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Archos 404: That's a palm-sized wonder
Edvarcl Heng | Sep 28, 2006
Palm-sized PVPs with a 3.5-inch screen are a rarity. It may be built like a tank with a scratch resistant brushed-metal casing, but under the turret, it's all good. There's support for MPEG-4 ASP up to 720 x 480 at 30fps, WMV9, and WM DRM along with the ability to record line-in audio and video with optional adapters and excellent video controls. Going to get one?
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Samsung YP-K5: Grabbing Michael Bull by the horns
Edvarcl Heng | Sep 21, 2006
Dr Michael Bull, the author of The Auditory Culture Reader, once wrote that: "In a world filled with noise, rather than craving for silence, users demand their own noise to drown out the fear associated with a silence that throws the user back into their own state of being."
Is it? Well, the latest Samsung YP-K5 advertisement seems to be a satirical representation of Bull's theories. It has people with their heads in goldfish bowls (iPod users) wandering the streets in audio ignorance. But one man (Samsung YP-K5 user) breaks out of the mould, smashes his fishbowl, flips out his YP-K5 like a miniature boombox, and inspires the whole ghetto to dump their aquariums as well. Utterly hilarious.
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Samsung YP-T9 reviewed: Just as good as YP-T8
Edvarcl Heng | Sep 20, 2006
After a long muted wait, with various other Samsung MP3 players coming to the fore despite the YP-T9's earlier announcement, the YP-T9 has made landfall in China. And it was our sister site, ZOL.com, which picked it up and put it through its paces. Did they love it or hate it?
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Samsung YP-K5 survives car accident
Edvarcl Heng | Sep 19, 2006
We wonder what inspired these nuts to pull off such a stunt, but it's amazing what the little YP-K5 can withstand. Apparently, some fellows decided to test the durability of its hinge under duress--by driving a car over it. It's no small feat that Samsung's latest MP3 player survived and lived to sing the tale.
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Cowon iAudio F2: Is it a phone?
Edvarcl Heng | Sep 18, 2006
We are not sure if Neo would approve, but the iAudio F2's new Matrix interface would look right at home in Trinity's elegant leather-encased palm. There's that bit of hi-tech chic there. The nine-button layout corresponds with the three-by-three grid on the screen, which ought to cut down on all those needless button presses and keep things intuitive.
The iAudio F2 also has tons of codec support: MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG Vorbis and FLAC. But to catch video on the F2's 1.3-inch screen, one would need to re-encode their clips. It's a great improvement on the older F1 and we can't wait to have it in our Labs for a little slugging session.
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