Audio gear

The proliferation of MP3 players has led to devices of all shape, size and alternative functions. There are watches, PDA’s, cell phones, key chains, and countless other gadgets that have the ability to play music so that we can set our everyday lives to a soundtrack. One such example is the USB Sunglasses MP3 Player from Brando. That’s right, digital audio eyewear that integrates an MP3 player and earphones into the frames, eliminating wires that dangle and can tangle into a mess. Of course, the primary function of the sunglasses is to protect your eyes from the sun, but let’s focus on how well they serve as a MP3 player.

In the past I’ve reviewed a few Victorinox knives that had the added feature of a small Swiss Memory USB flash storage module, the most recent being the 1GB SwissBit Swiss Memory USB Victorinox Knife. But today I am going to look at a new product which takes that concept of a combination pocket knife

As with other high capacity, hard disk drive based portable audio players, the Toshiba Gigabeat F40 allows you to consolidate a vast catalog of music within its relatively diminutive dimensions. Packing an entire music collection into a small space, itself is a revelation. You will see what genres you tend to favor and those that

The other day I was commenting to Julie that as SD memory has become less expensive and available in larger quantities, I seem to have amassed quite the collection of SD cards. I have every denomination from 16MB to 2GB, but the only cards I really ever use are the 2GB in my iPAQ, the

See my review of Apple’s 2ng generation nano here. 09/20/07 Please also read my review of Apple’s 3rd generation iPod nano fatty. It’s no secret that I am a card carrying member of Apple’s cult of iPod. Although it took me awhile to become inducted (my first iPod was a 3rd generation model), once I

Sometimes I’ll catch myself falling into the “Super-Size Me” trap of basing a digital music player’s desirability on how many gigabytes it can hold – because in my mind, the more GB the better. Whether that is reasonable or not, I don’t know – it’s just the way that my mind works. I like the

We sure do like our digital audio players here at The Gadgeteer. While I’m an iPod lover, Judie has yet to experience THE BEST player on the market. Sometimes I wish I’d never purchased an iPod because I’m forever disappointed when reviewing new players. Even Apple’s own spin-off has failed to give me gadget hot