tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-122263302008-04-09T12:10:35.139-07:00TomasBlogger227125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-84848044133412150242007-11-28T01:21:00.000-08:002007-11-28T01:30:25.663-08:00

I just noticed that the My Gigabeat Store powered by Amazon was screwed up... I used to have some handpicked Gigabeat products on the first page, and they were replaced by random books... How boring is that?! I updated the store with Gigabeat products and some new categories like MP3 Downloads. Amazon now sell downloadable MP3's for $.89 and up. Great prices on the new Gigabeat models as well.

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/11/my-gigabeat-store-updated.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-36874596297283990882007-11-15T16:46:00.000-08:002007-11-15T16:51:52.987-08:00

Look no further then this page over at Toshiba: http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_dtlViewDL.jsp?ct=DL&soid=1835692&ref=EV This firmware applies to Gigabeat MEG-F10, MEG-F20, MEG-F40, and MEG-F60 models ONLY! Thanks Braden for the tip!

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/11/looking-for-gigabeat-f-series-firmware.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-14515441586686233122007-11-08T23:02:00.000-08:002007-11-08T23:12:27.738-08:00

Lets hope so anyways... I have gone through and removed any spam and spammers I could find in the forum. I also implemented a captcha. This captcha, pictured above, will force you to enter the two jumbled words correctly before login or registering with the forum. reCaptcha was very easy to implement and they have sample code for most programming environments.

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/11/no-more-spam-in-forum.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-43459967576644445672007-10-04T17:25:00.001-07:002007-10-04T17:31:57.251-07:00

Not too much to report besides that this one has a OLED 3.2" WQVGA screen. The guys at Akihabaranews.com does not seem to have a chance to play with it, and it is most likely just a non functional prototype. The screen sure looks nice though. Thanks Daniel L for the tip! Source via Engadget

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/10/new-gigabeat-pmp.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-43637473541174152132007-09-27T17:31:00.000-07:002007-09-27T17:48:57.904-07:00

Well it is finally here and priced at $120. Put your favorite videos, photos and music in the palm of your hand Get a great visual experience with the 2.4" color LCD (QVGA) display Use the PlusPad�? for smooth navigation and simple functionality Store up to 1000 songs in MP3 format or 4000 photo files1 Plug directly into your CD player to rip MP3s on the go

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/09/gigabeat-t-series-now-available-in-us.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-11435562101408907482007-08-28T14:31:00.001-07:002007-08-28T14:42:34.321-07:00

Engadget just posted about this new flash memory based Gigabeat T401. It boasts Wifi and is only 9.9mm thin. More to come from me, but head over to Engadget in the mean time. Thanks Greg for the tip!

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/08/toshiba-gigabeat-t401.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-83687982936868614182007-07-24T17:38:00.000-07:002007-07-24T17:47:12.829-07:00

If you head over to Gigabeat.com you will be surprised to see that you are now redirected to ToshibaDirect.com. No sign of our old Gigabeat players. U202 Silver and Black are the only two players available. You can by either one directly from Toshiba for $99. This is interesting indeed. I will do some more digging to see if there is any news regarding the S Series for example.

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/07/gigabeat-u202-black-and-silver-now.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-82931551807250166232007-07-21T15:13:00.001-07:002007-07-21T18:50:46.197-07:00

The new Gigabeat, currently called MET401, seems to have WiFi (b+g) capabilities and run Windows Embeded. Windows Embeded is a "mini" Windows XP OS. The upside of running something like this on the Gigabeat is that gives Toshiba the opportunity to introduce all kinds of feature in the device. For example, Toshiba could elect to include IE for browsing capabilities which makes sense if this

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/07/new-gigabeat-pops-up-over-at-fcc.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-59219659477020708432007-05-14T20:06:00.000-07:002007-05-15T18:10:57.437-07:00

