Apple Computer Inc said it would pay US$100mil to Creative Technology Ltd to settle all patent litigation over Apple’s popular iPod music player. The aggreement will gives Apple a licence to use a Creative patent and settle all legal disputes.

Creative, the world’s second largest maker of MP3 players sues Apple for infringed a patent on its “Zen” player. Creative then was very excited about this new market and it would take part in the “Made for iPod” programme.
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Imagine you watching a cinema and lean back sharing with a guy next to you in LRT. With the Creative Zen Vision W, its 4.3in WQVGA wide aspect high-resolution TFT LCD screen is big enough to view your most favorites movie.

The 275g player, which expecting to come in Malaysia market this month will be available in both sleek 30GB and heavy-duty 60GB models.
With this sleek Multimedia digital gadget thing, you will never run out of space for store 10,000 of photos, up to 240 hours of movies, and even can hold about 15,000 songs. Also has a built-in FM radio ad integrated voice recorder, which can stores hundreds of hours worth of recordings.

The ZEN Vision 30GB (Black or White color) now available in HK for HK$2,798.00.

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Most of basic digital camera stores the time and the dates when a photo was taken. Now the Sony GPS-CS1 can records a location log when a photo is taken.

How? The supplied GPS Image Tracker software can estimates the locations from logs recorded. What would happen if there is no satellite signal? Even there is no satellite signal available, when going underground or indoors, the software makes its estimation in the same way based on the two nearest location logs, when a digital photo was taken.

Now you can keep track of your digital photos with satellite precision.

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Choose a 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB iPod nano and carry your favorite music everywhere — plus podcasts, audiobooks, photos, contacts, calendar, and files.With its new anodized aluminum enclosure and rounded edges, iPod nano looks as dazzling as it feels. And it’s sleeker than ever — 3.5 inches tall, 1.6 inches wide, and just over quarter of an inch thin.

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It is cool!! The world’s smallest digital music player and just $79, the 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion.

Imagine that you can listen to your music up to 12 continuous hours, and in fact, iPod shuffle just may be the biggest thing in small. The first step to wearing 240 songs on your iPod shuffle is downloading iTunes — free. Then you can download 99¢ songs from the iTunes Store or import music from your CDs. When it’s time to sync, plug the included dock into your Mac or PC’s USB port and transfer your music from iTunes just by docking iPod shuffle.

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