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		<title>MP3s for A Subtlemob Experience</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2010/10/21/mp3s-for-a-subtlemob-experience</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 17:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cool Tech Toys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the spirit of new tech, this is a story about using older tech &#8212; MP3s, email &#8212; for a new experience. Tech and gaming writer Meg Stivison writes on subtlemob At IndieCade for The Indie Game Magazine: After a day of panels and impromptu chats about where gameplay ends and interactive art begins, I...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the spirit of new tech, this is a story about using older tech &#8212; MP3s, email &#8212; for a new experience. Tech and gaming writer <a href="http://simpsonsparadox.com">Meg Stivison</a> writes on <a href="http://www.indiegamemag.com/subtlemob-at-indiecade/">subtlemob At IndieCade</a> for <a href="http://www.indiegamemag.com">The Indie Game Magazine</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>After a day of panels and impromptu chats about where gameplay ends and interactive art begins, I went to play subtlemob by the Culver Hotel. Going in, I knew very little about the subtlemob. The instructions were to find a partner, and both download a half hour MP3 and meet at the secret starting area.</p>
<p>Some NYC friends had participated in a similar experience from Improv Everywhere. The Improvers were asked to follow the instructions, whether that was imitating passersby on the street, or forming a zombie dance mob in the park.  subtlemob also asked participants to synchronise their iPods and follow the instructions, but instead of drawing attention to ourselves, we were asked to be subtle and blend in with everyone else.</p>
<p>My partner wasn’t coming from IndieCade, so as I waited for him, I glanced around at nearby twosomes, wondering who was doing subtlemob, and who was just going to the movies or having dinner nearby.</p></blockquote>
<p>Via <a href="http://www.indiegamemag.com/subtlemob-at-indiecade/">subtlemob At IndieCade | The Indie Game Magazine &#8211; Indie Game Reviews, Previews, News &amp; Downloads</a></p>
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		<title>Reasons To Get A Satellite Radio</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2010/04/19/reasons-to-get-a-satellite-radio</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 03:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heber Lozano Pacheco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertisement free broadcasting and continuos programming are one from the large benefits of having your own Satellite Radio. They&#8217;re able to accomplish this simply because revenues are raised by membership fees and not marketers fees. You&#8217;ve the chance to appreciate all the various genres for example mellow music, metal, blues, R&#38;B, country and dance music...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Advertisement free broadcasting and continuos programming are one from the large benefits of having your own Satellite Radio. They&#8217;re able to accomplish this simply because revenues are raised by membership fees and not marketers fees.</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve the chance to appreciate all the various genres for example mellow music, metal, blues, R&amp;B, country and dance music to. All styles are included in over 80 various music stations.</p>
<p>You understand how you occasionally get noise popping sound on FM radios? Well, satellite radio has removed that annoyance. You are able to go from coastline to coastline and from US to Mexico and there is going to be no interference.<br />
The transmission you get is transmitted in sharp clear sound digital format and there is going to be no noise to put up with.</p>
<p>Together with the music being transmitted to your radio, the receiver is also obtaining info about song name and artist and also the program and station that you simply are listening to. That becoming said, your radio will display this info on the front of your stereo so you will not ever need to ponder what the title of the song you were just hearing. Let us say you listen to a song that you simply like and you wish to know the artist. All you&#8217;ve to accomplish is read the front of the stereo and your answer is there.</p>
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		<title>Why Apple ipod is the best?</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2009/10/19/why-apple-ipod-is-the-best</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Country Yaard</dc:creator>
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		<title>Selecting a Portable Audio Gadget</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2009/10/12/selecting-a-portable-audio-gadget</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Grishin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Audio Players]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Additionally recognized as digital audio players, MP3 players are this moment as ubiquitous as televisions and computers. You&#8217;ll see major individuals utilizing their players as they turn out at the gym, walk their dogs in the park, commute to work or school, and run errands. In case you don&#8217;t have an portable player still, and...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Additionally recognized as digital audio players, MP3 players are this moment as ubiquitous as televisions and computers. You&#8217;ll see major individuals utilizing their players as they turn out at the gym, walk their dogs in the park, commute to work or school, and run errands. In case you don&#8217;t have an portable player still, and you&#8217;re looking for a fine purpose to get one, what about that: you could put a complete music library in your portable audio tool and listen to it anytime and wherever.</p>
