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Sunday, June 14, 2009
Music

Samsung YP-R1 PMP Plays Your Torrented Episodes Of 30 Rock

1:00PM Dan Nosowitz | We’re loving Samsung’s new line of PMPs, and as lifelong haters of forced video conversion, we’re especially glad that Samsung’s been throwing us torrent-using pirates a bone with great codec support and a 2.7-inch touchscreen in its new YP-R1 PMP. More »
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Gadgets

Colossal MP3 Player for Giants or NBA Players

3:47AM Jennifer Hooker | When it comes to MP3 players, most people have the mantra, “Smaller is better.” The Colossal MP3 player throws that idea out the window with a massive form factor and buttons large enough for the biggest hands, modeled (parodied?) after the Toshiba gigabeat. The giant DAP has a built-in speaker, but is otherwise basic, with supports for MP3 and WMA files. The packaging says it supports WMV files too, but you’re not going to get very far video-wise with its paltry built-in 256MB of memory and what looks like a monochrome LCD screen. Hey, what do you expect for $23? [Flickr via Gadget Lab] More »
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Saturday, April 14, 2007
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Wi-Fi Equipped iPods Coming This Year?

4:40AM Seamus Byrne | Rumor has it that Apple is planning to release a Wi-Fi–enabled iPod by the end of the year. Component manufacturers in the far east claim that Apple has orders in for Wi-Fi modules for the music player, which would set up the iPod to compete directly with the Zune in the not-exactly-crowded Wi-Fi-enabled DAP market. An iPhone-esque, widescreen iPod with Wi-Fi? Sounds good to me, as long as Apple learns from Microsoft’s mistakes when it comes to implementing Wi-Fi on a music player. –Adam Frucci DigiTimes [via Apple Insider] More »
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