uSport headband for iPod shuffle
If armbands were good enough for you, uSport has come out with the uSport headband designed specifically to hold an Apple iPod shuffle. Just place your shuffle in a case attached to the headband and then wear it as you work out. The combination of the headband and shuffle is so light that you probably won't even feel it around your head.
Now why would you even want to wear the shuffle around your head? It really comes down to cord management. Most users have their iPods on their arms or pockets while they're exercising. The problem with this involves the body's movements which shakes the headphones loose from a persons' ears. With the uSport headband, headphone movement is minimized and the headphones stay in place.
The iPod shuffle is enclosed in a neoprene case which attaches to the headband via Velcro. The headband itself is made out of a high absorption, high quality cotton, polyester and rubber blend.
Check out uSport for additional information on the headband. Via Engadget.com
Samsung appears to be coming out with a new upgrade to the i730 (which is available in the US) called the m8000. The m8000 apparently features support for Samsung's WiBro wireless broadband standard (whose technology is somewhat integrated into the current WiMax standard). Details are lacking at this time but this very well could be the first device that supports WiBro in a PDA Smartphone format. WiBro is slated for launch early next year and Samsung is aiming to demo this phone in November.
Motorola is finally releasing the Motorola MS550 in Korea this November. For those of you unfamiliar with the MS550 - this is the mobile phone with 3 megapixel digital camera that looks more like a digital camera than a mobile phone.
I4U.com is reporting that Samsung is planning to launch a music download service to compete against the likes of Apple's iTunes. This isn't a surprising move given how many MP3 players and mobile phones Samsung manufactures these days.
M-Cody has also announced a new portable media player called the MX-700. This flash based player comes with a 128 x 128, 65K color 1.1 inch color screen that is designed for photo viewing and video playback. The MX-700 supports a wide variety of file formats including MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, ASF, OGG and JPG.
M-Cody has announced a new MP3 player called the MX-500. This small flash based MP3 player supports MP3, WMA, ASF, WAV, and OGG file formats and comes with a small 128 x 64 white OLED screen.
Laptop Magazine recently reviewed the latest headphones from Ultimate Ears called the super.fi 5 Pro. These in-ear headphones feature dual driver technology and a noise isolating design to create a new level of listening experience. You also get a 46" cable which should be long enough for most use cases.
iSkin, makers of iPod accessories (was there any doubt?), announced their new Nano-protector, the iPod Duo. Apple may be getting a lot of complaints because of the vulnerable iPod Nano, but iSkin knows how to keep the users happy. The iPod Duo keeps your player safe from scratches and dirt that would otherwise make you pull out your hair.
Plantronics unveiled two new headsets - the Plantronics M214C Headset and Plantronics M210C, providing hands-free mobility to cordless phone users. While the cordless phone is a great addition to your home, it's a pain to carry it around while talking. The headset eliminates the need for this, freeing your hands to do more productive things. Both M210C and M214C come with a unique Microphone Adjust switch that automatically optimizes sound for cordless phones.
FinePoint, a subsidiary of InPlay, announced that its new computing pen and digitizer technology has received additional purchase orders from a "major computer OEM". FinePoint's technology consists of a digitizer and digital writing pen, which happens to be an active RF pen - a step above the previously available analog pen technology.
Belkin created the new TuneDok Car Holder for the iPod. The idea is so neat, you can now listen to your music collection with the iPod secured in the cup holder of your car. Told ya it was neat. The TuneDok holds the iPod firmly and fits in your car's cup-holder, so it's easily accessible as well if you need to disconnect it and take it on the move.
Samsung's new MM-A940 is a clamshell phone supporting EV-DO (for CDMA 850/CDMA 1900 networks) and streaming video. The phone also sports a 2 megapixel camera and, thankfully, Bluetooth support. The internal display is a 176x220 262k color screen. Talktime is nothing to write home about, at just about 4 hours on a full charge, but standby time is much bigger, at 293 hours.
LG has a new music phone, the LG CE500, for GSM 850/1800/1900 networks in the US. The CE500 comes in a clamshell design and has an MP3/AAC player. Dedicated music access buttons on the outside allow easy access to the music.
Buffalo and Mediabolic announced the new Buffalo LinkTheater Mini Network Media Player, allowing you to access your digital content including audio and video from any room of your house, using Mediabolic's Media Player software.
Samsung Electronics in Korea has introduced the new Samsung SPH-B2500 DMB phone which looks similar to the recently announced SCH-V700 PMP phone. The B2500 supports the Digital Multimedia Broadcasting service in Korea and can display multimedia content on it's rotating screen.
The latest addition to the Nokia line of Communicator phones is the Nokia 9500. This is a tri-band GSM phone supporting GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz frequencies. The phone also has extensive networking support in the form of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and EDGE support. The 9500 continues the side hinge design found in previous Communicator models. Open up the phone and you'll see a QWERTY keyboard as well as a secondary display which is larger than the one on the outside.
Some products are just so eloquent you have to wonder why someone didn't think of them earlier. Case in point - the Earbud Clip. This little add on for earbud styled headphones allows you to easily store the headphones around your portable audio player without tangling wires.
There appears to be a new Nokia slider phone in the works - it's called the Nokia 6282 and it works for both WCDMA and GSM cell networks. The 6282 supports EDGE/GSM 900/1800/1900 as well as WCDMA 1900. There isn't a formal picture of the phone out yet but it's suspected to look very much like the Nokia 6280.
Now this is a cool feature to have on your cell phone. See how drunk you or your friends really are with one of these new cell phones from LG that have a built in breath analyzer. The models in question are the LG-SD410, LG-KP4100 and LG-LP4100. 
Verizon Wireless has announced that it will now be carrying the Samsung SCH-A795 world phone. The SCH-A795 is capable of connecting to both CDMA and GSM networks truly making it compatible to nearly all the phone networks around the globe..
Here's another Portable Media Player for you to sift through - the Maxian T600. The T600 comes in 20 or 30 GB configurations with features found on many other PMP devices. It does have a rather nice large widescreen color display coming in at 4 inches.
Kodak's new EasyShare V530 is a 5.0 megapixel camera allowing you to take prints up to 20" x 30" that comes with 3x Schneider-Kreuznach C-Variogon optical zoom lens and max f-stop of f/2.8 - f/4.8. The one thing that would drive away the professionals from EasyShare V530 is the absence of a manual mode.
Orange unveiled two brand new phones, the Orange SPV C600 (a smartphone) and Orange SPV M3000 (a wireless PDA). Both are based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile 5.0, providing seamless integration with MS Exchange Server.
Samsung is set to release the SGH-P300 phone in a credit-card size form factor. Not much information is available yet, except for the following:
If you're a proud owner of a Sony Ericsson K750i or W800i handset, then you might be interested in the Touch Musician SRC 100. This is a remote control specifically designed for the audio player built into these two mobile phones.