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Wave Goodbye To Pocket Billiards with Magnetic Knob MP3 Player

MagneticMP31.jpgWe all know the hassle of digging into a pocket to twiddle the controls on our MP3 players, but until smart clothing becomes mainstream we're stuck with it. Unless someone takes this magnetic control concept and manufactures it for real, that is. The Pocket Pal is simple: the control stays outside, but is magnetically fixed to the body, which sits inside your pants pocket. Twiddling the control is easy, and would let you adjust volume or skip songs. I'm not sure what'll happen if you lose the knob—would any magnet/iron object do?—but I like the lateral thinking here. [Inventables via Gizmowatch]

8:43 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,315 views, 16 comments

Latest by Brian B: "Dammit Jr., stop playing with your Pocket Pal. You'll go blind!" more »

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Radio to MP3 Recorder Looks Old-Style, Has Docking MP3 Player

While yesterday's radio-to-MP3 recorder reminded us of a modern Chumby, this one's style cues are more last decade. It's basically a digital-tuner radio, with FM, AM and short wave reception, but with a built-in, un-dockable portable MP3 player that can record to its own 256MB memory. More »

4:23 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,211 views, 7 comments

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Home-Made Daisy MP3 Player Takes Us (London) Underground

Using a $115 Daisy open-source player, and a tin with a London tube map on it, Mchaceortiz made himself an MP3 player with a difference. The six way-retro switches on the tin control the volume, track selection and play and pause, and you can see another shot of it opened up after the jump. More »

7:40 AM on Thu Apr 3 2008
By Addy Dugdale
5,274 views, 17 comments

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Sony Rolly Soon Rolling Out in Black Shell, Colored Arms

Seems like Sony's Rolly really is due out soon, and it'll be available in a black body version with a matching black cradle, as hinted at by the FCC filing. If black's too boring for you, then you'll also be able to trick your Rolly out with blue, red or silver replacement "arms". Maybe they're "wings"? Whichever: the little rolling, MP3-playing guy will be out in black from April 19th in Japan for around $400, while a colored arm set will cost around $15. Presumably Rolly will be rolling up on US shores sometimes soon after. [AV Watch]

3:33 AM on Mon Mar 31 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,568 views, 22 comments

Latest by AlphaUltima: this is probably flash mem because no way in hell a hard drive can last with all that rolling. which means you only get about 1 gig considering you're paying a hundred for the sony label, another hundred for the more »

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Thanko's New MP3 Player Is Cranky for Power

Thanko has gifted its new MP3 player with an additional power source: you. Much like Trevor Bayliss' crank-powered player, but nicer-looking, this new device will give you ten minutes of tunes for one minute of cranking— it's also got an LED flashlight which'll run for 50 minutes for the same effort. And if you're wrists aren't up to the job, it'll also charge via USB or AC power brick. The Cranking MP3 Player is screen-less, plays MP3 and WMA, has 1GB of storage, and will cost you just $60. [Akihabaranews]

5:22 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Kit Eaton
891 views, 1 comment

Latest by Monty: The MP3 player of choice for the Unibomber. more »

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Sony Rolly Rolls Into FCC, Next Stop Your Heart

Looks like Sony's living up to their promise to bring its odd little egg of an MP3 player stateside this year. It's in the middle of its required FCC tour of duty, which means it should be hitting retail here before too long. If the wait's unbearable, the FCC has plenty to tide you over: pictures (including some naughty ones under the shell), manual, a request for confidentiality and ooo, test reports. [FCC, Thanks Mitch!]

4:30 PM on Sat Mar 22 2008
By matt buchanan
4,054 views, 14 comments

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Samsung YP-S3 Caught On Video

Our female alter egos at Tech Digest just scored a video hands-on with Samsung's new YP-S3 MP3 player. The iPod nano rival should be out this June and is quite similar to its Cupertino competition, with a screen only 0.2-inches smaller and comparable music, photo and video playback abilities. The Samsung adds a built-in FM radio and a 2GB option to accompany the usual 4GB and 8GB models. [Tech Digest]

9:30 PM on Sun Mar 16 2008
By Eric Sheline
2,811 views, 14 comments

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Samsung's YP-S2 Pebble MP3 Players Probably Hurt When Thrown

These Samsung YP-S2 Pebble MP3 players look quite similar to the Creative Zen Stone (because they both look like small rocks), and hold about 1GB of MP3s and WMAs. They've got about 10 hours of playback, but don't do a whole lot else (other than looking and feeling like rocks). They'll be available in the UK around May, but no release date or pricing yet for the US. [Shiny Shiny]

11:50 AM on Wed Mar 12 2008
By Jason Chen
2,366 views, 19 comments

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LEGO MP3 Players Are Not Official, Look Great Anyway

Why settle for a boring old MP3 player, when you can have one based on everyone's favourite plastic toy? We mean LEGO, before you get smutty, though these brightly colored players should probably be called LEGOish since they don't look too official—not a Lego logo in sight. With controls concealed as the raised bumps, and a six-hour Li-ion battery they don't seem too bad, even if you do have to supply your own microSD card for storage. Available now for $46. [Technabob]

9:16 AM on Mon Feb 25 2008
By Kit Eaton
4,860 views, 11 comments

Latest by banmojo: eh, I'll buy one just because I'm a major Lego geek. but the specs are disappointing. more »

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Sony NW-A829, NW-A828 Walkmans Come With Bluetooth Connectivity

Sony has just released its first Bluetooth (A2DP) enabled PMPs; the NW-A829 (16GB) and NW-A828 (8GB). With support for MP3, WMA, ATRAC, Sony PCM and AAC/High Efficiency AAC, as well as MPEG-4/H.264, these players come with enough playback potential to make them contenders for a space in your pocket, as well as your heart. More info beneath the gallery. More »

