SanDisk guns for iPod Nano with slim video viewer
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Long player Now that Apple's got its new, video-playing iPod Nano launched here comes SanDisk with an alternative it hopes will win over buyers with its sleeker lines and higher storage capacity.â¦
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By Altus, Celeste  MILPITAS, CA: Silicon Valley's SanDisk Corp. launched a major PR effort for its new line of MP3 players, which could challenge Apple's iPod nano, both in price and versatility.  SanDisk launched four versions of its Sansa e280 model player.
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Kyle Monson writes for PC Magazine, âAppleâs cool new iPod Shuffle makes the perfect tiny gift for shoppers on a budget, active adults, or kids without a huge music collection.â
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Coughing up before the complaints? Hardware Widow Just when you thought the new metal-made iPod Nano marked an end to screen scratches, there's another threat to the diminutive music player's colorful good looks - and this time Apple's admitted it up front.â¦
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Slim Dimension desktop features an 8-in-1 memory card reader.
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Competing with the best in anything is a tall order, especially when that competitor is something of a cultural icon.  That's the spot that flash memory concern SanDisk (SNDK) finds itself in with its Sansa line of digital music players.
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Real's new 'Rhapsody DNA' will allow Sandisk to incorporate the Rhapsody service with the attractive Sansa e200 MP3 player in a way that could make Apple and Microsoft nervous.  In Listening Post.
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SanDisk's new music player is nice, and RealNetworks' companion Rhapsody subscription service offers some cool features. Together, can they make an iPod killer? Commentary by Leander Kahney.
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MacCentral - Griffin Technology Inc. on Monday unveiled the iBeam, a new flashlight and laser pointer combination designed to work as a snap-on package for iPods and iPod minis. The flashlight and laser pointer are two separate devices that feature protective caps and can be clipped on to a keychain when not in use. The devices plug in to the iPod's headphone jack. The package will cost US&#36;19.99 when it ships by the end of October.
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Ziff Davis - Easily portable video becomes real; evaluating Microsoft's UI for portable media; what is thought?  &#149; Video: Taking It with You &#149; Gadget of the Month: The Portable Media Center &#149; Thinking About Thinking
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Apple Inc's  new iPod  Nano portable music and video player boasts lower component  costs than the previous version, market research firm iSuppli  said on Wednesday.
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Sony debuted an innovative new bendable 2.5-inch display, one that is less than 0.01 inch thick -- not much thicker than a piece of paper -- and can display full-color video.
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A few years ago, when MP3 players were establishing themselves as the hot cool thing, the next step seemed clear: What if you could take along not only music but movies, television programs, home video and still pictures in a high-tech box svelte enough
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Belkin's TuneTalk -- a snap-on stereo microphone for the 5G video iPod -- now works with the 'remastered' iPod Nano, giving podcast creators a new way to record interviews and shows on the go (and indicating that the new Nano has a faster processor). In Listening Post.
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Gadget Lab writer Charlie Sorrell shows how to make a non-slip iPod Nano case, step by step. It's easy!
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SanDisk's media player can be connected directly to a TV set to display still images and video clips taken by digital cameras.
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(InfoWorld) - Eighteen months after rival AppleÂ  raised the bar in the music player market with itsÂ video iPod, Sony will launch its first digital video Walkman. The NW-A800 series Walkman will initially go on sale in Europe in April. They'll appear later in other markets but timing hasn't yet been decided, Sony in Tokyo said Friday. For Europe there are three models: the NW-A805, A806, and A808. The only major difference is in the amount of flash memory, which is 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB, respectively. The screen is a 2-inch LCD (liquid crystal display) panel with QVGA resolution (240 pixels by 320 pixels). It's orientated in portrait form rather than the landscape form used on the iPod, but videos can be viewed with the device either held vertically or horizontally, said Sony. Audio playback in a number of flavors of Sony's ATRAC compression is possible, and Sony supplies software for converting Windows Media Audio, MP3 and WAV files to ATRAC. It's also possible to directly load MP3 files onto the Walkman, but battery life will be shorter. For video the Walkman plays back MPEG4 H.264/AVC encoded files. Playback time on a fully-charged battery differs depending on the type of files. For audio its roughly 30 hours for ATRAC files encoded at 132KbpsÂ while for video its seven hours for MPEG4 files encoded at 768Kbps. Video files at lower bit rates will take up less space in the memory but also make the Walkman work a little harder on the decoding, so the time drops to about six hours and 30 minutes for a 384Kbps file, according to Sony's figures. The Walkman measures 44 millimeters wide by 88mm high and is 9mm thick. It weighs 53 grams. The NW-A805 is listed on Sony's online store for â¬180 ($237), the NW-A806 for â¬230 and the NW-A808 for â¬300. In comparison Apple's 30GB iPod costs â¬289 in Germany. The two products are difficult to compare on price alone, however, because the iPod has a larger screen and is also bulkier and heavier than the new Sony Walkman. Sony historians will note that the new product is not actually Sony's first Walkman to support video. That recognition goes to the GV-8 "Video Walkman" that was put on sale in August 1998 and played back Video 8 cassettes from camcorders. It cost Â¥118,200 (approximately $820 using the historical exchange rate). Â