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Announced during Samsung’s CES press conference, the TicToc is believed a perfect alternative to Apple’s iPod Shuffle. Based on a built-in motion sensor, TicToc allows the users to change tunes by shaking the player slowly or quickly. The more slowly you shake the player, a much gentler music will be chosen, and vice versa. There’s a big button on one end to control the volume and a headphone port on the other. Turn the button to face the ground when you want to decrease the volume and make sure the button faces up if you’d like to increase the volume. The Samsung TicToc could support MP3, WMA, OGG, and FLAC audio formats with 12 hours of battery life. It will soon be available in two versions (2GB and 4GB capacities) but still no price has been announced. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Designed by Yuan-Hao Hsu and Lin Tzu Hsuan, the portable ‘MU SPACE’ not only allows you to enjoy music everywhere, but also functions as a mat and a pillow for you to take a nap during the break. In combination of a built-in speaker and an MP3 player, the music pillow is also compatible with USB and Memory Card. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The designers always know clearly what we’ll want, and they’ve come up with the products already before we consumers realize our needs. Just look at the Music Drop Mp3 Player, it’s obviously another product meant for “unexpected pleasure”. It adopts a projection system to take the place of traditional LCD screens and therefore allows the users to check out relevant information on their hands, the paper or even walls. Light-weight, portable, personalized-shape and an easy way to use, all those advantages make the player a ‘most-needed product’ on our grocery list. [Read the rest of this entry...]

The further we move on, the more acutely we feel that we kids born in the 80s are the fortunate generation, as we had rather an unforgettable time before cell phones, computers and players came to us. We had boom boxes those days, and we do miss them a lot. Still luckily, we now could have them back, in a new form. Look at these MP3 players, they’re portable devices with OLED screens and support MP3/WMA/WAV audio formats. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Liberate your hands! That’s not a female emancipation’s slogan, but actually what a player asks you to do. Thanks to the finger ring that comes along, the Melody Balloon could be easily controlled while it flies in the air when you’re listening to the music. Isn’t that funny? Imagine a young girl comes to you, accompanied by a flying player…That’s so cool! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Disney is romantic, pink is romantic, prince is romantic and the speaker is ultra romantic as it comes with all those romantic elements above. It is a pink, cute speaker from Disney and designed specially for princes-you girls! It includes a CD player with a maximum load, a LCD display and a microphone. More amazingly, you could sing along with your favorite song, too! [Read the rest of this entry...]

If I were you, I would feel hesitant to wear the Dancepants Kinetic Music Player. Not that it’s heavy or ugly, but you have to keep in motion to have the MP3 player work. In other words, the player is powered by the kinetic energy generated during your motion, and the farer you run, the longer the player works. Then, how long will you wish it to work? [Read the rest of this entry...]

The core component of the MP3 player has finally been sneakily combined into this capsule by Qianru Zhang. That means you won’t find the screen unless you pull out the on/off keys that are embedded in the surface to turn the player on. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well, forgive my ignorance, but who can tell me how could such a big OLED screen be hidden in the tiny triangular MP3? It’s really magic. Conceived by designer Lisa Kohanski, the Tripod MP3 Player could be transformed into a movie player if you pull the two halves apart. More amazingly, the movie player could also be remotely used with the MP3 control. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Not for sport use only, but also featuring a perfect lightweight for daily use. That’s the MP3 Micro Sport & Headphone from Japan. [Read the rest of this entry...]

Almost everything highly prized by men is closely related to both practical applications and attractive appearances, no matter it is a car, a camera, or a player like the Mint-pass ‘Cube’. It comprises three instrument panels, separately displaying its battery, capacity and frequency. The music player also doubles a radio, which will start to work when you press the key ‘R’. Hopefully you’ll enjoy it, guys! [Read the rest of this entry...]

Well, indeed I don’ think we may need so complicated a pen like this, a modular pen that includes a pen-point part, a key functional part and a terminal part. You may use it as a ball-point pen, a pencil or an electronic pen, as here’re several kinds of pen-points available. As for the key functional part, it is constructed with a player, a LED light, a charger interface, a memory and a battery. With a Bluetooth on the end, the modular pen also doubles a camera, a microphone, a laser pointer, as well as a wireless network receiver. It’s amazingly powerful! If you’re someone pursuing multifunctional products, you should never miss the module pen. [Read the rest of this entry...]

If you’re someone indulged in old-styled players while still pursuing a modern feeling, you shouldn’t miss the Magnetic-Suspension Record Player. Constructed with a gramophone chassis, a record holder and a red ball that serves as stylus, the record player isn’t that ordinary as you’ve seen. When the player works, the record holder will then levitate in the air due to the magnetic effect. Isn’t it amusing? [Read the rest of this entry...]

Okay, here’s another cool product coming with a neat idea. Named as Quackie, the CD player is constructed of a round body and a black speaker. Basic functions of play/stop/next/back and volume up/down are all included, which could be changed by either rolling the body or clicking the black speaker. Wow, really cute!

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In Kawasaki, a city of Japan, an important event is held every year to exhibit assorted wind-bells. Exciting, huh? But how do you like a radio based on the wind? I’ve recently in love with the “Breeze Radio” by Chiu Chi Hung. It features a “sound-only era” concept, aiming to bring us back to a simple time before MP3 players that are designed with complicated features and functions. Whenever the radio is activated by air flow like wind, it then starts to play. But if the wind direction and intensity is changed, the program is accordingly altered. Amusing!

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