Following Cube’s C3 USB MP3 player we reported on earlier in the week,  Teclast have got their own take on the pen-drive styled players.
The X23 has a very similar design with the black and white OLED screen, directional controls but the USB part is capped rather than retracted.
Soundwise it could do the business with its [...]

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IRiver have upped the ante on their 2GB Hello Kitty DAP by covering it in Swarovski Crystal and making it limited edition.
The crystals had better be stuck on tight of there’ll be lots of handbags full of stray stones and some patchy looking players.
Close-up after the jump.

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Newly released in Korea is this pretty original looking MP3 player and voice recorder.
Whilst it might not make it overseas it does seem to have a few tricks up its sleeve such as ID3 tagging and Samsung’s highly rated audio playback system DNSe 3.0 which includes an Audio Upscaler and virtual surround sound EQ presets.
Capacity [...]

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Looking a a little like a make-up powder/mirror combo or a mini Discman, the VX343 is Onda’s “sweet sugar”, a 2GB MP3 player that comes in three colours.
The render images above may make it look a little sturdier than it might actually be but giving them the benefit of the doubt this could be another [...]

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Teen favourite (maybe?) Hannah Montana, aka Miley Cyrus has got her own branded Sony Walkman E-Series out at the end of the week.
It’s a Sony & Disney collaboration and only a true cynic could say that the jewelry box gimmick’s not just a little bit nice, right?
It also comes with a branded case and some [...]

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The Chukka “Kenetic Music Player” is a concept device that could see a future of gadgets charged by idle fiddling.
Flapping the Chukka about should see the energy transfered to an electromagnetic inducer and powering it up.
For more info, pics and a video click the link below.
Via MASC Design & Anythingbutipod
Discuss on the forum.

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Next in Cowon’s popular iAudio MP3 player series is the iAudio9.
The motif for this model is the slim nature of its build (8.9mm).
There’s a 2 inch screen which has also offered limited video playback (AVI, WMV, Xvi and ASF).
On the audio front theres the JetEffect 3.0 (+BBE) system which plays back MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, [...]

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For 3 years the iRiver N20 has been banded around as vaporware but now its re-surfaced appearance may mean it’s actually going to get a release.
Back then it was slated as being the smallest DAP with a screen but the updated design seems to be headed in a screenless direction and a more streamlined, fashionable [...]

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Looking quite domino/Nationite OS-72HR remote control-like, the Teclast X16 is a small and simple, budget DAP.
It carries 2GB or 4GB of music and has a 1 inch 128 x 64 resolution screen for navigation and lyric display.
The X16 also has 15 hours of battery life, 7 EQ modes, a recorder (up to 76 hours) and [...]

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The 2GB/4GB tiny baby brother of all Nationite players gets put through its paces in this review.
See how it fared after the break.

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