Originally published June 28 2005
MP3 players steal the show at CES 2005
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
About.com reports Apple Computer was conspicuous by their absence at CES 2005 (they usually wait for the Macworld convention to unveil their products), but companies like Creative, Audiovox and JVC took advantage of the venue to announce their latest developments in the highly popular world of portable digital media players.
One couldn't go more than a few yards on the CES 2005 grounds last week without running into a new MP3 player or hearing about one being announced this year.
The first focused on the unveiling of three regular Zen Micro units with different memory sizes.
The current 5 GB model will be joined in short order by a 1 GB ($199.99 -- first quarter 2005) flash memory based model and two other micro hard drive units in the 4 GB ($229.99 -- this month) and 6 GB ($299.99 -- this month) ranges.
These models, like the 5 GB, will come in a rainbow of colors and support MP3 and WMA audio files, record FM and voice and offer a vertical touch pad control.
Users will, according to a press release, be able to listen to MP3 and WMA music files while at the same time watching slideshows of their favorite photos.
The Zen Micro Photo, like the non digital photo display models, will come in ten different colors when launched.
Audiovox: Audiovox had a few MP3 player announcements flowing from their booth during the show.
They seemed particularly interested in creating "convergence products" like the $249 DC600, a 7-in-1 camcorder, still camera, voice recorder, MP3 player, PC camera, SD/MMC card read and video camera.
This player, which will play MP3, WMA and WAV music files, also offers standard features like built in FM radio and a voice recorder.
The e100 players will play up to 15 hours on a single AAA battery, support USB 2.0 high speed file transfer, offer a SD card slot to expand the amount of songs the player can play and be compatible with MP3 and WMA music files.
To provide for easy navigation and song selection, the player will support voice commands for all functions and in three different languages.
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