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October 10, 2006
The Great Gadget Showoff
I met up with my friend packgrog for the sale of my old Compaq N400C laptop and a great gadget showdown.
2 Geeks hanging out in Houlihans at Penn station showing off the wares.
What was cool is the round of new devices we had.
One of which I plan to purchase for myself.
This unit Cown A2 is one of the latest/greatest MultiMedia players around.
Sporting a vivid mini widescreen, small form factor and sporty looks, has alot going for it.
Great sound and navication are just some of the highlights.See the link for more information. The screen is breathtaking for a tiny screen.
Packy also let me try out the E3 ear plugs. I have to say, when properly inserted they have great bass. Contrary to Aaron's statements, I did not find the bass to be overwhelming. I found it the sound of the music to be exact to the eq curve as displayed on the Cowon. Talk about Punchy bass w00t. The only time I've heard that is from my old Sony CD player with similar in the ear type phones at high volume.
I'm considering a pair because of the small form factor on the subways. However I'm not keen on having something in my ear for 2 hours a day. I still use the Aiwa HP-CN6's on a daily basis as they fold up small and the noise cancellation is excellent. Over the next week or so (or at our next visit) I'll being in my Bose Quiet Comfort 2's and see how they hold up. For air travel they are the bomb!
My gadgets to show off were the Fujitsu P1510D (mini laptop) and the Vosonic 3620 1.8" photobank/storage drive/Music Drive. One thing I love about this laptop is it's small form factor along with the oohs and aahs that it brings. Like a cute puppy dog!
The VP-3620 is a new gadget I purchased from computer geeks. This unit is a small 40GB portable USB hard drive that can download/upload memory cards and also play music. I bought it to offload some of the music files that are growing on my laptop.
Frankly the ripped DVD's I've been loading have been taking alot of room.
I had just got hold of The Butterfly Effect 2 and was able to watch this on the way home via the P1510D. Let me tell you. Portable Video on that thing is stellar! My ride was done in no time!
Although I have not been blogging much lately, I've surely been busy gadgetizing and playing around.
Soon to blog is the Tvisto and Tvisto Lite.
Once I sell of My Roku HD1000, I'll pick up a new Media player called the The TVX-HD
Coming soon! to a blog near you.
Posted by Me on October 10, 2006 11:30 PM
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The earphones I let you try out are the Future Sonics EM3 (also known as The "Ears"). They may be an ugly tan, but my god they work great.
I'd consider one of those Vosonic devices if it weren't for the the fact that I still carry around both my iriver H120 *AND* my Cowon A2, even while carrying the Compaq N400c (which thankfully *IS* tolerable to carry around without the MEU). Considering how sheap you say it is, it really would be nice as an external drive. But I've already got the Cowon and iRiver gadgets that can do that, thereby keeping any media files off the laptop itself. heh. The Vosonic sounded pretty good with a flat EQ, though! I need to get some of the tunes you played on it (Astral Projection, was it?).
And that Fujitsu mini-laptop of yours is SWEET. Wasn't crazy for the rubbery feel of the keyboard, but that was a very minor gripe. The thing is NICE! Definitely envious, but the N400c should do just fine for my mobile needs! :) Thanks man!