News Archive for 05/01/10

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Solio solar battery

01/10, 2:25pm

Solio solar battery charger for iPod, other devices

The Solio is a new device designed to harness solar power to recharge an iPod, mobile phone, or other handheld electronic device. Announced by Better Energy Systems at Macworld Expo, Solio fits neatly into a shirt pocket: "Activating the 5.8 ounce weather-proof Solio is as simple as attaching a cable and pressing a button. Its unique fan blade design allows it to achieve maximum solar area when in use, and to fold compactly to the size of an average mobile phone when stored. When there’s no sunlight, the Solio can be plugged into its dedicated wall charger to recharge its internal battery." Solio also has a convenient interchangeable adapter system allowing an array of mobile devices to be charged without carrying multiple adapters. (Pricing and release date were not available.)

Sonnet PodFreq photo

01/10, 12:05pm

Sonnet offers PodFreq photo FM transmitter

 Sonnet (Booth 2528) today announced the new PodFreq photo, its premium FM transmitter for iPod photo. PodFreq photo is designed to accomodate the iPod photo's larger cases and offers the features and quality of the original PodFreq. It broadcasts tunes through any nearby FM radio device. PodFreq photo connects to iPod photo through the dock connector to take advantage of the low distortion line out signal and encases iPod photo in a durable, translucent shell which offers access to iPod photo controls and the headphone jack. It also features FireWire and mini-USB ports that enable syncing and charging iPod photo without having to remove it. PodFreq photo does not require batteries or software. It ships with a car charger.

256MB Wearable MP3 player

01/10, 10:25am

Virgin debuts 256MB Wearable MP3 player for $99

Virgin Electronics today unveiled the new 256MB Wearable MP3 Player. The silver-dollar-sized wearable MP3 player weighs half an ounce can hold four hours of digital music. The Wearable 256MB Player holds roughly 80 songs and 128MB MP3 Player holds about 40 songs, according to Virgin. The players are bus-powered and require no additional software. They feature two simple buttons to turn the player on and off, skip songs and control volume. The Wearable MP3 Players ship with an armband and stylish white earbuds. The 256MB Wearable MP3 Player is $100, while the 128MB version, introduced last year, is $80.

iTMS for Australia?

01/10, 9:05am

Apple to introduce iTunes Music Store for Australia?

Apple on Tuesday is expected to introduce the Australian iTunes music store, according to The Age: Australia would be the 16th country in which the computer and consumer electronics maker has opened an outlet... it is believed the maker of the iPod digital music player has flown senior executives from California to Sydney for tomorrow's announcement....The long-anticipated Australian launch of the service that elsewhere has revived Apple's flagging fortunes would pre-empt the imminent introduction of a Microsoft-ninemsn joint venture to sell music over the net and would go head to head with existing services from Telstra and Destra."

Sonance iPort with video

01/10, 7:20am

Sonance iPort adds support for iPod photo

 Sonance today added support for the iPod photo to its iPort, its in-wall docking station for the iPod. The updated system will provide a video output, allowing photos and slide shows stored on the iPod photo to be displayed on TVs and monitors anywhere in a home entertainment system. The iPort with video enhancement is expected to be available in February and will support the iPod Photo and the 40GB Click-Wheel Pod, 20GB Click-Wheel iPod and iPod Mini; it is compatible with all of Sonance's systems, components, and accessories. The iPort now expands remote control to almost all of the iPod's functions, including accessing Playlists and Albums, and operating the player's Mute, Repeat, and Shuffle functions.