Great-sounding headphones are usually pretty pricey--$100 or more--so you can imagine my pleasant surprise at finding out that Sony's MDR-710LP portable headphones cost $59. These stylish, foldable headphones sound great. I listened to a pair attached to the ( read more )
Samsung might be a little behind the game with its neXus XM-ready MP3 player, but it's a neat-looking little device. Unlike the Pioneer Inno, the neXus won't let you listen to live satellite radio unless it's docked into its... ( read more )
At least not yet. Taking a cue from the Creative Zen Micro Photo, Philips has expanded upon its 6GB HDD1630 with 2GB of... ( read more )
I love my Mac, but after seeing Microsoft's Windows Media Player (WMP) 11 demo today, I'm tempted to switch back to Windows. The biggest news related to this announcement that's been circulating CES has been Microsoft's partnership with MTV and its new Urge music service, but I'm most excited... ( read more )
While we weren't too impressed with the battery life of Samsung's first portable video player, the YEPP YH-999 PMC, we were taken with its striking and stylish design. The opposite is true of the company's... ( read more )
If Shure's existing E Series Sound Isolation Earphones are anything to go from, my ears will be pleased as punch with the Shure E500s. Unfortunately, no set was available when I stopped by the Shure booth, though one of my colleagues stopped by the next day and had a listen--she attested to the... ( read more )
At first glance, the Samsung YP-D1 looks strikingly like a cell phone. This is both unsurprising--the company makes plenty of mobiles, though ( read more )

Creative Zen Vision:M gives the iPod a run for its money
Posted by: Jasmine France
January 04, 2006, 5:15 PM PST

When I saw first the Creative Zen Vision:M (30GB) online in December, I thought it was a pretty sweet-looking piece of equipment. It's even better in person. Sure, it's quite a bit heftier than the ( read more )

SK C&C's Air Portable Media Player proves Asia gets all the cool stuff
Posted by: Jasmine France
January 04, 2006, 4:00 PM PST

Before CES, I'd never heard of Korean IT company SK C&C and for good reason. Not only is it located thousands of miles from San Francisco, it's also not even a consumer electronics company. It appears, however, that SK C&C is making its first foray into the CE category with the Air... ( read more )

Samsung takes aim at the iPod Nano with the YP-Z5
Posted by: Jasmine France
January 04, 2006, 11:31 AM PST

From the looks of Samsung's YP-Z5, an ultrathin, 4GB flash MP3 player, it seems that taking down the Apple iPod Nano could be the name of the game at CES 2006. The YP-Z5 measures 3.5 by 1.6 by 0.4 inches (the Nano, by... ( read more )