Yes, the news is dominated by this week’s revamped iPods, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t plenty of other good media players out there. Put off the colourful Nano, or the shiny Touch? Then here are ten of the best alternatives. Counting down, in reverse order, Register kicks of with the …
what’s the scent of your fave tune, or style?
funk is coffe? no, chocolate!! ambient is rose? dub is marijuana for sure!
but seriously, who wants an mp3 player which smells like dope or lemon?
What better way to realize if a song stinks than sniffing out the proof with this MP3/aroma therapy entertainment pod that not only plays sweet sweet tunes for your ears, it also blows sweet sweet scents for your nose. Just pop off the end cap, load up a selected scent tablet and a wave of odors are delivered right to your nose by your earphones. Yup, your earphones. When done doing blow, just coil up the buds right back into the device. Designed by these five people Yangwoo Kim, Daiho Hyun, Taehyun Kim, Jungchan Moon & Gayeon Lee, they want to call it “Sweet Honey”, and so can you. Let’s see what cold I load up whilst I be jammin’ some Bob Marley melodies? I would not want to see what happens when a song truly “rocks!”
Designer: Yangwoo Kim, Daiho Hyun, Taehyun Kim, Jungchan Moon & Gayeon Lee [via Yanko Design]
Just connect your USB Shell Speaker with your MP3 player and it lets you enjoy stereo music on the go!!Hypnotizing ;)
If you thought controlling your MP3 player with a Bluetooth headset was high tech, you haven’t seen anything. At the Wireless Japan Expo in Tokyo, a company called NTT Docomo showed a technology called EOG (electro-oculogram) that allows the user to control electronics with their eyes, in this case an MP3 player.
In it’s current incarnation the device isn’t very practical, but in the future the technology might be integrated into headphones to allow for controlling your music. Seems rather odd, then again it’s not without it’s usefulness, at least in some circumstances.[via anythingbutipod]
This what you need in these hot days. JVC Japan’s XA-AW33 is the world’s first water proof MP3 player
designed specifically for bathing using. Featuring a floating design
that’s completely water proof. Using just 4 AAA batteries and get up to
15 hours of playback time with 256MB of your favorite songs. [via technogad]
MP3 Player built into a standard cassette casing, letting you either use it as a uniquely old school shaped MP3 Player, or with any car cassette or cassette player to play MP3 Music. You will have no problems listening to hours of your favorite songs as this product also has a built in SD Card Slot, saving you flash memory cost as well as letting you quickly change to different songs if you have different SD Cards. If you are into old fashioned looks, but with great new built in technology, this is a MP3 Player worth having and showing off, and is avaiable direct from Chinavasion Wholesale Electronics.
This Lego MP3 player support max 2GB microSD card. The built-in brechargable Li-ion battery can be fully charged in 6 hours. Connect this iPlayer to your computer’s USB port using the provided cable, you can manage files and charge the iPlayer’s battery. Convenience raised round buttons on the lego. This item comes with a headphone, USB cable, Strap, and User Manual. Very unique.
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