The Tekkeon NavDock Home Media Center with On-TV Navigation for iPod/iPhone lets you navigate your iPod/iPhone through an on-TV menu to play videos, photos and music on a connected television.
The Tekkeon NavDock browses directly through your iPod/iPhone menus, so finding and playing music and videos is easy.
You can use the 16-button remote to adjust or mute volume, shuffle, repeat or skip songs, and fast forward or rewind through music or videos.
The remote offers a five-way navigation pad and quick keys that jump directly to the videos, photos, music or settings menus.
With Tekkeon NavDock, you have complete control. You can change the language, the menu color scheme to fit your mood, or the navigation speed to fit your taste. You can even access the equalizer or display the lyrics or album art that appears next to your songs in the Now Playing screen in motion as your personalized screensaver.
The graphic display that appears on your TV is very nice, both aesthetically pleasing and easy to read, with adjustable color backgrounds.
The remote gives you full navigation of your IPod: Playlists, Artists, Albums, Songs, Podcasts, Genres, Composers and Audiobooks. It also allows you to set your Equalizer just like on your IPod and basically shows about everything on your TV screen that your IPod display does.
The display on the TV screen will show you what is currently playing and you can set the screensaver to come on after various lengths of time. The title of the current song always scrolls across the album cover area. Yes, it shows album covers! And you can turn that feature on or off; just like the IPod Classic it works a little faster without the album cover display turned on but I prefer to see the album covers. Anyway, it’s nice to have the option.
The NavDock will play your videos and photos as well, though with photos you have to first navigate using the IPod display itself, instead of using just the display on the TV to navigate. This is the only time you ever have to look at your IPod itself when you have the NavDock connected. Everything else can be done with the NavDock remote: you can browse artists, genres, and albums and one nice feature is that the remote has a shuffle button right on it, so you don’t have to go into the menu to turn shuffle on or off.
Get the Tekkeon NavDock now for US $89.99 (and save up to 31% off its regular price!)
Yamaha has introduced the Made for iPod Yamaha MCR-040 micro-component music system - and we love the orange 70s-looking version!
The stylish-and-cool Yamaha MCR-040 system features iPod playback as well as a CD player, front panel USB port, FM radio and mini jack inputs for portable audio devices and currently available in ten colors.
The Yamaha MCR-040 has iPod docks built into their top panels, allowing users to take out the ear buds and share their favorite music with friends and automatically recharge the portable devices.
Uncompressed audio is delivered for high fidelity playback through the systems speakers which can be placed anywhere in the room. The MCR-040 also automatically power on when a connected iPod starts playback.
The high sound quality of the Yamaha MCR-040 is delivered by a Yamaha digital amplifier with extremely low noise distortion. Two highly responsive 4 inch speakers provide dynamic bass response for powerful, clean sound from any music library. Both models also offer a card-type remote control for operating the system and connected devices.
The Yamaha MCR-040 puts your favorite music sources within easy reach. It’s got a CD player, an FM radio, USB and mini jack inputs for portable audio devices, and a dock on top for an iPod, which you can control with the handy card-sized remote control. The iPod and USB device charge both while in use and in standby mode. What’s more, it has both a clock timer and a sleep timer.
Perfectly Matched Amp and Speakers
Both the amp and speakers are designed for high efficiency and performance, so the sound is bigger and better than you expect from components of this size. They were also planned and carefully tested for best audio integration.
Advanced YST Technology Delivers Big Bass Sound
Advanced Yamaha Active Servo Technology (YST) is a major reason for the high performance of Yamaha speakers, and is especially suited for small speakers. The CD receiver and speakers work together, using negative impedance drive to produce small low-frequency signals, which are enhanced to large outputs by precisely designed speaker cabinet and port. The result is powerful, accurate bass that seems to be coming from a much larger speaker.
VCCS Technology
Vibration Control Cabinet Structure(VCCS) solves the problem of speaker cabinet vibration with strategically placed pieces of wood whose shapes, positions and angles were arrived at after a long process of experimentation. It also uses special foam rubber that provides excellent vibration isolation performance.
The Yamaha MCR-040 is available now priced at US $279.95.
Philips HN 110 Noise Cancelling Foldable Headphones is the ideal travel headphone, and we love noise cancelling technology on the move!
It features smart noise canceling technology that enhances the pleasure of listening to low volume levels in noisy environments such as jet engine noise (or just nasty neighbours), so you can enjoy soft music on flights, or in trains and similar places.
The ear cushions are specifically designed to prevent audio leakage and enhance bass performance too.
