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Creative announces Zen X-Fi2 touchscreen

Creative's Zii EGG may be snagging the majority of headlines for the company these days, but it looks like it's not about to let its regular PMPs fall by the wayside, and it's now announced its new Zen X-Fi2 player that ditches the few buttons found on the original Zen X-Fi in favor of full touchscreen controls. That, of course, also comes with an increase in screen size (to 3-inches), and a new interface that seems to include a few elements from that patent filing we saw a while back....

Sony SRS-GD50iP Marries iPod

Aside from the flamboyantly oversized subwoofer, do you know what we really love about this new iPod / iPhone dock from Sony? The big logos sprawled across the middle of each speaker, that's what. After all, nothing yells audiophile quite like a chunky slab of plastic in the middle of your sound output, right? Marketing department 1, engineering team 0. To be fair, Sony is offering a nice bit of convergence here, as the speakers can also serve as a 2.1 PC set via USB, and they'll even use the...

Creative unveils Vado HD pocket camcorder, OS X-compatible

If we recall, the previous Vado HD could at one point hold its own against pocket camcorders, but times have changed and new challengers have entered the competition. So how does Creative's second generation Vado HD keep up? We actually don't know the press release is sparse on details, except to say the 4GB / 60-minute white-and-green model will cost $180 and the 8GB / 120-minute black-and-red one is $200. Also on the horizon early this month is Vado Central software for OS X machines. It'll...

Samsung’s YP-R1 Now Really Official

It ain't the first time we've seen a gizmo take a backwards approach to launch, and we get the feeling it won't be the last. After leaking out, getting reviewed and hitting the all-revealing FCC, Samsung's mildly exciting YP-R1 portable media player is finally an official product in the megacorp's product line. Expected to debut at IFA here in just a few days, the 8.9 millimeter-thin player will boast DivX compatibility, a 2.6-inch touchscreen, TouchWiz interface and a Beat DJ feature that...

Streams Media To Your Mobile Devices With Seagate GoFlex Satellite HDD

Equipped to work wirelessly, the portable storage will transfer files over WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (max distance: 30 feet).  You can use it with regular Macs and PCs much like any external drive, as well as with apps for sending files to your smartphones and tablets. The Seagate GoFlex Satellite packs a 500GB drive inside a sleek-looking enclosure that measures 4.72 x 3.46 x 1.26 inches.  Aside from built-in WiFi, it has its own lithium ion battery, powering it for up to 5 hours of active...