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Atomic Floyd is a new company, braving the threat of recession and the economic downturn to venture into the audio technology business. The first major product they are releasing this December is the very fancy and very attractive AirJax Earphones. At £120 each they are also very expensive, but Atomic Floyd does claim to have made some unrivalled improvements to the audio headphone experience.

The AirJax Titanium2 earphones are aimed more towards audio clarity and high end performance, and they are made from what is called ‘acoustic steel’, which has been specially heat treated to produce the smoothest, purest sound.

Another major factor in these earphones is that they do not have sound isolation, meaning that although they deliver clear instrumentation and vocals, you can still be aware of the world around you, which makes them safer when you are listening to music out and about. These are beautifully designed earphones, but because they focus on the mid range audio spectrum, deep bass and percussion sounds can sometimes get a bit lost, so they are best used for listening to plenty of vocal and acoustic music.

Portable Media Players (PMPs) have been very popular over the past few years, and building on the success of their 605 WiFi model the manufacturer Archos have now released a new and improved PMP, the Archos 5. This new model has a larger screen which replays at 720p hi-def and is one of the best on the market offering excellent visual quality.

The Archos 5 also supports flash technology unlike many other PMPs currently available, meaning that you can watch digital TV, although this does reduce the battery life from 12 hours (audio playback) to just 4 hours and 30 mins.

This model is slightly more bulky than its rivals such as the iPhone from Apple, but it has a solid and robust feel, and the design is simple but very stylish. The Archos 5 retails at around £269 for the basic 60GB version, although you can get an impressive 250GB for around £349.

Terabitz has recently launched an iPhone application – Agent XSites, which allows iPhone users to check property listings, local neighborhood information, recent sales and much more on their iPhones. Currently, this facility is available to Northern California customers but the company has plans to include new areas in near future.

Users even have the flexibility to customize their search as they can search homes by zip, city, MLS number, price, number of bedrooms and type of home. Once the user has selected a home, he can view the complete listing datasheet, photos, history and he can even contact the agent. The application also uses the accurate digital map data which allows users to query the desired places to see where they are located in relation to the chosen property listing.

The application looks promising as it offers fantastic user experience to online home buyers as they can get every possible detail about a particular listing while they are on the move.

Timex the American brand of watches and also the leading manufacturer of watches has come up with very new innovations the iControl sports watch that belongs to the company’s Ironman series of watches. The uniqueness of this iwatch lies in providing the iControl for the wireless device the Apple’s iPod music player. And this new technology watch is also compatible with the new launch of the Apple’s iPhone when it is operating in airplane mode.

The watch is fully water resistant, light weight, sleek and is designed for working with motion with very smart trendy looks. The iControl in the watch syncs with the iPod of the user for controlling the music in any activity wirelessly.

The watch comes with the usual functions as if in the music instruments including play/pause, back/forward of track, and volume control. This has brought the people very close to the stopping of fumbling for the iPod in busy times. The Timex iControl watch provides the cutting edge technology and the modern designs, with added functioning qualities and the long durability that people could have expected from the company,there are also many interesting features in the Timex iControl.

It has the chronograph with 50 lap’s memory recall, and storing of the current happenings with date, average and the best lap. It has the countdown timer in multimode, 2 interval timers fir the endurance and the speed training, three kinds of customizable alarms for the weekend, weekdays and the daily settings, night mode features with the indigo light and finally battery life of three long years.

The hot watch of the town especially for the Apple iPod owners comes in six exciting colors gray, green, blue, orange, pink and black. The watch iControl is priced $125, the set in pair can be obtained by visiting websites of whether Apple or the Timex. Apple has been venturing into these kinds of iPod related gadget makings earlier with the companies like Nike for the sports freaks and had brought iPod shoes, backpacks and bracelets.