Tag: mp3
Shiny Video Review: new 4GB Creative Zen
In today’s video review, Ms. Susi Weaser takes a gander at Creative’s latest Zen, in its 4GB incarnation. It costs…
Postdata's G100 WiMAX gaming portable
It’s basically a marginally redesigned version of the iRiver G10, but with a very lovely 4″ touchsceen LCD display and WiMAX for Americans, it could well find itself bulking out a good few coat pockets this winter.
That screen’s resolution is an impressive 800 x 480, it has the oomph to play MPEG4
Analysis: Have music download stores had their day?
It’s the best of times, the worst of times to be a digital music retailer. It’s the worst of times if you’re one of the less popular download stores, even if you’re owned by a big company.
In the last few weeks alone, Sony has announced plans to close its Connect service, Virgin has announced that its Virgin Digital service is for the chopper, and Yahoo is reportedly deciding whether its Yahoo Music service is worth continued support. Meanwhile, independent service AnywhereCD announced yesterday that it too is closing.
Amazon launches AmazonMP3 music downloads store… at last!
Phew. After several months worth of speculation, Amazon has finally cut the ribbon (or whatever the online equivalent is) on its music downloads store. It’s called AmazonMP3, it’s US-only for the moment, and it’s offering over two million DRM-free MP3 files for 89 or 99 cents apiece, with albums priced between $5.99 and $9.99.
Amazon has signed up two major labels for the store – EMI and Universal Music Group – plus thousands of indie labels. The songs are 256Kbps files, and will work on iPods, Zunes, mobile phones, PSPs and any other device you care to name.
Opinion: HMV need more than gimmicks to attract kids to "cyber store"
Quick quiz now – do you still buy CDs on the high street? I rarely do these days, unless it’s an impulse buy in a sale as I browse, but then I don’t get much time to do that either like I used to. Let’s face it, we’re a cash rich, time poor society now and that means one thing – the Internet!
I’m not going to spit out the obvious downloading facts and figures that we all already know, digital music is big business and only a miniscule percentage of people reading this will never have bought or “found” a music track via the web…
IFA 2007: Samsung round up – VP-HMX10 HD camcorder, Internet on your TV, YP-P2 MP3 player and more
Just landed at IFA, a day after everyone else admittedly, but I get to stay longer so while they will be sleeping off their hangovers I’ll be combing the halls for those weird and wacky stuff.
Very smart new Panasonic D-Snap MP3 player
Look at that. What a lovely screen. So futuristic and nice.
Panasonic’s D-Snap player itself has seen a bit of a feature update to bring it up to late-2007 levels, with the SV-SD950N now coming with Bluetooth features…
Judge overturns $1.53bn MP3 patent ruling against Microsoft
A US federal judge has overturned a jury decision that Microsoft had to pay $1.53 billion to Alcatel-Lucent for infringing two of the latter firm’s MP3 patents. The original ruling, which was made in March, sent shockwaves through the digital music world.
Music is worthless
Gary Cutlack Writes…
Now hang on. I don’t mean the last Muse album was rubbish, so don’t go slagging me off just yet. This column’s actually going to be about how the internet has devalued music, making it a boring, worthless, pointless investment.
Video Review: O2 Cocoon mobile phone
Getting sick of that O2 Cocoon phone yet? Susi takes yet another look at it, this time in the swanky confines of our Shiny Towers, instead of at the O2 Wireless festival like last time, busily quaffing champagne and canapes. Ahh, it’s a hard life.
O2 Cocoon
