DAP Delights for September 15

Today ’s DAP headlines :

JVC wants to join the secret plan – their 6GBAlneo XA - HD500doesn’t really make too much of an mental picture , though . A bit more baffling are the final specifications for Digital Cube’si - Station V.43 , which seems capable of doing anything but recording videos . Sony is up to something with their new Walkman series ( NW - A1000/3000 ) – meanwhile , Creative is acting all clueless again by sneaking in theMuVo Chameleon . We also take a ready look at theiMod — an iPod plug that should be able to please audiophiles .

think it or not , but we already cover the Alneo XA - HD500 by JVCa while ago . Japanese AV Watch took some extra pictures of thisbland 6 GB DAPthat does n’t do much except for play MP3s ( and WMA DRM filing cabinet ) and being enormously expensive for no particular understanding . Maybe it ’s the “ K2 technology + CC converter & Digital Active Hyper Bass ” driving up Leontyne Price levels to some 350 Euro ? We can but opine .

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Digital Cube ’s i - Station series has seen an ever - growing routine of demanding fans , mainly because of a large variety of supported file formats . It ’s no dissimilar for the company ’s upcomingi - Station V.43 . You got a playpen and a piece of paper W. C. Handy ? unspoiled , here we go : support for MPEG 1/2/4 , WMV7 , WMV8 , WMV9 , XVID , DIVX ( video ) , MP3 , WMA , AAC , Ogg Vorbis , WAV ( audio ) plus JPEG , PNG and GIF ( pictures ) is included in the V.43 ’s software system deal . On top of that , there ’s an English - Korean ( and vice versa ) dictionary , a filing cabinet reader that can care PDFs as well as a few MS Office document , an 8 minute barrage fire life-time for video ( 15 time of day for audio ) , this toothsome 4.3 in screen ( 16.7 m colors ) , SPDIF - out and a wizard fairy that disentangle your hair just after you ’ve inflame up from your lulu sopor . The V.43 supposedly costs about 500k Korean Won ( roughly 495 USD)—an exact release date is not known at this period .

Looking back at last hebdomad , Sony ’s launching of their new Walkman DAPs probably was n’t the best of musical theme — you know , with that small-scale ballyhoo beleaguer the iPod nano eclipse Sony ’s whole announcement and all . Despite the speculative start , our beloved Japanese mega company is aiming for quite an interesting goal . The6 GB NW - A1000 and 20 GB NW - A3000should outsell previous models at a 5 - to-1 proportion . This intend that no less than 4.5 million social unit will have to recover their way to a new owner . grant , it ’s still a couple of blocks away compare to Apple ’s figures ( 6.2 million iPods sold last yr ) but it ’s kind of gutsy nevertheless . Interesting side note :

“ a software program rising slope schedule to be uncommitted in December will allow the machine to support Windows Media ”

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. We ’re not certain if that means JANUS plunk for or something else , but it sound a batch better than “ You ’ll have to use SonicStage for media file transfers ” .

Ah , here ’s that other multi - gazillionair ship’s company : originative . They ’ve kept themselves quite meddling over the last mates of months , introducing the Zen Sleek , Zen Vision and MuVo Vidz . There have been a number of less - than - dramatic freeing as well : take the MuVo Nano Plus for lesson . Kind of has a special “ ring ” to its name right now , do n’t you agree ? Anyway , Creative sneak in a importantly insignificant upgrade of the Nano Plus ( or “ N200 ” as some like to call it ) and dubbed the latest version“Chameleon ” . You ’d expect a color concealment or crazy , psychadelic , material body - morphing designs to go with such a name — but no . It ’s just the regular N200 with ( drumroll ) “ interchangeable semblance lenses ” and 1 GB worth of flashgun memory . in all likelihood end up being not too expensive but what the deuce is this all about , originative ? We require unexampled , red-hot stuff and nonsense ASAP . I had yesterday ’s dejeuner yesterday already .

If you ’re one of those audiophile guys or gal , take a look at theiMod . It ’s essentially an appendix - like thing that “ that tap the rail line - end product directly from the DAC ” . You know what that means , do n’t you ? It ’s expensive , though – no less than 264 American buckeroos are required to have your iPod “ ponytailed ” .

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