Archive for October, 2006



Motor Music: Motorola Brings Streaming Stereo to the Automobile via Bluetooth(R) Wireless Technology (SYS-CON Media)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 11:04 pm

Leveraging hands-free, headset and Bluetooth stereo profiles, the T605 pairs with a compatible Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone and a separate compatible Bluetooth-enabled music source for crystal clear connectivity and entertainment.(2) Users can listen to music that streams wirelessly from a MP3 player or a mobile phone without the worry of missing a call.




Amazon reckons MP3 players date back to 1973 (The Inquirer)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 9:59 pm

ONLINE RETAIL giant Amazon.com says the MP3 player was invented as far as 1973. Not only that, the interweb store was apparently operating even before the commercial Web became a reality. Shurely shome mischtake.




Make Way For The Music Detectives (CBS News)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 9:50 pm

CBSNews.com technology analyst Larry Magid says file-sharing services like YouTube and MySpace have a new weapon in their arsenal against improper use of copyrighted music.




MySpace will block illegal use of music (Boston Globe)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 9:28 pm

News Corp.’s MySpace.com yesterday said it had licensed a new technology to stop users from posting unauthorized copyrighted music on the social networking website and oust frequent violators of its policy.




Music Player features built-in noise-canceling technology. (ThomasNet)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 1:45 pm

Model NW-S700F Walkman® player comes with 13.5 mm dia headphones with built-in microphone, and features clear bass technology that provides deep sound with no distortion. With battery life up to 50 hr, device supports ATRAC®, MP3, AAC (non-DRM), WMA (non-DRM), and Linear PCM music files. Built-in FM tuner offers access to radio stations and includes presets for most visited stations. Compact




No, not all MP3 players are iPods (The Courier News)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 10:36 am

This may come as a shock, but almost a quarter of the digital MP3 players sold these days are not Apple iPods. So ubiquitous is the iPod that the many other models on the market — some with more capability — can get overlooked easily.




Brits plug in MP3 players at work (Middle East Times)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 10:32 am

LONDON — Nearly a quarter of British workers plug in their MP3 players to listen to music while on the job - sparking lively debate over whether they should be banned, a study said Monday.




Mobile Phone MP3 Players Could Challenge iPods (Cellular-News.com)

Tuesday 31 October 2006 @ 2:31 am

Consumers like using the MP3 facility on their mobile phone handsets, potentially challenging iPod’s grip on the portable music device market, according to a report from Continental Research.




ODYS slim MP3 player does video and games too (MobileMag)

Monday 30 October 2006 @ 7:44 pm

Wow, today seems to be the day of nano clones . We’ve got another MP3 player coming down the chute that bears a striking resemblance to the popular Apple device, this time from a little known company called ODYS. Their slim DAP, the MP-X10 black, comes with a five-way directional pad (sort of like the Toshiba players ), rechargeable lithium-ion battery, up to 2GB of memory, integrated FM radio,




Brits plug in MP3 players at work (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Monday 30 October 2006 @ 5:57 pm

Nearly a quarter of British workers plug in their MP3 players to listen to music while on the job — sparking lively debate over whether they should be banned, a study said.




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