Samsung Access

Samsung Access has a relatively large, high resolution 320 by 240 pixel display. Below the screen are flat keys that relatively easy to press.

The phone weighs 3.5 ounces, and, at 4.49 by 2.28 by 0.47 inches (HWD), fits into a wide pocket.

On the side are volume, camera, and application switching buttons, the last of which makes multitasking easy.

The speaker phone is on the quiet side. Background noise is easily picked up by both the handset and the speaker phone, so you may need to speak up in noisy situations.

Samsung Access syncs both music and video, including playlists, from Windows Media Player.

The phone handled 8GB SanDisk microSD card and is an HSDPA 3.6 high speed device and worked well as a modem when hooked up to a Windows Vista PC with a USB cable

Phone Specification :
Service Provider : AT&T
Screen Size : 2.4 inches
Screen Details : 320 x 240, 262k color TFT LCD screen
Camera : Yes
Megapixels : 1.3 Megapixels
Bluetooth : Yes
Web Browser : Yes
Network : GSM, UMTS
Bands : 850, 900, 1800, 1900
High Speed Data : GPRS, EDGE, UMTS
Processor Speed : 190 MHz
Special Features : Music

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Sanyo S1

The Sanyo S1 is as basic as a mobile phone, with a stripped down design, a basic feature set, and a low price.

Sanyo phones are famous for good voice quality and loud volume but the S1 doesn't quite live up to the rep.

Yes, the speaker phone is excellent: It's absolutely thundering, in fact. But the ear piece isn't all that loud, and the volume wobbles a bit it's good enough, just not outstanding.

There's no feedback of your own voice into your ear, which some users like. battery life (3 hours 49 minutes of talk time), though we're willing to give the battery a pass since the phone is so slim.

Specification :

• Service Provider : Sprint PCS
• Weight : 2,5 ounces
• Height : 4,4 x 1,8 x 0,4
• Screen Size : 1.7 inches
• Screen Details : 128x160, 65k color TFT LCD screen
• Camera : No
• Bluetooth : Yes
• Web Browser : Yes
• Network : CDMA
• Bands : 850, 1900
• High Speed Data : 1xRTT
• Processor Speed : 1.9 GHz

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ALTEC LANSING iM4 inMotion speakers

The inMotion IM4, a tiny, portable, battery-operated stereo system lets you share sounds at home, at the beach, on the go...where ever.

A highly efficient Class D amplifier powers four full-range micro drivers to deliver a full spectrum of pure, distinct sound, while the revolutionary MaxxBass technology allows listeners to enjoy deep bass without lugging around a subwoofer.

The inMotion IM4 also includes a rubberized base and provides a non-slip platform for your MP3 or CD players and dual inputs allows the connection of two audio players at the same time.

The inMotion IM4 is the ideal solution to let you listen to your favourite music whenever and wherever you want with great sound.

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GRIFFIN Evolve Speakers

Amplify the sound from your iPod with the wireless Evolve speakers from Griffin!
This revolutionary sound system gets its power from its two cube-shaped speakers, which use RF radio technology to broadcast the sound of your favourite music wirelessly. Their 10 hours of battery life mean you can listen to your music for as long as you like!

This stylish sound station is compatible with iPod 5G, iPod nano 1G, iPod nano 2G, iPod nano 3G, iPod classic, iPod photo and iPod touch. The base unit of the Evolve speaker system has a 3.5 mm jack for connecting to other versions of MP3 players as well.

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SAMSUNG LE40R83BX

The LE40R83BX is compatible with the HD ready standard and gives you a different way of watching TV. It�s equipped with a variety of powerful technologies that produce amazingly bright and well contrasted images, meaning you can watch your favourite TV programmes and films in total comfort.

The LE40R83BX even comes with a full range of connections, including 3 HDMi sockets and 2 scart sockets, making your viewing experience immensely enjoyable.

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Sony Rolly

Rolly integrates various Sony audio technologies as well as adding robot related technologies for motion control.

