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SAN JOSE, Calif. &#151 Intel Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. have leapfrogged the competition and claimed the technical lead in the NAND flash memory market.

If you had $100,000 to invest, would you entrust it to a bunch of eighth-graders? Most adults would shake their heads in disapproval faster that you can say "disaster waiting to happen." But the remarkable ...

The announcement this week that Sony is joining several other consumer products companies and building TVs in the U.S. that will obviate the need for so-called set-top cable boxes could not have gained more ...

Samsung announced the launch of Soulb, "Sprit of Ultra" in bar form factor. By containing all the merits of Soul DNA, Soulb outstands from all of the other bar type handsets available in market today, setting a ...

With many digital music players becoming somewhat of a fashion statement, it seems logical that they would soon become a form of entertainment.

For years, Sony Corp. has been scrambling to regain its position at the leading edge of music players.

Advertisers in the Wireless Telephone Services category spent nearly $4.1 billion in 2007 - an increase of $431 million over 2006, according to a Nielsen Monitor-Plus and Nielsen Mobile analysis of advertising ...

Sony's new clear, tube-shaped speaker, called "Sountina," a combination of "sound" and "fountain," is on display during a press unveiling at Sony Corp.

A patent application suggests that Apple is working out a way of powering portable devices with the sun Jonathan Richards Owners of Apple devices such as iPods and iPhones may soon be able to charge them up by ...

In case more evidence was needed that Microsoft 's Zune is a bust, GameStop has decided to stop selling the MP3 player , citing the fact the product "didn't have the appeal" that it had hoped it would.

Samsung's new 256GB SSD is also the thinnest drive with the largest capacity to be offered with a SATA II interface.

The Wildcharger has been taunting us with its almost-available vision of wireless gadget charging for well over a year now, and with good reason.

She's done dozens of presentations at middle schools throughout Southern California over the past year - and yet Arineh Khachatoorians has to brace herself every time she pops the question to a new roomful of ...

I should know--over the past few years, I've reviewed many of these accessories, which typically combine an iPod dock, an amplifier, speakers, and a remote control.

The Zune Social may be winding down. One big retailer, GameStop, has decided to stop selling Microsoft's digital music players because of a lack of demand.

Apple Inc. has opened its largest U.S. store to date, on Boylston Street in Boston.

Samsung Electronics said Thursday it was consolidating some of its key businesses a week after announcing a new executive lineup.

Samsung that it would merge its home theater, DVD and Blu-ray player businesses with its global No. 1 TV business as part of what it called a restructuring plan.

It will also move its digital music player, laptop computer and set-top box businesses from its digital media business to the telecommunications network business.

Set-top boxes bring Internet movie downloads to TV sets.

Whether you need to remind a teen to take out the trash or a spouse to pick up milk, the Audiovox Homebase digital picture frame and messaging center can help you get the job done.

If you've been desperately yearning for a Sony Rolly ever since you saw how cool they are when we saw one perform at CES , it looks like they're now for sale in Sony Style stores and online for an outlandish ...

The addition of the isochronous transfer mode along with the audio class driver will allow USB host-based products such as car infotainment systems and navigation systems to receive audio streaming in real time ...

Read more Announcements , MP3 , Music Those frustrated with digging around for an MP3 player or portable device that can play protected tracks can breathe a sigh of relief following an announcement from Napster ...

Their music store is said to boast more than 6 million songs, more than Amazon or Apple's iTunes .

Probably the most exciting piece of digital music news to come out of CES 2008 was that Napster was planning on offering its complete catalog of more than 6 million tracks in the unprotected MP3 format.

Calling it the iPod of the book business, CitiGroup analyst Mark Mahaney says the Kindle e-book reader will generate three-quarters of a billion dollars for Amazon.com in less than two years.

Four Asia-Pacific mobile providers _ Singapore Telecommunications Ltd., Bharti Airtel Ltd., Globe Telecom Inc.

Whether you need to remind a teen to take out the trash or a spouse to pick up milk, the Audiovox Homebase digital picture frame and messaging center can help you get the job done.

Although the headphone market continues to burgeon with new models, it can be surprisingly tough to find a decent, fitness-friendly pair. via CNN

Mike Wilcox puts some mini MP3 players through their paces. If you place any value on a well-catalogued music collection at your fingertips, you have no doubt jumped on the digital music bandwagon eons ago. via The Age

“Singapore Airlines' customers can now enjoy their music, TV shows and movies on their iPod and iPhone through the in-flight entertainment system.”

