Mp3 Archive

  • Baby Bidou mp3 player. You know, for kids

    Baby Bidou mp3 player. You know, for kids

    Posted on February 19, 2010 | No Comments
    I always say that you're never to young to start with your first gadget. This is an example of that theory, taken maybe a little more serious then I would normally consider reasonable. How old do you need to be to have your first MP3 player?

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  • Sunglasses with built-in camcorder and MP3 player

    Sunglasses with built-in camcorder and MP3 player

    Posted on November 11, 2009 | No Comments
    Tokyo-based gadget maker OTAS is selling sunglasses [JP] that feature, for some reason, a built-in video camera and MP3 player. The so-called aigo glasses come with a 1.3 megapixel camera, a music player that supports MP3 and WMA files, 4 GB of internal memory, and a USB 2.0 port.

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  • Enhance your MP3s all you want with iDFX Audio Enhancer. They still suck.

    Enhance your MP3s all you want with iDFX Audio Enhancer. They still suck.

    Posted on October 20, 2009 | No Comments
    iDFX Audio Enhancer is an add-on to iTunes that serves to, "re-encode your current MP3 and AAC files using a patent-pending method that repairs the damage and lost harmonics that occurred during the original encoding process". Sounds like doublespeak to me for a $40 EQ and extrapolative guesswork. And the demo of iDFX sounds like just that. if you want good sounding audio, stop buying MP3s. And if you want smaller file sizes, start compressing with FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, or any number of lossless codecs.

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  • Collapsible cooler features AM/FM radio, MP3 input for $25

    Collapsible cooler features AM/FM radio, MP3 input for $25

    Posted on August 9, 2009 | No Comments
    coolerSummer is slowly, slowly wasting away. Perhaps you should go to a beach, just to see what all the fuss is about. Me, I don't care for the beach. There's too much sand and too many people who don't share my concern for what sand does to electronic devices. And the sun! Get over yourself, Sun! We get it, you're bright. I'm trying to play games on my iPod touch -- now tone it down a little bit, you're washing out the screen. Anyway, here's a cooler that holds 16 cans and features an AM/FM radio with MP3 input for $25.

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  • Weezer classics now in chiptune form

    Weezer classics now in chiptune form

    Posted on July 21, 2009 | No Comments
    weezerIf you're like me, you grew up with a Nintendo Entertainment System and then spent your formative years listening to Weezer. Now the best of both worlds is available in true chiptune form with music label Pterodactyl Squad's Weezer -- The 8-bit Album.

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