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We didn’t have any doubts about Mickey Mouse insipiration for Sony’s S-Series Walkman players but I guess that was not enough as Sony has strengthened its affiliation further by offering engraving of Mickey and Minnie Mouse to Japanese S-Series (S640/S640K/S740/S740K) buyers. The cartoon engraving can be coupled with a personalized message imprinted on the back. [...]

 
Zune HD users can connect with friends on world’s largest social network. Microsoft has released the highly anticipated Facebook app (after Twitter) for Zune HD and is now available for download from the Zune Marketplace.
The app allows user to view/update their status, post photos, videos, view profiles as well as receive messages through the app. [...]

 
Apple has nicely segregated its iPod line targeting mapping the needs of the users. Amongst this line features iPod Nano, it sits nicely in between the no-frills Shuffle and small computer-like iPod Touch. iPod Nano is currently in its fifth generation and this time it boasts some new features that ups the Nano family from [...]

 
We checked out the recently announced Myfit and IceTouch PMPs. The Myfit PMP – as you understand – goes for the fitness seeking crowd. The player is pretty light and it’s the fitness and wellness management features that set it apart. There are sensors placed on the top of the player that checks the body [...]

 
Samsung has unveiled two PMPs that will be showcased at the CES this week. The IceTouch (YP-H1) is the world’s first PMP to sport a transparent display. IceTouch has a 2-inch color AMOLED screen that supports touch feedback. Samsung claims the screen has been created using a dual-injection molding process and tempered glass that results [...]

 
Cowon has released V5 HD PMP in its home market that comes with HD support. Scheduled to go on sale on first day of 2010, the PMP is capable decode H.264 and play on your HDTV via the integrated HDMI-out. The 197g player features a 4.8-inch touchscreen display with 16.7M color support (800×480), Cowon’s Jet [...]

 
Whenever a new PMP comes to the market it is more than often compared with the iPod range. Although this holds true that iPods have created the portable music and video revolution, but there are other PMPs that also offer good sound and video.
Today, we review the recently launched Sony’s E-Series Walkman player, the NWZ-E440 [...]

 
Samsung has launched the YP-R0 PMP in South Korea. The YP-R0 is similar to YP-R1 but integrates a set of physical buttons instead of the only touchscreen interface found on the R1. It comes in capacities of 4 or 8GB options and also integrates a microSD card slot to increase the total storage by 20 [...]

 
Viewsonic’s latest PMP is now available in USA. The VPD400 MovieBook is a decent attempt at an affordable price. For $130, a user will get a media player capable of playing content up to 720p on its 4.3-inch 800×480 resolution display, variety of multimedia codec support, 8GB internal memory, expandable via microSD card slot and [...]

 
Sony has launched its Mickey Mouse-esque, E440 and S540 PMPs in India. The NWZ-S540 is the superior off the two that boasts Sony’s exclusive Digital Linear Phase Speaker System for enhanced audio quality from its integrated loudspeakers, 2.4-inch LCD screen, iTunes support as well as variety of video codecs support including H.264/AVC/MP4/WMV. It has also [...]

 
At a press event today, Bose unveiled the newest addition to its SoundDock family. The SoundDock 10 is a nifty dock that not only supports iPods and iPhone, it also brings in support for auxiliary input to connect different music players as well as a Bluetooth dock to play music from any Bluetooth enabled device. [...]

 
Sony introduced a trio of Walkman players yesterday in Japan. It’s the S640 and S740 from the S-Series and super thin A840 from the A-Series. The S640 and S740 are similar in features except for couple of facts like S740 comes in 8GB/16GB/32GB storage choices as compared to S640’s 8 and 16GB SKUs and S740 [...]

 
iFixit synonymous for giving new shiny gadgets a dissection treatment, have gone forward to disassemble Microsoft Zune HD. The PMP as iFixit reckons, is easier to dissect than Cupertino’s offering. On the inside, there were not many surprises as the iPod touch but few interesting things discovered were – a 660mAh battery, Samsung made 1mm [...]

 
Zune HD hits US retail shelves tomorrow and if you haven’t pre-ordered but wanting to buy it on the launch day, here’s a deal that offers a good discount. Dell is offering a 15% discount on both the Zune HD SKUs along with free 2 day shipping with the 16GB will cost a nice $187 [...]

 
With Microsoft’s decent effort to pull some off iPod market share, it was certain that Microsoft would launch its Tegra rocking Zune HD outside their homeland. Well, guess what? They confirmed to Ars Technica yesterday that Zune HD will be sold only in US. Ok, it’s initially but still.
“For the time being the Zune HD [...]