Friday, 16 May 2008, 10:35 am Press Release: Singapore Airlines iPod And iPhone Connectivity Now Available On Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines announced the first-ever flights featuring iPod and iPhone ... via Scoop

“These stores have served them very, very well and really raised the bar in terms of technology customer service”

Apple Inc unveiled its largest U.S. store on Wednesday, a glass-facade building sheathed in steel that a senior company official said reflects Apple's plans to expand retail ventures at home and abroad. via Reuters

Sennheiser's high-end open-air headphones deliver deep bass, luxuriously padded ear cups, and a replaceable cord for a more economical price than their flagship model. via ZDNet

Posted in Portable Meda Players by Conner Flynn on May 13th, 2008 Creative has doubled the gigabytes in their Shuffle-rival, the MuVo T200. via Slippery Brick

The Sony Rolly, shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, is a "dancing" MP3 player: When songs are loaded or streamed via Bluetooth, the Rolly can roll around and flap its speaker coverings in time ... via Embedded.com

Read more Digital Audio , MP3 , Mobile Devices Creative's original Muvo player was one of the smallest MP3 players around at the time and did quite well for itself amongst a swathe of chunky rivals. via Gizmodo UK

“We expect to be consistent with the margins in our business.”

Research In Motion Ltd. climbed to a record on the Nasdaq after the introduction of a BlackBerry model with quicker Web browsing and more space for video and music, stepping up competition with Apple Inc.'s ... via Chicago Tribune

Research In Motion can't afford to lose any market share to the Apple iPhone. Apple has other businesses. via Blogging Stocks

Perhaps no single device has had more impact on mobile music than Apple's iPhone. via Reuters

Zune sells 2 million units Microsoft has revealed that its Zune player has sold two million units since the MP3 player's launch in 2006, showing a flatter than expected growth, according to an electronista ... via GamesIndustry.biz

The revamped Tivoli NetWorks Internet radio. As predicted , Tivoli Audio relaunched its NetWorks Internet radio today at a media event in Manhattan. via CNET News.com

“Companies will come and locate in Briton if we have the talented people to offer them”

Bad news for Tony Fadell , a Michiganite and inventor of the iPod. In an interview yesterday, Gordon Brown claimed the ubiquitous device in the name of Mother England. via The Register

It has been known for a while that Microsoft's Zune is the number two digital music player in the United States. via VentureBeat

Apple is offering a $45 credit to Canadian owners of older versions of its popular iPod, a move that strikes of deva ju over a similar settlement agreement reached in 2005 with U.S.-based iPod owners . via CNET News.com

DENVER, CO, May 8 / MARKET WIRE/ -- ARCHOS brings online video and radio, including news and entertainment from any city around the world, to its line of award-winning WiFi portable media players with the ... via Customer Interaction Solutions

Japan's Cultural Affairs Agency has proposed adding a fee to the price of Apple iPods and other digital music and video devices to partially compensate rights holders for revenues lost to piracy. via PC World

Despite the influx of several new brands and models, longtime GPS brands - Garmin, TomTom and Magellan - are still making the best Global Positioning Systems. via Consumer Reports

May 6th, 2008 by Edwin in Electronic Gadgets , Audio/Video Gadgets Those who have purchased the Samsung Yepp YP-P2 portable media player will realize that its touch screen display is actually furnished by ... via Coolest Gadgets

“Telecom Italia announced today it has signed a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Italy later this year”

Telecoms companies Vodafone and Telecom Italia will both sell Apple Inc's iPhone in Italy, in an apparent break from previous exclusive carrier deals. via Reuters UK

TOKYO : The Japanese government will propose this week a plan to charge copyright royalties on sales of iPods and other portable digital music players, as well as on digital hard disk recorders, a major daily ... via International Herald Tribune

“We have worked closely with them around flexibility and protection of IP”

After a pricing spat with Apple led NBC to pull its video content from iTunes, the broadcaster has struck a deal with Microsoft 's Zune online store. via PC World

Posted by Paul Martin in "Pocket PC Software" @ 07:00 PM http://www.electricpocket.com/flipside/ "FlipSide, the MP3 player from Electric Pocket that has had BlackBerry users buzzing, is now available to users ... via Pocket PC Thoughts

“A consistent, more open platform for developers will drive rapid innovation, vastly improving the user experience”

Adobe gathered powerful allies in both technology and the media to announce its new Open Screen Project, a bid to standardize Adobe formats across multiple device categories -- TVs, phones, basically anything ... via LinuxInsider

Sony's OLED TV is the first of its kind with incredibly sharp images. The downside: a high price tag and a very small size Modern tech life teems with longstanding quandaries, questions that never seem to go ... via Express India

“Ultimately, our televisions will be hooked to the Internet. We are going to pull up the iTunes page and get what we want on demand. Some of it will be free, some of it we will pay for.”

Apple, which hopes to do for show business what it has done for digital music, is now selling new movie releases from major studios and independent film companies on the same day as their DVD releases, the ... via SiliconValley.com

May 1st, 2008 by Mark R in iPod gadgets , Audio/Video Gadgets Korean company DigiFi has developed a product known as the Opera, which has nothing to do with a certain genre of musical theater. via Coolest Gadgets

AT&T will launch its mobile television service on Sunday, behind schedule and nearly a year after competitor Verizon Wireless began offering broadcast TV services. via PC World