scattered technology news

LG Chocolate 3 (VX-8560) - Verizon - August 13, 2008

Last month Verizon Wireless rolled out LG’s third Chocolate phone, the Chocolate 3 (VX-8560). Just like its predecessors the Chocolate 3 is aimed towards music lovers and this version surely will not disappoint. While remaining simple and stylish, the phone has plenty of new features including a standard 3.5mm headphone jack and a built in [...]

Tags: aac, bluetooth, chocolate, fm, lg, microsd, mp3, music, phones, wma

LG Dare (VX-9700) - Verizon Wireless - July 29, 2008

Ever since Apple released the “revolutionary” iPhone, competitors have been trying to imitate and create a better phone. LG has been fairly successful so far. They released the LG Voyager through Verizon Wireless last year, which we reviewed but weren’t too happy with. Fortunately their latest phone, the LG Dare, has surpassed our expectations and [...]

Tags: aac, bluetooth, camera, cdma, chat, dare, gps, html, lg, mail, microsd, microusb, mp3, touch, verizon, wma

Creative Launches The ZEN X-FI - July 16, 2008

After a couple of weeks of leaks and rumors, Creative offically announced the ZEN X-Fi and the ZEN X-Fi With Wireless LAN. And as implied by the title of the second product, owners of the X-Fi w/ WiFi will have the ability to Stream and Download music, photos, and videos from their home networked computers. [...]

Tags: aac, creative, divx, fm, mp3, radio, sd, wifi, wma, wmv, zen

LG VX9100 enV2 - Verizon Wireless - May 14, 2008

Last week Verizon Wireless announced the true successor to the popular LG enV (VX9900), the LG enV2 (VX9100). I was wrong to have previously concluded that the LG Voyager (VX10000) was the replacement. The Voyager seems to have been a “premium” version of the enV meant to take on iPhone sales, while the compact and [...]

Tags: aac, black, bluetooth, env, gps, lg, mp3, mp4, phones, qwerty, red, usb, verizon, wireless, wma

Creative Zen (Review) - November 13, 2007

First off, we would like to thank the folks over at Creative for providing us the new ZEN for review. We have been messing around with it for a week and we’ve got to say there’s a lot to get excited about, especially the price. The Creative ZEN has quite a few extra features including [...]

Tags: aac, creative, flash, fm, mp3, radio, sd, usb, wav, wma, wmv, zen

Yet Another iPod Nano Review - October 21, 2007

It has been over a month since Apple launched the third generation iPod and it’s probably a bit late for a review, but we’re publishing ours anyways. Apple’s CEO, Steve Jobs, first unveiled the original iPod Nano about two years ago by sliding it out of his famous pair of blue jeans. A year later [...]

Tags: aac, apple, ipod, jpeg, mp3, mp4, music, nano, photos, videos, volume

Amazon MP3 vs. iTunes Plus - October 19, 2007

I recently received an email from a reader asking whether to use Amazon’s new MP3 store or Apple iTunes for purchasing DRM-Free songs. We have used both services and we’ve got to say that they both have some up and downsides. Both Amazon and iTunes offer downloads of individual songs and albums in a DRM-Free [...]

Tags: aac, amazon, apple, dap, drm, free, itunes, mp3, web 2.0

Sony NWZ-S610 Walkman (Review) - September 16, 2007

Skatter Tech recently got a hold of Sony’s NWZ-S610 Video Walkman to review and we have been messing around with it for a few days. We’ve got to say that Sony should be proud since they have finally taken a big step by launching Video Walkmans which are also “open format.” (Means support for most [...]

Tags: aac, black, drm, flash, fm, headphones, jpeg, mp3, mp4, music, photos, radio, red, silver, sony, videos, walkman, wma

New iPod Nano, Classic, & Touch! - September 5, 2007

Earlier today (September 5th) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs introduced a bunch of new products. Some of these include a new iPod Nano, iPod Classic (aka Video), and the iPod Touch. The new lineup (picture above): iPod shuffle, nano, classic, touch, & iPhone.

iPhone Updates & Price:
As we [...]

Tags: 802.11, aac, apple, battery, games, google, headphones, iphone, ipod, itunes, music, nano, touch, videos, wifi

The New Creative Zen - September 2, 2007

Last week Creative introduced a new “credit-card-sized” multimedia player with a 2.5-inch simply called the Creative ZEN. One neat aspect is that it now supports playback of the new unprotected iTunes Plus tracks in addition to DRM-Free WMA and MP3. As for paid media, the unit is compatible with Napster to Go. And for video [...]

Tags: aac, asia, creative, fm, images, jpeg, mp3, photos, radio, september, usa, wma, zen