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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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Microsoft Zune: Halo 3 Edition

Halo 3 fans sit tight, ’cause Microsoft has announced the launch of a special Halo 3 edition of its Zune portable music player! Available for pre-order now exclusively from GameStop, the player will cost $249 and ship from June 15, 2007. The Halo 3 Zune comes with: Videos: Halo 3 “Starry Night” advertisement Halo 3 E3 2006 announcement trailer Halo [...]

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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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Pink Zune Confirmed For May

Great news for the ladies who loves pink and hates iPods. Microsoft has confirmed its shipping of new pink Zunes this coming May 1st! Not very good news for those who bought the limited edition pink Zunes off eBay at exorbitant prices. The pink Zune will sell at US$249.99 and is available for pre-order now from EBgames. [...]

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iPod Shuffle Now In Five Colors

Looks like yesterday’s short downtime at Apple Online Store was for the new colored iPod Shuffle. Same tiny size, same convenience, same 1GB storage space, but now in pink, green, blue, and orange as well. Oh…the price remains the same as well, only US$79.

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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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Proper Way Of Wrapping Your Headphone Cords

For those of you who keeps getting your iPod/Zune/Zen headphone cords tangled up, here’s an excellent video that will show you the right way of wrapping up those cords. Of course, this isn’t the only way. I prefer wrapping them around my player, and securing the headphone end with the audio jack.

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Credit Card Sized MP3 Player By Walletex

Some of you might remember the Wallet Flash by Walletex. It is a USB flash drive that is shaped and sized almost like an actual credit card. This allows easy storage of the drive. Now, Walletex is announcing a MP3 player that is shaped just like Wallet Flash. It is expected to be available by June [...]

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I’m A Zune. I’m An iPod.

The guys at ZuneBoards made a parody of Apple’s Get A Mac ads. One click to share a song? Nah…I prefer the iPod way. But instead of visiting iTunes Store, I would search for “alternative sources”. Ya know what I mean. And geez, brown color. Nope, thank you.

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The All New iPod Shuffle Finally Ships

After more than a month since its announcement in September, the second edition of the iPod Shuffle is finally shipping. The world’s smallest digital music player and just $79, the 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs(1) on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it [...]

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