IM-R300, a New Touch Phone from Pantech

Here's a new phone made for the Korean market, the IM-R300. Under it sleek design it carries some nifty features like a DMB TV tuner, GPS, a 2Mpix Camera, MP3 player, 260Mb of internal Memory, microSD, a 2.6” LCD with a WQVGA screen (400x240), HSDPA, WCDMA, GSM, eWallet functions and payment. With a total weight of 111g and a size of 51x102x13.9mm.

So far only Available on Korea's SKY network. Pretty girl, unfortunately not included...
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Creative Adds New Color to Its 4GB MuVo T200

Creative added a new color (White) to its 4GB MuVo T200 line-up. The price is the same as the Black version, as well as the specifications.

For the record, our DAP features 4GB of memory (there is also a 2GB version), is MP3/WMA compatible, has bass boost function, FM radio tuner, and built-in mic.

It should cost 40€ and be available at the of June.

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Dual Music Player That Plays Your MP3 Collection & Your CDs

You want to enjoy your audio CDs while traveling but you also have a huge MP3 collection at home that you want to take with you. The ideal solution? DMP, a portable music player that supports CD and MP3 files.

Use the MP3 player as you normally would, hang it around your neck, clip it on your jeans or place it in your pocket. Otherwise open both sides and insert your favorite CD and you got yourself a CD player my friend. Now that’s music to my ears.

Designer: Yong-Seong Kim

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Sony NWZ-A820 Mp3 Players

The Sony NWZ-A820 series is part of Sony's new Walkman flash-based mp3 player series and features a 16GB version (NWZ-A829) and a 8GB version (NWZ-A828).

The players are aimed at the video playback market and aim to compete directly with Apple. The main value-add to these players is their above-average sound quality with out-of-the-box headphones.

The earbuds are made from adjustable silicone and can sit comfortably in your ear with sizes ranging from small to large.

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Iriver E100, The Review

Here it is, the iRiver E100 review. No need to hide it any longer, the E100 is an excellent product. Very well built and, at a price of 129€ for the 8GB version, it's as good as it gets.

Content:
Open the box of your brand new E100 and you'll find the usual suspects: player, a USB cable, audio headset, quick start guide, and installation CD. The USB cable can be used to recharge the player and also to transfer files from your computer to the E100 (pictures, videos, music...). The installation CD carries a couple of software including iRiverPlus3, also the drivers and the user's manual.

Design:
Hate it or Love it, the design of the E100 is pretty slick and simple, nice at first touch. On its top lies the microSD port, the bottom is where the USB port was placed as well as the jack (in line). The E100 is available in three versions 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB five colors (white, black, pink, light blue and chocolate). At only 59 grams and 11.3mm of thickness, it can be easily transported.

Interface:
The E100's graphical interface is nice and clean, browsing is ultra easy from icon to icon thanks to the D-Click system which, unfortunately, tends to take a little bit of time to react.

Audio:
As you can expect with an iRiver product, most audio codecs are supported. MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, FLAC, all with excellent audio quality no matter which you use (headset or built in speakers). Part of this success comes from the use of the SRS WOW HD technology.

Video:
The E100 can play MPEG4/WMV9/XVID and, despite a rather small screen (2.4"), the experience is pretty good in both visual quality and smoothness. iRiverPlus3 software can be used to encode videos.

Photo:
Photo display is also very enjoyable, fast and easy thanks to the D-Click system. The E100 also gives the user the ability to create slideshows and add music to them.

Other functions:
The E100 can do more than what we've seen so far, some extras include FM Radio (play/record and timer recording), voice recorder (through an integrated microphone), a recording function from an external source, plus .txt file compatibility.

Autonomy:
iRiver previously stated that video autonomy was 5 hours and audio 17 hours but, in their latest update, video autonomy remained unchanged while audio went up to 25 hours.

Plus:
+ Excellent audio quality
+ D-Click system
+ MicroSD port
+ MTP/UMS (the player is detected as an external drive)
+ Price to quality ratio
+ All around player (Audio, Vidoo, Photo, Text, FM radio, voice recorder)
+ Design

Minus:
- No Bluetooth
- Battery Life in Video mode
- D-Click sometimes lacks reactivity

source akihabaranews.com