digital audio players

Roland’s tiny R-07 recorder is better than your phone’s recorder app

In an era when the smartphone can do everything, why do you need a standalone audio recorder? Roland, makers of music gear, might have an answer. Their R-07 voice recorder is about as big as an origin

SanDisk rolls out new Clip players, say hello to the Sansa Clip+

<img src="http://crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/sansaclip.jpg" alt="Sansa Clip" />SanDisk has revved its line of tiny Sansa Clip players -- now called the Sansa Clip+ for those of you keepi

Philips expands its GoGear line with Shuffle-like audio player (with display!)

Philips, the progenitor of PSV Eindhoven in Holland, has released a few new digital audio players that may please the Sansa-loving crowd. They’re names are forgettable, with a hodgepodge of seem

iRiver Clix 2 Gets Bumped to 8GB

Fans of the iRiver Clix series of flash-based digital audio players will be pleased to hear that they’re planning on shipping an 8GB model due this August. The beefed-up version will be identica

Samsung K3 Digital Audio Player Dipped in Red and Green Paint

Samsung knows that the perfect way to give a consumer electronics product more life or buzz is to dip it into a giant can of paint. Behold, the reborn Yepp K3 digital audio player, now in [Christmas]

Toshiba Gigabeat U101 and U201 DAPs Directly Encode MP3s

Yes, we all know that the iPod is the undisputed king of DAPs, but that doesn’t mean companies shouldn’t be allowed to sink untold sums into R&D trying to dethrone it. What sets these

The Futurist: Making Products Better or… CrunchGear Original Concept Designs

We live in an ergonomically-challenged world. It really is amazing how much our appliances and gadgets rely on archaic designs that are almost senselessly stress-inducing So we got to thinking—what

Olympus Drops Three Digital Voice Recorders

Olympus owns the digital voice recorder marketplace, so it would be easy for it to kick back and not worry about updating or improving its lineup. Instead the company’s released three new models