Sony Reinvents Connect Music Service
Connect may have not been the big money spinner it wanted, but Sony BMG is not giving up on the music download business.
According to The Register, Sony CEO Rolf has launched what bloggers are calling “Son of Connect” - a new service that will give access to the label’s catalogue for €6-€8 a month.
He added [...]
Creative Zen Stone Plus MP3 Player Review
Almost a year on from its launch the Creative Zen Plus has been upgraded, but it’s not just a case of the company adding more memory or offering a colour change to entice users.Somehow while keeping the size small, the company has added a speaker so you can share your music. Thing of fad or [...]
Ainol U80SE Portable Media Player
The Chinese manufacturer Ainol has released a new Portable Media Player called the U80SE. This small and slim gadget offers 2.2-inch QVGA display screen and is compatible with most of music and video formats including RM, RMVB, AVI, FLV, DAT, ASF, MP4, WMV, 3GP, MP3, and MPG file formats. The U80SE also features a picture [...]
Creative announces one million ZEN Stones sold
Clearly with nothing new to announce at the ongoing CeBIT show, Creative has instead revealed that its little ZEN Stone is the company’s fastest-selling MP3 player in Europe.
Creative has now shipped one million ZEN Stone MP3 players
in Europe.
“We launched the ZEN Stone family of MP3 players just last summer, so shipping a million units [...]
Amazon MP3 to launch worldwide in 2008
Amazon yesterday announced early details of an international strategy for its Amazon MP3 direct-download music store. The online retailer says it will unveil versions of the store outside of the US beginning this year; the company declines providing an exact timeframe for when these stores will appear but emphasizes that the stores will remain DRM-free, [...]
MPIO MG100 in 4GB
Previously only available in 1GB and 2GB sizes, the MG100 now comes with 4GB of flash memory, but the capacity increase is the only change presented by MPIO. JPEG, BMP, and videos in the MTV file format (with conversion software included) can still be displayed on the 1.5-inch, 176×132 pixel, 262k color LCD screen.
The MG100 [...]