3:30 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Haroon Malik
6,252 views, 17 comments

Latest by mcheiron: @DRVEC The headphones look like there are the noise cancellation head phone used in older models. That would be very sweet. I love them. more »

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Sony's New E-Series Walkman MP3 Players Can Swap Jackets

Sony's latest additions to its E series range of MP3 players come with interchangeable jackets, and have a USB plug for direct connection to your computer. The player itself comes in black or white, and there are twenty different designs of the outer "Style-Up" panels available. In 1GB, 2GB and 4GB versions, the NW-E023F, -025F and -026F play ATRAC, MP3, WMA and AAC and have a 3-line LCD display and FM radio function. Measuring 3.2 x 0.9 x 0.6 inches, they're out in March in Japan for between $100 and $150. Style-Up jackets will be around $12 each. [AV Watch]

2:57 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,485 views, 5 comments

Latest by fastm3driver: IT needs a built in clip. Lanyards are lame and for losers. I wish the Sansa clip had a built in USB port. The clip it will be because the clip trumps the USB. more »

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Waterproof MP3 Player is iRiver, Dives to 200 Feet Under the Sea

I wouldn't—well, I would just once, like to see what it's like to dive with The Hives singing along while I fin down to a reef —because I like to live out my Darth Vader fantasies, but this MP3 player could just persuade me otherwise. What is remarkable about this iRiver iFP-380T, with its waterproof case and headset, is that you can go down to 200 feet with it clipped onto your mask. The device runs on one 9-volt battery and one AA and it costs $199. [Frontgate via UberReview]

10:55 AM on Mon Feb 18 2008
By Addy Dugdale
2,959 views, 18 comments

Latest by Multitude00: As divers don't have enough on their minds as it is... air, depth, no deco limits, partial pressure of oxygen, nitrogen absorption, etc.... Now for some of the recovery and clean up dives that I do this may be a fun more »

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Heart MP3 Players Lock Together With a Kiss, Lock Us Over Sickbag

These MP3 players grab on to every single lovey-dovey Valentine's cliché: a separable pair of players for you and your other half, that look like kissing lovers when they're stuck together in a cutesy heart shape. We don't know where you can buy them, but we do know they've got touch controls, have 1GB memory each, cost the equivalent of $55 in China and are absolutely sick-makingly hideous. [Zol, New Launches]

7:22 AM on Thu Feb 7 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,151 views, 13 comments

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Psychedelic iTube Speaker With Built-In Viagra Mode Gives You a Bigger Dock

Hokay: the iTube looks like it is the 21st-century version of the Lava Lamp. A 30-inch-tall iPod speaker with 360º speakers and special effects that react to your tunes, the iTube connects up to either an MP3 player or your stereo, and you can control the psychedelic levels of its LED lights and bubble blower via remote control. Video and more info below. More »

6:08 AM on Mon Jan 28 2008
By Kit Eaton
2,150 views, 3 comments

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Standalone Cassette SD MP3 Player Is Retro-Useful

The Standalone Cassette MP3 player would have been incredibly useful back in the early '00s, before we hooked up iPods and iPhones directly to our car (via cassette adapter), but it's still pretty neat now. The body looks and behaves like a standard cassette tape, but has a slot on the bottom for an SD slot filled with MP3s. The only downsides are that it only holds SD cards up to 2GB, needs to be recharged, but at least it can be controlled via your car's head unit. [Chinavision via inewidea via Random Good Stuff]

1:00 PM on Mon Jan 21 2008
By Jason Chen
5,230 views, 14 comments

Latest by deusdiabolus: I actually bought a Digisette off eBay. I wasn't really happy with it...it was impossible to find those xD cards, and when I tried to use it in our car's tape deck, it wouldn't work and I had to more »

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Make Your Own Steampunk MP3 Player, Prove You're a Cool Nerd

Last month we featured the awesome steampunk themed MP3 player, called the Ambience Enhancer, which gathered quite some interest. If you missed it, check the image above to see what all the fuss was about. Thankfully, the chaps at Instructables have procured a complete how to, but if you have the patience of an ADHD prone lab rat, perhaps it's better you give this one a miss. Sufficed to say, it is certainly going to take you longer than setting up that new speaker set Santa dropped off for Christmas. I ruined the surprise—damn, I'm always doing that. Follow the link for the extensive tutorial, and if you undertake the project, send us pictures of the final product. [Instructables] More »

3:25 PM on Sun Dec 23 2007
By Haroon Malik
5,356 views, 18 comments

Latest by NeoPoliticus: And where is the backpack-mounted tube amp and lead-acid battery? more »

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Boomwave's Earmungous iPod Cases Now Available for Nano

If I had a third-gen nano, this is what I would be dressing it in—face it, those ears are just perfect for getting those hard-to-reach boogers out of your nose. Made from silicon, it's available in four colors: Dogstarr, aka Black, Spitzer, err, White, Bichpoo (is that missing a t?) also known as Pink and Bludhound, or Red to you and me. Each one costs $15.99, comes with a screen protector and neck strap, and they're shipping now, so make someone a happy bunny for Xmas. [The Boomwave]

4:51 AM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Addy Dugdale
1,776 views, 4 comments

Latest by MasterYong: those are the funniest names for colors EVER. ROFLMAO more »

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Barbie B2 Music Player Just Scoops iPhone for Gadget of the Year

Sometimes, it's hard to be a woman. Especially when you see things like the Barbie B2 touchscreen MP3 player, aimed at the female market in Korea. I don't think the player includes the pube-clad doll, but perhaps it would be better for mankind if it did. [Aving USA]

3:31 AM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Addy Dugdale
2,493 views, 10 comments