Another device you must have when packing for the summer holiday is waterproof MP3 player. The iRiver has designed new model Speedo Aquabeat that can work up to 3 meters below the surface and in case you lost it, don’t worry it floats. Speedo Aquabeat packs usual media support and 1GB of storage. Battery will run for 9 hours of playback and that would be good for one day on the beach. Get it right now for just $145 bucks.
Philips has released new digital player line GoGear. These MP3 players are shipped in three versions SA2840, SA2825, and SA2820. All features 128×64 OLED display, MP3, WAV and WMA support, voice recorder, built-in EQ, and USB 2.0 for connection to your computer. SA2825 also features FM tuner. Storage capacity range from 2GB to 4GB and prices are from $68 to $87 dollars. Available right now, in England.
iriver has finally start to ship the Volcano digital players in Europe under T7 Volcano name. This stick shaped DAPs feature OLED display, FM radio, voice recording, MP3, WMA, ASF, Ogg file support and 2GB and 4GB storage capacity. You can choose for many different colors with prices €35 for the 2GB, €50 for the 4GB.
Samsung has released tiny sweet MP3 player named S2 Pebble. This little cutie features DNSe audio processing, five colors, and MP3, WMA, and OGG file support. You can get it right now in Korea for 1GB ₩49,000 (about $54) or 2GB for ₩59,000 (about $65) models.
Japanese Thanko has new interesting solar powered DAP. Named simply The Solar Digital Audio Player features 1.8 1.8-inch 220 x 176 resolution display, 4GB of internal storage space and a miniSD expansion slot. On the flip side you will find solar panel that will give you some extra juice for listening music outdoors. Of course this player charges the internal battery via USB cable of your computer. No words on prices and release date.
Newman continues to ripoff iPod style and with new model MOMO-X2 goes even further replacing Apple’s click-wheel with a interesting “N”. From the specs we see this DAP features 1.5 inch display and support for MP3 / WMA files, Microsoft’s PlayFX capabilities, a FM tuner, text / photo viewer, USB 2.0 connectivity and 2GB of internal storage space. So far available only in China for about $57 US dollars.
MobiBLU continues to ship interesting Cube media players and this time unveils new model with 2GB storage and MP3 and WMA files support, FM tuner, small OLED display and.. well nothing more. If you are Star Trek fan this Borg-like media player will perfect, so go grab it for just $99.
In case you are looking for ultra expensive iPod dock on the market, check out the Copulare’s iCoral iPod dock. For $2,350 bucks you will have synthetic coral top that is good for eliminating vibrations, remote that displays the iPod menu on an LCD display, S-Video out, coaxial out and a USB port, and as company says very artistic design. If all this sounds good for you it is not a problem to cash out the $2,350 dollars.
Sony has unveiled new music player Rolly with interesting design. Available in various colors this cutie has 1GB of storage space for your music, support for ATRAC3/ATRAC3plus/MP3/AAC formats, and two tiny speakers 20 mm in diameter and 180 degrees opposed to the left and right ends of device and it can dance in the rhythm of music you are playing. Also, it is equipped with Bluetooth and A2DP/AVRCP. You can get it from April 19th in Japan for ¥40,000, about $400 bucks. Curious to see what how does it work? Check out the video.
PC Magazine and CNET editors had a chance to play and review SanDisk’s Sansa Fuze media player. This lovable device is available at $80 for 2GB and $130 for 8GB model, just 0.3 inches thick and sport a microSD slot. Display screen could be larger and all we got is 1,9 incher with not so good picture quality. As for the most important fact, the audio quality Sansa Fuze won’t give you pleasure like Sony A810 or Samsung P2 and coming that with limited codec support we can only say this DAP is good. Not the best we have seen on the market.
