Xtreme Mac’s MicroMemo turns any iPod Classic+2nd/3rd gen Nano or Video into a portable audio recorder. Just plug in the detachable microphone and hit a button to record audio content directly to your iPod.
The main focus is on voice memos (meetings, interviews, random deep thoughts etc) but it seems to work well with other sources as well since you can hook up anything you like using the 3.5mm jack.
The recording time is displayed on the iPod screen in real-time and it’s available in both white and black.
XtremeMac.com: MicroMemo for iPod Classic / 3rd gen Nano / Video ($59.95)
XtremeMac.com: MicroMemo for 2nd gen iPod Nano ($59.95)
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To help fight breastcancer Microsoft and Ford offers a Warriors in Pink Special Edition 30GB Zune of which 100% of the purchase price goes to Susan G. Komen for the Cure. That’s right, all of it.
$250 is still more expensive than a regular Zune, but considering the cause it’s quite impressive.
(If you’re more into Apple and iPods there’s always the red special edition models where a portion of the purchase price goes to help fight AIDS in Africa)
Warriors in Pink: 30GB Pink Zune ($249.99)
Porsche and Hummer has their own cell phones, so why not Audi? Here’s the Audi Mobile Device, presented as part of the future A1 model (Metroproject Quattro).
This Wi-Fi and touch-screen enabled device docks nicely in your vehicle and functions not only as a 3G UMTS cell phone but also as a navigation unit, audio/video player, remote control and authorization system for your car. Cold day outside? Why not connect to your car while having your morning coffee in the kitchen and tell it to turn on the heating system and it’ll be nice and toasty for you when its time to go.
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Here’s a video of Microsoft’s new Zune 2 in action and I must admit that the touch/click-combo interface is pretty impressing. Not a touchscreen, but in return your display stays nice and clean.
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The Popblaster is a portable stereo speaker system for MP3 players – don’t be fooled by the pictures above though, it’s actually quite large. All models (Black, Green, Cyber and Woody) features stereo speakers, a headphone jack to connect your “iPod, Zune etc” MP3 player and a pocket with a magnetic flap to put the player and the cables in.
Homestead: Popblaster ($40)
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Here’s Microsoft’s newest addition to the Zune family, the Zune 2 and the Zune Flash. The black Zune 2 is slightly larger than an iPod classic and sports 80GB of storage (with a 3.2" screen and Zune Premium headphones), the Zune Flash are available with 4GB and 8GB of storage and in four colors (pink, green, black and glossy red). All featuring wireless sync, updated sharing functions, new touch controls and a built-in FM tuner.
Not only that, Microsoft is offering all the new Zune 2 features to those who own a 1st gen Zune through a firmware update. How about that? It won’t even cripple it in the process.
www.zune.net
Remember Bang & Olufsen’s unorthodox cell phone Serene? Well, now they’ve teamed up with Samsung and their music player / cell phone Serenata is finally official as its successor.
“…featuring two high-quality speaker units which, controlled by advanced digital signal processing, deliver precise reproduction of what’s being said at the other end of the line – or played from your list of favourite tracks. That’s in addition to ICEpower amplifiers which enable a surprisingly powerful sound to emanate from such a small space.”
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Okay, here’s Brand Incubator Ltd’s iStones (Wabi and Sabi), two iPod docks weighing in at about 2.5 kg each. While fighting the urge to write that they rock I’ll just stick to mentioning that they both sport USB 2.0 and audio/video outputs instead.
Brand-Incubator.com: iStones iPod Docks
Here’s Vers 2X, an iPod speaker system for people fed up with all the glossy black and brushed aluminum iPod accessories available these days. Each cabinet sports hand-crafted cherry veneer, two 3" custom-engineered 15 watt speakers, dual port design for deeper bass, remote control, 3.5mm audio in/out jacks and they ship with 8 iPod adapters and a general MP3 player dock to make sure it can make use of (and charge) your iPod Video/Nano/Mini/Classic/Touch or iPhone.
The Vers 2X will start shipping in mid-October to an estimated price of $179.00.
VersAudio.com: 2X Product Page
If standing out from the iPod crowd is important to you I’d advise you to check out Bang & Olufsen’s Beosound 6. Superb, portable sound in a stylish Scandinavian stainless steel encasing with scratch resistant glass and a silicone rubber keypad (leather case and B&O earphones included).
Bang-Olufsen.com: BeoSound 6 Product Page
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