Thomson electronics have launched a new MP3 player for sport fanatics.

The new Thomson Lyra PDP2662S have a water proof body. The MP3 player also displays vital information like calories burnt, pulse rate among others which will help you track your physical training. For navigation Thomson has incorporated a joystick and the battery life is about 40 hours. So basically you can enjoy the same limited track set for over 40 hours. The Thomson PDP2662S is powered by AA batteries and is available for just 70 Euros(90 USD).

LG launches in Korea the FM35 portable DMB TV and MP3 player.

The LG FM35 measures only 92×52x14mm with screen size is 2.4 inch. Battery allow to watch DMB TV for four hours or listen music for a 55 hours on a single charge.

The LG FM35 comes in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB memory configurations with $210, $241 and $294.

Another patent filed by Apple has been uncovered, meaning that a patent infringement lawsuit is bound to happen at some point. This time the patent, which was filed on November 24, 2004, is for a ‘Music synchronization arrangement’. This news, which is clearly directed towards use while exercising, makes sense given Apple new partnership with Nike.

The patent features technology that goes beyond what the Nike+iPod Sport Kit can do. It has a mode in which the iPod will measure the tempo of your feet as you are running and choose songs with the same tempo. This would be done using a built-in accelerometer. It can also change the tempo of a song to match your tempo. The idea is that the music will help you maintain your tempo. Alternately, you can set a tempo and strive to meet and maintain it.

This leads to speculation about the emergence of a Sport iPod of some kind. If it happens, you have to imagine Nike will somehow be involved, too.

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Samsung launched YEPP YP-F2 MP3 player. The Samsung YP-F2 weighs only 20g. It measures 28×52x15mm. Supported audio formats are Ogg, WMA, ASF and MP3.

The Samsung YP-F2 comes in 512MB, 1GB, 2GB configurations with $105 -$227 price-tags.