Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
Very cool new idea: the iPod Nano iStick or should it be called iStick; or I-Stik? See the actual The Big Idea Donny Deutsch show that featured the iStik and why the name should maybe change…more->
What’s cool: One of the biggest problems we face when working out is the endless dives your iPod takes from [...]
This is a very cool looking, convenient iPod protection device…and it’s a belt buckle! The name: TuneBuckle
The TuneBuckle works like this: Your iPod Nano is encased and protected by an aircraft quality aluminum, but keeping it fashionable enough to wear just about anywhere.
The belt is made of a fashionable canvas, and it looks quite comfortable. [...]
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Wasn’t it Creative who said it would clean up its over-crowded product line, in a conference call a few months ago? Seems like some engineers were kept out of the loop, creating yet another iPod nano competitor, probably thinking that the recently introduced Zen V/Zen V Plus weren’t adequate enough. We’re talking about the Neeon [...]
Grado Labs has started shipping the GS1000: The new flagship of their headphone line, introduced at the International Head-Fi Convention in New York, where it gathered some rave reviews. Bass, mids, highs; it seems it does all equally well and the new cushion design is supposed to be very comfortable. Is this ideal pair of [...]
Last week, Creative Labs introduced two miniaturized versions of its flagship Zen Vision:M player, the Zen V and Zen V Plus players. What the Plus does that the plain V doesn’t, is video (mainly: MPEG-4, WMV and DivX) and FM radio. And that difference will set you back a mere $10-$30 bucks (depending on the [...]
Guess those rumors were true. Yesterday Apple introduced the 1GB Nano; same features as its brethren, for $149—available immediately. Also announced, price cuts for the Shuffle—you can now get the 512MB model for $69 and the 1GB Shuffle for $99.
While I’m not so keen on paying 150 bucks for 1 gig of storage—yes, even if [...]
Will we be seeing a 1GB Nano early next year? AppleInsider’s sources think so. Estimated price-point: $149.
Also: 100k Nanos sold each day.
iPod demand exceptionally strong during the holidays—everyone’s SHOCKED!!!1!: the 4GB Nano leads the demand race, followed by the 30GB iPod, the 60GB iPod and the 2GB Nano (in that order). I’m surprised to see the 2GB Nano last in that sequence.
I guess it shows that Apple has priced the Nano line accurately. Customers eyeing the [...]
Latest iPod nanos ship with protective sleeve: most certainly in response to the “this-thing-scratches-like-mad” class action lawsuits, they’re now including a soft fabric sleeve with every Nano, similar to the one included with the new iPod video. Also: “rumor also has it that Apple has instructed its iPod nano manufacturing partner Hon Hai to include [...]