Microsoft’s Zune has been the talk of the town since it’s release during last year’s holiday season yet the context of the “talking” has been both good and bad. We’ve read mixed reviews with some loving the Zune and some hating it. Understandably this must be quite confusing for consumers, so today we at BFR hope to leave you with a review that you can truly use to base your opinion of the Zune on. Everyone has been looking for the silver bullet “iPod killing” mp3 player to come out but one must ask are we all being just a bit silly to have such expectations? The iPod has been a success that all device-making tech companies can only dream about having. The player dominates the market and thanks to key first-mover advantages like establishing an online music store to accompany the booming iPod, the player will continue to do so for years to come. For anyone to think it’s possible for a company to come to market with a product so innovative that it instantly gobbles up even half of the iPod’s market share is ridiculous. For one the iPod is a house hold name product. Everyone know’s what it is and more than likely knows someone that has one (or two). Another reason, which is equally is big, is that most iPod owners have purchased some form of music off the iTunes music store and thanks in part to DRM, all of that music instantly goes down the drain if someone were to change from their iPod to different device.

The reasons as to why it’s impossible for another player to instantly steal the market from the iPod go on and on. What it will take for another product to capture a piece of the market is that it will have to be a solid product, it will have to have a solid marketing campaign to build brand awareness, it will have to come with a solid music store experience to load the device with music, and it will of course have to come a very competitive price. Basically what it comes down to is giving consumers a good enough reason to change from their iPod and while at the same time leaving behind their current iTunes music collection investment. This is not going to be an easy task by any means but Microsoft is giving it their first shot with their Zune.

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It’ll wow you for hours. Play up to 5 hours of video or up to 24 hours of audio on a single charge.  All that staying power and a wafer-thin, 6.5-mm profile makes iPod nano one small big attraction.

If you have been put off buying an ipod because of all the bad press about “i-tunes” software, read on…
Please be aware there are at least 3 REALLY GOOD aftermarket programs available which will talk to any ipod, drag and drop anything you like to and from with no copyright restrictions. All the idiots who are complaining have been too lazy to search Google etc, or investigate further. ipods are TOP QUALITY kit, and if you replace the horrid i-tunes with something else, you are onto a 110% winner. BUY AN IPOD!

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Stylish, ergonomic, delightful, aesthetically pleasing, jaw-dropping technology. And it plays your music in excellent quality and displays your pictures and videos on a big, bright, sharp screen. The WiFi works well too - nice to be able to browse the web and buy music from iTunes without having to go to your computer.. My only criticism is that you can’t write appointments to the calendar application - only sync with your computer and read them. Why hobble a perfectly good calendar app? But if the calendar app isn’t important to you, you could take this as a five star review.

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The PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system unleashes a brilliant, high-definition entertainment experience with its Cell Broadband Engine that delivers a gaming experience that is beyond what you know today. Its built-in Blu-ray Disc drive delivers a whole new generation in high-definition gaming and unmatched digital media storage. Whether it?s gaming, Blu-ray movies, music or online services, PlayStation 3 will change your digital life. High-definition capabilities: Enjoy high-definition entertainment, HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) means you can use your PlayStation 3 with high-definition televisions as well as conventional TVs. Hard Disk Drive (HDD): The PlayStation 3 comes with a 60GB removable hard disk drive (HDD) allowing you to store your music, images and video files as well as content downloaded from Sony?s online service. System interoperability: The PlayStation 3 and PSP are designed to work together so you can easily exchange media like photos, videos and music from your PlayStation 3 system to your PSP. Game developers are also working on innovative and exciting ways of integrating the PSP system into PlayStation 3 games. The PlayStation 3 is powered by the Cell Broadband Engine, a revolutionary microprocessor that leapfrogs the performance of existing processors, giving the PlayStation 3 system supercomputer-like power and performance that until now, game developers have only dreamt about. For example, the Cell Broadband Engine is 40 times faster than the chip that is found inside the PlayStation 2 console. The PlayStation 3 system?s Cell Broadband Engine is the very thing that game developers have always dreamt about. Its unique multi-processing unit design represents a tour de force in parallel processing. The ability to do more of everything at the same time means more enemies, more AI, more explosions, and more realistic gameplay. Amazing gameplay elements such as ragdoll physics and keyframe animation

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10 in Computer & Video Games
• Colour: Berry Blue
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2007-10-10
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

Features

• PS3 40GB pack
• HDMI output
• Ethernet connection
• Blueray dvd playback
• 40GB pack

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To put it short and sweet… The T-Amp line of amplifiers from Sonic Impact are revered by audiophiles everywhere for their amazing sound and incredible price. These amps have better sound than others that cost 10 times as much.

