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TAG RESULTS FOR: PMP
Samsung P3 Sneak Peek!
Samsung is updating its portable media player with the successor to the Samsung YP-P2, the Samsung P3. The device will be formerly announced in January, joining the media player race alongside the iPod, Toshiba U103 and the non-existant MySpace PMP. Subtle changes include its rectangular aluminum body and three inch 480 x 272 touchscreen. You can expect it to have Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, FM and many of the other typical photo, audio and video capabilities found in portable media... Continue reading
Jobs versus Gates one week away in the ultimate technology battle royale
Less than a week remains until Apple CEO Steve Jobs and Microsoft Dictator Bill Gates square off in a head to head debate at the All Things Digital Event over in New York City. What can we expect out of the big two. A cordial convo or a raunchy romp? There will no doubt be lots of mud thrown over the whole PMP competition between the Zune and the iPod as well as talk about a possible Zune phone compared... Continue reading
Slideon.v2: Even more ghostly
A few days ago we talked about the Slideon concept PMP design and its sleek slider style. With the first version fresh in our minds, the Slideon.v2 improves on the already gorgeous MP3 player. v2 features a huge wide-screen, which is as big as a normal iPod. The slide design means no obtrusive buttons to get in the way and change the track or volume when it’s not wanted. It features two buttons and a middle slider control, which is... Continue reading
Slideon MP3 Player is ghostly
With the ever-changing mobile phone market becoming a breeding ground for slider phones, it’s no surprise that a PMP player would eventually be designed in the fashion of the slide design. Hell, Apple’s doing the opposite for the iPhone, right? The Slideon MP3 Player is a concept design from Ian Murchison. The Slideon is designed to integrate the sleekness of the slide with the portable media crowd, with the controls all hidden under its sleek geometric screen. The Slideon would... Continue reading
Digital Jewel Box changing the face of portable media and album art
Sometimes, the days of holding a good old CD case in our hands as we listen to an album makes us yearn for simpler times when MP3 players only held a few gigs of data. This concept by David Friedman mixes the modern technology of digital displays, high powered PMP systems, and the days of old jewel CD case, to offer up a solution for those nostalgic times. The digital jewel box would synchronize with iTunes and display album art... Continue reading
3D Sound: Microsoft dropping the Zune and paving the way for the future of audio?
Sources are saying that Microsoft might be giving up their dreams of the Zune posing heavy competition with the iPod and have moved on to brighter pastures. While Zune sales still remain moderately okay on the whole scheme of PMP products, the Zune has proven to be a disappointment as many predicted. It’s being rumored that Microsoft is working on a 3D audio process that could change the face of how we hear our music. The process would work by... Continue reading
Preview: carry your own OS around with the Wizpy media player
Japanese company TurboLinux will start selling their Wizpy Portable Media Player (PMP) in 2 weeks, ITmedia took it for a review and answered a lot of our questions. What’s so special about this not-too-attractive PMP is that apart from the usual 4GB FM radio, voice recorder, music, video, picture, text viewer that we see in the market, it has a Linux operating system on it with which you can boot any PC as long as they can boot from USB... Continue reading
