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Sony X-Series Walkman Review: Why, Sony? Why?

3:20AM Dan Nosowitz | The Sony Walkman X-series is Sony’s premium flash-based portable media player, packing Wi-Fi, noise-cancellation, a redesigned UI and a gorgeous OLED touchscreen. But can it compete with the reigning champ, the iPod Touch? In a word, no. More »
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Portable MP7 Player Can Handle Audio Formats From the Future

1:40AM Adam Frucci | You think you’re cool because your PMP can handle MP4 files? Big deal. This is an MP7 player, and I can only assume it was sent here from the future. More »
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Philips’ Luxe MP3 Player/Bluetooth Headset Coming Stateside

10:20AM Gizmodo US Edition | Philips’ Luxe MP3 Player, that Jawbone-shaped device that doubles as a bluetooth headset, is coming to the U.S. following its Singapore launch, thankfully with a colour option that doesn’t include a tacky jewelled face. More »
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Colour E-Paper Debuts on Waterproof MP3 Player

11:45PM Kit Eaton | E-ink and e-paper are the display buzzwords of the moment, but generally the devices are mono colored… until now. And though KDDI showed a concept colour e-paper display recently, it looks like the first device to market sporting a coloured e-paper display will be an MP3 player from Freestyle Audio. Qualcomm have come up with the paper, and it works by having multiple layers in the display: light is partially reflected at each layer, and due to wavelength filtering and interference between the light the colours are generated. Choice of colour is achieved by varying the distance between the layers electrostatically. Clever stuff indeed…and of course it’s instantly got us wondering about the possibilities for the Kindle 3. [TechnologyReview] More »