If you have ever wanted to share your videos, music and other files with your friends or business colleagues, then the Bluonyx is for you.

Just connect to a TV, Cell Phone or Computer and you can view its contents. The Bluonyx is small in size, around the size of a regular cell phone making it completely portable. It also comes in some very hip colors, which range from Pink, White and Green. There is a Bluonyx out there for everyone, and every type of application including business as a small presentation device.

Like the iPod, it has its own rechargeable battery. Storage options are available from 1 GB- 40 GB and it comes with wireless capability (as a standard), quite a high spec for a little machine that is just slightly larger than a credit card.

Almost any media file can be hosted, along with accessing the internet from any file sharing source such as myspace. The price tag is expected to be around the $100 to $200 depending on memory size and other options.

Will this product catch on? Time will tell.

Product Page [Bluonyx]

For the Transformers fans out there, BigBadToyStore is now accepting preorders for the new Transformers MP3 and iPod docking stations. Prices start at $79.99 to $144.99 for an Optimus Prime Convoy iPod docking station (with speakers). All the iPod products are fully licensed by Apple and spot the white iPod color scheme.

Preorder Page [Bigbadtoystore.com]

Apple continues to break records for revenue and profit thanks to a surge in sales of Macs and the illustrious iPod. Apple announced first quarter earnings for fiscal year 2007, ending December 30, 2006. They managed to push through over 21 million iPods during the quarter (that works out to about 162 iPods per minute!) and 1.6 million Macs. These numbers represent a 50% and a 28% increase respectively for those products versus Q1 2006. I personally helped to contribute to that number by buying 2 iPods (one video, one shuffle) as gifts for the holidays. All those Macs and iPods add up to a 78% revenue increase versus Q1 2006.

The bottom line is that Apple, the company that was pretty much written off the map 10 years ago, posted a profit (yeah, that’s actual money in the bank) of $1 billion. To me, that’s simply amazing. I know that other companies post bigger profits than that, but think about the size of the market that Apple caters to. As far as computers are concerned, Macs are barely on the map at like less than 5% of the total market. And I know the iPod has a huge market share in the mp3 market, but it’s still amazing what this company has been able to pull off in a fairly short time span.

And let me insert my disclaimer here, I am a Mac user. Yes, I am probably the biggest Apple fanboy out there (I ordered my Apple TV as soon as it was available online at the Apple Store) but you have to respect a company that has made all the right moves to become a dominant force in the computer/technology industry. And now that the company has dropped the “computer” from it’s name, I can only think they will be venturing forth into other areas.

But will Apple be able to maintain the dominance as a consumer electronics company? Could they be the new Sony? Time will only tell, but we could get a hint of that dominance in June with the (proposed) release of the iPhone (or whatever they may have to call it). I’m looking forward to seeing what Apple will do. However, my credit card is not so hopeful…

Read [Apple] via [DailyTech]

Apple has announced the long awaited iPhone to the world. After years of rumors and mockups, it was unveiled today at Macworld.

The 11.6 mm thick iPhone will feature a 3.5-inch multi touchscreen display, 2 megapixel camera, proximity sensor, accelerometer, and ambient light sensors, Quad-band GSM/EDGE/ WiFi/ Bluetooth 2.0, full soft Qwerty keyboard and a battery life of 16 hours for audio and 5 hours for actual phone use. It is scheduled for a USA release in mid 2007, end of 2007 for Europe and 2008 in Asia.

MSRP is $599 for the 4Gb model and $499 for the 4Gb model. It will initially be available to Cingular phone customers only.

iPhone Tech Specs

Product Page [Apple]

Microsoft has released a firmware update, version 1.2. The zune firmware patch is around 22MB. The updates do not add any new features, but it improves the existing features such as image lag, switching modes, and switching from videos to music.

Instruction for updating for Zune player firmware from Microsoft:

1. Install the version of the Zune software that was included with your Zune device.
2. Connect your Zune device to a computer, and then put your Zune device on a stable surface.
3. Note If the battery in your Zune device is critically low, we recommend that you charge your Zune device before you continue.

For more information about how to charge your Zune device, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 927348 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/927348/) How to charge the battery in your Zune device

4. Open the Zune software. You receive a message to update your Zune device. If you do not receive this message, follow these steps: a. Click Options, point to Sync, point to , and then click Check for Zune Device Updates.

Download the Zune firmware

Via [Zuneboard]