Sonicwalk lets you enjoy your music differently

If you are a person who loves your music, then you might be interested in the £89.99 Sonicwalk. Just what the heck is it? Well, good thing we are here to explain it to the lay person – Sonicwalk is a rugged mobile music maker that target sports enthusiasts. It does not matter if you are involved in a robust aerobics session, or prefer to just run as though you had ghosts on your tail, or cycling furiously. The Sonicwalk is as light as a feather, virtually allowing you to wear it anywhere, and as to the question of how it works, it will feature a couple of speakers that have been built right into its straps, making it a snap to share your tunes wherever you are. All you need to do is plug in a compatible device – like say, a smartphone or a portable media player, and tuck it right into the soft neoprene pocket in the strap.

You will slip your arms through the loops like a backpack for easy transportation, where the volume level can be adjusted via the straps in a jiffy. There is also a useful safety light thrown into the mix for those who prefer to sweat it out during prime moments for vampires to launch an attack.

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Olympus LS 20M PCM Recorder

Live recording may be something that people wish to get right. PCM recorders seem to provide the best quality live recording for ordinary folk without access to more advanced gadgets. Interviews, live recitals and other similar recordings can have CD quality audio in the using PCM recorders. But Olympus may be offering something different with its new LS 20M PCM Recorder. This time, HD video might be added into the mix.

The new Olympus LS 20M PCM Recorder is a hand held recorder that can now record live audio as well as video. Aside from recording in CD quality audio, the Olympus LS 20M is now equipped with a 4.1mm auto focus lens with 4x digital zoom that can record video in HD quality. Audio recording in better than CD quality is possible by the integrated studio grade condenser mics on the device. The Olympus LS 20M also features a 2 inch color LCD screen that displays the video as it is being recorded. A separate 1.46 inch display displays data like time, audio levels and battery life. The Olympus LS 20M is expected to be available in the market by June of this year. It is estimated to cost around US$300 to have one.

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Hallods F43 MP4 player packs a 4.3-inch 720p screen, outed in Japan

Looks like the wait for a real HD PMP is finally over: Hallods of Japan has just released their F43 MP4 player featuring a 4.3-inch 1280x720 screen, easily beating other sub-5-inch, 480p screens found on big names like the Archos 5 and Viewsonic's VPD400. Under that sharp screen is 8GB of internal storage and a hot-swappable microSD slot, along with a battery life of about four hours and ten hours for video and music, respectively. Like many PMPs out there the F43 supports videos encoded in MPEG4, FLV, RMVB and DivX-WVGA. Sure, there's the ironic lack of HDMI output, but for ¥16,800 ($188) this is still a pretty good deal. Let's just hope Hallods will send them over to the US soon.

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NPR Internet Radio by Livio

Internet radio takes another big step as Livio introduces its latest device that aims to broadcast stations and programs from the National Public Radio (NPR). The NPR Radio gives users free access to over 1,000 NPR radio streams from across the United States, more than 800 podcasts, as well as NPR's audio archives. It also comes with a "My NPR" button so users can quickly store and access their favorite states.

In addition to NPR stations and content, the NPR radio provides a comprehensive list of more than 16,000 Internet radio stations from around the world, all of which can be accessed by either WiFi or Ethernet connection.

The NPR Radio is available in the US for US$199.99 at NPR's online store as well as LivioRadio.com. Proceeds from the sale go to support NPR programming and its stations.

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Charge Both Your iPod and iPhone Simultaneously With iHome iP88

We all know that the iPod dominated the music player scene. Even other competitors was able to get hold of themselves and make a music player under their name. Then the iPhone was introduced and people can’t get enough of it that it ate a huge part of the smartphone and feature phone market share and revolutionized phones as we know it. So, what happened to consumers? It is either they have an existing iPod then sell it to get an iPhone and they’ve got themselves a phone and an iPod. But if you are like most of the people who already have an iPod then bought an iPhone without selling your iPod then you’re stuck with two devices competing for one speaker dock. Well not anymore if you get the iP88 music speakers dock from iHome.

For one, this speaker dock can charge both your iPod and iPhone at the same time. The alarm clock feature will wake you up at your custom playlist at different times, at different days. With the programmable snooze settings, you will have the freedom to extend your sleeping time in case you hate the common 7 minutes snooze. There are also digital AM/FM presets, EQ controls, and even 3D sound for an enhanced audio experience supplied by the Reson8 stereo speaker chambers.

The iHome iP88 supports every iPod from the iPod Mini up to the 4th Generation iPod Nano that has the video recording capabilities. As for the iPhone it supports both 2G and 3G version.

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