New crop of portable players nips at iPod
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PALO ALTO, Calif. - Lauren, 11, saunters nonchalantly past a Discovery Channel store and a Gymboree clothing store at the mall. Then suddenly, the girl&#39;s eyes light up and she pulls her mother into an Apple Computer Inc.
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That would be the iPod touch, according to Tim Gideon, whose Five (out of five) star review appears on pcmag.com.  The iPod touch âis a thing of beauty,â he says. âFactor in the slick interface, elegant Web browser, the beautiful glass display, the seamless integration of the WiFi music store, and the iPod touch is worth the price. No portable media player has ever done this much so easily, or looked so good doing it.â
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PC Magazine - Harman Multimedia announces a compelling list of new audio products for portable players, including stylish speakers, headphones, and docks.
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Juliana Sasaki didnât bother checking out Sonyâs digital music player before buying her green iPod mini. &quot;I knew Sony and other companies had MP3 players, but they canât beat the mini,&quot; says Sasaki, 23, a language teacher.
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New lightweight microphone systems allow high-fidelity recordings to be captured and stored on an iPod and can easily be transferred to a computer
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Hand-held entertainment gizmos don&#39;t just play music anymore. They have morphed into general-purpose devices that display photos on full-color screens and, in some cases, even play video.
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At least a dozen portable music players are angling to steal sales away from Apple Computer Inc.'s wildly popular line of iPods this holiday season. In the past month alone, five companies have unveiled their iPod challengers - pocket-sized players with hard disks that can store anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 songs.
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Owners of Apple Inc.'s   iPod love to trick out the music players with cases, speakers  and other accessories and its upcoming wireless iPhone promises  to be no different.
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Apple Computer followed up its wildly popular iPod music player with the iPod Mini in February. This smaller, sleeker $250 player could hold 1,000 songs and came in five brushed-aluminum colors.
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With sales of digital music players skyrocketing, is it any wonder that hardware makers are scrambling to create the next big portable entertainment gizmo?
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Recent gadgets hitting the market include a portable hard drive, a multimedia player, a Bluetooth device and more.
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CANNES, France -- With an eye on the success of portable music players, mobile phone makers are going after would-be iPod buyers by building high-quality players into their handsets.
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Eric Dahl writes for PC World, &#147;Refinement: that&#146;s what you get out of Apple&#146;s latest iPod, which comes with a brighter screen and an extra 20GB of storage. I tested the $349 iPod &#151; the 80GB flagship of the revamped line &#151; and found a music player that&#146;s about as good as there is.&#148;
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This could be the walrus Review The iPod. Yes, it's arguably the most successful portable music player of all time. Yes, it's easy enough for your granny to use. And yes, everyone on the planet has one - or so it seems. But therein lies the inherent problem for any iPod accessory manufacturer...â¦
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - The next wave of iPod competitors is  coming.
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Apple has released a bug fix for some iPods, including the newest models.
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MP3 players have made it onto nearly everybody's holiday wish lists. Here is a collection of devices that suit every price range.