The key to the T-Amp is - amazingly enough - Class T amplification. Class T amplifiers offer both the audio fidelity of Class AB (which you’d likely find in your home stereo reciever) and the power efficiency of Class D amplifiers (often used to provide the punch for subwoofer amps).

Trust us when we say that you will be fully satisfied with the sound from the T-Amp. Don’t believe us? See what others are saying:

TNT Audio (http://tnt-audio.com)
“[Reviewing the T-Amp] has been the most thrilling and incredible experience I’ve had with a component in, say, 25 years of HiFi listening. This website has existed since 1995, I’ve reviewed hundreds of HiFi components, inexpensive and ridiculously overpriced ones. I never - repeat - NEVER came across such a stunning piece of gear in all of these years.”

6moons (http://6moons.com)
“[The T-Amp] has almost exactly the same amount of power as the superb $800 Almarro A-205A EL-84 single-ended pentode vacuum tube integrated amplifier I reviewed here at 6moons not many moons back. So what you have here — and I am abstracting things a bit of course — is a low priced and low powered single-ended digital amplifier that can be used with efficient loudspeakers of the kind favored by the direct-heated single-ended triode (SET) crowd.”

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Firstly, and obviously, the Stone Plus will come with up to 4GB of internal memory. But it also comes with support for unprotected AAC files, such as those bought from the iTunes Plus Store. It also has increased battery life, which now stands at a more trendy 12 hours. Everything else stays the same: it’s got the original glossy black design, the same blue OLED screen, the same interface and the same basic feature set.

We’re big fans of the Zen Stone Plus here at Crave, and seeing mention of a 4GB model is really exciting. There are no further details at this point, but we’d expect it to retail for about £60. There’s no word of a release date or availability, but if you’re already considering this lovely little gem, you might want to put Mr Cash safely back into Mrs Pocket, and let them spend some time together over Christmas until we have a confirmed launch date. -Nate Lanxon

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Sony Computer Entertainment co-chief operating officer Jim Ryan apparently, told the India Times that the “PlayStation is a proven success and so is Sony Ericsson,” and that “convergence with the two arms working together is definitely plausible.” Granted, he did note that it could be quite some time before such a device would see the market, and that if indeed it did, it would likely resemble a handheld gaming system with a phone blended in and not vice-versa. So yeah, we’re not really any closer to knowing whether this thing truly is somewhere in the pipeline, but here’s to hoping that we don’t have to wait another year or so to find out more.

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We’ve seen the camera / PMP mishmash before, and now that we’re witnessing yet another iteration, we still aren’t really feeling the concept. Nevertheless, those that are should certainly take a gander at Shenzhen Carav Electronics’ CMV9301, which features a three-inch 320 x 240 resolution display, support for a 1.8-inch hard drive, three- or five-megapixel camera, 4x digital zoom, integrated flash, SD expansion slot, AV in / out, line-in port, a built-in speaker and a trifecta of games for good measure. Additionally, this thing claims to play nice with MP3, WMA, PCM, WAV, AVI, MOV, MP4 and ASF file formats, and the rechargeable Li-ion should be good for around ten hours of music / four hours of video playback. As these things always go, there’s no word on how much a single one will cost, but feel free to phone ‘em up if you can shake off that voice pleading with you to not order “at least 200.”

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The Turbolinux Wizpy is not only a Linux based portable media player that plays MP3, Ogg, WMA, AAC and DivX formats, it’s also a portable Linux drive which lets you plug and boot into Turbolinux’s own Linux OS—Turbolinux FUJI on any PC.

The Wizpy weighs 60 g (2.1 ounces), and measures 84mm × 42mm × 12.2mm in dimensions. It also comes with a large 1.7-inch OLED display and FM radio function. The Linux OS is preloaded on 1.5GB (out of 4.0GB) of the device’s internal flash memory. Preinstalled software applications includes Firefox, Thunderbird and Skype, allowing users to surf the internet and communicate with others via e-mail and chat.

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