Walk It Out: Sony NWZ-X1000

Sony presents its newest walkman...

Sony is attempting to revitalize their Walkman line with it's NWZ-X1000 OLED Personal Media Player. The new walkman comes prepackaged with a 16GB system that can be updated to 32GB. It features a touchable 3in AMOLED screen that displays at a resolution of 432 x 240px. Unfortunatly some early reports that the video only plays back at 320 x 240px. Despite that, supported video formats include MPEG-4, H.254 and WMV. For audio it will support MP3, WMA and ACC up to 320 kbps.

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Seperating it from most of it's competitors will be it's ability to tune into FM stations. The Walkman also features a Digital Amplifier ”S-Master,” Digital Noise Canceling, Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE). It also gives the user access to WiFi, internet browsing with YouTube support and about 33 hours of listening battery life/9 hours of viewing battery life.

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Currently there is no official release date in the states though most gadget bloggers are expecting to see it in the states as soon as Summer '09. It is already available in Japan and as of February Amazon UK was accepting orders for the 16GB version for around $308 and a 32GB version for about $407.

Will this make a move on Apple's iPod market? I'm not sure. It's smaller and currently priced higher than the current iPod models, but I guess anything is possible.

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Let's Play: Sony PSP Concepts

Fans envision a redesign for the PSP...

In 2003 Sony revealed a concept of a redesign for their portable gaming system PSP. The concept was ok, but the fans have truly taken it to another level. Check out how the fans think Sony should redesign the PSP. One even includes a possible merge with a mobile phone concept.

Sony's 2003 Concept:

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Fan Concepts:

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Just A Touch: MacBook Touch Concepts

MacBook Touch Fact or Fiction...

Will they? or Won't they? They meaning the fine developers over at Apple. The what is regarding the idea of a touch screen laptop computer. According to maclife.com, that's all it is; a rumor. Apparently there had been some discussion about possibly developing a laptop that would mimic the interface developed for the iPhone and iPod Touch. However maclife.com states that after doing some market reasearch, they determined that this was not the way to go.

But, there is talk of mac developing some type of tablet pc. It is supposed to be smaller than your traditional laptop but larger than your current smart phone. Something similar to the Amazon Kindle in size, but with a larger screen (about 7.5"). It would allow users to take advantage of things already created for the iPhone such as applications and the Apps store which would give this concept device thousands of applications usable from launch. And being that Apple has already found ways to open legacy programs on newer devices, persons already using the iPhone version of applications will be able to open those on this new device. Now will this product actually make it out of conception? Only time will tell. Especially since the market hasn't really been that receptive to computers like this in the past. However we've seen how Apple can make it happen.

As for now all of these ideas are just concepts. And the designers have run with them. Here are a few for the MacBook Touch:

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[Read about this concept at: zdnet.com]

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Mighty Mouse: Argard M10

Argard M10 Bluetooth Headset...

Bluetooth technology gets even smaller thanks to Aragard. Their M10 Bluetooth Headset is small and mighty. Measuring only 23mm x 22mm x 31.5mm, this device is no bigger than a dime. It weighs only 5 grams but gives the wearer up to 3 hours of continuous talk time and 100 hours of standby time.

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3 buttons on the outer edge controls the power and volume. Recharge the headseat with it's stylish charging cradle. The M10 also comes with extra earpieces in larger and smaller sizes to help with the fit. It retails for about $64.00.

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Love to Luv Ya: iLuv i1255

iLuv i1255 5.1 Channel Slim Desktop...

With technology ever evolving your media is everywhere. Between cds, dvds, mp3s, most consumers have multiple devices to use all of them. The iLuv i1255 5.1 Channel Slim Desktop combines both an iPod player and DVD player.

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This streamlined DVD player with integrated iPod doc, controls both devices via a sleek remote that allows for easy on-screen navigation of both the iPod and DVD player. The DVD component has all of the normal features (multiple subtitles, angles, and audio functions as well as slow- and fast-motion playback and zoom). It also plays VCD, MP3 CD, Audio CD, JPEG CD, and Kodak Picture CD. The iPod doc is compatible with 6th generation iPods, iPod touch, iPod classic, iPod Nano 3rd Gen, and iPod video. Purchase this device direct from iLuv.com for $149.99.

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Flashing Lights: Tokyoflash Watches

Tokyoflash offers us unique time pieces...

What do you get when you combine leather, stainless steel, super bright multi-colored LED lights and time? You get Tokyoflash's line of unique watches. Using a series of blocks, dots, lines, numbers and various colors, each watch has its own system for telling time. Some of their watches even are made for a specific lifestyle. Tokyoflash's "Pimp" series of watches have a random animation of the LED lights on the watch that will play every 2 minutes between the hours of 6PM and 1AM ("Pimp time").

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Looking at these watches can leave one a bit perplexed as to how time is actually to be determined. Don't worry, all watches come with a complete users manual that tells you how to read the watch you've just purchased. Initially Tokoyflash's site will display the costs of these watching in yens, but you can easily change the currency to dollars, euros or pounds. Knowing that technology is not cheap, look to spending anywhere from $65 - $210 depending on the style.

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With This Ring: iRing Concept

Digital music truly in the palm of your hand...

A concept from artist Victor Soto, this digital ring would allow the wearer to interact with their iPod with Bluetooth connectivity. How would it work? Slide your finger back and forth on the ring to control the volume. Press the Apple icon to pause and play. Press either side of the apple icon to skip or reverse through your play list. There are buttons on the inner portion of the underside of the ring that would allow the user to toggle the hold function for the device. Conceptually the user would recharge the ring in the included USB powered docing station. This is still a full concept, and there has been no word as to if Apple developers are looking into the possibilities. At least it looks good.

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