The most recent MP3 Players articles from Personal Computer World

Review: Cowon Iaudio Q5W portable media player

Paul Lester — 2008-03-07T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Personal Computer World, Friday 7 March 2008 at 00:00:00

A serious rival for the more established players?

Cowon is looking to take on the big names in the portable media player market with its Iaudio Q5W. The 5in display takes up the bulk of the front panel, but...

Review: Cowon iAudio 7 portable media player

Paul Lester — 2007-11-22T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Personal Computer World, Thursday 22 November 2007 at 00:00:00

A feature-packed media player with some new sound processing technology

Cowon is obviously hoping its much touted Jeteffect technology, which offers a range of equalizer effects and sound enhancements to give you Sony-style audio control, will help its appeal....

Review: Apple iPod Nano MP3 player

Emil Larsen — 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Thursday 20 September 2007 at 00:00:00

The squat, third-generation Nano plays video and comes with a brand new interface

Apple's new Nano looks distinctly stubby compared its predecessor thanks to it being 20mm shorter. It's fattened out a bit horizontally to accommodate the bigger 2in screen, but remains shockingly...

Review: Iriver X20 portable media player

Paul Lester — 2007-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Personal Computer World, Thursday 19 July 2007 at 00:00:00

A feature-packed multimedia player at a bargain price

Iriver had been relatively quiet of late on the media player front, but CES 2007 saw the unveiling of a new line-up of players for this year that includes the...

Review: Creative Zen Stone mp3 player

Paul Lester — 2007-06-11T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Personal Computer World, Monday 11 June 2007 at 00:00:00

A micro-sized player to rival the popular iPod Shuffle

Creative’s Zen Stone is a new micro-sized mp3 player aimed directly at the iPod Shuffle market. It sacrifices a display in the name of portability, comes in a choice of...

Review: Samsung YP-K3 mp3 player

Karl Foster — 2007-06-06T00:00:00.000Z

Karl Foster, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 6 June 2007 at 00:00:00

Black and gorgeously glossy, Samsung’s latest sounds as good as it looks

Samsung has seemingly taken a leaf out of Henry Ford’s book. Unlike Apple’s rainbow of iPod Nanos, the YP-K3 PMP is liveried in black, although with an attractive chrome trim....

Review: Sony Video Walkman NW-A805 portable media player

Emil Larsen — 2007-04-17T00:00:00.000Z

Emil Larsen, Personal Computer World, Tuesday 17 April 2007 at 00:00:00

Sony's first flash Video Walkman tries to outdo the iPod Nano with a widescreen display

Video Walkmans are back. Sony launched the brand in the 1980s when 8mm tapes were used to play back content and now, two decades later, it's using the moniker for...

Review: Sandisk Sansa C250 mp3 player

Rob Jones — 2007-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Rob Jones, Personal Computer World, Thursday 15 March 2007 at 00:00:00

Light, low-cost 2GB mp3 player

Sandisk’s Sansa C250 now comes with an FM tuner in Europe, but costs no more than the original version which lacked a radio....

Review: Samsung YP-T9 mp3 player

Cliff Joseph — 2007-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Personal Computer World, Thursday 1 February 2007 at 00:00:00

A strong rival for the Nano, with Bluetooth, radio and video

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Apple will be pretty pleased by Samsung’s YP-T9. The slimline design of this new mp3 player bears obvious similarities to Apple’s...

Review: Maxfield Max-Ivy mp3 player

Paul Lester — 2007-01-25T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Personal Computer World, Thursday 25 January 2007 at 00:00:00

A super-sleek player takes on the Apple nano

Maxfield hasn’t set the world alight with its past offerings in the mp3 player market, but in the Max-Ivy you’ll find a stylish player to rival the Apple iPod nano....

Review: Neodigits Helios X5000

Nigel Whitfield — 2006-11-29T00:00:00.000Z

Nigel Whitfield, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 29 November 2006 at 00:00:00

This network media player aims high

The Helios X5000 is aimed at audiophiles; it has a solid aluminium chassis, gold-plated connectors and support for the Flac audio format, which lets you compress your CDs to save...

Review: Samsung K5 mp3 player

Paul Lester — 2006-11-20T00:00:00.000Z

Paul Lester, Personal Computer World, Monday 20 November 2006 at 00:00:00

A stylish music player with a built in slide-out speaker

Samsung’s K5 comes with the interesting addition of a slide-out speaker built behind the main player. The idea is to allow you to listen to music from a short distance...

Review: Apple iPod nano mp3 player

Cliff Joseph — 2006-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Personal Computer World, Thursday 28 September 2006 at 00:00:00

The slimline nano gets a brightly coloured facelift

The first version of the iPod nano was elegantly streamlined and compact, but its rigid rectangular design and simple black or white colouring was a clear departure from the softer,...

Review: Apple iPod portable media player

Cliff Joseph — 2006-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Personal Computer World, Wednesday 27 September 2006 at 00:00:00

Few new features, but a big price cut for the flagship iPod

When Apple supremo Steve Jobs unveiled the latest version of the iPod earlier this month, his presentation was met with a stony silence....

Review: Apple iPod shuffle

Cliff Joseph — 2006-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Cliff Joseph, Personal Computer World, Thursday 21 September 2006 at 00:00:00

The mini-marvel from Apple gets even smaller

Some might say that the craze to make the smallest mp3 player is just getting silly. The new version of the iPod Shuffle is so small that it’s little more...