime green, 1 Gig, iPod Shuffle. Instinctively I said to myself, “what a bargain!” If you live in Toronto, you would know that a 1 Gig iPod shuffle sells for at least $84CAD in stores. But my excitement died when I realized it wasn’t a genuine iPod anything, just an imitation made in China. Nonetheless, I was stuck with the temptation to purchase an unknown brand that claims to perform all iPod functions at only ¼ the cost (without the warranty or guarantee that it’ll work and it wasn’t compatible with iTunes).

When I was living in South Korea, I was introduced to the imitation products that floated around Asia and guilty of buying shoes, socks, radios, and clothes. On average, I found that they weren’t durable, reliable, or in the case of electronics – bug free. However, I only needed to fork out change that I had after a meal and it didn’t interfere with my budget. And on that note it gave more satisfaction to make the purchase.

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When we talk about small, we meant fingertip size devices. We all know speakers come in all shapes and sizes. Miniscule speakers aren’t a new thing but these tiny cube speakers are just too cute! I have to compare this with the mobiBLU MP3 Player!

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