The Bowers and Wilkins Liberty claims to be the world’s first wireless entertainment system to offer 8 channels of audio—full 5.1 and an extra 2 channels for wherever the hell you want. But even more promising, maybe, is that while streaming your CD or DVD audio to its bundled speakers the Liberty will automatically adjust to wireless interference, tweaking its transmission on the fly for less delay and greater clarity. Given that wireless audio is far from perfected, B&W’s approach could be more successful than that of others. Check it out this fall for an unnamed price.
The new Spinn and IAmoled (pictured) and Wing are easily worth the price of admission. The Spinn uses iriver’s new SPINN analog toggle wheel that we spotted on that APlayer DAP, but also tosses in a 3.2-inch 480 x 272 screen, Bluetooth 2.0, Flash 2.0 gaming and DMB in regions where available. Capacities hit 4GB, 8GB and 16GB of flash memory. Iriver is also prepping the IAmoled Photo Tank media storage unit, which packs a 80GB or 160GB HDD and 4.1-inch AMOLED screen. The unit uses the same SPINN interface and matches the Spinn on specs, but adds TV out and SD / CF slots. Finally, iriver’s Wing ultraportable handheld features the Windows CE Pro OS, WiFi, a QWERTY Read more… »
Nintendo now offers music play for the Wii owners. MP3tunes has announced its custom technology for Wii, allowing the user to play all digital music from their gaming console. You can wirelessly stream personal music collection from Music Lockers with the help of the Wii’s controller, for free of cost. This has been developed by Rodney Powers for MP3tunes.
“The Wii is the latest popular gaming device that, with MP3tunes’ technology, actually becomes a home stereo system,” said Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3tunes. “Consumers shouldn’t be limited in where or how they enjoy their personal music collections, and we will continue to announce new ways MP3tunes is fulfilling its vision of giving people access to all of their music, anywhere they go.” Read more… »
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Dec
It may be too late to snag one, get it delivered and wrap it with heaps of love before next Tuesday (or not), but if an IOU will do, we’ve found a stunning candidate for a last minute gift. Creative’s long awaited 32GB Zen has finally moved beyond the pre-order stage, which means anxious to-be owners can at long last place an order and expect shipment shortly thereafter. $349.99 and it’s yours, all yours.
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