I don't this is breaking news, but it is interesting to see that Microsoft now is clearly going to build their own new Zune line. Without the help of Toshiba. "Reindorp said the new manufacturing partner is "a partner we're very familiar with." Unlike the role Toshiba played, this partner will assemble only parts brought to it by Microsoft, and according to Microsoft's specifications, Reindorp

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/05/microsoft-builds-new-zunes-without.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-21058751500850060332007-05-11T17:21:00.000-07:002007-05-11T17:33:36.754-07:00

These two models are not much more than a new design of the the previous U101 and U201 models. The only difference is double the memory and battery life, now 2GB and 36hrs. No word on availability here in the US. Since the previous versions have not made it yet, I would not hold my breath. :) Previous post on U101 and U201. via Engadget

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/05/toshiba-japan-releases-u102-and-u202.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-40761566214279129732007-05-08T09:12:00.000-07:002007-05-08T09:31:22.224-07:00

So it has been reported by Engadget, and here is the original Microsoft news group post, pretty much confirming that Microsoft is no longer actively working on the operating system for the Gigabeat S models. The Portable Media Center has been abandoned by Microsoft. I guess this was expected after Microsoft released their own Zune player. But it would have been nice of Toshiba to let us know...

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/05/gigabeat-s-portable-media-center-no.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-11928695417578748242007-04-19T18:07:00.000-07:002007-04-19T18:15:40.872-07:00

"The new 16GB chip combines eight 2GB NAND chips fabricated with Toshiba's cutting-edge 56nm process technology, along with a controller chip, in a standard small size package. The new embedded memory offers advantages that realize a versatile, easily applied solution: the largest capacity yet achieved in this product category will bring new capabilities to mobile consumer products" Source

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/04/toshiba-announcing-16gb-flash-memory.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-67820840584017767282007-04-06T23:19:00.000-07:002007-04-06T23:46:47.855-07:00

I have heard you guys lately, and I want to echo what you guys are saying in the forum and in emails to me. What is going on with the Gigabeat here in the US? Not much news from Toshiba, and not much news from Microsoft on PMC. Good luck finding a page over at Microsoft's website with information on Portable Media Center these days. All the old links are now pointing to Windows Mobile software

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/04/toshiba-what-is-happening-with-gigabeat.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-16650939640499939572007-03-29T09:16:00.000-07:002007-03-29T09:26:43.056-07:00

Below is an email I got from Proporta. They want some feedback from the Gigabeat community on leather case design. You will get a chance to win something as well! --- Which do you prefer�?�? For 10 years now, Proporta has been listening to its customers and reviewers in order to perfect their case design, and deliver the best service possible. Two main designs of the Alu-Leather Case have

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/03/what-type-of-case-do-you-prefer-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-7784152045064025912007-03-19T18:47:00.000-07:002007-03-20T00:59:52.158-07:00

So it has been pretty quiet from Toshiba since the launch of the Zune player... Yeah I have to admit that I did think that Toshiba would give up on their own line of Gigabeat's now that they were building the Zune for Microsoft. Well turns out that they launched a new Gigabeat. The Gigabeat U player has some exciting features: High-Quality Sound A lot of tech talk here, but it seems like

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/03/gigabeat-u-new-player-from-toshiba.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-54807951831324041732007-02-18T17:51:00.000-08:002007-02-18T18:46:54.270-08:00

This is a Japanese firmware, so there are no guarantees that it will work with a US version. Some improvements mentioned in this new update are: - Software freezing up while using the player. - Improved battery life - Several usability fixes that don't makes sense to me since I never tried the player... Head on over and check out the translated version of the firmware update page. Thanks Nyx

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/02/japanese-firmware-15-now-available-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-81078760900174475122007-01-29T17:51:00.000-08:002007-04-10T22:38:28.465-07:00

Check it out: http://www.woot.com

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/01/gigabeat-s60-for-only-199-at-wootcom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-75461384319301693952007-01-14T18:58:00.000-08:002007-01-14T19:12:44.950-08:00

