iLuv’s Ear Clips Won’t Fall Off
January 8th, 2009 by K. T. Bradford
Earphones that stay in place are at the top of most exercise enthusiast wish lists—nothing wrecks your zone training worse than earbuds that fall out all the time. Even if you aren’t a jogger, you can still benefit from headphones that won’t loosen at the lightest jostle.
The iLuv i303 In-ear Sports Ear Clips were designed for joggers—lightweight and compact, with an adjustable slider ear-clip design to keep them in place and in-line volume. The speakers themselves are high-performance for extended frequency range, lower distortion, and high-power handling, because what good are earphones if they don’t sound great?
No word yet on pricing or availability.
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It’s once again CES time, and companies are out in full force displaying their 2009 gear. iRiver, naturally, is right in the mix of things with a number of multimedia players for your entertainment dollar. And when we say “a number”, we mean no less than a whopping seven media players: The iRiver P7, the iRiver P10, iRiver P20, iRiver E100 Season 2, iRiver E50, Mplayer Eyes, and Mplayer Season II.
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The W10 reminds us of a few Skype phones that took off a few years ago from the likes of Linksys and Netgear. Except the W10 is a bit more advanced. It offers a full 3-inch, 480 x 272-pixel resolution touchscreen display, 4GB of storage, a music player, video and photo viewer, E-Dictionary, Flash games, an FM radio, and SMS messages. Those features all support the true purpose of the device: Internet phone calls. The only trouble is, you’ll need to have access to a Wi-Fi connection to place those calls.
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Think of it as the cassette player for the 21st century. The SanDisk Sansa slotRadio player is a small (1.9 x 1.9 x 0.5-inch, 1.3-ounce) die-cast aluminum music player that accepts microSD music cards that come preloaded with MP3 and WMA files from hundreds of Billboard chart-toppers. For a very reasonable $99.99 you get a player, a slotRadio mix card (with 1,000 songs prearranged into playlists sorted by genre), a pair of earbuds, a jewel case and media case, USB cable, and AC adapter (for charging the device). We snagged a unit to see if it’s as appealing in practice as it is in theory.
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DJ Danger Mouse wannabes can now mix, mash up, and blend like Gnarls Barkley’s waxmaster with the revamped Tonium Pacemaker, a portable dj system that fits conveniently in the pocket.
The collective tech world may have their eyes on CES, but don’t sleep on Macworld, the other big show out west which begins in just a few hours. Many companies are unveiling new products to coincide with the show, and Altec Lansing is right in the mix with its BackBeat 906 stereo Bluetooth headset.