by admin on August 20, 2010
Sandisk has been pretty quiet lately, but I suppose everyone else has too. Following the “Plus” edition of the Clip, it looks like they have plans to release a Sansa Fuze+ as well. Like the Clip+, this new Fuze isn’t too different from the original. It supports the same formats, and even has the same estimated battery life of 24 hours. It does come with a bigger and better screen however, going from a 1.9″ LCD to a 2.4″ OLED display. Max capacity has also been raised 16GB’s. Additionally, Sandisk has replaced the circular D-pad found on the original for an “invisible” capacitive touch layout. Rounding out the changes is a long overdue makeover to the graphical interface. That’s about all we know so far. We’ll keep you updated once we get a release date and some pricing info. via engadget
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Sansa Fuze+ Leaked
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by admin on July 29, 2010
Amazon has a new Kindle, well two actually, your standard 3G model, as well as a Wi-Fi only model. The new reader comes in black, or white and has the same size display as previous generations, but contrast has been increased by 50%. The device itself is 21% smaller, and 15% lighter. Amazon has also doubled the internal storage from 2 to 4GB. There’s a few other minor improvements including a new webkit-based browser, and improved PDF support. Kindle 3rd Gen Features Display: 6.0″ E-Ink display 4GB storage (holds approximately 3,500 books 3G Wireless or WiFi Battery life: 1 Month with Wireless off Books download in 60 seconds Enhanced PDF reader new Web-kit based web browser Dimensions: 7.5″ x 4.8″ x 0.335″ (weight: 8 ounces) The Kindle begins shipping August 27th starting at just $139 for the Wi-Fi model, and $189 for the 3G. Pre-order Kindle 3G Pre-order Kindle Wi-Fi
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Amazon announces new Kindle starting at $139
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by admin on July 21, 2010
I have been using this mounting system for well over a year and have been very pleased with it keeping me focused on the road. I did a ProClip review not too long ago with a slightly different configuration but this one focuses on the Zune HD mount. Check out this review in the forums .
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Zune HD ProClip Mount Review
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by admin on July 20, 2010
Martin aka DFKT drop off this little review for us in the headphone forum. Even though these phones were released June of 2008, he found them to be quite nice. Read the full review in the forums till we have the front page up and running. Also, we have quite a few headphone user reviews in the forums from out members if you are looking to buy.
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Panasonic RP-HJE900 Zirconia Review
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by admin on July 19, 2010
[ image disabled ] Karaoke is huge in Japan. The term originates from there of course, and is a combination of two words meaning “open orchestra”. There are hundreds of venues around Tokyo dedicated to the entertaining, often embarrassing endeavor of singing along to your favorite pop singer. For those that can’t make it out to these “Karaoke boxes”, as they’re called, Sony has a portable solution for you. The new NWZ-E450 Walkman series has a new Karaoke mode that reduces the vocal track on songs. This is accompanied with a new scrolling lyrics feature called “Lyrics Sync” that supports standard .lrc files. The rest of the specs are about what you’d expect from a Sony Walkman. It has a 2.0″ display, capacities ranging from 4 to 16GB’s, support for MP3, WMA, AAC, WMV, H.264, and MPEG-4, and has an FM tuner and voice recorder. It also gets an estimated 50 hours of audio playback on a single charge. So really, the only thing truly different about this is the Karaoke mode, which sounds rather gimmicky to me. I think a lot people actually enjoy singing with their favorite artists, not instead of them. My suggestion for Sony is to release a portable version of their popular Singstar games on the player. Singstar uses a points-based system to evaluate how close you’ve come to the actual song. I think that would be far more rewarding than a standard Karaoke feature. Additionally, Sony could actually make revenue from selling song packs for the game. But I guess all of this makes too much sense, so we’ll never see it happen. The E450 series comes out next month, with no official pricing info released thus far. via Pocket-Lint
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Sony’s E450 series encourages you to sing along
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by admin on July 19, 2010
Just wanted to give you a bit of an update on whats going on here at ABI. As you noticed that our comments are down and we are a bit behind on posting some reviews. Currently we are in CMS hell with Movable Type- well we have been there for years, but things finally cracked. We are fixing this with a migration to Wordpress over the next few weeks with an improved commenting system along with some other surprises. In the mean time check join the lively discussions in the forums!
