More and more cars are coming with options to hook up your music player to the stereo directly from the factory, but there are still a lot that don’t, and people that want more control than that.

If you’re one of those people, check out this new Kenwood radio that is, for the first time ever (in a Kenwood device), USB mass storage device compatible.
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For the iPod hound that has everything under the sun, including the miFlower, here’s another one to add to the collection: an iFish.

The iFish is billed as a musical pet for your iPod, as if a normal set of speakers just wouldn’t cut it. Your iFish will play just about any MP3 player, too, but the iPod is definitely its main focus, given the white body of the fish, and the whole “i” naming scheme.
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Everyone has been to one of those old fashioned diners with the juke boxes at every table. I always loved playing with them, even if they were old and either had music I’d never heard of, or it wasn’t worth the quarter it cost to play.

No longer do you have to go to the diner just to use the jukebox, that is, if you own a JukeMaster! Your own personal, and modernized, jukebox!
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Planning on attending Apple Expo Paris? Looks like it might be a hot ticket this year. According to ThinkSecret, Apple will use a September 12 media event for Apple Expo Paris to introduce the 2G (second-generation) iPod nano, an updated 5G iPod, movies in the iTunes Store and an upgraded wall-mountable iMac.

Although the “media event” will be held in California near Apple’s Cupterino headquarters, it will be fed via satellite to a London location for members of the European press. Apple Expo Paris kicks off September 12, the same day as the media event, and these new products will supposedly be on display at the show.

iPod Nano
What does Apple have in store for the 2G iPod Nano? If ThinkSecrets sources are correct, an increased storage capacity and multiple colors. When Steve Jobs first announced the iPod Nano, he said it would replace the iPod Mini. Now that the Nano comes in multiple colors, the transformation appears complete.

iPod Video
Don’t get your hopes up too high for the new 5G iPod. The upgraded iPod will just have bigger hard drive capacities at the same price points. More storage for less money is always nice but this new iPod will probably not be the long-awaited touch-screen iPod. Most people believe that Apple will strategically release a 6G iPod at the same time as Microsoft’s new Zune player. Reports of Apple filing for a touch sensitive media player patent first surfaced back in February. If the touch-screen iPod lives up to the rumors, the Zune won’t pose much of a threat. The Zune is more of a “catch up” product than a leap forward in advanced consumer technology.

iTunes Movies
Apple is also expected to formally announce their movie store initiative at the September 12 event. Several major studios have reportedly partnered with Apple to sell movies in the iTunes Store. Both iPod and movie announcements were originally suppose to happen in August but were postponed for unknown reasons. Perhaps Wal-Mart’s recent efforts to muscle out Apple from the downloadable movie business caused the delay.

New iMac
Details surrounding the new iMac are still a little fuzzy. The new upgraded iMac will probably receive Intel’s faster Core 2 Duo processor and a 23-inch screen already used in Apple’s line of Cinema Displays. Also rumored, but not confirmed, is the introduction of an iMac mounting kit. You wanted to wall mount your new iMac above your fireplace mantle right?

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Here’s a few patent pictures Apple submitted to the US trademark website.

Is the touch sensitive iPod going to be a reality? You be the judge. After seeing these images, I must say it looks like an iPod to me. And with the increasing popularity of tablet PCs, a touch sensitive iPod would be something that would be very plausible.

However, it is still unclear if we are going to see an Apple tablet, full screen iPod or a combination of both. Nonetheless the multi point touch screen is a major revolution.

Check out the following video to see the possibilities:
http://mrl.nyu.edu/~jhan/ftirtouch/multitouchreel.mpg

Also here’s a link to Apple’s Patent Application on the US trademark website:
Mode-based graphical user interfaces for touch sensitive input devices

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Thanks to Beatrix on the forums for suggesting this gadget.

For the average person, this gadget is totally useless and looks pretty extremely geeky. However, for a very niche market, this thing is great. For those who have absolutely no idea what TV Ears is, it’s a TV hearing aid.

TV Ears allow you to hear what the people on the TV are saying without having the volume cranked up all the way.
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The suits over at Toshiba have confimed that we’ll be able to get our hands on the new HD DVD players November 15th this year. The players are already available in the US and Japan, so why we should be left behind I don’t know.

Two days after Toshiba release the new HD-DVD, Sony will be launching Blu-ray players, a similar but incompatible technology. This just brings back memories of the VHS and Beta video tape war, at least this time the media looks the same so if you choose the wrong one you won’t have to change your DVD storage solution.

Full info over at the good old BBC.

I have always wanted to experiment some DJing but never had the proper tools to do so, the USB Mixing Kit might be what I was looking for all these years, it’s not very complicated to use and not too newbie style either - it’s made for rookie DJs that want to learn the real deal.

The plug-and-play strategy is used with the Mixing Kit, just connect it to the PC USB port and you will have access to all the music there is on your computer including different formats such as MP3, WMA, WAV and more. After installing the software there will appear 2 virtual turntables so you can add whichever song you want, at that point comes the important mission – adding effects and mixing musics. Read the rest of this entry »