Portable Media Players

I received confirmation from Creative’s reps yesterday that an 8GB version of the Zen V Plus is imminent in Asia. It will be black with blue accents, like the 4GB model. The company is undecided on whether the 8-gig will come to the States, but considering the demand for higher-capacity flash player…
Source: CNET

Man, what was life like prior to modern technical innovations.
Over on MacMikeNews, they’re talkling about how much they listen to podcasts. With one out of five Americans now in possession of an iPod, the rapid proliferation of podcasts is reaching an audience that has to be sending shudders down the spinte of over-the-air and satellite […]

The Zune really is coming soon. After some wild speculation that had the Zune priced anywhere from $99 to $300, the Microsoft Wi-Fi MP3 player’s price has officially been set at $249.99. No doubt affected by the iPod’s $249 price tag, the Zune will hit stores in the United States on November […]

Apple has quietly made available an update to iTunes 7. Version 7.0.1 “addresses stability and performance issues with Cover Flow, CD importing, iPod syncing, and more.” Hopefully, the “and more” part deals with the many issues that a horde of iTunes 7 users have been complaining about since its …
Source: CNET

MP3 Players. The MP3 player is thinner than ever, measuring less than a half an inch
Spotlight on 7.0.1 update released :
As we reported last week, Apple has finally released a fix for iTunes. Version 7.0.1 should fix most, if not all, bugs and nuisances from iTunes 7. It is available online or via Software Update.
iTunes […]

iTunes 7 is so not ready for prime time. In fact, it’s hard to believe Apple has released such a buggy program. On my Windows machine at
work, I have been battling iTunes 7 nearly every time I use it. From its
just refusing to start up after several tries to requiring me to select
new libraries […]

Wireless headphones aren’t new, but portable wireless headphones haven’t exactly flooded the market. And many of those that have been released have suffered from poor wireless reception, subpar audio quality, and uncomfortable or fragile designs. Logitech aims to remedy such problems with its second…
Source: CNET

The latest iPhone rumors predict Apple will launch the elusive device in January. Also, Think Secret is reporting that Cingular will be the launch carrier and will have exclusivity for six months. The iPhone is said to offer a 3-megapixel camera, a 2.2-inch display, and,of course, a digital music pl…
Source: CNET

File the Stiletto 100 under “Top gadget rumors of 2006.” We now have official details about the much-ballyhooed Sirius gadget. First, it’s a compact portable Sirius satellite-radio receiver that can record programming (you can also pause and rewind TiVo-style). Competitor XM already has a couple o…
Source: CNET

Epson announced two new photo viewers today, the P-3000 and the P-5000, as follow-ups to the company’s current P-2000 and P-4000. In an attempt to increase the color gamut of the viewers’ 4-inch, 640×480-pixel LCD screens, Epson has added a fourth color to the usual RGB LCD screen color-filter syste…
Source: CNET