Sony has come up with a bogus design in one of their MP3 Players. Probably designed to target the more feminine demographic, Sony has released its NW-E013 Walkman that is, believe it or not, shaped like a lipstick.

This Walkman will see action in the Japanese market from December 19th onwards, and will definitely lean towards the female population thanks to its glossy body that comes in a wide variety of eye-catching colors.

The NW-E013 will weigh a mere 28 grams, and maxes out at 1GB of storage space and would make a great companion for those who spend time at the gym. The Sony NW-E013 is tipped to retail for approximately $102.

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MPIO has announced the release of its MG200 MP3 Player in Korea. It boasts a 128×128 OLED display, and a SD/SDHC card slot supporting maximum 8GB. The MG200 delivers playback of MP3, WMA as MTV video files.

Besides playing MP3 files, it lets the users tune in to their favourite FM radio. MPIO MG200 MP3 will be available in 1GB priced at 59000 won, 2GB at 79000 won and 4GB at 119000 won.

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Chris at GotZune discovered limited editions of Zune. Only 10 models of these 80GB Zunes in Gold will be out for sale.

“Hip hop legend Bun B (of UGK) and elite producer Swizz Beats teamed up to a play a free show at the War Room last Friday night here in Seattle.

We’re also partnering with Goods to release an limited edition (only 10 will be sold) Zune.”

So Just 10!!! Well, get ready for a handsome price as well. Those who love gold have to be alert to grab a zune before stocks runout.

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COWON’s next-gen portable media player, the Q5W Wireless PMP, began shipping today and is now available for purchase at a variety of online retailers including JetMall (www.jetmall.net), and at select U.S. authorized retailers such as Amazon.com, Newegg.com, B&H Photo-Video, ZipZoomFly.com and eBay.com. The COWON Q5W offers the ultimate wireless connectivity and multimedia experience in a single portable device, and competes against other similar devices on the market already, namely the Apple iPod Touch.

The COWON Q5W features WiFi, Bluetooth, Windows CE 5.0 Pro, Optional GPS Navigation, and a slick 5-inch LCD touch screen. With its WiFi capability, you can surf the internet and even chat on instant messenger with the built-in MSN Messenger service. It also comes pre-loaded with Flash 7 support, meaning you’ll be able to enjoy all of the web and sites like YouTube with embedded flash videos.

The COWON Q5W also has a wireless remote control, FM radio and recorder, voice recorder with internal microphone, TV-out supporting component, built-in stereo speakers, s-video and composite connections, and a full-screen photo and document view.

In other words, this device has literally everything you could ever want besides a phone. But with the voice-chat capabilities of MSN Messenger, it’s not such a big deal. The price for such a neat device, however, is a bit steep. For the 40GB configuration it’ll cost $5449.99, and the 60GB set up is priced $599.99. An additional GPS navigation package is available for $199.99.

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I’m pretty sure a lot of you guys are looking for the perfect gift for this coming holiday. Think hard and think smart, think Zune! That’s right, Zune Originals website is offering the Zune 80 in their lineup of products today. The best part - users get the option to customize their device with their own personal engravings and designs. You can actually do any of the following options:

* Add text to the back of your Zune player
* Add a combination of art and text
* Add a custom background image from an artist

Did I say the best part already? I may be wrong as these customizations come in for free when you get a new Zune 80 at Zune Originals. Zune Originals states that the Zune 80 will ship 5 to 7 business days from the time of order. You can also customize Zune 4 and Zune 8 flash based players.

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Another day passes, and another portable media player is released in Asia. The M42410 is made by HK Power International Trading, which is located in China, and they went for the vintage look with a good looking moving track wheel, placed on the front of the player. It is similar to the track wheels you can see on first generation iPods, and also on some car radios.

The M42410 is supports video files in the AVI format, and audio files on the MP3, WMA, and WAV format, it even can display the lyrics. As for the images, the player is capable of displaying JPG, BMP, and GIF files.

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Haier America announced the new ibiza Rhapsody Wi-Fi portable media player which allows consumers to access the Rhapsody digital music service, along with AOL Video and other content using an available Wi-Fi hotspot. With literally millions of songs available for Rhapsody users, the ibiza Rhapsody could be a neat travel add-on. There’s also a partnership with AOL Video, where you get free access to user-generated videos. Not quite live TV, but on-demand entertainment nonetheless.

Currently, the ibiza Rhapsody is available in a 30GB model. Apart from video playback, it includes an FM radio tuner. Featuring a 2.5 inch QVGA LCD display, the device is compatible with 802.11 b/g wireless networks and supports WEP/WPA for security. For syncing data, the PMP offers a USB 2.0 mini-B connector - and this doubles up as a charging connector.

Apart from the 30GB model, Haier will soon unveil 4/8GB flash memory models, and the players will be available through Amazon. Expect them this holiday season. The 30GB model also boasts stereo Bluetooth compatibility, so you can use your existing wireless headphones with it.

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Olufsen, portable media player, and Bigbeam has launched this sleek PMP player Meizu M6SL that features 2.41-inch QVGA LCD with Olufsen audio system for best movie playback.

Coming with two different colors of white and black, it is available for 99,000(KRW) for 2GB, 119,000(KRW) for 4GB and 149,999(KRW) for 8GB.

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Some days it looks like Asian companies release portable media players just for fun, and today is one of those days, with Yung Fun presenting the DVB-700. The unique characteristic of this player, that can’t be seen on any other player on earth, is the inclusion of a handle so you can transport it easier.

The DVB-700 has a large 7-inch LCD screen and is able to playback MPEG-2 format files, for video and audio purposes. It comes with a built-in speaker in case you don’t want to use the headphones, but evidently it also has a earphone jack.

