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News August 11, 2011

Bongiovi Acoustics DPS (Digital Power Station) for iOS Rocks Your World

Want richer bass, higher clarity and an all around enhanced audio experience? Bongiovi Acoustics: Bongiovi DPS (Digital Power Station) technology has it. The technology is currently available in iHome dock stations and select Toyota models and, for the first time, Bongiovi’s technology is available as an iOS app. The technology ”re-masters your compressed digital audio files [...]

News August 7, 2011

by Dan Cohen

Bye-Bye, Spotify

When Spotify finally came to the US I was quick to jump on it. I like using streaming, subscription music services a great deal. I like the flexibility. I love being able to download and listen to pretty much whatever I choose for a small fee each month. Sure, I already have a huge music [...]

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Reviews July 30, 2011

by Dan Cohen

Sonos PLAY:3 Review

We have had a fair bit of coverage of the Sonos Wireless Hi-Fi System over the past few weeks. As I noted in my initial review of the system, I only had the review units in my home for 23 hours before I went and ordered my own. I was impressed by the ease of [...]

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News July 20, 2011

by Dan Cohen

Sonos Announces the Play:3 the Newest Addition to the Sonos Family

If you read the site regularly you know that I am a Sonos convert and am telling everyone I can about the wireless home audio system. I love it. In fact, I had the review system in my home for just a day before I went and bought my own system. This past weekend I [...]

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Reviews June 26, 2011

by Dan Cohen

The Sonos Wireless Home Audio System Review

If Apple were to release a wireless speaker system, it would probably look and function the way the Sonos Zone system does. Fortunately Cupertino doesn’t need to go to the trouble, since Sonos beat Apple to it — and there isn’t a whole lot of room for improvement. Sure, I understand that those opening sentences [...]

Sports Gadget Review: Finis XtreaMP3 Wayerproof MP3 Player

Active lives and MP3 players don’t always mix. After all, the iPod touch wasn’t exactly designed to be a ruggedized device was it? That’s where the Finis XtreaMP3 comes in. The XtreaMP3 is a waterproof digital music player that is specifically designed to be worn and used during physical activity. It is waterproof, holds up to 250 [...]

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Reviews October 31, 2010

by Dan Cohen

Gear Gadget Review: AAXA P1 Jr. LCOS Pico Projector

I’ve been fascinated by the numerous pico projectors that have been released in the past few years. The idea of being able to connect your phone or media device to something just about the same size and throw the picture, slide or video playing on the former up on a wall by using the latter [...]

Zune HD to finally get some new games/apps thanks to OpenZDK, Tegra soon to show off some skills

original image courtesy of alltechrelated For those of us still backing Microsoft on the MP3 player market, the Zune HD may have a little life left. After a recent firmware update that added support for Dixv/Xvid files natively along with smart DJ and a few other things we may still have hope for something on [...]

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Reviews March 25, 2010

by LarryGreenberg

Rad Blaster: Don’t Always Believe the Hype

As bloggers we’re all guilty of it. We see some really cool gadget over the internet, or we’re sent a random press release on what’s described as the next, greatest widget to hit since the invention of the cell phone. Usually we spot some fancy press release picture along with it which only serves to [...]

Review: PDAir Leather Case for Zune HD

It’s no secret that we here at Gear Diary have enjoyed PDAir cases for many of our devices. You can see some of our past reviews here, here, and here. Oh, and here, too. PDAir recently released several leather cases for the Zune HD and offered Gear Diary a chance to review a sample. The [...]

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News February 23, 2010

by LarryGreenberg

The 2010 Version of the “Mix-Tape”

I sure remember it. If you lived through the 1980s I’m guessing you do too. The “Mix-Tape.” Whether you made one yourself or had one made for you, it contained songs that reminded you or your crush of the time you’d spent together. I think I still even have one of these tapes in a [...]

PDair’s aluminum Zune HD case offers solid protection at a great price

Image courtesy of Flickr We are no strangers to cases here at GearDiary. PDair has offered many cases in the past for us to take a look at, today we will take a look at the PDair aluminum case for the Zune HD. Over the past two weeks I had a chance to take the [...]

The Inbrics M1 Android Mobile Internet Device

Mobile World Congress will be kicking off in about a week, and the new device frenzy has already started. One of the items shown will be the Inbrics M1, an Android-based mobile internet device (MID) with a “3 screen plus” media convergence platform”. We’ve been hearing about the M1 since late last year, and it [...]

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News December 21, 2009

by Dan Cohen

Speck PixelSkin for Zune HD Winners Announced

Okay, so not everyone loves their iPhone and iPod touch. There are, in fact, people who really love their Microsoft Zune HDs. I wanted to know WHY a reader would choose the Zune HD over the iPod touch… so I asked.

Rad Blaster- a bit of 80s boom box nostalgia with 21st century flare

Like a lot of kids in the 80s, I had a boom box. It was big, loud, heavy…but oh so cool! I used it until it finally died, about 10 years later. I miss it. But what if I could have it back? What would I want it to do now? Well, I’d like it small, easy to use, able [...]