Fanny Wangs 3000 Reveiw

I have recently bought a pair of Fanny Wangs 3000 and so far I have there have not been any major problems with them. The sound quality is great when you have them switched on and the bass is really good. They even work if the battery's run out of power but you will lose the high sound quality and the noise cancellation.

The down side of them is that they do use up a lot of power, so the two AAA battery's that is requiered for the bass boost and the noise cancellation, runs out rather quickly. So I would suggest to buy good quality battery's if you want them to last.

On the plus side the noise cancellation is really good. The bass boost is brillent and it is fairly light for its waight due to being made mainly from plastic and rubber.

It comes with two AAA battery's with the headphones and a carry case. The battrys that come with the headphones are good quality battery's which you would expect with the price that you are paying for them. The carry case woud come in handy if you do a lot of traverling and you don't use them all the time.

All in all a good pair of headphone and really tough (if you don't mind the slightly tacky feel of plastic and rubber).

Minirig Speaker Reveiw

Almost 6 months ago I had bought a portable speaker system called minirig and I have to admit that I did not regret spending my money on it.

It's not that light from what you might want from a portable speaker and its not exactly compact but it is loud and the battery life is great. They claim that the battery life can last up to 50 hours and I will almost agree with them. I personally haven't timed it yet but so far I have only had to charged it up 4 times and I have used it constantly.

They give you a choice of two 3.5mm ports, the top one is for high gain and the bottom one is for low gain (easy to remember). If you plug the 3.5mm audio cable (which will be provided) into the high gain and have the media player on full blast, you will need to prepare your self or loose your hearing for good.

It comes with a fabric carry case with is great for storing it away and keeping the dirt off the speaker. But you wouldn't have to worry to much about the thick aluminium case on the speaker getting dirty or damaged.

It is not to difficult to find somewhere you will be able to charge up the in built battery since you can charge it up though USB. The down side is that it takes about 8 hours to charge from flat to full, so you would have a lot of sitting around whilst it charges up. It wont stop you listerning from it though it, it just means that you would have to wait that little bit longer if you do.

For thoughs worried on where it is made. You don't have to worry because it is made in the UK

Ipod Nano

I have recently received the new Ipod Nano 7th generation and at first look at it is great. It has a built in radio, pedometer, digital clock, you can play movies/TV shows. There are many devices that are able to do exactly the same job that the Ipod nano is able to do that is roughly the same size at a smaller price range, but the wont be as esthetically pleasing or be as easy to use.

It looks and acts the same way as the Ipod Touch/Iphone but smaller, lighter and cheaper. Obviously it has less functions and you cannot add any extra applications to it, also it is smaller in memory and slower. But what do you expect from a smaller device?

I have to admit that when ever I use the pedometer it would switch itself off or crash after 1 hour. I don't know if it is because it is in my pocket, but isn't that where the majority of people put there MP3 or where you would expect to put the pedometer? For $149 (£129 in the UK) I would of thought that they would of seen this problem and sorted it out. Although I do have a knack of getting the one off, naff device but the amount that Apple is earning they should at least have a stiffer quality control than most.

It has a really clear on the small screen that it has. I would even go to say that it has a better screen then my phone. That is slightly unfair, my phone is already a year old. The sound quality from the earphones which are called "Pod's" are bearable but better than the older sets. Also I think that they are tougher and more resistant to weir and tare. I believe that this is a good move because a lot of people only buy the one and keep it for years, until it completely dies on them. Often going though several headphones/earphones though the life of the MP3 player.

The only size that I was able to get was 16GB but they did give you a choice of colours. Gray, silver, pink, purple, yellow, green, blue, and the "(PRODUCT)red" red. This is a move away from the old fashioned two or three colours that they had on offer which were black or white/grey but giving you a choice of memory size instead.

All in all I think that overpriced but to get that brand into your pocket and the ease of use, I think that many more people are going buy them till the next one comes out.