Being a self-proclaimed audio junkie, I pretty much jump at any chance to review new headphones. While many of the low to mid-range audio gear you find on the market is really just from the one or two manufacturers and then rebranded elsewhere, I enjoy the hunt for audio nirvana. As with many things in life, a simple price tag is a loose (and I admit, not exactly true) form of comparison between competing products. In headphones, once you start getting into the upper...

Samsung’s 5″ Galaxy Player has been the “Galaxy S without a phone” for users looking for 95% of the iconic Samsung phone’s featureset. Although, with the various different VoIP apps available for smartphones, tablets and MP3 players these days, even non-cellular devices can act as phones. That said, Samsung has taken it upon themselves to update the Galaxy Player with a new dual-core processor and 5-megapixel camera to keep up with the quick...

We haven’t really paid much attention to iRiver ever since they moved away from quality players such as the iHP-1xx and 3xx series to more mainstream, run-of-the-mill fodder many years back. Though truth be told, a company that exclusively manufacturers MP3 players and PMPs doesn’t stand too much of a chance in the smartphone generation. Nonetheless, the South Korean company’s latest P8 PMP is hot — if 3 years too late to market. The hardware...

Tired of Android news? How about heading to the opposite of the spectrum with some fresh Apple rumors, eh? The picture above reportedly features the upcoming 7th-gen iPad Nano complete with the long, long rumored camera functionality. The leak comes from Taiwanese Apple site, Apple.pro. Their leaks have been hit-or-miss in the past so we can’t forget the salt on this particular story unfortunately. While it’s nice to see Apple allowing some functionality to...

While the lowly mp3 player doesn’t have quite the same fascinating glimmer of our eye that it once did thanks in no small part to smartphones, there are still some people out there who want their tunes and nothing more. Thankfully the folks at Creative haven’t given up on the MP3/PMP crowd with the announcement their new M100 and M300 PMPs today. The M300 is the “grand daddy” of these tiny players and comes in capacities of 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB...