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Cube have announced details of their foray into earphones, the F1s or to give them their full title, the ‘CUBE F1 bio-ear headphones monitor diaphragm’.
They’ve not released much technical information about these but they sure do look quite odd. Maybe they’ve cracked the secret to perfect sound by using weird design. Maybe not.
What we do know is they use a Bayer Biological diaphragm, Daikiku speakers, Sumitomo tuning coil and have a 13.5mm driver.
Pre-release price is 209 yuan / $30.
[Via imp3]
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Anythingbutipod have reviewed the Philips GoGear Spark SA2925R/37, an MP3 player of tiny proportions judging by the size comparison picture.
In their full unboxing and review, photos and video, the 1.5 inch screened player comes up trumps despite being from the usually dull Philips and being only Windows compatible.
The OLED screen set it apart from other players giving it an impressive look. Unfortunately the snazzy screen does bump up the price.
Read the full review here.
The new SmartQ MID is nearly here, save a little by pre ordering it, it will make also for one great Christmas gift also.
Get the new SmartQ V7 MID for $259.50 during this presale. We expect to have the first 30 units in stock by Wednesday the 25th.
French tech-heads Generation MP3 have done a video review of the new Soundmagic PL50s.
It’s thumbs up all round and they concur these earphones are an improvement in packaging, accessories and most importantly, sound.
See the unpacking and review video on their site here.
Soundmagic PL-50s are available from $52.50 at the MP4Nation store.
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Released into their lower end spectrum range comes the RAmos Icon T17, a 4.3 inch 8GB player released at 399 yuan / $58.
The T17 is a simple looking non-touchscreen player that uses the Rockchip RK2728 chip which offers 720P HD playback via TV-OUT for a variety of file types including H.264, MKV, RMBV, VOB and more.
A lot’s been put on the ‘floral’ UI too, boasting a colourful, simple and intuitive display.
Other features include eBook reader PlayFX audio, 5 hours of video playback and 15 hours of music.
It’s also pretty slim at just 11mm.
[Via IMP3]
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With MediaCenter, the basic Nationite MIDNite Xpress media player reviewed, it’s time to take a look at the alternative, the Core Pocket Media Player (TCPMP for short) which is far meatier on functions.
See its skills after the jump.
Here’s Newman’s slimline 720P PMP, the A36HD. Its 8mm width is pretty slim for a player that offers 1280 x 720p playback and the whole thing’s compact due to the 3 inch screen.
The screen’s resolution is 400 x 240, it has the choice of 4GB or 8 GB of internal memory and uses ID3 tagging for music searching.
It also has built-in speakers and supports MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC Lossless audio files and RM, RMVB, AVI, and FLV video formats.
[Via AkihabaraNews]
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These two-tone Japanese Zumreed ZHP-008 headphones are a little out of the ordinary and all the better for it.
It’s hard to decide where they fall in the retro/futuristic/tacky position but they’re certainly noticable.
They come in hot pink, orange/green, lime/blue, black/red and white/red and cost $36.50.
It’s been awhile since anyone can probably remember me actually giving a crap about Ainol, not that they make bad players, they just made the least interesting on the better brand name guys in China. Well that seems set to change, Ainol has announced their new V9000 player line, which are all slated to bbe touch screen based and we can probably assume, have the same UI as depicted in these promo pictures.
