Tin Cans Get a Stylish Makeover as Desktop Speakers

 

Boost Mobile has teamed up with graffiti artists Mint, Serf and designer Dean Bradley to produce a set of unique speakers shaped like tin cans. Inspired by the tin can walkie-talkies of childhood, these 5-inch speakers won’t crank out a ton of sound, but they will be compatible with just about anything you can throw at them including: mp3 players, phones, iPods, desktop computers, DVD players, laptops, game consoles, and more. Pricing details and a release date have not been made available.

World’s Fastest DVD Burners

Yep, DVD burners are still on the radar, despite the HD media noise.

LG and Samsung are both vying for the ‘world’s fastest’ claim this week for DVD burners. LG’s external USB 2.0 DVD burner, the GSA-E60N [see photo above] claims that it can burn DVD+/-R at 20x. This is indeed fast.

The Samsung drive, the SH-S203N, is an internal drive and touts the ability to burn DVD+R dual layer discs at 16x – the fastest yet by 30-40%. It can also manage to burn DVD-R DL at 12x and single layer DVD+/-R discs at 20x.

Both support LightScribe technology and both will cost around £40 when they launch here sometime this month.

Lightsaber MP3 Player – Just A Lot Smaller And With No Cool Buzzing Noises

I know, I know, it’s not really a Lightsaber MP3 player – at least not one licensed by the Star Wars Money Mint – but it sure resembles a mini-version of the world’s most famous, non-existent laser sword.It’s called the Music Stick, which sounds a whole lot less sexy but at least they won’t get sued, and sizes range from a weenie 1GB to a slightly less weenie 2GB, with a choice of models with or without FM radio. So, without the visual resemblance, it’s a bog standard small MP3 player. Here’s the specs:

Support the audio: MP3/OGG/WMA/WAV(PCM/ADPCM
A-B repeat
High speed USB2.0 interface
E-book: long text recording function, able to copy the unread text to hard disk for the next reading anytime
Recording: record through MIC
6 EQ modes: Normal, Rock, Pop, Jazz, Bass
Playing modes: Normal, menu, repeat, repeat all, shuffle, etc.
Setting functions: Sleep mode and energy saving mode, screen saver
Support: FM function

Prices range from £14 to £22