British company Amosu unveiled line of 24 carat gold iPods. Covered in hardened mirror gold, users can stare triumphantly at their beautiful, golden visage while rocking out to the new.

So how much will a golden iPod set you back?

30GB = $600
80GB = $800

Named the Xpod, this device is extension of external Xmod Wireless – these two are using X-Fi chips to produce clear and higher-quality audio from a compressed source, and offering streaming the sound to different components in the house as well. We have seen this concept live and we have to admit that we were impressed with the difference in sound quality and the range of streaming.

Microsoft is quickly working behind the scenes on its Zune MP3 player. Microsoft has modest expectations from the player and is expecting for it to pass the one million shipped mark by June 2007.

The first Zune will soon get two new colors. The first color is Baby Pink. And only 100,000 will be produced. A second new color, Watermelon Red, will be released after Baby Pink.

The Zune 2.0 will be similar in design to the original Zune but will be slightly thinner and will come with a larger HDD. The second new Zune is the highly-anticipated “Flash Zune.” A flash-based Zune player is exactly what Microsoft needs to compete with Apple’s popular Nano and Shuffle, so it comes as no surprise that the Flash Zune is in the pipeline.

The Flash Zune measures 3″ x 1.25″ x 0.25″. The flash MP3 player will have integrated WiFi and will be available in capacities equal to 2G.

Also of note is that 2.4 million Zunes will be manufactured during calendar year 2007 and 75% of those will be of the new Flash Zune.

Samsung has revealed the Ultra Music F200. The handset is a spiritual successor to the Samsung narrow, pocket-friendly X830 swivel phone but shifts its attention to music with a digital amp and enhanced 3D audio. In contrast to the US-bound F300, however, the F200 won’t rely on internal storage for its media library; Samsung drops the internal storage from 1GB to 5MB and reliea instead on an easily accessible microSD card slot to keep the bulk of owner’s collection of MP3, OGG, or WMA tracks.
Controls are also simpler, photos reveal: the characteristic wheel and two-row number pad of the X830 are scrapped in favor of a simpler five-point directional pad and a wider three-row set of keys. Whether or not Bluetooth and a camera will reach the finished phone is unknown.

A launch date is also unavailable, though the device may follow the F300 through Sprint or another major US carrier within the next several months.

Archos company offers the new MP3 player, called 204. The Archos 204 has a 1.8-inch 260k color screen, 20GB capacity. It supports MP3, WAV and WMA music files. Archo 204 has 20 hours of battery life.

It measures 2,9 x 2,3 x 0,75-inch for 4,2 ounces. It is priced at about 179Euro.

The Samsung SGH-X830 is a mp3 phone, equipped with a 1.3 Megapixel camera, Bluetooth, 1GB of Flash memory and a card slot. It supports MP3, ACC, ACC+, e-AAC+, WMA files. The Samsung SGH-X830 measures 84 x 30 x 19.9mm for 72g.

TrustedReviews has reviewed the Samsung SGH-X830 and says:

Serious compromises have been made here and they’ll make or break your decision to like or loathe this handset. If you want a phone that can handle web browsing and display a detailed calendar view, then this isn’t going to suit you.

But if you want a phone primarily for voice calls and texting and you’re also a music fan who doesn’t need more than 1GB of storage, then this could be just what you need.

Gemei, China-based company, unveiled the new X27 MP3 player. It has a 2.5-inch LTPD LCD, 2GB of internal memory, miniSD slot, support for MP3, WMA, AVI, JPG, GIF, BMP files.
You can even install FC, GameBoy, Gameboy Color emulators to play GB games in the Gemei X27.
It measures 105?50?11.5(mm) for 77g.

After being warmly received by the guys at C|Net, The iRiver S10 digital audio player just got another adoring review, and this one is an more-extensive look with video and beaucoups pics. The reviewer liked just about everything about the tiny player except its relatively high price, $194 for the 2GB model and an extra $30 more to import the thing. He makes some good points, such as….

Personally, I think the player is well worth the extra cost. The S10 is a delectable little DAP that does so much so well. It’s remarkable in sound quality, size, customization, and extra features; it’s easy and comfortable to use; and my god it’s lovely to look at. Longer battery life and increased storage capacity would be welcomed improvements, sure, but both are becoming such standard complaints that I don’t consider them to be deal breakers.

[Pocketables.net]

The 6 GB version of Archos’ 104 microdrive DAP is available. In addition, placeholder pages for 104’s with 8 GB drives have appeared, meaning they can’t be too far off.
Now it looks as if Archos is upping the storage capacity a little bit to 4GB; rumors suggest we might even see an 8GB version in stores.

Samsung announced their tiny SGH-X830, a Bluetooth phone+MP3 player, is available. You can use nano-style device as an MP3 player, or as a camera for photos or videos. When you swivel the screen, you have access to the keyboard to use the phone part.