Dada Footwear Company is launching a wireless footwear system called “Code M”. The Code M System delivers both audio and data—through your sneakers! We saw an MP3 player in a sportwear, in a swiss knife. Now it’s sneakers!

The Code M System is integrated into the basketball sneaker’s heel and tongue. It can hold up to 100 songs, running on a 6-hour battery life. To transfer songs onto the system, just use the USB port on the side of the shoe. To listen to your music, use the included wireless headset, which picks up the music playing from your sneakers up to 30 feet away.

Japanese company Konami will issue this summer a curious LCD-based portable game in which the MP3 player “raises” virtual characters. This MP3 toy is called the Otoizm. Otoizm will require people to raise their digital pets by feeding them some block rockin’ beats. Otoizm is connected to an MP3 player and will classify the loaded music into one of 19 different categories. Depending on what category of music is playing will directly affect the type of growth and changes the digital pet will encounter.

Korean company Belco introduce with new MP3 player, called BCIP-1000. The BCIP-1000 can work as VoIP cellphone.

You’ll get 128Mb (up to 1GB) of flash memory with a TFT display. The new MP3 player provide USB interface and ?? Windows 98/ME/2000/XP . As MP3 player Belco BCIP-1000 represent ID3 tags.

The availability of wireless iPods came a step closer today after PortalPlayer, the chip maker behind the Apple music player’s audio logic, will add Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support to its products, Reg Hardware has learned.

The move comes courtesy of a tie-in with UK-based Bluetooth chip design pioneer CSR, aka Cambridge Silicon Radio.

PortalPlayer said it will integrate its PP5022 audio chip family with CSR’s UniFi Wi-Fi and Bluetooth controller. It will demonstrate a reference platform based on the combined technology next week at the 3GSM show in Barcelona.

The company’s pitch is that the integration will allow PortalPlayer-based gadgets to use Bluetooth stereo headsets and reach out to computers’ music archives via the wireless networking technology, and to connect directly to music download services through Wi-Fi hotspots.

reghardware.co.uk

IOPS anounced interesting models of MP3 players. S10 and S20. First of all it’s very tiny 42 x 67 x 19 mm, and weighs only 25 grams. Even though missing a screen this MP3 players seems like an interesting things.

Both MP3 players support entry for SD memory cards with sizes up to 2GB, and in addition to that the S20 comes equipped with internal memory ranging from 256MB to 1GB. USB port hidden on the bottom of the player.

Both S10 and S20 run on a single AAA battery.

While Apple a Louisiana man is suing Apple and asking that company alter its iPod in order that users cannot play music at dangerous noise levels, the RNID (royal national institute for the deaf) has raised concerns that music fans are cracking codes already present on MP3 players that ensure that digital music players can not be played to loud.

The group has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the problems associated with playing music to loud.

RNID director of communications Brian Lamb said: “There are ways that noise limiters on some MP3 players can be overridden. We are seriously concerned that if the anecdotal evidence we have that people are cracking these codes is true, then it could become a widespread problem.”

“RNID’s Don’t Lose the Music Campaign is very interested in working with manufacturers to ensure that warnings, regarding the risk of listening to MP3 players too loudly, are made more prominent both on and in the packaging of their products,” he added.

RNID senior audiologist Angela King said: “There is a danger that long-term use of personal music players at high volume will permanently damage people’s hearing. RNID’s Don’t Lose the Music Campaign is urging people to be aware of the risks so they can continue to enjoy music for longer. Noise filters for in-ear headphones are available from many high street stores and regular breaks should be taken from listening.”

macworld.co.uk

X9, korean company, has anounced very small MP3 player, called XN-F3.
Ir’s a one of the world’s smallest MP3 player —just 1.5 x 1.6 x .5 inches (1\3 as the MobiBLU)! The new MP3 player has a 65K color OLED screen to boot and 256MB, 512MB or 1GB flash memory. X9 XN-F3 MP3 Player looks like it has every other feature that the MobiBLU DAH-1500 offers as well: USB 2.0, FM radio, seven equalizers. But the BLU has not color screen. Bad news – X9 only available in Korea.

Numark company announced the new MP102 and MP302 rackmount CD players. New MP3 players designed for DJs and club owners. MP102 and MP302 MP3 players are cost-effective solutions to a wide variety of music playback requirements. Both mp3 players play CD audio and MP3 CDs, provide Anti-Shock memory protection.

Buffered Anti-Shock memory protection to ensure the music plays exactly as it should, even when the dance floor is packed. And DJs will appreciate the ability to create seamless loops—for both CD audio and MP3 files as well as true buffered instant start and stutter start capability with settable stutter points.

MP102 and MP302 will available in second quarter of 2006 and has a price – $399 and $699.

Victorinox has launched an MP3 player called the Swiss Bit S.Beat MP3. It’s the MP3 incarnation of the Swiss Army knife.
Tucked into the aluminium looking little Swiss Army Knife is a 1Gb detachable MP3/WMA MP3 Player that can store 250 songs. The good stuff is the decent capacity, USB charging, a free pair of bundled in-ear headphones and the inclusion of an FM radio.

The new MP3 player works on Windows and Mac OS X, and will give you up to 8 hours on one charge.

The new MP3 player costs about $150.

Transcend unveils a new interactive and versatile flash MP3 player, called T.sonic 520. The highlight of the T.Sonic 520 is it’s karaoke-type feature. By displaying the lyrics of the song on its OLED screen, one could sing-along instead of just listening to the music being played.

The new MP3 player supports MP3, WMA, and WAV formats. FM Radio, a Digital Voice Recorder, and a Line-In Function – like every other mp3 player in the market. It’s compact (74mm x 30mm x 18.5mm), light weight (28g minus the battery), powered by one AAA battery, USB 2.0.

The TS512MMP520 has a 512MB flash memory, is red colored, and costs about $87.00, and the TS1GMP520 has a 1GB capacity, is grey colored, and costs $117.