Students given free MP3 players
A college is to hand out free iPods to 250 of its students so they can listen to missed lectures.
SanDisk faces MP3 licence dispute
SanDisk MP3 players are seized from a German electronics show amid a growing legal battle over licensing.
Call for MP3 hearing risk warning
MP3 players should carry warnings that users risk damage to their hearing, deafness experts say.
IFA 2006: SanDisk Pulls MP3 Players from IFA Show
A legal kerfuffle has forced SanDisk to pull all of its MP3 players off its stands at the IFA 2006 consumer electronics show in Berlin. This is quite embarrassing and costly for the company which just announced its new Sansa range of players. Sisvel, an Italian patent management company, issued a complaint about unpaid…
IFA 2006: Sandisk Launches Memory Card Recorder
Sandisk are on a roll at the minute. From humble USB drives and memory cards to snazzy (and cheap) MP3 players, Sandisk is moving up the Useful Gadget Chart. Now here’s something really useful, a memory card recorder. Small (12.95cm x 6.6cm x 2.03cm) and shiny, the V-Mate lets you record TV, DVDs, videos…
Trade show for electronics sector picks up pace
AMSTERDAM/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The world’s oldest consumer electronics show opens its doors in Berlin on Thursday to showcase an industry bursting with confidence as demand surges for flat TVs, MP3 players, set top boxes and phones.
$9 MP3 Player Available in Color, Still 9 Bucks
The $9 MP3 Player that is essentially just a SD memory card reader with some control buttons got a bit of a Technicolor makeover. Orange, blue, green, black and pink are all of the options. Now you can own a rainbow of shitty MP3 players! – Travis Hudson New colours for the 7 EUR MP3…
BBC Planning To Turn MP3 Players Into Digital Radios
The BBC is planning to release an add-on for portable MP3 players that will turn the players into digital radios. Right now, there’s no word on when (or if) the device will come out, but given the rise in popularity of portable MP3 players, it appears that the BBC is feeling the pinch and…
BBC plans clip-on digital radio
The BBC is drawing up plans for a gadget that turns MP3 players into digital radios.
Egge MP3 Players - Guess What It Looks Like
No points if you guessed “iPod”, and only half-credit if you said “testicles”. The Egge music player has an 1-inch OLED display and houses up to 1GB of tasty music goodness. Not only does it play back MP3s, the Egge player has FM radio support and plays back WMV and AVI files! We’re not…