Posted by Simon Perry on 7 January 2004 | Tagged as: Platforms, Push to Talk, Music, Portable, Audio Hardware
Sometimes rumours come true. Steve Jobs announced Apple’s iPod mini at Macworld, capable of holding 1,000 songs and shockingly for an iPod comes in more colours than just white.
Posted by Simon Perry on 5 January 2004 | Tagged as: PVR/DVR, Platforms, HDTV, Digital Media Adaptors, Video Hardware, Wireless, Audio Hardware
Starting the new year by pointing their future direction, Philips present their Wireless Multimedia Link products - their Digital Media Adaptors.
Posted by Simon Perry on 26 November 2003 | Tagged as: Music, Platforms, Mobile, Displays, Portable, Video Hardware, Audio Hardware
Thomson are the first major Consumer Electronics company to release a portable video/music/photo device. Not only can it playback up to 80 hours of video, but it can also record it as well.
Posted by Simon Perry on 20 November 2003 | Tagged as: Music, Distribution, Mobile, Cellular, Portable, Audio Hardware
mm02 are to market and sell a Siemens developed device, the Digital Music Player DMP, which allow previewing of music and paid for download.
Posted by Simon Perry on 12 November 2003 | Tagged as: Mobile, Legal, Business, Bluetooth, Cellular, Gaming, Portable, Audio Hardware
Nokia are getting bashed a lot for the N-Gage, their do-it-all, mobile games machines,. The latest news is that a hackers group claim to have taken the games off it and have had them playing on another Symbian handset, a Siemens SX1. If true, income for them could be damaged.
Posted by Simon Perry on 31 October 2003 | Tagged as: Photography, Music, Platforms, Displays, Video Displays, Portable, Video Hardware, Audio Hardware
Portable devices able to play video, music and photos are currently available to consumers. Microsoft have been making mutterings about the area but have now made their intentions clearer by formalising a new name for them and announcing design partners.
Posted by Simon Perry on 28 October 2003 | Tagged as: Platforms, Music, Portable, Audio Hardware
In line with many other computer companies, Dell have launched their first portable hard disk-based music player. We explore the features.
Posted by Simon Perry on 22 October 2003 | Tagged as: Platforms, Components, Music, Audio Hardware
Four major Japanese HiFi makers have joined together to develop a Linux-based music player that can buy content from online music services. Yesterday they showed their work.
Posted by Simon Perry on 21 October 2003 | Tagged as: Distribution, Music, Audio Hardware
In addition to the support for Windows, Apple iTunes has a number of new, innovative features. We cover them and discuss their long term implications.
Posted by Simon Perry on 20 October 2003 | Tagged as: Cross platform, Distribution, Music, Mobile, Portable, Audio Hardware
Apple’s launch of the Windows version of their iTunes online music stores has hit one million downloads, as have the number of songs that have been bought since its launch 3.5 days ago. We take a closer look at the figures to see if it is all roses.