<p>MP3 players have made it practicable for music to be obtainable to all. You could download songs from the multiple music download sites to your PC and transfer them to your player. You could then listen to songs anywhere you&#8217;re and anytime you desire. In case you ever are stuck in traffic, you could amuse you by listening to music loaded on your player; although I advise you do that through an interface with your automobile stereo instead of donning headphones.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s MP3?</p>
<p>MP3 stands for Moving Picture Professionals Group layer III, and is a tech the engages fitting audio information in a little memory space with no loss of quality. In fresh form, audio-information is usually big and hard to utilize in portable tools for the clear purpose that fresh audio information is too large to fit in these tools. For example, up to 80 minutes of audio information could fit in a standard audio CD. However, with MP3, roughly 10 times more audio information could fit in memory of identical size.</p>
<p>MP3 players were first presented to the market in the early 1990s. Since then, there have been contentions over audio quality. A lot of dispute that MP3 compression adversely affects sound quality at the same time as other people dispute that it compression just eliminates audio information frequency that individuals couldn’t hear, this way there isn&#8217;t any true loss in sound quality.</p>
<p>Kinds of MP3 players</p>
<p>This day, you&#8217;ll discover no shortage of MP3 players in the market. Until 2006, there were 3 kinds based on memory capacity: big players with a hard drive, mini players with a mini-hard drive, and players with flash memory. That has altered since 2006 with the expanding memory capacity of flash memory, which has driven the mini players out of the market. The players with a hard drive have the largest memory capacity and these are usually called Jukebox MP3 players. Right now portable audio players with flash memory have smaller memory capacity but that will be &#8216;null-and-void&#8217; in the subsequent several years as technological develops boost the size capacity of flash memory to match that of hard drive players.</p>
<p>Which portable audio player should you come for?</p>
<p>In case you travel much or you&#8217;re usually clear of your PC for long periods, come with MP3 players that have a hard drive. You could join these players to outdoors speakers so you could fundamentally listen to your preferred music in your living room or in your automobile. In case you jog or come to the gym often, come with one of the MP3 players with flash memory for the reason that these are light and are almost hassle-free to utilize.</p>
<p>New Attributes in MP3 Players</p>
<p>As tech develops, more and newer attributes carry on to be added to MP3 players. There are this moment MP3 players that permit you to download photos to them and view such pictures anytime and wherever. Along with photos, you could load files to take with you from your PC to work or to a pal&#8217;s house. Many players are additionally outfitted with analog and digital radio receivers. Lately, players have been outfitted with FM transmitters so you could transmit your music to your automobile stereo and listen to your files in your automobile.</p>
<p>How about MP4?</p>
<p>It&#8217;s is considered that MP4 is an updated version of MP3. However, that isn&#8217;t totally right. MP3 and MP4 are various from every single different as expressed by attributes. MP3 is first thought about an audio format at the same time as MP4 is first regarded as a container format. Not considering the discrepancies, though, you could play MP3 files in an MP4 player.</p>
<p>One More Thing&#8230;</p>
<p>Bear in mind that the sound quality of your music tool is just as fine as the couple of headphones you utilize to listen with. So don&#8217;t skimp on inexpensive headphones; put money in on a quality couple.</p>
<p>Bland lives in the headphone capitol of the earth, Tokyo. He regularly visits headphone shops to endeavor new releases and usually picks up new sets to write about. His preferred set of portable cans for the past year has been the ATH-FW3 button headphones from Audio Technical. He additionally advises Skull candy ear buds for the reason that they have fine sound at a remarkable cost.</p>
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		<title>Are Portable MP3 Players Really Fine?</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2009/10/12/are-portable-mp3-players-really-fine</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:57:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Grishin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Portable mp3 players have turn out to be a hit with the current generation. There was a time when individuals utilized to lug around with compact disks that could be played in media players. With the advent of portable mp3 players, such scenarios are the speak of the past. The niche is prevalent and that...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Portable mp3 players have turn out to be a hit with the current generation. There was a time when individuals utilized to lug around with compact disks that could be played in media players. With the advent of portable mp3 players, such scenarios are the speak of the past. The niche is prevalent and that will allow you to select from hordes of digital audio players. These audio players are recognized as portable for a purpose &#8211; they&#8217;re portable. In different words, they&#8217;re thin in the form aspect, not considering the storage capacity or the attributes added in.</p>
<p>Since I had noticed about the storage capacity in the preceding passage, permit me to walk you via the intricacies of identical (with emphasis to that peculiar niche). Miniature electronics and advancement in the secondary storage cause the explosive evolution of the mp3 players. Be it 32GB or 80GB, you&#8217;ll be capable to carry it with you, loaded with all of your preferred songs. Nowadays these players could be utilized to transfer files &#8211; it is particularly useful when you desire to copy something from your office PC and take it back home (and vice versa, similarly).</p>
