Datz Music Lounge £99 Subscription

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cell Phones, Hot Deals, Internet, Music, Portable Audio / Video

What a kewl holiday gift for your fave music lover (or treat yourself.) Datz Music Lounge is offering a year’s subscription to its service for £99 (~$154.00.) Select an unlimited amount of DRM free tunes in MP3 format from their catalog. Choose from classics, current music, or new artists. Best of all, you can sync them to your PMP, cell phone or iPod and keep them forever. Check with their “Who’s Playing” page to check out their latest musical additions.

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LG HT33S Home Theater System

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: HDTV, Home Entertainment, Movies, Music, Portable Audio / Video, USB

LG has revealed its home theater system, the 2.1 channel HT33S. The glossy black exterior houses iPod docking, an optical port for sound, and the ability to convert standard def DVDs to HD1080p through HDMI upscaling. DivX, DVD, CD, MP3, WMA and JPEG are all compatible via USB. Finally, CD files can be converted to MP3 and saved as well. Presented at the IFA 2008 and tuned by audio expert Mark Levinson, look for an October release of the system.

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Hi-Can System Canopy Bed

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Design, Home Entertainment, Household, Movies, Music, Video Games

Bedrooms can’t get any better than this. The Hi-Can (High Fidelity Canopy) system starts with a high tech canopy bed. Italian designer Edoardo Carlino added a hi-fi sound system that supports MP3 audio and an integrated video projection that can be used as a computer monitor or TV for watching or video game play. Although it is still at the prototype stage, Deta will be releasing the system. See the Hi-can site for more “gimme” images.

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Projector Cell Phone

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Cell Phones, GPS, Music

Next time your boss thinks you are taking a call on your cellie during an important meeting, whip out your touchscreen Projector Phone and show him/her you are doing nothing of the sort. The phone handles tri-band unlocked multimedia and includes MP3 and MP4 players, a 1.3mp digital camera, image viewer, and video recorder. It also has GSM/GPRS and an internal MicroSD card. Compatible with GSM 900MHz, 1800MHz, and 1900MHz networks, you can pre-order the phone before the holiday rush begins.

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Flexii Casette MP3 Player

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation, USB

For those who have an aging car with only a cassette player, Flexii’s MP3 Player can be put into it and play your tunes. It can also be used as a standalone player and a PC card reader. The device runs on built-in rechargeables, has a repeat playback mode, and is compatible with SD/MMC cards (max. 2GB.) The player supports Windows 2000/XP/Vista, comes with an earphone, car and AC chargers, and USB cable with a $34.99 price.

(Thanks, Maggie)

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Intempo Digital Rebel Isolates Music

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Music, Portable Audio / Video, USB

Intempo Digital has released the Rebel, a nifty little device that samples FM music from stations and saves up to forty of the most often repeated tracks as MP3 files. Even better, it cuts out annoying advertising and over-talky DJs. With its line-in jack you simply plug into DAB or Internet radio, then download to your cell phone or MP3 player. At a size of 195 x 80 x 70mm and a weight of 1kg, you can connect the Rebel by USB. The self-censoring digital music gadget is available for £69.99 (~$109.00.)

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JVC-Victor HP-S150 Headphones

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Portable Audio / Video

JVC-Victor has unveiled their HP-S150 Headphones with a frequency response of 12Hz to 23000Hz, a sensitivity level of 105dB, and an impedance of 32 ohms. Made of metal with molded stereo earpads to cut back on distortion and external sounds, the phones have 1.2m cords with gold-plated stereo mini-plugs and are available in red, blue, white, and black. Weighing only 68g, look for them to arrive sometime this July.

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Segatoys Private Ocean

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Music

Segatoys’ new Private Ocean features their popular Healing Motion therapy as well as three other modes. The gadget plays soothing music while more than 100 underwater creatures swim around. It also displays the time fish style and you can hook up your MP3 player, adjust the light that varies between 4 different colors, and boogie to such tunes as “Under the Sea,“ ala the Little Mermaid and Sebastian the crab. At a size of 190 x 118 × 91mm, run the Private Ocean by its AC adapter and hook up earphones for some private time through its 3.5mm stereo mini-jack. So far only available in Japan, the MSRP is $199.99.

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RAPHA SurroundXi Speaker System

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Music, Portable Audio / Video, USB

RAPHA has unveiled their multi-useful Speaker System. The SurroundXi will work with iPod/nanos, MP3s, MP4s, portable CD/DVD players, computers, and cellies. And if you don’t have one of those, just take your computer’s MP3 files and copy them to your USB flash key, then plug in. The speakers have Unique Weave technology that the company claims gives “brilliant crystal clear sound.“ The SurroundXi is portable, comes in 6 different colors, runs on batteries (not included,) USB, or 6V adapter and carries a MSRP of $69.95.

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Multifunction GPS Bluetooth Rearview Mirror System

Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: GPS, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation, Wireless / WiFi

The Multifunction GPS Bluetooth Rearview Mirror System can do almost everything except play the violin. With a reverse sensor system, the 3.35-inch TFT touchscreen is also an MP3 and MP4 player with built-in speaker, an E-book for when you are stuck in traffic, support for PDFs, and GPS with voice prompts and auto-reroute. With an SD/MMC card slot, it has 5 included games, a stylus pen, and runs on DC 9V-13V. Did we mention it also has hands-free Bluetooth capability and Caller ID? At a reported price of £145.00 (~$282.00,) you will never have to leave your garage to have fun.

Read More | MCD Electronics via Red Ferret Journel

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