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  We already know a lot of things about YP-MB2 and now one new piece of information has trickled out from our source. He claims that YP-MB2 will be “more or less similar to South Korean version of Galaxy S (SHW-M110S).” We’re not sure if he claimed about the design but when going through the [...]

  Samsung’s Yepp (YP) line of music players is bound to get an addition soon. It will be the YP-MB2 and thanks to Bluetooth SIG we know its important specs. The Android running MB2 will feature a 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and TouchWiz 3.0 UI. The leaked features look enticing and if [...]

  FIFA Football World Cup is just around the corner and Samsung is trying to play the WC card to pitch its products. This time it’s the YP-RB media player with integrated T-DMB that enables users to watch live matches wherever they go. Additionally, Samsung has bumped the battery, which means users can enjoy DMB [...]

  Dual-booting OS in a portable device is often the work of modders but Korea-based Viliv has taken the same concept to its upcoming Portable Media Player. The Viliv P3 Prime is one-of-its-kind PMP that has partition to run both – WinCE and Android OS. As far as its remaining specs are concerned, it has [...]

  Vietnam has suddenly become a hotbed for scooping all unreleased devices. After giving us a sneak peek of iPhone 4G, Vietnam-based Tinhte has posted some images and a video of the next iPod touch…with a 2 megapixel camera. The iPod touch is clearly marked as “DVT-1”, a design verification test unit and pretty similar [...]

  Camera in iPod touch has been rumored for many months. In fact, purported images of the device were also circulated before Apple pulled out a faster and larger capacity iPod touch with no camera. Apparently, two partially working iPod touches recently hit the eBay auction before eBay took it down (assumingly on Apple’s behest). [...]

  Creative has announced Zen X-Fi Style and Zen Style (pictured above) PMPs. The media players tout to give astounding music quality at an affordable price. The Zen X-Fi delivers the goodness of Creative’s X-Fi technology, found in the Zen X-Fi2. It comes in capacities of 8/16/32GB and features a 2.4-inch TFT display, FLAC support, [...]

  As expected, Microsoft has released a new firmware of its Zune HD music player. The v4.5 brings in some handy features like SmartDJ, additional codecs and access to Marketplace on TV-out via the connected AV dock. Zune HD users can get the update from the Zune PC software. For now, check out this small [...]

  Microsoft has officially announced the 64GB Zune HD, which we saw a few days back. The device will be available for $349.99 from April 12 through Zuneoriginals.com or about $50 cheaper than the iPod touch with the same storage. The new Zune HD will store double the content and can store up to 16,000 [...]

  Zune HD is currently available in 16 and 32GB capacities and if this accidental appearance is taken into account, Microsoft will sell a 64GB variant soon. The release date is not known but since Microsoft hasn’t taken the text down despite the discovery, it possibly hints that the launch could be sooner than expected. [...]

  Cowon has gone official with its Red Dot Design winner J3 PMP. The player will be released in South Korea on March 31 and is said to be one of the most sophisticated PMPs to roll out of Cowon’s stable. The 9.9mm thick J3 boasts a 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen display with 16M color support [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]

  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 [...]