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Apple recently announced the launch of iTunes Plus, a service part of the iTunes music store, which is said to introduce music DRM-free. At present, merely music from the recording label EMI is accessible in this format. These music tracks are being offered at some higher price i.e. if you wish for the freedom of doing whatever you desire with your music, you will be required to cough up an additional 30 cents per track.

Apple is also looking forward to encompass 50 per cent of the iTunes music collection to be obtainable in the DRM-free format till the ending of this calendar year. Tonight at the All Things Digital conference Steve Jobs was reported to have said that there are small autonomous labels, which are also signing up to get their music put for sale DRM-free. But, in his mentioning there was not idea of any other key labels that are looking forward to chip in in this mission for liberation.

So as to make use of the iTunes Plus service you will be required to make a download of iTunes 7.2, which was also brought into light on the same day. The latest iTunes inserts a link to iTunes Plus in the Quicklinks section. The first time you make access to iTunes Plus you will need to set a few preferences and take on an additional contract besides the one you embarked on while deploying the software.

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The image above is YP-E3 MP3 player, a flash-based device from Samsung. It would be yet another USB stick form MP3 player for the Chinese market. The electronics giant has not divulged much about the gadget.

Features of E3 MP3 player:

1.Memory:1GB

2.Color:Black and White

3.OLED screen displaying text in two different colors

4.FM Radio

5.DNSe sound technology

6.Lithium-ion battery with 11 hours of audio playback

7.Measurement: 2.85′ x 0.91′ x 0.47″

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Here’s something new for those of us who are tired of carrying our bulky mp3 players around. Samsung has announced it latest YP-EP3 flash-based MP3 player. The player is slick and looks like a USB stick. That means you can strap it your arm when you decide to go jogging.

The player’s features include an OLED screen which is capable of four line text scroll, which is good for your karaoke singing. The player comes with an inbuilt FM player and Samsung’s very own DNSe sound enhancement technology. Currently the player is only available in two colors: black and white. It boasts of 1GB memory and can play for 11 hours non stop. Its size dimensions are 2.85” x 0.91” x 0.47″. Visit the Samsung Web site to get more information on where you can grab your hands on this cute player.

Greenhouse has unveiled there latest Digital Audio Player (DAP) that is infact a sensational gadget to eye on.

It can store data upto 1 GB of memory space; with KanaGT it configures a FM tuner too. Shows it’s full support with MP3s, WMA and these features it flaunts with an OLED (organic light emitting diode) screen. Choose the color you want and add an extra zing to your life.

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To distinct their product from all other products available in the market in terms of design and cost Audio-Technica has introduced their ATH-W5000 headphones those are not of the high end quality but still to get them you have to shell $1,669.

These expensive headphones are made of striped Ebony wood to offer ’superb acoustic characteristics’ and their pads are made of the softest leather which feature Audio-Technica’s ultra-comfortable total ear fitting design.

If you think their price suits your pocket Audio-Technica is also offering an attractive padded, protective hard-shell storage case.

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Some colors never seem to go with every other gadget we see in the market. Colors judgment depends a lot on an individual’s taste and the way he perceives a particular color.

So, the people at ColorWare have worked out a solution for such people who want a particular gadget to be of their likeable color. Now there is no need to buy your favorite Zune of some absurd coloration!

ColorWare has transformed equipments like laptops, desktops and iPods so that people may get the real feel of their gadgets without compromising with the limited range of color palette available, simply outrageous! This time they have come up with a hefty 28-color combination package for the Zune.

There is everything for every one, from metallic finishes to matte ones; one has a wide range of options to choose from. Hey folks are you still thinking?

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Cocoia’s Timezones 1.0 is a complete version of the time zone navigator for Apple’s iPod. The newly released Cocoia Timezones 1.0 is consisted with themes, personalized overlays that specify time variations, and a city bar that displays settlements for each time zone on an iPod.

The complete version is personalized to all the time display the variation between the chosen time zone and users’ local time, and is included with an extensive collection of themes to opt for a world map – comprising limited editions.

The software is touted to functions with 1st- and 2nd-gen iPod nanos, plus iPod with color show and video iPod. Cocoia Timezones 1.0 comes with the price tag of $3.

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The Tomato’s new slim MP3 player ‘U24′ is not as slim as its U7 PMP but touts a good spec sheet to lure the audiophiles. It rocks a 260,000 color 2.4-inch wide LCD monitor and built-in speaker. The U24 is capable of playing 15 hours of seamless music and features an AVI movie player, voice recorder and e-book. It’s good to see a miniSD memory slot as I am always concerned about the storage capacity. The 2GB version will make you shell out 79,000(KRW) while the 4GB model is priced at 99,000(KRW).

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To explore DAP market profits, Memorex electronics has taken a step ahead to introduce its MMP8640 digital media player.

This new device encompasses both MP3 and MPEG 4 media playback to support WMA-DRM protected files. It comes with 1.8″ color display that is good to surf options and for audio listening but for watching videos I think company should add some more inches to it.

Some other features of the device include a miniSD memory card slot, an integrated FM radio, 4GB memory, battery life of 20 hours and an additional protective sleeve.

The player also comes preloaded with 100 sounds but no comments about pricing and availability.

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Freestyle Audio has introduced a new stout MP3 player whose test reveals that it even works when dropped from the 3rd story of the building to concrete floor(an ipod nano was also dropped).

The results of the videos revealed that Freestyle MP3 player turns on but it is not sure whether it was still playing music. It did not break into pieces and was still giving power notably.

This strong MP3 player features associated software for managing music and sports Mac and a PC. It also comes with waterproof earbuds, an armband or lanyard, a USB cable, software to manage your playlist. It offers different capacities ranging from 256MB, 512MB and 1GB.

The device weighs only 35 grams and its battery offer 30 hours of playtime with one charge. To get it one has to shell $200, $170 and $140 for the 1GB, 512MB and 256MB respectively. Check out its dropping video:

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