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Memorex has recently released its latest MP3 player entitled MMP8551. In case you haven’t noticed, this player is kind of similar to the iPod in some aspects, like not having a screen to display information about each song, and also being very simple design-wise, but at the same time very enjoyable to look at. Having small dimensions is another similar point, but that would be pushing it too much and generalizing all the MP3 players.

Instead of the rectangular shape that 2G iPods have, the Memorex MMP8551 has a circular shape, with the play button located right on the middle. I wonder what Memorex had in mind when deciding to only put 512MB of storage on this player, I guess they don’t want to sell many, or maybe the price will be very low in order to be accessible to more people.

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The Archos 705 portable media player was first revealed a few months ago, in February, but the cool device has just been added to the European online Archos store. The price is quite modest, costing €400 which is close to $578. A bit pricey for a PMP? Taking in consideration its features, I’d say it isn’t that expensive.

The Archos 705, which is a follow up of the 704 model, has a much better interface when comparing to the previous version. The booting time is also better and only needs a few seconds in order to start it up.

Other improvements include an easier experience while browsing thanks to the virtual keyboard, a touchscreen which is suppose to have less smudges, therefore making the watching-video experience also better.

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Sony has launched yet another product that I thought that people didn’t use much, a voice recorder. With codenames of ICD-UX70 and ICD-UX80, the Stereo IC Recorders will probably be useful for journalists or others that need to record plenty of audio content.

The only difference between each device is the storage capacity, with the small one being the UX70 that has 1GB of memory, and the big one being the UX80 that features 2GB of internal flash memory. In case you are wondering, both recorders can also be used as a MP3 player, but its strong point is certainly being a digital voice recorder, which in the end lets you record 518 hours of audio while using the 2GB model.

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Samsung has decided to launch one of their MP3 players on the US, more specifically the YP-P2 that only measures 9.9mm of thickness and weighs 85 grams. Besides the self-evident support for MP3 files, the portable device can also play videos.

It features a touchscreen interface also known as “EmoTureTM UI” and the display settings are normal for a 3-inch screen that provides a 16:9 aspect ratio.

As for the video details, the good news is that Samsung is working with Cinema Now, a digital video distribution company on the internet, that will let YP-P2 owners download video instantly into the device in a 16:9 format.

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Toshiba has just announced 2 new Digital Audio Players today, they will be put on the Gigabeat U series and are codenamed U104, and U205. Unlike the Gigabeat T400 that is available on a 4GB model, the new players don’t have a lot of storage capacity, only 1GB and 2GB respectively.

The design is the same as the preceding versions, and so is the screen settings. Both players come with a FM tuner and FM transmitter, which is something that iPods should already have. The Toshiba Gigabeat U205 has a canal type headphone included, an uncommon detail on this kind of players.

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Shining Stone is the name of the new digital audio player presented yesterday by LG, the original name continues its saga when it comes to talk about the five different colors in which the Stone is available: Blue Sapphire, Black Diamond, Pink Topaz, Red Ruby and Crystal Silver.

The latest DAP from LG features FM radio, and can read four different audio file formats, more specifically MP3, WMA, OGG and ASF. It has an OLED screen capable of displaying 65k colors, and there are 3 different versions that are different in the storage capacity – 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB.

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It is kind of usual to see Chinese companies copying the design of other popular devices, I can’t even remember the amount of iPod ripoffs that I’ve seen, but trust me, there are plenty of those. The latest company to join the “rip-off design” group is Yahee Technologies, and their new portable media player codenamed YHM-MPE02. In case you didn’t notice, the player is very similar to the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic, it has the buttons in the same place with the same functions, and the overall design is very similar to the mobile phone.

In terms of specifications, the Yahee PMP features a 2-inch QVGA display screen, an internal memory with 4GB of memory, and a FM tuner for the people that love radio.

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It is kind of usual to see Chinese companies copying the design of other popular devices, I can’t even remember the amount of iPod ripoffs that I’ve seen, but trust me, there are plenty of those. The latest company to join the

Axxen, a company from Korea, has came up with a new portable media player called Pleigo X3. The most impressive specification of the fresh Axxen PMP is probably the weight, only 25 grams with the battery included, pretty light for a device that can do lots of tasks.

The Pleigo X3 has a OLED display screen with 65 thousand colors, it supports audio, video, and image files, on the following formats: MPEG 1/2/3, ASF, JPEG, AVI, and WMA. There is a 5-band equalizer in case you want to improve the sound quality taking in consideration what kind of songs you’re listening.

Besides the previously mentioned specs, the Axxen Pleigo X3 still has a built-in microphone to do some recordings, and a battery life that can hang on 8 hours in playback mode.

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Sysbay International has recently presented its latest portable media player called the PF500, it goes for the stylish look with cool images placed near the corners of the screen, but the good specifications are also present in this fresh cool player.

The PF500 features a 7-inch TFT screen that provides a 480×234 pixels resolution, and aspect ratios on the 16:9 and 4:3 categories. In terms of compatibility with different format files, the device is capable of playing MPEG, AVI, Xvid, and DivX video files. The support audio formats are MP3, WAV and WMA, while the images can be viewed in JPEG and BMP formats.

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The BeoSound 6 is the latest MP3 Player from the wireless gurus of Bang and Olufsen. Compromised of clear CD sound and signal to noise playback, the BeoSound 6 is setting the benchmark for the contemporary MP3 Player. With double the playback life of other MP3 Players on the market, and a storage capacity of up to a thousand songs, indicate that Bang and Olufsen have a hot commodity on their hands. As with all Bang and Olufsen products, appearance is just as important as design. A scratch-resistant glass display with a 128 x 160 resolution and a sleek leather case give the BeoSound 6 a trendy and elegant image. Retail for $600 USD.