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ABI Update
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by admin on June 29, 2010
Our friends over at GenerationMP3 have just released a video comparing the Cowon S9 to the J3. The differences between the two don’t appear to be anything major. Among other things, the J3 improves on the S9 with a cleaner looking menu system, larger album art, and faster loading images. Response times for the touchscreen looks to be about the same on the two players. via GMP3 Cowon J3 at Amazon
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GenerationMP3: Cowon J3 vs S9
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by admin on June 21, 2010
E-book readers are finally hitting my target price. Being the cheapskate that I am, I had a hard time plunking down $250 or more for a Kindle. Well today, Barnes and Noble’s officially announced a Wi-Fi version of their popular Android-powered nook reader for just $149. Aside from the switch from 3G wireless to Wi-Fi the reader appears to be identical to the original. It has a 6″ E-ink display, as well as a 3.5″ color touchscreen. It’s loaded with 2GB’s of memory plus a microSD slot, and supports PDF, EPUB, and MP3 files. B&N also dropped the price of the 3G model to $199. Hopefully this will put a little pressure on Amazon to release a WiFi-only model of their own. LINK Update : Well that was fast. Amazon has now dropped the price of the Kindle to $189. We got ourselves a good ol’ fashioned pricing war! Kindle at Amazon
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$150 nook Wi-Fi announced [Updated]
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by admin on June 16, 2010
Yesterday at E3, Nintendo officially revealed the 3DS. The successor to the DS may not look too different from the current DS line, but as the name implies, it does 3D. Better yet, it does 3D without glasses. Having to wear glasses is perhaps one of the biggest turn-offs of this new 3D craze. I don’t know exactly how Nintendo accomplished it, but from the demonstrations I’ve seen, it works pretty well. Nintendo announced a ton of games for the new system including Metal Gear Solid, Kid Icarus, and Star Fox. It’s also capable of playing 3D movies. Nintendo had trailers for “How to Train Your Dragon” and others playing back perfectly in 3D. The Nintendo 3DS won’t arrive on shelves till 2011, but it’s already shaping up to be a killer handheld device. LINK
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Nintendo 3DS officially unveiled
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In terms of tech fads, tablets are the new netbooks. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the company behind the eee PC is coming out with an “eee Pad”. Asus unveiled their new tablet in two sizes, a 12″ (EP121) that’s powered by a CULV Intel Core 2 Duo processor, runs Windows 7, and has an estimated battery life of 10 hours. The 10″ model (EP101TC) will run “Windows Embedded Compact 7″. Press Release Stay Connected and Multitask with the Eee Pad Engineering excellence meets stunning design in the ASUS Eee Pad, an ultra-slim and light yet high-performance slate device designed to provide users with a real time cloud computing experience. The Eee Pad will be available in two configurations. The 12″ Eee Pad EP121 is a full-featured slate computer that serves as a multimedia player, e-reader, and compact computing device. Powered by a CULV Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor and the Windows® 7 Home Premium operating system, it effortlessly handles multitasking tasks whether enabling users to check their email and calendars, have video conferences, or process Microsoft Word and Excel documents simultaneously. The ASUS Eee Pad EP121 offers two convenient modes of character input-an embedded virtual keyboard or an innovative hybrid keyboard/docking station design. All of this power is available in a personal computing device that delivers up to 10 hours of usage. For users seeking additional mobility, ASUS is proud to present the 10” Eee Pad EP101TC that runs Windows Embedded Compact 7, which provides an engaging user experience and delivers instant connectivity to the Windows world. It also provides a familiar full-featured user experience across various connected devices and cloud computing services. Asus also showed off a sweet docking station with a built-in keyboard that essentially makes the tablet a notebook when connected. Sadly, it won’t be out till the first quarter of 2011. No official pricing figures yet, but Asus tells engadget they’ll be $399 and $499 respectively. via engadget
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Asus Eee Pad Now Official
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