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The iPad is out and about. So is the iOS 4 and iPhone 4. Everything that has been really exciting is out. So in case you haven’t noticed, the Apple rumor mill has been a short hiatus of late. Well, not anymore. It is back with a rumor with the only thing on the horizon that falls in with the supercharged mobile industry — the iPod Touch.

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Zoom has been known for making some of the most versatile portable handheld recorders in the market. Not to mention some of the best when it comes to buying on a budget. Amongst the multitude of options you find the Zoom H2, which has been used and loved by many. Following in its footsteps, we now have the Zoom H1. It is smaller but promises to deliver the same results.

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So it seems like the Zune HD 64 is real after all! Last time we mentioned it, it was briefly seen on the main Zune website but then it disappeared. It was obviously an untimely mention thanks to a slip up made by someone who was in-charge of updating the site. Now that we are officially in April, Microsoft has made the device official and has released details.

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Well, well, well. What do we have here? If it isn’t a mention of a Zune HD 64 on the official website. This has to be a mistake of some kind but since it is on the official page (or was, at least), this has to be have some kind of truth behind. It is not impossible that Microsoft is planning to launch a new 64GB of the Zune HD. It has already been a while since the Zune HD was launched and now, before it gets an upgrade, it is the perfect time to add a little bit extra to the line up to keep the interest going.

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That seems to be the question on Microsoft’s marketing department’s mind right now. The previous Zune HD prices were already fairly low. At $220 for the 16GB model and $290 for the 32GB model, things weren’t all that bad. Now, the 16GB mode is lower by $30 at $190 and the 32Gb model is lowerd by $40 at $250. So now, will you buy one or just go for an iPod Touch?

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iRiver is a company that is known for their well-designed PMPs that also sound pretty good. Despite of that, I would say that they haven’t always been great a riding the first wave of the latest trends as they hit. But now, with their K1 SmartHD PMP, they might be riding two waves at once. One is obviously HD — the world of gadgets is hi-def. If they can’t show it on their tiny screens, they will still render it for your HDTV via HDMI. The other is, for PMPs, support for the Matroska or the MKV format as it is popularly referred.

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We have two pretty big things going on in the tech world at the moment. Arrington has just penned a kind of obituary to the CrunchPad – the ideal crowdsourced tablet that everyone would like. And then there are the fresh new rumors about the Google Phone, which apparently is progressing rapidly.

The juicy bits are on the other side, click away.

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It’s the start of the week again and a lot has happened in tech world while your recharged your batteries through the weekend. Get to the other side and start catching up.

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When it comes to personal music listening experience there are few devices that come close to Apple iPod. It remains the de facto media player for the audiophiles. However, for those who do not like the device or want more features in their media player than iPod can offer, may consider an alternative like the Cowon iAudio 9. The company has pitted the device against the iPod Nano. It is similar to Nano in dimension and offers equal storage capacity as well. The 16GB model is priced at $169 while the 8 GB model is available for $129.

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Apple has been shown some love by two big groups whose opinions matter a lot to the global populace. I am talking about VESA and Time Magazine. They have both approved of what Apple has been doing and don’t we Apple fans love it.

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