The construction material used is Neodymium, which offers a strong magnetic field for crisp sensitivity in a voice coil, enhanced bass response and high overall sound quality.
With acoustically tuned design, this full-size headphone covers your whole ear, and even folds up for compact storage in the soft pouch supplied.
Philips HN 110 is now a real bargain priced at US $ 28.52 (that’s a whopping 59% off regular price!)
Audio Unlimited Wireless Speakers solutions offer unlimited installation options for today’s consumer seeking high quality sound virtually anywhere. The beauty of this amazing technology is all of the 900MHZ wireless speaker options/products run on the same transmitter and frequency allowing you to add as many speakers as required for you unique installation. The signal works just like high powered wireless 900MHz phones delivering a crystal clear signal through walls or any other obstacles in your yard offering endless installation options.
Listen to music just about anywhere without the hassle of running unsightly speaker wire! These high-quality, weather-resistant speakers can even be used in wet areas. Powered by 900MHz Phase Loop Lock circuitry which automatically locks in and keeps the audio signal clear and strong within a range of up to 150 feet with no line of sight limitations. The signal works just like high powered wireless 900MHz phones delivering a crystal clear signal through walls or any other obstacles in your yard truly offering endless installation options.
Expansion is Easy
The system transmitter supports all types audio inputs including RCA inputs for home theatre receivers, MP3 players, computers and iPods. Audio Unlimited’s wireless speaker system is the perfect solution for adding music around the pool/spa, on the patio, near the BBQ, in your office, garage, in the garden, or out on the deck during those hot summer nights. With the optional add-on units (sold separately SPK-VELO2) you can spread the sound even further around your garden and they can all work off of the same original transmitter. These stylish portable speakers come with a remote, so you can fine tune without having to play with the unit itself. Have time for fun with your guests, not a bunch of buttons.
We do love streaming radios!
Besides using iTunes, WinAmp or a Shoutcast streaming server, we love all stand-alone devices that stream music from the tens-of-thousands internet radio stations out there.
There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch, but internet radios give you such a great amount of choice, so here’s a couple of the best and latest internet radio devices right in time for Xmas shopping season!
The first-class choice: Logitech Squeezebox Radio
The Logitech Squeezebox Radio is a first class, excellent Internet radio with clock/alarm functions. With the Flickr app installed, it will display photos stored under user’s Flickr account. Other capabilities which are nice to have but not likely to be widely used include its ability to stream audio from a computer or double up as an iPod speaker.
With the rash of recent A/V components integrating the plethora of web related, streaming audio content into their feature set, Logitech has been streamlining their delivery of the same content in their Squeezebox series. The Squeezebox Radio is Logitech’s most recent release into this field. The compact form factor of the Squeezebox Radio is designed for an audience looking to bring their library of music into a smaller room. Additionally, the Squeezebox Radio is ideal for those who have a Wi-Fi network already established for streaming audio files.
The Logitech Squeezebox Radio comes packaged in a small box and wrapped in light plastic packaging. It also comes wrapped in a thin plastic film designed to keep smudges off the finish. The piano black, glossy finish (also available in red) is very susceptible to fingerprints and dust is very visible as well. The only two cords that come with the Squeezebox radio are the AC adaptor (which uses the new detachable plug design) and a 3.5mm cord for connecting other audio sources such as an iPod Touch or another form of audio player.
Squeezebox red version
The Logitech Squeezebox Radio is about 8.5 inches in length, 5 inches wide and 5 inches deep. There is an indention in the rear of the unit to act as a handle if you plan to use the unit as a portable device. The rear of the unit also has the AC power connection port, an Ethernet cord port for a wired connection to your network and the audio-in port. The 3.5mm headphone port is on the right side of the unit.
The front of the unit is split in half, the left side being the built-in speaker (a 3-inch driver with a ¾ inch tweeter) and the right side containing all the buttons to navigate around your music collection. There are 6 preset buttons that surround the 2.4 inch color display. Simply holding down one of the buttons during your favorite streaming station OR audio file on your server will make that a quick way to get to that music.
The color screen is quite clear and I would equate the quality in image similar to my iPhone. It loads up track information, album covers and the Wi-Fi connection strength on the screen during playback. It will also auto-dim the screen after a period of non-use. Below the screen, you will find the standard music playback tools, volume controls and menu navigation buttons. The main menu navigation tool is a large dial just below the screen. This scroll wheel makes for quick navigation as well as item selection by pushing the dial into the unit.
