Archive for September, 2009
Accessory kings Fiio have got a weighty body of gadgets under their belt.
Following the S9 Speaker review it's time to take a look at other Fiio stable items.
Click below to see the write-ups.
FiiO E5 Headphone Amp - Nationite Edition
From my time with this little fella I've come to know it as one of those indispensable items that I can no longer do without.
It is a simple piece of kit that boosts the signal from the player to the headphones.
Sound
Whatever player you're using, you'll notice a difference with the E5 plugged in.
My initial concern was that it would colour the sound too much but from the off those fears were quashed.
As well as boosting the volume and all ranges, the most common complaint from headphones or IEMs is the lack of bass and the E5 takes care of
In the run-up to tomorrow's celebrations of China's 60 years of the People's Republic, player from the region's taking on a nationalist spin.
The Shinco SK918HD is celebrating by giving the back of its shell a nice China-loving doodle. See after the break for player details and pic.
The 4.3 inch, 8GB player is Rockchip powered, supports H.246 playback and is 720p compatible.
It's cased in a zinc alloy metal shell, has Microsoft PlayFX for audio, picture browsing, a built-in mic, e-book reader, FM radio and up to 8GB TF card expansion.
out now in time for national day and priced at 399 yuan/around $60.
[Via imp3]
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The latest in the trend of eco-friendly concept phones is the Japanese NTT Domoco 'Touch Wood'.
The casing is made from real surplus wood and the project was spearheaded by musician Ryuichi Sakamoto and uses and interface inspired by Mikiya Takimoto.
Other folk to have a hand in it are the more well-known Sharp and Olympus companies and their combined efforts have resulted in this pretty cool looking cell phone that packs a 5.2 megapixel camera.
[Via DVice]
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The H800 has been making some slight rumblings, apart from some specs and a few pictures of the OS it would be using, there wasn't much info on the H800, till now, forum member nlite found these pictures of what looks x to be the H800 prototype.
Some things we do know about this player is that it will be linux based (duh!), 4.3" touch screen (480 x 272 resolution), run on an Ingenic JZ4750 chipset, we hope that it will have 128mb ram, as opposed to 64mb ram which the same chipset based B53Wifi had.
Cube have not given any release date or pricing for this new player.
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More pictures after the jump.
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The latest in the Cube i-Station series has been released.
The E9 has a 3 inch touchscreen and supports MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, APE audio formats and AVI, RM/RMVB, FLV, WMV, 3GP, MP, DAT video formats.
The design (admittedly helped by the marketing image) looks suitably slick and also onboard is a sound recorder, FM radio, G-sensor, picture browser, e-book reader and video output.
The E9 measures 92x54x13mm, weighs 60g and has a 700mAh LI-ion battery which supports 12 hours audio and 4 hours video playback.
4GB costs around $115 and the 8GB model will set you back around $132.
[Via ClonedinChina]
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Despite info being thin on the ground, we know the SA075 has an 800 x 480 touchscreen and has HDMI output.
Even the HD capabilities are vague but considering 1080p has fast become the norm over the last few weeks, it's probable Philips will be following suit.
[Via Slipperybrick]
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This 9 inch iLuv odd box plays content from iPods, DVDs, SD & MMC cards and USB sticks, oddly bypassing the modern convenience of onboard storage.
The jack-of-all-trades device costs $269.99 and potentially worryingly, the press release doesn't include resolution information for the 9" TFT widescreen.
[Via Engadget]
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The latest 1080P PMP to hit the China market is the Gemei HD8800.
Information is surprisingly sparse but it does support RMVB / AVI / FLV, H.264 encoded MKV and other HD video formats, has HDMI output and boasts a 50MB data stream.
[Via imp3]
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Back with yet another all-in-one games system/PMP, China's Venus Digital have upped their video support to 720p.
The HD player supports RM, RMBV, AVI and FLV video format and has TV-OUT.
All major audio formats are supported including FLAC lossless.
On the games from the JXD1000 is still pretty retro, supporting GBA, NES and stand-alone 8-32 bit downloadable games.
Another addition to this upgrade is a 5 million megapixel camera, as kindly demonstrated above.
No news on screen size but it may be the same standard 3 inches from previous models.
The 4GB model costs 399Yuan (around $60).
[Via imp3]
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In a guest article for Pocketables.net, Ben L. has written how the ZuneHD doesn't quite live up to its "HD" buzz word.
The first gripe Ben L. has can be said of a number of 'HD' players, i.e. player itself can't display HD content due to its 480x272 screen which is 14% of the lowest HD standard (720p) and 6% of full HD (1080p).
The second big issue Mr L. found with the player is that whilst it can provide HD TV-OUT, it can't do it without the extra expense of a $90 Zune HD AV Dock, rendering you out of pocket and taking away the portable aspect of TV-OUT.
Read the full article here.
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