Cool Gizmos – Gizmora

Apple has come up with an all new iPod known as the Multi-touch Apple iPod along with video recording. Nano is a pretty small and cool gadget that anyone would love to own. This looks very similar to the iPod shuffle but it comes with an additional feature of Touchscreen. The size of this gadget is slightly large and Apple is well known the impeccable quality of its products. The sound clarity is excellent as always. Anyone can carry this tiny and portable digital music player by just clinging it to your jeans or pants.

Features

• The memory space of this gadget is 8GB and it is the 6th generation iPod nano.
• It has a 1.54 inch multi-touch screen and is provided with a clip to enhance its portability. Apple as usual promises 24 hours of continuous music with this gadget.
• This comes in a wide variety of colors along with additional features like Live Pause and FM radio.
• It comes in seven bright anodized aluminum colors and will definitely make a huge statement.
• It also comes equipped with Nike+ foot sensor and has got a manual control wheel.
• The touch screen has about 4 icons to help the user to navigate the contents of the player.
• Unlike other ear phones that usually come along with any Apple music player, this gizmo comes with the best white ear buds which can be changed according to the users convenience.
• Another unique feature is that you can just shake the iPod to shuffle the songs.

This cute little gadget is definitely expected to win the hearts of many and can be a great choice once it catches the eye of Apple fans. Some video lovers may dislike the video options for their own personal reasons.

Music
It is redesigned with Multi-touch and has the same technology like that of iPod, iPad and iPhone. Its unique feature is that it is easy to use and is half the size compared to the competition. All you need to do is just swipe or tap away to groove to your favorite number. Its picture resolution is another stunning feature. It has got a color display with 240/240 pixel resolution.

The iLuv i182 lets you record real-time video content to your iPod player or portable digital media and devices like the Sony PSP.
      The compact video recorder connects via standard AV or S-Video to video sources. You can also connect the dock via USB 2.0 to transfer videos.
      The usage of the iLuv i182 is straight forward and simple. One button is to adjust the timer to record in increments of 30, 60, 120, or 180 minutes with resolution up to 640 x 480 at 2.5 Mbps for your iPod and 720 x 480 at 5Mbps for other PMPs. The second button on the device is to start and stop recording. The device automatically stops recording at the end of the specified duration.
 

The MusicDock is a portable MP3 player and a stand alone FM-radio with MP3 capture technology.
         Simply tune in any radio station and dock the MP3 player. The MusicDock recognizes any music category and captures the separate songs automatically. The songs are saved on the MP3 player. The new music is free of charge and legal. In just a few hours the MP3 player will contain near perfectly cut, high quality MP3 files, with no commercials or DJ chatter!
        No computers or internet connections are needed to collect your MP3 tracks! It’s very easy to use.
        The docking station has built in high quality speakers for FM or MP3 playback. While the MP3 player is docked and capturing more music, its battery is being charged.

Sakar International has announced the iView, a 7-inch portable viewing device for the iPod.
       “iView is the ultimate solution for the iPod with video allowing users to enhance the video viewing experience on a 7” LCD screen. The LCD screen offers up a high-resolution quality picture and Hi-Fidelity built-in speakers. iView features a dock connector that charges the iPod while in use and a built-in rechargeable lithimum battery providing up to five hours of use time. iView is ultra slim and easy to carry and it can also be connected to any television set using Audio/Video input to make the viewing experience even more dynamic. iView retails for $149.99

The European Space Agency (ESA) today will demonstrate a prototype of what they call “the multimedia car radio of the future” at the Noordwijk Space Expo in the Netherlands. Unlike XM and Sirius’ satellite radio services, this system won’t require the launching of new satellites – instead it will use existing communications satellites transmitting in the Ku-band.
        The satellite radio system employs a flat mobile antenna that is designed to be embedded into the roof the car. It also utilizes on-board caching (through a hard-drive or solid-state memory) to prevent interuption of service when the satellite signal is obstructed. This caching of course also allows for time-shifting abilities like pause and rewind of live radio.

Of course, to get Pong, you have to add a $30 upgrade, but hey … retro gaming action on your $1k machine! It may seem a bit like overkill, but at least when you play Pong it does trigger different sequences and effects. No word yet on if you can get the original ‘dit dit’ sounds of Pong or not, but you can trigger a nice little drum riff and scratch if you want. Think Moby has one of these?

Chinese company AOC has launched its uber-sleek ultrathin V500 portable media player which is slightly thicker than Apple’s latest nano. It features a shiny silver enclosure, a 2.4 –inch QVGA LCD, USB 2.0 and can handle a good no. of media playing duties. It plays all the audio files which are in MP3, WAV and WMA format and on the video front it can play the files which are in AVI and MPEG4 format.

It does not have any fancy gaming options similar to its competitors but it doubles as a JPEG viewer. The V500 should hit the market soon with storage capacities ranging from 128MB to 2GB but we are not informed regarding the price.

At one time the display-less mp3 player was considered as a ridicule item. But the Apple’s second-gen iPod Shuffle became number one seller and the industry took notice of it. Sun Connection of Japan has released a DAP which comes in three colors. The MUSIC+SP-MP512MWP is being sold in Japan for ¥2,980 ($25).

It features a 512MB of flash memory and a waterproof case. It can play MP3/WMA formats of media.

Evesham, a company from UK has just released their iplayer high-definition media centre. It is capable of tuning over the air HD signals and can also download IPTV, podcasts apart from pay-per-view Top Up content from the internet. It is featured with 80GB HDD which provides PVR functionality with playback and recording for timeshifting your media. Also features the Media Player Connect to stream any PC over the network. Its HDMI port helps you in upscaling any standard-def content up to 1080i.

It possesses the regular audio and video media viewers along with web browser and an email client which can be used with the help of a USB keyboard or the included remote. It’s a good alternative compared to Sky for viewing both media online and offline, and Freeview TV but comes at a premium price of £299 ($584).

If you love using your cellphone as a media player then you will face some problems and one major problem is the lack of storage space. You cannot use it as a full-time mobile entertainment center as the 1GB or 2GB memory card doesn’t store enough movies or music. The BluOnyx Mobile Content Sever allows you to stream music or movies to your phone for on-the-fly playback as though the data was on the BluOnyx and it features SD, WiFi and USB.

It holds the data from 1GB to 40GB and can be streamed to any cellphone, PMP or any device as long as it’s been authenticated. The Digital Campfire looks like a good solution for carrying around with you while we travel and its price range from $99 to $250.