These things are a dime a dozen , sure, but you can’t fault Gear4 for trying. In fact, it has managed to create something that’s marginally unique in a world full of me-toos, as the SmartDock relies on hardware and software aspects in order to shine. At first blush, the actual dock isn’t much to look at, but the bundled app enables you to search through stations using the iPhone’s touchscreen and pause / rewind at will.... 

The folks at Mintpass, known for its adorable Mintpad touchscreen PMP, are back on the scene with a little something called The Cube. A schticky audio player that goes out of its way to recall the analog gear of lore, this 2-inch cube sports push button controls, analog displays for volume, battery charge, and frequency, 3.5mm audio out, and Bluetooth. We’ve got no idea what the storage capacity, price, or street date might be, but we... 

You really don’t know how many voice recorders there are out there until you actually look . Sony’s UX line of dictation takers / mp3 players has just undergone a gentle revamp with a freshened up control scheme and a bump in integrated storage. The new base model, UX200, will come with 2GB of flash memory, while the 4GB UX300 and 300F (both capable of more than 1,000 hours of recording)…  Read More →

In case you didn’t know, your iPhone and iPod touch sport a built-in FM radio that Apple disabled on purpose. But rumor has it that Apple’s upcoming FM radio app will unlock it on existing devices, allowing you to tune in to radio stations, pause live radio, tag songs, and purchase them in the mobile  Read More →