Aluratek AIRMM01 brings the clock-radio into the 21st Century. It connects to your Wi-fi at home, and delivers almost any radio station you want from around the world.
Choose between more than 11,000 radio stations worldwide via built-in vTuner with no monthly cost!
The Aluratek AIRMM01 is compatible with universal Plug-n-Play audio servers such as: Microsoft Media Player 11 (WMP11), Microsoft Media Connect and MusicMatch Jukebox.
It features Wireless access - WIFI 802.11 b and g, Ethernet LAN port and USB 2.0 (host only) connectivity
You can access music files (MP3, WMA, WAV file formats) stored on a USB 2.0 flash drive, MP3 player or Hard drive through the unit’s USB port and has an alarm clock function with 2 programmable alarms wakes you up to internet radio, FM radio, digital music, or choice of several alarm tones.
It’s that simple and affordable too!
Get the Aluratek AIRMM01 now for US $ 89.99 (that’s 40% off regular price!)
Bowers & Wilkins has never been one to play the bargain game, and the $399.95 price tag on its new Zeppelin Mini is evidence of that very fact.
Joining the award-winning B&W Zeppelin family is B&W Zeppelin Mini. It gives you everything you love about Zeppelin–incredible sound, intelligent design, elegant connectivity–in a smaller, compact package that’s perfect for desktops and bedside tables. Because even when your space is limited, it doesn’t mean your sound has to be.
The somewhat miniaturized iPod sound system is up for pre-order as we speak on Amazon, and we’ve heard directly from the company that it’ll be shipping out to US-based consumers in “early November.”
So, is a flashy design, a pair of 3-inch drivers, 3.5 millimeter auxiliary input jack, USB 2.0 port and a promise of a better tomorrow enough to pry those four Benjamins out of your hand?
Music can be streamed direct from a PC or Mac via the USB socket. This means that any computer system can benefit from the improved sound quality and digital sound processing, offered by Zeppelin Mini’s Digital Sound Processing (DSP) and drive unit technology.
Altec Lansing hi-end audio quality and standards is well known, now we can enjoy iPod audio and benefit from big savings!
Here’s a couple of Altec Lansing products you might consider: different features, same quality, nice pricing!
Altec Lansing inMotion COMPACT iM310 Portable Speakers for iPod and MP3 Players
Affordable, amazing sound for music lovers who listen with their eyes as well as their ears!
This new addition to the inMotion family offers big sound with stylish portability.
The Altec Lansing iM310 provides outstanding acoustic volume and audio performance for your iPod/MP3 player previously unavailable at this size or value. With powerful, crystal-clear sound and surprisingly deep bass, the foldable design is ready to let you share your tunes anywhere you like via AC or battery power.
AC or Battery-operated Enjoy up to 48 hours of continuous play on three AA batteries (or use the included AC adapter).
Alarm clock: the Altec Lansing iM310 is fully compatible with iPod models that have the alarm clock and sleep timer features.
Compact design Folds to close at 11.4“ wide, 2.5“ deep, and 6.1“ high (290 mm x 62 mm x 155 mm) for convenient mobility.
Input jack for second device connection, including CD, DVD, and MP3 players, Universal dock recharges iPod.
Weighs only 2 pounds and 6 ounces.
Altec Lansing inMotion iM600 Firewire-Charging Portable Audio System for iPod.
Altec Lansing’s iM600
Altec Lansing’s iM600 features a rechargeable battery and several convenient features to make music available wherever you are. And while the sound isn’t massively powerful, it’s loud enough to keep people dancing.
The Altec Lansing iM600’s physical design is almost inspired; it’s a flat panel that looks like a hardcover book standing on its spine. Press a button to unfold the dock in front and a support stand in back. The dock area contains (and conceals) the power and volume buttons, preventing operation while the unit is closed. A small LCD panel displays one line of text–enough to show the current source (iPod, radio, or AUX), radio station, and battery level.
You can seat any iPod that has a dock connector. Also on board the iM600 are an FM tuner and an auxiliary input for the shuffle and non-Apple devices. An extendable old-school silver antenna adds a touch of retro style; it improved reception to the point where the iM600 picked up a weak college radio station.
Tiny, easy, capable and now even more affordable than ever with 31% (4 GB version) and 43% (8 GB version) off regular price!
With the SanDisk Sansa Fuze, you can fuse your portable entertainment, featuring 8 GB of storage. Listen, watch, and play all day with 24 hours of battery life and room for up to 2,000 songs**. Watch your favorite video clips on the Sansa Fuze’s 1.9-inch color screen. Measuring just 0.3 inches thin, the Sansa Fuze marks the next wave of music and video players.
