Interesting news/reviews/deals from the portable audio market
The dutch company presented the GoGear HDD1850 during this year’s CES, The model will probably replace the 6GB HD-based HDD1630. It’s got 2 more gigs of space, a longer (not wider) screen and its battery is supposed to last for 18 hours. Still no video capability (just photos and album art). There’s support for music [...]
Review: Philips HDD6330: it gets a 7.3/10 rating, for its good sound, nice design and features (WMA DRM10 support for music subscription services, FM radio, voice recorder). The touch-sensitive interface is intuitive but the the lack of tactile controls on the device is noted as a huge downer. (Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for [...]
From the “don’t you just love them big companies” department: Sony, Philips, Panasonic fined for price-fixing in France: the fines, representing 1% of the companies annual revenus in the county, are €16M for former two (each) and €2.4M for the latter.
The Conseil found that the three manufacturers had colluded with their distributors to fix the [...]
Philips HDD6330 review: “Due to its rather poor playback features, it fails to earn my highest recommendation. However, its highly innovative design, ease of use and excellent recording and presentation capabilities earns my recommendation.” The reviewer rightfully notes that while many of the playback features can be fixed via a firmware upgrade, but the [...]