I recently went back to the Pocket PC camp after using a Smartphone for the last year and I am glad to be back. In the past playing lossless files on your mobile device was a difficult procedure and consisted of hunting for some random plugin that may or may not work. While this can […]

For those Ipod users out there who are contemplating on using Rockbox or are using Rockbox then you are a lucky bunch! The owner of this site has made some vicious themes for the Ipod video including jBlackglass. He has also made a new boot screen with a nice Rockbox logo seen above.
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While this is not new news it is news. The developers of the Phatbox have made a model available for a variety of Volkswagen models. The Phatbox is also available for select Acura, BMW, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, Volvo, Mazda, Lincoln, Mercury, Mini Cooper, Porche, Range Rover, Scion, Toyota and Audi models. The Phatbox supports MP3, […]

I finally switched back to a Pocket PC after using the Audiovox SMT5600 Smartphone for the last year. I had one of the first Pocket PC Phone Editions, which was the XDA Wallaby also known as the Siemens SX56. I received it as part of a beta program for T-mobile. Until it’s demise in 2005, […]

The Trekstor Vibez is finally available and dapreview.net has a hands on review of the device. They also reveal some interesting history on the origins of the Trekstor Vibez shown below. The Vibez supports MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC as well as WMA DRM 9/10. There is also a new website for the Vibez with […]

After a year of rumours, speculation and photos Cowon has officially announced the D2. The D2 supports MP3, WMA, Ogg and FLAC.
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There is an interesting blog that is based on the project log for one contestent in the Luminary Micro/Keil/Circuit Cellar Competition. The rules are to design an application that utilizes the Luminary Micro Stellaris EKK-LS3S811 evaluation board and demonstrates the abilities of the Microcontroller. The goal of the blogger? “I intend to use the board […]

While official specs are not clear the Maxian D900 is starting to look like one full featured device. Based on WIN CE 5.0 the audio support includes MP3, OGG, FLAC and Monkey’s Audio format APE. This is the second device in the last few months to include the popular APE lossless format. Video support will […]

TrekStor’s press release is stating that the new Vibez that we spoke about a couple of weeks ago will be available in 8GB and 10GB models next month. And the 15GB will be available sometime in January. We will have to wait and see if Trekstor delivers as promised on this new DAP.  Currently […]

While this next device is only available in China it’s still interesting to watch the flood of multi-use devices like the Ainol V100 that are coming from Asia that support various lossless formats. Many of these latest Asian born devices are PMP’s with NES\SNES emulation support along with a handful of other features like digital […]

Neodigits, the makers of the Helios X-Line of media players has a new network HD media player on deck that packs a wide variety of audio and video formats into a stylish black metal case. Some of the supported formats include MP3,OGG, AAC, FLAC as well as XVID/DIVX. The X5000 also supports the various High […]

Slim Devices, the makers of the ever popular Squeezebox and the more recent Transporter are being acquired by Logitech. Slim Devices pioneered wireless based audio streaming as well as hardware support for FLAC and have fostered a large community around them. Let’s hope that they continue to move in a similar direction with Logitech’s branding […]

It wasn’t very long ago that you could count all of the DAP’s that supported a lossless format on one hand, now with the increasing number of DAP’s and PMP’s from Asia that support various lossless formats it would take a few hands.Two of the most recent comes from Gemei.
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Gemei X-900
The Gemei X-900 is […]

The KNC HR-2800 is a multi-purpose PMP that seems to have it all including a low price. The HR2800 runs on a 400mhz processor
and supports AVI, MPEG4, DivX, and XviD for your viewing pleasure with a 3.6 TFT display. What seals the deal for us is that it supports FLAC along with MP3.
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Would you like your Ipod to be able to play FLAC or OGG files or new games? This coming Friday, Oct. 6th at the MIT Media Lab the Free Culture Boston and the Computing Culture group will hold the Ipod Liberation Party. Those attending can have RockBox or Ipod Linux installed on there Ipods. In […]