http://mediamentalism.com Gadgets that set media free Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:08:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Axxen has released a couple of mp4 player which are so thin you my snap them if you look too hard. Both the Playgo X11and the Playgo x12 are just 5.6 mm thick. These two mp4 players have fancy OLED screens and support touch keypad. They have all the usual features, ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/20/ultra-thin-mp4-players/ Google have recently begun expanding beyond the world of the Web to the more portable world of the mobile phone, with their imminent new platform called Android. Designed to compete with Windows Mobile, Symbian and Apple's iPhone platforms, Android is part of Google's strategy to expand the Web beyond ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/18/googles-set-top-boxes-offer-android-tv/ Small enough to fit in the palm of your hand the X-Mini is set to revolutionise the world of portable audio. The X-Mini capsule is the first pocket sized speaker with bass support and a built in rechargeable battery. Neil over at Spoken Like a Geek brought one into the ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/15/tiny-travel-speakers-with-a-whole-lot-of-bass/ The world has been in awe of the iPod Touch for too long now. It was innovative and slick when it first came out but Apple has not moved the technology on much since then. There are rumours of a new version of the iPod Touch coming in the near ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/14/top-alternatives-to-an-ipod-touch/ This week's top ten best-selling MP3 players show Apple's iPhone struggling to keep up with it competitors, with Cowon in particular doing surprisingly well. The iRiver Clix 2 (above) gets the top spot, then its Cowon all the way down through to number 5. The iPod only pops ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/13/top-ten-mp3-players-show-the-ipod-has-lost-its-touch/ If you liked the crazy dancing Sony Rolly mp3 player you are going to love this new addition to the world of mad speaker design. The Freewheeler speakers created in collaboration with designers Ron Arad and Frances Pellisari certainly make you raise one eyebrow and mouth, "what" when you first ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/13/freewheeler-speakers-for-the-crazy-in-you/ Media Maestro LSX is a piece of software that enables you to control the media on your PC from hundreds of different devices.  The Media Maestro LSX family has just received a new addition in the form of Media Maestro Mini, a free download as part of the Media Maestro ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/13/maestro-turns-your-nokia-into-a-remote-control/ The Mumu iPearl by RAmos is, as you might guess, aimed at the female half of the word. It is not often that you get a device designed from scratch to be for ladies, the companies normally just dunk a current player in pink paint a declare it fit for ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/12/mumu-ipearl-a-touch-of-pink-from-ramos/ A Bluetooth MP3 player transforms the way you listen to your tunes, but finding a good one from the thousands of ordinary MP3 players on the market can take days of tedious research. So we've done the hard work for you and compiled a list of the top Bluetooth MP3 players ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/11/want-a-bluetooth-mp3-player-here-are-dozens/ [caption id="attachment_327" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="TuneWiki MP3 Player software"][/caption] TuneWiki is a new type of MP3 player originally designed for the Apple iPhone that has now been ported to the new Google Android range of phones. To say it's a new type of MP3 player, though, is a gross understatement. TuneWiki ... http://mediamentalism.com/2008/08/08/video-tunewiki-for-android-phones-an-mp3-player-unlike-any-other/