The palm sized, oval shaped Rolly main unit contains horizontal opposed stereo speakers, flash memory and battery.

The product can be easily carried around the home. Despite its small size and light weight, the Rolly device produces surprisingly clear sound.

With 180 degree horizontal opposed stereo speakers, listeners can enjoy high sound quality from nearly anywhere. Also, the speakers have a neodymium magnet for powerful audio performance.

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iriver E100

The player comes in 4GB ($110 street) and 8GB ($160) capacities and resembles the flash memory based Microsoft Zune, sporting a 2.4 inch TFT LCD that takes up most of the surface area, with controls below the screen.

The click surface controls resemble those of the Clix gen 2 to a certain extent, consisting of a flat panel that can be pressed in different spots to accomplish different tasks.

There's a central Enter button, and the side panels house a lock and power buttons, volume controls, line in and headphone jacks, a microphone for voice recording, a micro-SD slot for memory expansion, and weak built in stereo speakers.

The included ear buds fit well but don't sound very good you'll probably want to upgrade. The universal mini USB connection is welcome, since proprietary cables are more difficult to replace if you lose one.

Since the Clix gen 2 has such cool graphics, like a lot of the Samsung players out there, including the YP-T10, the E100's visually boring user interface comes as a surprise. To that blandness, add confusion. Sort of like a mansion with doors hidden behind bookcases and safes stowed behind paintings, the E100 has a lot to offer beneath the surface if you can find it, that is.

Take, for example, the audio settings. You'd think they'd reside under the Settings menu. Instead, to adjust them, you press and hold down the right hand arrow button while a song is playing. The Sound settings screen then appears, and you can adjust EQ, turn off the song fade in or fade out settings, and adjust the play mode.

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Sony Walkman NW-A829

Now you have the option of listening to pristine audio without wires. Featuring Bluetooth connectivity, this 16 GB Walkman Video MP3 player offers you wireless freedom when paired Bluetooth enabled headphones.

And if you want to watch video, a high resolution 2.4" QVGA LCD beautifully presents them in portrait or landscape mode.

The sleek, slim line player also supports multiple file types so you're not locked into one format.

Small enough to slip into your pocket, the 16GB built in memory can store up to 3,800 songs, up to 62 hours of video or hundreds of photographs, offering the widest variety of multimedia entertainment wherever you go.

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Sony Walkman NW-S718F

The real selling point of the player is its excellent sound quality, which, paradoxically, can be fully realized only with an upgraded pair of earphones.

This Walkman produces some of the roundest bass it have heard on a player, which helps overshadow shortcomings like mediocre video file support and a user interface that could stand a little sprucing up.

It's not a musical masterpiece, but there's nothing to dislike about the NWZ-S718F it's a solid performer with the unique ability to lower ambient noise.

Let's talk about nomenclature for a second. Sony loves to give long, boring names to each of its devices if it's black rather than red, it gets a different model number.

This player is the NWZ-S718F, but it belongs to the NWZ-S710F series. The 3.2 by 1.6 by 0.5 inch player is tiny enough to be considered a viable competitor of the iPod Nano. Its 1.8 inch, 320 by 240 pixel display is bright, sharp, and customizable, in that video and photos can be shifted from the default vertical position to horizontal left and horizontal right.

The front face of the player is a little too cluttered for my taste four arrow buttons, a central Play/Pause button, and two more buttons above them (Home/Back and Power/Option). There's a proprietary connector, so you have to use the supplied cable to connect the player to your PC. And although the headphone jack is designed for the included noise canceling earphones.

It accepts standard 3.5mm headphones. Earphones are much higher quality than the standard ear bud fare that comes with most players. Unlike ear buds, which sit outside the ear canal and don't create a seal, they actually go into your ear, and they sound good.

File support is not extensive. Having AAC, MP3, WMA, and WAV is acceptable for audio, but providing only MPEG-4 SP (simple profile) for video and JPEG for photos may be limiting: You'll probably have to convert most of your files to make them viewable on the player.

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