The guys over at Rockbox.org have been working hard on getting a stable version of Rockbox for the Gigabeat F and X Series. Rockbox is an open source replacement firmware for mp3 players. ROCKBOX IS NOT SUPPORTED BY TOSHIBA. If you still would like to check out what the guys have been up to go rockbox.org. I have not had a chance yet to install it, but many Gigabeat owners have. Check out the

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/01/rockbox-open-source-firmware-now-ported.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-80287707764111396972007-01-14T18:13:00.000-08:002007-01-14T18:47:51.410-08:00

A lot of questions I get and see posted in the forum are regarding the battery life of the Gigabeat S Series. Here are some tips to get the maximum life out of your Gigabeat. Turn off Harmonics. This seems to give up to 50% extra battery life. This setting is found under Settings and then Harmonics. Use WMA with variable bit rate as the choice of encoding for your music. Set the Audio quality of

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2007/01/toshiba-s-series-battery-tips.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-1161016927058647432006-10-16T09:32:00.000-07:002006-10-16T09:42:07.190-07:00

A nice blog that I follow is TechCrunch.com. This blog is constantly providing the latest internet related news. Today they posted about online movie services. The most interesting part about this post is that it shows that Gigabeat owners have about 4000 more movies than iPod owners available to legaly rent or buy online. (iTunes have a measly 83 movies available...) Go over to TechCrunch and

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2006/10/lot-more-movies-to-download-than-ipod.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-1160448846296306242006-10-09T19:40:00.000-07:002006-10-09T20:02:28.480-07:00

Toshiba is taking the Gigabeat on tour to several commuter locations in cities like Boston, NY, and Chicago. The have also launched a promotional site were you can get 50 free songs from eMusic and 14 day trial to Vongo's movie subscription service. As with any "free" offers you have to signup for an account and enter credit card info. You can cancel at any time though and you will not be charge

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2006/10/gigabeat-on-tour.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-1160378179902639132006-10-08T23:53:00.000-07:002006-10-09T00:17:44.073-07:00

I you are using Windows Media Player 11 you should upgrade to BETA 2. The biggest change besides bug fixes is the new Media Share feature. This feature has been available as a separate download before and it lets you share your music with other PC's in your home as well as your XBOX. With this latest beta Media Share is included and WMP will ask you if you would like to share your media on the

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2006/10/windows-media-player-11-beta-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-1160110377736434672006-10-05T21:35:00.000-07:002006-10-05T21:52:57.783-07:00

CNET took some time to review the Toshiba Gigabeat V30. Not much noise have been made over this gadget, and I think it's because PMP's are't that attractive any more. You can watch videos on your S30 and iPod on now, and the screen of those gadgets are large enough to please most people. PMP's are generally larger, and I think that is a real handicap. This is of course my opinion and I'm think

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2006/10/gigabeat-v30-reviewed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-1159134935334179712006-09-24T14:42:00.000-07:002006-09-24T14:55:35.376-07:00

I tried out the Vongo movie/tv subscription service a while back. Vongo has a decent library of movies, and the software is pretty easy to use. But, the problem I had and several other users as well was that the software kept asking me to re-register my Gigabeat S30. That in itself might not be too bad, but in order to re-register my Gigabeat I had to call Vongo customer support. Needless to say

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2006/09/vongo-update.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12226330.post-1157153829106431442006-09-01T16:27:00.000-07:002006-09-01T16:37:09.140-07:00

Engadget just broke the news that the MEV30K Gigabeat (V series) is available for pre-order at Crutchfield and My Gigabeat's new store, powered by Amazon.com Featuring a 3.5 inch LCD screen, with up to 8hrs of movie watching. Features: 30 GB digital media player with Portable Media Center (PMC) interface for movies, photos, and musicSupports WMA Lossless, WMA, MP3, WAV, WMV, and JPEG formats;

Tomashttp://www.mygigabeat.com/2006/09/gigabeat-v-in-us.html