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SanDisk Sansa Base Station

Ilse Jurrien
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Monday 18th, September 2006
Posted by: Ilse Jurrien

Producing big sound from a small device, the new Sansa Base Station from SanDisk Corporation enables a Sansa MP3 player to become a digital jukebox and play hours of music through a home stereo system or externally-powered PC speaker set. This handy accessory, which also doubles as a docking station for recharging batteries and transferring content to and from a personal computer, was announced at IFA, where SanDisk is demonstrating its products through Sept. 6 at Booth 103 in Hall 2.1 of Messe Berlin. The SanDisk Sansa Base Station supports the SanDisk e200 series of MP3 players, as well as the new c200 series that is being shown here for the first time.

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Sony Walkman NW-S200

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Monday 18th, September 2006

Perfect for active people who want music wherever they are and whatever they are doing, the Walkman NW-S200 series is compact and lightweight, yet packed with unique features. This includes a durable, water-resistant body; various playback options including “Music Pacer” and “Shuffle Shake” functions, FM tuner and integral sports counters. In sleek and seamless aluminium, it can withstand water splashes from wet hands, perspiration or outdoor use, even in wet or snowy weather conditions. At the same time its stylish “stick & ring” design in silver, pink or black will also appeal to those who just want their digital music player to look good. The NW-S200 series will be available in Europe from September 2006.

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Minox DMP4 Media Player

Posted by: Mark Peters Friday 15th, September 2006

Versatile performance with many spe-cial talents - these are qualities held by the Minox DMP 4 as digital media player / recorder and mobile data depot. This wee movie star is already a strong performer in the recording and playback of MPEG4 films and music. Amateur photographers will particularly appreciate the tool as handy and powerful image tank with which they can store and view data contents of SD memory cards! Smaller than a customary compact camera the DMP 4 has enormous capacities, thanks to a superb, high-speed memory embedded in the heart of the elegant housing, which serves as a data de-pot. Its 2 gigabyte capacity alone, can easily provide an evening full of film viewing.

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Apple iPod integrated with iTunes 7

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Tuesday 12th, September 2006

Apple today introduced the new iPod, the best digital music player and most popular portable video player in the world. The new iPod features a 60 percent brighter and more vibrant 2.5-inch color display perfect for watching TV shows and now Hollywood movies right in the palm of your hand. The new iPod features seamless integration with iTunes 7 and the iTunes Store which now includes over 75 Hollywood movies, 220 television shows and popular video games designed specifically for the fifth generation iPod. The new iPod is available in a 30GB model at the new low price of $249 and an 80GB model, which holds up to 20,000 songs or 100 hours of video, for $349.

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Archos 604 personal media player

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Monday 11th, September 2006

The new Archos 604 Portable Media Player (PMP) was given to the celebrity host, performers and presenters of the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) as part of the prestigious official gift bag. The Archos 604 is an outstandingly slim, large-screen PMP that offers the convenience of portability and features the most brilliant, award-winning screen in the industry. The Archos 604 is a decidedly premium item and exactly the type of high-trend gift for which the VMA gift bags have become known. "The Archos 604 is bringing video, audio and photos into a sleek half-inch-thick device with unmatched screen quality and exceptional capacity," said Archos, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Larry Smith.

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Philips GoGear SA9200

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Friday 8th, September 2006

Philips is pleased to announce the birth of a baby music player - the tiny GoGear SA9200. Just 9cm long and weighing only 48g, 2GB SA9200 is able to store up to 500 MP3 or 1000 WMA music files, or up to 560 photos accessed via Philips’ unique touch-sensitive screen interface. Offering a great combination of features, functions and looks, the jewel-like SA9200 is ultra-pocketable, shockproof and beautiful to look at, thanks to its stylish black onyx-finish casing. Like its bigger brothers in the Philips GoGear family, the SA9200 features Philips’ totally unique backlit sensory touchpad for control of functions, and the acclaimed SuperScroll system for precise navigation.

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Toshiba Gigabeat V media player

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Thursday 7th, September 2006

Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C., announced today the new MEV30K V Series portable media player - the latest addition to its gigabeat line. Adding to the already popular gigabeat S Series portable media players, the V Series features a larger viewing screen and extended battery life for the ultimate portable video experience. The V Series features a 3.5" (diagonally measured) TFT LCD display, a built-in speaker and utilizes Microsoft's Portable Media Center Version 2.0 software. "The new gigabeat V Series is designed for those who enjoy watching digital video on the go," said Yoshi Uchiyama, Group Vice President of Toshiba's Digital A/V Group. The new gigabeat V Series will sell for $ 399.99.

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Kingston K-PEX personal media player

Posted by: Ilse Jurrien Wednesday 30th, August 2006

Kingston Technology, leader in memory products, today announced its new line of Personal Media Players (PMPs). With its highly stylized design and ultra-slim form factor, K-PEX (Kingston Personal Entertainment experience) allows users to watch videos, listen to music, play video games and store/view photographs. The Kingston K-PEX media player is currently available in the North America, Latin America and Asia/Pacific Rim. With the launch of K-PEX, Kingston is leveraging its 18-year leadership position in the memory module market to bring new Portable Media Player technologies to market. Kingston’s K-PEX personal player will be available with embedded memory capacities of 1 GB and 2 GB.

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Due to the big success of camera phones a new industry was born: Mobile Imaging. Where innovations and new features play an important role in the digital imaging industry, the innovations in the mobile imaging industry are increasing with a much larger factor compared to other imaging industries. The mobile imaging industry is growing every year and is exploring a variety of opportunities to get access to content and share them among their clients. The days that a mobile phone was only used for communication in terms of speaking are already over for some years now. Today's mobile phone is able to capture still images, video clips, voice memo, plays audio like MP3 or video, and is even able to act like a portable television. The mobile phone plays an important part of today's modern life; the Photokina 2006 does not differ from that.