<p>Portable mp3 players first consisted of flash-memory based tools. Tech is progressing and this moment particular manufacturers like Toshiba have studied and brought forth ultra-slim hard disk drives. These could be put into practice in the conventional mp3 players; to reach hard disk based portable mp3 players. Even though it&#8217;s attainable, many mp3 player manufacturers aren&#8217;t bringing forth goods based on hard disk drives. The reasoning is a trouble-free one &#8211; portable players experience harsh treatment (in the hands of the client), something that&#8217;s thought about as a bane for hard disk drives. The just benefit of opting for a hard disk based portable mp3 player is the plethora of storage sizes inc. In them. Many extra attributes are constantly put into practice in these portable mp3 players.</p>
<p>Nowadays, particular manufacturers have resorted to incorporating GPS abilities on the players. With the aid of that tech, one will be capable to keep a tab on his whereabouts. That tech is recognized to worker satellites to pinpoint your spot on the world. That makes that portable mp3 player of yours a ideal companion at the same time as indulging on such long trekking and biking sessions. Think about that these players are alternatively recognized as portable media players for the reason that they&#8217;ll incorporate the tech to play video files.</p>
<p>The cost of the player plays an integral function. Pricier mp3 players are constantly in demand. Some purchase it just to savor the style aspect. The other people choose these players with the intention of absorb the superior attributes that are being inc. In them. In place of jumping guns and investing on some production foolishly, it&#8217;s better to do extended assessment studies. The web happens to be the data hive &#8211; all the needed information that should be thought about prior to investing one of these beauties could be found in abundance. With the aid of money off coupons, these goods could be purchased for a cheaper cost.</p>
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		<title>DVD Rippers- Simply Amazing</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2009/09/29/dvd-rippers-simply-amazing</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samanatha Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The speed, with which these DVD rippers work, depends on a number of factors. The DVD is ripped 8 times faster by using a 8x drive, than the speed with which it is played. Another factor affecting the speed of the ripper is the efficiency of CPU. A less efficient CPU can cause the DVD...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The speed, with which these DVD rippers work, depends on a number of factors. The DVD is ripped 8 times faster by using a 8x drive, than the speed with which it is played. Another factor affecting the speed of the ripper is the efficiency of CPU. A less efficient CPU can cause the DVD ripper to slow down as a number of CPU processes are involved in the ripping of a DVD.<br />
A lot of disk space must be available at your computer and you can take care of it by cleaning the unwanted files, software and programs on regular basis. Many things running in the background at same time are sure to affect the efficiency of the ripper. A fast machine instead can speed up the whole process of ripping. You can switch to a 2ghz+ processor if you want some excellent results. Usually a free space of more than 40GB is recommended to avoid the situation of starting the process all over once again by the non-availability of the free space. So once you become perfect with your DVD ripper, you can download all your favorites in just a blink of eye.  </p>
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		<title>Catching an Apple</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2009/06/17/catching-an-apple</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:26:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>rhiozeel pomer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple company has been lording over the market since they expand out of the normal desktop computer business. Since the Ipod has dominate the mp3 and the mp4 scene never has any company had challenge Apple. Then Apple introduces the Iphone of which as of now no one hasn&#8217;t touch. Blackberry, Samsung and Nokia pale...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Apple company has been lording over the market since they expand out of the normal desktop computer business. Since the Ipod has dominate the mp3 and the mp4 scene never has any company had challenge Apple. Then Apple introduces the Iphone of which as of now no one hasn&#8217;t touch. Blackberry, Samsung and Nokia pale in comparison to the Iphone. Now Apple is setting its sight on the video game platform, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo must brace themslves for a tight competition. But the success of Apple depended on the success of its Ipod. The evolution of Ipod is astonishing to see. Now they say the next generation of Ipod will feature a low power 802.11n, a bluetooth and also WiFi capable. So necessarily the new Ipod enables the user to surf the internet. Other features include Space time block coding, which protect the Ipod against other radio interference. Ipod touch, Ipod Nano will also feature a more sleek, narrow and stylish appearance. Apple is constantly enhancing all its product it is a great wonder who will challenge them, it is now wonder that despite that their product is relatively more expensive than others that it is still everyone&#8217;s choice. Whoever challenges them the consumer will likely benefit from their competitions.   </p>
