Look at the redesigned iPod nano. The new iPod nano (8GB), which boasts a small but sweet capacitive display, starts at $149, compared to just $49 for the new Shuffle (2GB).

The new nano features a small but crisp 1.5-inch display with 240 x 240 resolution. Not only does the nano weigh just .74 ounces, it??™s made of sturdy aluminum, making it an ideal exercise companion. Apple lets you rotate the display with a two-finger gesture so you??™re always looking at menus and content the right way no matter how you attach it to your body. For starters, the nano no longer captures video. For that capability you??™ll have to step up to the $229 iPod touch. You also can??™t play video on this device as you could with the last-gen iPod nano. Then again, we don??™t think anyone would want to watch movies or TV shows on this stamp-size screen.

Clean the area of your window where you will install the mount. Spray the windshield with a window or glass cleaner and wipe with a paper towel.

Place the suction cup on the windshield, making sure it does not create a blind spot. Press down to produce suction.

Insert your mp3 player into the mount holder. Adjust so you can read the screen clearly while still paying attention to the road. Most mp3 player mounts have a swivel feature for easy adjustment.

Clear away dust from your dashboard using a soft cloth. A disposable dusting cloth works well. If the mount you have chosen attaches to the air vents, clean those as well.

Choose the placement of the mp3 player mount by holding it up to multiple areas of the dashboard. The internal antenna needs a clear view of the sky to receive signals. Make sure your view of the road is not impeded.

Remove the double sticky tape from the bottom of the mp3 player or laptop car mount. Try to avoid contact with dirt or dust.

Place the base of the mount on the spot you have chosen. Press down to adhere the base to the dashboard.
Fit your player into the mount holder. Swivel the holder around while experimenting with a variety of angles. Find a placement that is comfortable to use and allows you to drive safely.

Sitting around for a long time means that if something is wrong with the unit or if the battery is not holding a charge then no one will know that until the critical moment when the power is needed and by then it will be too late.

Using an offline UPS battery backup can be a more economical option for businesses than using an online or line-interactive UPS battery backup through their entire location, so it makes sense that most small businesses or start up businesses go for an offline UPS battery backup system at first. Remember it is very important to have your RBC7 battery backup system tested regularly and this is something you can do in house or sub out to a testing company. Regular testing of the system should be done according to a schedule.

A smart and simple way to keep track is to write on a calendar each date that the backup system should be tested and then when the battery tester has finished the testing process that person can make a big red “X” through the date so it’s clear when the test was done.

iHome’s announced its new iH69 and iH70i speakers. The new speakers are designed to allowing users to dock, charge, play and sync iPods directly to their computer.

The “all-in-one” speakers feature high-fidelity Reson8?„? speaker chambers and a sync switch, with the iH70 model boasting higher wattage and a full function remote control.

The iHome iH69 and iH70 cost $99.99 and $129.99 respectively.

Video-game retailer GameStop has decided to stop selling Microsoft’s Zune players at its stores due to what it sees as insufficient demand from customers.

“We have decided to exit the Zune category because it just did not have the appeal we had anticipated,” said a GameStop spokesperson. “It (also) did not fit with our product mix.” GameStop made the decision about a month ago. GameStop said it will sell Zune players online until it clears out its inventory.

GameStop has hundreds of stores across the country and losing that distribution channel could hurt Zune sales. Many of GameStop’s customers are avid users of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console and could have presented a cross-selling opportunity for Microsoft.

Microsoft said that the Zune player continues to be carried by other retailers. “We have a set of great partnerships that give Zune a strong presence at retail including Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart and others,” said Adam Sohn, director of marketing for Zune, in a statement. “We will continue to invest in retail partnerships and have seen good momentum online and at retail over the last few months.”

The decision to stop selling Zunes took a toll on the company’s margins in the first quarter. Gross margins for the quarter were 26.1%, down from 27.2% the same quarter year before, reported GameStop on Thursday.

Oppo offer its new portable media player. S11 is the current top player of the OPPO mp3 player line featuring a 3” touchscreen, g-sensor and tv-out. The Oppo S11 has a file manager allowing id3 tag browsing and file search.
Among its features there is the video preview, a small thumbnail showing a screen of the video file. It does allow bookmarking of music, video and ebook position to let you return to where you left in any case.
The built in photo viewer comes with a nice thumbnail feature to quickly browse the pictures.
There are various built in games, making use of the g-sensor.

On the video front, it’ll play nice with AVI, DivX, XviD, RM, RMVB and FLV formats. If the 4GB of internal memory just isn’t enough, there’s also a microSD slot for loading in additional media. Price – $163.99.

Apple announced that its iPod shuffle is now even more affordably priced at $49 and that it is introducing a new 2GB model of the iPod shuffle for $69.

???At just $49, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever,??? said Greg Joswiak, Apple??™s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. ???The new 2GB model lets music lovers bring even more songs everywhere they go in the impossibly small iPod shuffle.???

The new 1GB iPod shuffle is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $49 through the Apple Store, Apple??™s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The 2GB iPod shuffle will be available later this month for a suggested retail price of $69 . iPod shuffle requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later and iTunes 7.4; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) or later and iTunes 7.4 or later.

Look on this AS-IP300 iPod dock station from Kenwood. Dimensions are a good, 380×157x221mm at 1 kg (1.2) for this iPod dock equipped with a couple 1.9W speakers. The price is set at 95?‚¬.

Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS say the new HD-AAC codec delivers better-than-CD-quality sound in file sizes that are small enough to be offered online – like on Apple’s iTunes Store, for example.

The codec is based on MPEG-4 SLS – a scalable lossless format. HD-AAC enables you to enjoy high quality 24-bit / 96KHz files on a home media server, for example, and then use the base version (called the AAC-LC layer) of the same file to play back on an iPod or other AAC player. There’s no need for you to rip different versions of your music at different codecs for different devices.

The Fraunhofer Institute says that future devices – like iPods – may also be able to play back the full lossless audio files once they’re equipped with suitable decoders. It even says that because HD-AAC is scalable you can use it to fire files over a network, with the file size scaled depending on the amount of available bandwidth. Handy for wireless multi-room audio streams, for example.

The arrival of HD-AAC could also spell good news for Apple’s rivals – Sony, Creative and others also offer AAC playback on their portable audio players.

Meet a USB Flash Card MP3 Player, credit card style MP3 Player. It is not only a MP3 Player, but also a Mass Storage Device.

Features: support MP3 and WMA playback, LED indicator, build-in rechargeable battery.
Size: 85.5 x 54 x 4.5 mm, weight: 20g. Price – $42.