The SanDisk Sansa Fuze player supports MPEG4 video files and audio files saved in MP3, secure and unsecured WMA, WAV, Audible, and Overdrive file formats.
With an option to extend the capacity, the SanDisk Sansa Fuze sports a MicroSD/SDHC memory card slot that means storage possibilities are essentially unlimited. Expand your music collection, show albums of photos up to 4000 images*, and watch your favorite videos on those long trips.
Other features?
FM Radio: If you’re feeling like a break from your own tunes, or want to dial in the TV frequency at the gym, use the digital FM tuner. Save your favorites on the 40 user presets.
Voice Recorder: Use the voice recorder with built-in microphone to take memos, record meetings or lectures, or capture whatever else you might feel inclined to point a microphone at. When you’re ready, transfer your files for listening on your PC.
The SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB Video MP3 Player goes for US $67.89, the 4 GB retails for US $55.14!
This year you can’t fail!
Your mission for Father Day’s gift is a tough one but we’re here to help you: meet the Tivoli Audio SongBook.
The Tivoli Audio SongBook is a wonderful personal travel radio that you can take anywhere, including on international trips. Although it only has a single 2-1/2-inch mono speaker, it produces a very nice sound, and you can use the stereo headphone jack for private listening.
What is most impressive about this personal radio is its reception. The Tivoli Audio SongBook has advanced filters that isolate the FM signal to produce a very clean sound, and it even has the ability to tune to AM frequencies used abroad. Simply flip the 9k switch to listen to international AM broadcasts (assuming you are within range, of course). There are presets for five stations.
The Tivoli Audio SongBook is water-resistant, which helps protect it from both the weather and from dirt and dust that could harm a personal radio of lesser construction. You can use the SongBook as an alarm clock, as it includes a sleep feature and the option of waking to the radio or an alarm tone. In fact, via the SongBook’s auxiliary input, you can even wake to music from your iPod.
The Tivoli Audio SongBook comes in multiple colors, including yellow, blue, silver, green, white and black. This personal radio uses six AA batteries. There is also an AC plug input for use while traveling, and an AC adapter is included.
Don’t forget that the Tivoli Audio SongBook sports an AUX in (auxiliary input) comes in handy when you want to connect any audio source, especially an iPod!
Price is now an unprecedented US $ 129.00 (and that’s 35% less regular price!)
The Sony CMTBX50BTi Bluetooth Music Streaming Micro Hi-Fi Shelf System combines functionality and versatility, with abilities to play back iPod audio through the built-in iPod dock, and CD-R/W, CD-DA, and MP3 playback capabilities.
It features a very stylish design that will enhance any decor, a built-in AM/FM tuner with 30 presets and automatic scan tuning, and two full range (2-way) speakers.
This unique system offers great features that will be hard to match, such as front loading CD tray mechanism and braced construction to assist in superb audio tonality.
Enjoy an external audio (mini jack) input, FL display technology, 25W per channel, and Bluetooth Stereo music streaming capabilities.
Use it in your bedroom, kitchen, office or school. Either way, you will enjoy high quality audio reproduction at an affordable price.
Bluetooth Stereo - Music Streaming
It features the ability to stream music (wireless) from your Bluetooth stereo enabled PC, mobile phone or from a MP3 player with a Bluetooth adapter to other Bluetooth stereo enabled products such as headphones.
Made for iPod Technology
This versatile player offers the ability to play your favorite music from your iPod with the built-in iPod dock.
Multi-Format Audio Playback
It offers a full-range of audio playback capabilities, including CDs, CD-R/RW, CD-DA, and MP3.
Full Range (2-Way) Speaker Design
Due to its full range (2-Way) speaker design, 5.9″ woofer cones, 1.6″ tweeters, and quality cabinetry, it’s capable of reproducing a full-range of frequencies and lifelike imaging.
Fluorescent Display
Its FL display technology not only gives you better resolution, but also lets data transition faster for smooth, clean graphics.
Built-In AM/FM Tuner
Enjoy your favorite radio broadcasts with the built-in AM/FM wide-band tuner with 30 presets.
Operation couldn’t be easier: insert your iPod inside the case & swivel the speaker housing into upright position to turn on the speaker.
It’s so lightweight and designed so smart, you’ll be able to sync or charge your ipod without removing your ipod from case.
