Jog around the park listening to satellite radio
Joggers can listen to satellite radio while toting the compact Pioneer Inno. Designed to work with XM Satellite Radio, the XM2go satellite radio receiver delivers 160 digital radio channels in a compact form that’s small enough to attach to a belt. The 4.4-ounce device also can play MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) tunes and can store and play back XM content. It has 1 gigabyte of memory and ships with a pair of headphones and a wireless FM transmitter that can be connected to a car radio. Using its bookmark feature, you can make note of a favorite song and then connect the device to a computer and purchase the song online. The receiver costs $400. An XM subscription is $13 a month.
pioneerelectronics.com, xmradio.com
DVD player has all the angles
A swivel flip screen makes Sony’s DVP-FX810 portable DVD player an ideal traveling companion. While riding in the car, you can turn its 8-inch wide-screen LCD panel 180 degrees to give your companions a better view or move the screen out of the sun’s glare.
Designed with an acrylic clamshell case, it features dual headphone jacks, a remote control, an AC adapter and a car adapter. And there’s no need to fret about long trips, because its rechargeable battery delivers 5 1/2 hours of playing time. Cost: $200.
www.sonystyle.com
The latest thing in DVD drives
Plextor’s new line of 16X DVD+/- recordable and rewritable drives now come with DVD-RAM technology. With DVD-RAM, you can drag and drop files onto DVD-RAM discs, which work much like floppy disks or hard disk drives.
The internal PC-based PX-750A DVD burner costs $89. The external PX-750UF model can be connected to PCs and Macintosh computers via USB or FireWire connections. It costs $139.
www.plextor.com
Forgetting your memory cards?
Your growing collection of memory cards deserves a safe home where the cards won’t easily be misplaced. One such “home” is the Memory Card Travel Case from Digital Foci. Equipped with a silver brushed aluminum shell and a hard rubber lining, the case can protect eight cards at once. Because different gadgets often require different cards, the case has been designed to hold multiple formats, including CompactFlash, Secure Digital, xD-Picture Card, Sony Memory Stick and Hitachi Microdrive cards. Cost: $20.
digitalfoci.com
