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Jack Organizes your Earbud Cord

I was offered to do a review for earbud JACK, a seemingly normal piece of plastic for organizing your earbud cords. Tons of these stuffs out there. But, upon closer inspection, JACK stands out from the rest as both clever and cute! The whole point of JACK is to keep your earbud’s cord from tangling when [...]

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Creative ZEN Stone

I cannot help but smile in wonder if Creative meant its “Rock in color”, with pun intended, or not. Some 2 years after Apple launched its iPod Shuffle, Creative launched its own plug-and-play, drag-and-drop, ultra-compact 1GB mp3 player Creative ZEN Stone today, rivaling the former. Available in 6 colors, the Creative ZEN Stone does look pretty [...]

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EarDrops: Pretty Rose-Shaped Earbuds

Look glamorous while grooving on your iPod with EarDrops, which are rose-shaped earbuds from Elecom and available in six pretty colors. The EHP-AIN40 series pictured above on the left are for the ladies who prefer rosebuds, while the EHP-AIN50 series on the right are shaped like a blooming rose. Both touts a frequency response [...]

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Soundolier’s Cool Wireless Speaker Lamp

Want pretty lamps that double as speakers? Soundolier’s Wireless Speaker Lamp is perfect for your home. As a lamp, it looks really neat and will fit into most home decor. As a speaker, it probably isn’t something good enough for audiophiles but decent enough for the rest of us. Buying a single lamp is possible, but [...]

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Samsung K3, Putting Up A Fight With iPod Nano

When it comes to slim candybar MP3 music players, I can’t help but compare them with the iPod nano. Like Steve Jobs said yesterday in his keynote, iPod has a 63% market share in the music player market, and the iPod nano has been their best-selling player so far. So how does the Samsung K3 compares? [...]

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Using Your Zune As An External Hard Drive

Don’t you hate it when manufacturers deliberately disable features that your new toy is obviously capable of? Yeah, maybe to prevent some over-ambitious dudes from messing things up. But hey, they could simply give us an option with warning of some sort! So, you got your new Microsoft Zune. But, it doesn’t allow you to use [...]

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2nd Gen iPod Shuffle’s “Put Some Music On” Ads

[qt:http://images.apple.com/movies/us/apple/ipod_shuffle_20061120/apple-ipod_shuffle_320×256.mov 320 256] Another cool ad by our favorite Apple. Enjoy!

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V-MODA VIBE Earphones. Looks Sexy, Sounds Sexy

These cool-looking earphones are the VIBE series by V-MODA. Popgadget has it reviewed, and well, they say it sounds great as well. “The Vibe series provide a precise balance of rich bass, warm mids and unprecedented clarity. It’s the next thing to being there. You can hear when the singer takes a breath, the squeak of [...]

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List of Zune accessories. Because taking your $249 for that Zune isn’t enough.

Zune has been officially priced at $249, which is fairly competitive against iPods. Surely, Microsoft wouldn’t let go the chance of sucking more moolah out from you with a slew of shiny accessories. Zune AV Output Cable: $19.99 Zune AC Adapter: $29.99 Zune Sync Cable: $19.99 (Connects to your PC or AC Adapter) Zune Car Charger: $24.99 (Works with [...]

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Zune Pics! Zune Vids! Zune Specs!

Microsoft Zune is finally officially announced! Will it really become the iPod-killer that some have wished for? Well, let’s take a look at the features it offers. Wireless Zune-to-Zune file-sharing (the star feature!) 30GB of storage 3-inch display Built-in FM Music, video and photo playback Audio supported: MP3, AAC and WMA Video supported: h.264, MPEG-4, WMV Photo supported: JPEG 12 hours of [...]

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