The Cyanics Portable Swing Speaker features a built-in rechargeable battery (Li-polymer) & plays up to 8 hours of music.
LED displays for charging and operation status and there’s a headphone jack and open port for synching, so in theory you should never need to remove the ipod from its new case with speakers.
Great for indoor and outdoor.
It’s small: 1.75(W) x 4(H) x 0.75(D) inch and weighs in at 2 oz (without iPod) and there’s a USB charging cable included.
The Dolphin WaterProof MP3 player 1GB Memory is a ultra light weight, ultra compact player that weighs only 25g with a dimension of 60 x 20 x 20mm. Its cylindrical-shaped casing features a minimalist outlook with all control buttons located on one side, and the headphone jack on the other side.
The earphone attaches to the player via a special screw-in jack to keep the device water-tight.
Both the earphone and the Dolphin player were tested to comply with IPx7 international water resistant standard.
The earphone employs a special non-woven fabric membrane to keep the speaker vibration plate dry while maintaining a high quality sound output.
As for audio files, you can drag and drop media files to and from the Dolphin without a media manager in sight. It officially supports WMV and MP3 files, but it also plays back WAV files!
Not all portable hard drives are just the same! A poker of USB portable hard disks.
Check these four USB portable hard disk drives, we think it’s a nifty selection of portable solutions that may fit almost every users’ need.
Got a MacBook (maybe a MacBook Air or one of the very latest unibody models)?
Thou shalt get yourself nothing but the Iomega eGo Helium Portable Hard Drive.
Is there anything aroud that matches better your sleek MacBook/Pro?
At 12.8 ounces, not only it perfectly matches the aluminum curves of the MacBooks, but also your pocket.
Just one USB 2.0 cable and you’re backing up your data with Time Machine, for example.
Ruggedness? The built-in DropGuard feature protects the drive when dropped up to 51″ (Toshiba claims it’s 40% above the industry average)!
The sleek lines and ultra-low profile styling of this SimpleDrive were designed by Pinifarina, the very same design firm that gives Ferrari sports cars their stylish lines.Don’t let its beauty fool you. SimpleDrive is a high-performance external hard drive ideal for storing and backing up your music, video, photos and more.
Features in a nutshell:
Stylish, external 500 GB Hard Drive with USB 2.0 connection
The Iomega eGo 250 GB Rugged Portable Hard Drive comes in a camouflage pattern to add a unique look to your digital style.
The Drop Guard feature protects your drive even in the toughest travel environments and provides exceptional durability well over the industry average!
The Iomega eGo 250 GB Rugged Portable Hard Drive includes a black Iomega Power Grip band that not only looks cool, but also provides desktop stability and extra durability. Plus, the Iomega eGo Rugged Portable Hard Drive requires no external power supply.
Toshiba 320 GB USB 2.0 Portable External Hard Drive is a cool compromise of performance, features and price.
The Toshiba Portable External Hard Drive fits easily within a laptop pouch, a knapsack or even a bookshelf. With a USB cable included, the drive can be plugged into just about any desktop or notebook with a USB port and used at home or at work.
What we like:
USB Powered for Portability/ 320GB Capacity/ Up to 480Mb/s Speed
Small Size Saves Desktop Space/ Compact/ Lightweight/ Just 6 oz./ Black and Grey
Apple has released an all-new iPod shuffle with an audio-based navigation system called VoiceOver.
Featuring no buttons save for the shuffle/straight/off switch and billed as “the world’s smallest music player,” the third-generation iPod
shuffle uses VoiceOver to let users navigate through songs and playlists, all using the in-line remote control. VoiceOver can tell users the
name of the song and artist, playlist information, and status information such as battery life.
The new shuffle also features a stainless steel clip on the back for attaching to clothing. The new iPod shuffle comes in 4GB capacities
only, and is available now in silver or black for $79.
“Imagine your music player talking to you, telling you your song titles, artists and playlist names,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice
president of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing. “The amazingly small new iPod shuffle takes a revolutionary approach to how you listen
to your music by talking to you, also making it the first iPod shuffle with playlists.”
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Yamaha has introduced the Made for iPod 
Noise Cancelling Foldable Headphones is the ideal travel headphone, and we love noise cancelling technology on the move!
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Altec Lansing inMotion COMPACT iM310 Portable Speakers for iPod and MP3 Players
Tiny, easy, capable and now even more affordable than ever with 31% (4 GB version) and 43% (8 GB version) off regular price!
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Got a MacBook (maybe a MacBook Air or one of the very latest unibody models)?
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