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		<title>Bose: Wave Music System</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2009/04/14/bose-wave-music-system</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SHASHANK SHEKHAR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I received the Bose audio system as a gift last Christmas and I absolutely love it. In my head I just always conceived that for good sound you had to have to have a really big piece of equipment but I was proven wrong. The acoustics of this system are top notch and I couldn&#8217;t...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I received the Bose audio system as a gift last Christmas and I absolutely love it. In my head I just always conceived that for good sound you had to have to have a really big piece of equipment but I was proven wrong. The acoustics of this system are top notch and I couldn&#8217;t be more pleased. I am also able to clearly pick up more radio stations than any other radio/stereo I have in the house, which I truly appreciate. I also comes with this sleek, thin little remote control and I was quickly able to figure out how to set everything up including preset radio station (that is usually a confusing spot for me but the directions for that were pretty clear). If the electric goes out it will hold the current time for a short period but if it is an hour or so I do have to reset and that is a little frustrating but the time is very easy to set so I get over that pretty quick. With this I also received the additional Bose CD changer, which was a challenge to get integrated with main system, the directions were a little confusing and it took two or three tries but I finally got it. So over-all I give this a five star rating, because once it is all set up the ease of use is very simple and the sound is exemplary!</p>
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		<title>Sony DVPNS77H/B DVD Player</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2009/02/15/sony-dvpns77hb-dvd-player</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 17:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SHASHANK SHEKHAR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been using this for more than a year now and I must say that I am simply mad about Sony DVPNS77H/B DVD Player. When you are buying Sony products you should be automatically assured of certain things like sound out put quality, picture resolution excellence and beautiful looks and style. Sony has every...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been using this for more than a year now and I must say that I am simply mad about Sony DVPNS77H/B DVD Player. When you are buying Sony products you should be automatically assured of certain things like sound out put quality, picture resolution excellence and beautiful looks and style. Sony has every thing which is of a buyers concern and I love to write about it. I found the product very durable and easy to use. </p>
<p>It takes care of the life of DVD, only thing some one needs to take care of is regular cleaning of lens with a good lens cleaner otherwise the sound out put will be interrupted. The player gets sync with LCD player and Home Theater multimedia players with ease and gives the finest sound output and great picture quality. You will love the beauti ful style and look which separates it from others. Sony always keeps a higher price so with this product but seeing the over all features it is not a big deal and a smart buy. </p>
<p>Product is quite durable also according to my experience. So park your money in Sony’s product you will never regret for.</p>
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		<title>Creative Zen Stone Plus</title>
		<link>http://hypergadget.com/archives/2009/02/11/creative-zen-stone-plus</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:24:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>guru boyss</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you can&#8217;t work out that Creative&#8217;s latest micro-sized MP3 player is aimed at giving Apple&#8217;s Shuffle a well-aimed kick up the rear end, you need glasses, because it&#8217;s about as obvious as it gets. In fact Creative seems to have taken a checklist of the Shuffle&#8217;s specifications and gone through each feature in turn,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you can&#8217;t work out that Creative&#8217;s latest micro-sized MP3 player is aimed at giving Apple&#8217;s Shuffle a well-aimed kick up the rear end, you need glasses, because it&#8217;s about as obvious as it gets.</p>
<p>In fact Creative seems to have taken a checklist of the Shuffle&#8217;s specifications and gone through each feature in turn, making sure it improved on each and every one. The Zen Stone Plus is smaller and lighter than the Shuffle. About the size of a small pebble, and a similar shape, it&#8217;ll fit and disappear into any pocket without you noticing it&#8217;s there. It&#8217;s so tiny and light you might risk missing it when putting shirts and trousers into the wash – so be careful.</p>
<p>At 2GB it has twice as much memory as the Shuffle – enough for around 500 MP3 tracks at 128kbit/sec. It has a microphone (the Shuffle doesn&#8217;t), so you can use it as an impromptu dictaphone. It has a standard mini-USB connection, so you don&#8217;t have to carry the daft little docking station around with you as you do with the Shuffle, and with the stubby USB cable that comes in the box, you can simply drag-and-drop music files to it, rather than being force to use proprietary software.</p>
<p>It has an FM tuner built in and even a stopwatch. And the Zen Stone Plus is also cheaper than its aluminium-clad rival too. Though the price typically comes in around 50 quid &#8211; the same ball park as Apple&#8217;s diminutive clip-on player – you can get one for as little as £39.</p>
<p>But perhaps the most obvious improvement over the Shuffle is that it has a screen. Next to the d-pad control sits a tiny circular, blue and black monochrome OLED display, 19mm in diameter. It allows you to see what&#8217;s playing, browse music and change settings while you&#8217;re away from your PC. It&#8217;s undoubtedly a better overall package, on paper, than the Shuffle, but does throwing extra features at such a simple concept actually make a better product?</p>
<p>Alas, not in the case of the screen. While it&#8217;s good to know what track you&#8217;re listening to, the screen doesn&#8217;t actually add that much in terms of navigation and browsability. There are two main problems with it. First, the display only shows the track name, not the artist nor the album title.<br />
Price -£33.89<br />
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Features 	- 6<br />
Sound Quality- 8<br />
Value &#8211; 8<br />
Overall &#8211; 7<br />
totally t rox to de core</p>
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