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When you look at it for the first time, you could be misled into believing that this is a child’s home creation with an old matchbox. However, this is no plain, useless box. It houses 256 MB of memory that you can use to listen to your favorite music.

Distinctively different from all the compact mp3 players, the Motz music box is a tiny box of 28mm x 25mm x 18mm. And you would find it hard to believe that box can play MP3, Ogg, and WMA files. It packs a 3 hour battery life as well. For loading files and listening to music, there is a jack at the bottom, where you can plug in an adapter or earphones. For controls, you have a plain, fragile joystick. I doubt if this player can provide you the non-stop music you seek from mp3 players, however, at $68.55, this is good for those of you who dare to be ludicrously different.

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To enjoy your favorite music plus videos any time any where even sans battery juice Trevor Baylis, the designer who first introduced the wind-up radio back in the 90s has now came out with the wind-up MP3 and video player that is also known as world’s first.

This new innovation comes bundled with 1GB internal memory, SD memory card slot, 1.8″ LCD screen, LED torch, view photos, listen to FM radio, recorder and the best part is it also facilitate you to charge your mobile phone too,.

So if you are just planning to get a MP3 player its time to hunt video player too and everything for mere $345.

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Gemei has just introduced its hottest portable media player, X760 that looks more like a rugged PDA.

This new device offers 3-inch screen, 4:3 LTPS TFT with 16 million colors and is compatible with your RM, RMVB, DAT and AVI video files.

To facilitate users by handling high-speed graphics and by playing videos at 30 fps and game emulation for NEO, GEO, NES, SFC, MD, GBA it is bundled with 500 MHZ CPU ADI BF533.

It also plays MP3, WMA, APE and FLAC Lossless and offers BBE and SRS audio enhancers with bonus support for TXT, JPG, BMP, GIF and GIF animation. FM tuner, USB 2.0 and SD card of up to 4GB are also included.

To get the device in 1GB, you’ll have to shell out a whopping 799 yuan , 899 yuan for 2GB, 999 yuan for 3GB and 1099 yuan for 4GB.

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Transcends has just unveiled its latest MP3 player called T.sonic 840. Besides mirrored surface and metal body design the device weighs 70 grams and measures 82 x 40.5 x 12.5mm.

T.sonic 840 features:

• 1.8-inch (176 x 220 pixels) super color TFT-LCD screen for playing videos and photos
•Supports music, video (.mtv) and photo (.jpg, .bmp) files
• MP3 player supports MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM10 and WAV music formats
• FM radio (FM radio recording and the ability to preset 20 FM radio stations)
• Advanced digital voice recorder
• Ability to read E-books (.txt)
• Karaoke-type lyrics display
• VAD (voice activation detection) that results in very high quality, gapless audio recordings
• A-B repeat function allows you to continuously replay a designated section of a track
• Variable track playback speeds
• Supports 13 user languages including song/artist name display
• USB flash drive capabilities for data transfer and storage
• Included software can be used to lock your computer and setup passwords for your files
• 7 Equalizer effects, including a customizable USER EQ setting
• Powered using a rechargeable Li-ion battery (fully charged battery supports over 30 hours of continuous music playback)
• Hi-Speed mini USB 2.0 connector for easy computer connectivity and fast file transfers
• Real time clock (RTC) displays local and world times
• 2-year warrant

The device is available in 2GB in Glacier White color and 4GB in Mystery Black color but no info about price and availability.

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Finally Electronic Arts (EA) has confirmed that Rock Band guitar controllers have issues with their strum bars and leaving aspiring rockers singing the blues. Although Rock Band has only been available for a week, EA has already acknowledged an issue with the strum bars on some of the game’s bundled guitar controllers and stands behind its warranty, including replacing defective guitar controllers at no charge.

Now, EA is replacing guitars for free through a customer support page. Those who have broken a Rock band can visit company’s customer support website, and then company will immediately send a replacement. EA also claimed that the company has identified and fixed the issue in subsequent production runs, but urges impacted customers to get a replacement through the EA support site.

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Every device launched carries with it the invisible burden of ‘changing human lives’. Futuristic or utilitarian, people look for something ‘more’ - the driving factor behind every innovative device that eventually falls flat trying to exceed the expectations of consumers.

This trend was evidenced when Segway was released. Disappointed consumers sought a better design and respite came in the form of Australian electronic due Segue’s new concept.

If you are not a musician, there is no reason for you to read this article. The Tascam MP-VT1 Digital Audio Processor (DAP) has been designed only for those who appreciate the purpose of this utilitarian device. For musicians, this device offers everything that they would look for. And when it comes from a renowned company like Tascam, there could be hardly any doubt about the quality of the device.

A veritable device, the MP-VT1 is loaded with features like Variable Speed Audition to slow songs down with no variation in the pitch. This would particularly appeal to DJs who can configure the songs for loops. You can also modify the pitch of the music played in the device. Additionally, it incorporates a built-in metronome, to regulate the pulse, and an instrument tuner. There are jacks for the microphone and line-out. The only limitation is its memory capacity that cannot hold more than 240 songs. However, there is no doubt that the music buffs would just love this device.

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Do you want to create your own ringtone for your iPod? Then don’t worry, updated iTunes 7.4.1 is now just for you! Apple has released another iTunes update to close up a ringtone loophole.

As the iTunes 7.4.1 was released, on the other day, MacRumors forum reader has found ringtones loophole which allows any music file to be used on the iPhone as a ringtone simply by renaming the file to an .M4R extension and bringing it into iTunes.

Do you remember those old analog cassete tapes that gave you so many memorable moments? Well, its payback time now. Grab all your favorite tapes and make a digital playlist of all those precious numbers. The USB Cassette Archiver is an amazing and powerful USB gadget that can convert all your analog tapes to MP3 or CD format!

The easy-to-use gadget features a dual cassete deck which can be connected to your USB port. The package includes a USB cable, a stereo RCA cable and a software which is compatible with both Mac and Windows based PC. Just place your analog cassette into the plug and play device and get them converted to MP3 or CD, in few simple steps.

The sleek device reminds me of my old dual deck cassette player. It measures 8.5′x16.5″ and comes in a silver finish. The amazing device is available for $169 from FredFlare.

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This is style at its best. The P480 Personal Media Player is a ‘dark-horse’, if I may use the word. Odd-I has released no ‘odd’ device this time. On the contrary, the P480 is a design marvel. With a design similar to the T43, the P480 is a beautifully crafted media player.

The P480 comes in options of 30 or 60 GB HDD. It incorporates features like DMB, GPS and WinCE. Additionally, it has an SD card port and an e-dictionary, to top it all. There is no news of the price, however. Yet, something tells me the pricing is going to be as fiercely competitive as the P480’s looks suggest. This device is going to rock.

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