HiFi Blog: digital audio goodness

Unable to meet holiday demand, Apple asks Synaptics to lend them a helping hand in the production of Nano clickwheels. We had noted a couple of months ago that Apple chose to go with Cypress Semiconductor and dismiss Synaptics (their scrollwheel partners for all iPod iterations, till the Nano came) since they could get the [...]

Packard Bell released the Vibe 500 [via], a visually pleasing MP3 player which comes in 20/30GB capacities. There’s support for WMA protected files, but after reading the specs something tells us that Windows Media DRM 10 support is missing—so your tracks from subscription services probably won’t play.

When it comes to video support, you’ll be able [...]