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The video camera has gone through a complex revolution since first introduced to triumph against the still picture. Now, pictures and videos inundate every site and blog from Youtube to Facebook. Videos are watched and watched and rewatched again and again. However your reaction to the first time you lived through that experience is never like any of the others. Nothing beats putting a face to that distant "OMG!" scream you hear in the background. So Styletraxx has come across a fun new toy popping up on the web that will turn the video world backwards - the Ion Twin Video player. Similar to the Flip Video Camera, it is a pocket cam meant to conveniently be with you at all times for all of life's moments. The Ion has a slight attribute that sets it above the rest. The device actually has TWO video capturing lenses - one on the front AND back. So not only can you record your view but you get to record your reaction at the same time! Brilliance!

Before you get (jump) into your car and drive (speed) to your nearest electronic store, we sadly must announce that is not available yet. It's set to arrive in US markets around the second quarter of this year, so it is soon. Until then, check out the details here.

Apple Mac owners can now turn their prized possessions into a full-blown DJ system with full iTunes integration with the aid of the new Spin controller from Vestax and Algoriddim DJay software, an all-in-one package that gives DJs total control to mix, scratch and play music like a pro DJ.

The Spin controller has been specifically designed to control Algoriddim DJay software, and looks very similar to Vestax's VCI-100 controller for Traktor. But unlike the VCI-100, the Spin controller has a built-in soundcard so you can plug in headphones and hook it straight into a soundsystem.

Slick and simply laid out, the Spin controller replicates a basic deck/mixer set-up. Two jog-wheels, volume controls and a crossfader make up the main face of the unit, with the usual stop/start/cue button array just under the jog-wheels. The top section contains all the EQ, track load, tempo and auto loop buttons.

The included DJay software - which can also be bought separately for about £30 - integrates with your iTunes library, allowing tracks to be dragged and dropped onto the virtual decks with ease - no need to organise new playlists and the likes.

DJay shifts away from the usual Traktor style audio waveform format and gives a turntable view, as if the tracks are actually playing on two decks, which makes for a simple and fun experience for beginners.

Combining the software and the controller, DJ style tricks are quite easy to perform. Auto scratching will fool your friends that you have scratch skills and the auto beat mixing facility works sufficient well enough to match the BPM of tracks and take the hard work out of mixing. Spin's touch-sensor platters make it easy to cue up and control tracks and the jog-wheels will even allow for scratching.

Coming in at $400, this little package gives a quick introduction to the art of the DJ.

PRICE: $400
CONTACT: vestax.com

Attention DJ Enthusiasts! Now is your chance to acquire the coolest looking DJ booth on the planet. But prepare to pay a handsome price.

Designed and Hand Built by renowned designer Reynold Rodriguez, his custom DJ tables have been featured in editorials in Flaunt Magazine, BPM Magazine, and exhibited at the Milan Salone Satellite, New York ICFF, LA-CABOOM design festival, and ESQUIRE Design House.

It gets even better; you can get these amazing DJ stations custom built for your specific needs. The material is mostly comprised of composite wood, plastic components and hand veneered in various exotic wood species. All units designed to conceal most commonly exposed wiring and are capable of holding a variety of equipment to accomodate any set-up needed. The brand new model pictured above was featured at the Sagamore hotel in Miami for the 2009 Winter Music Conference.

If you want some chic style to match your crazy beats, click here for details and pricing info.

Rumored to be in stores this fall, leaked shots of Sony's new PSP Go ($TBA) hit the web over the weekend. PSP Go will be officially introduced at the E3 2009 electronics expo this week.

Much like recent cell phone models, the PSP Go sports a slider screen, with the controls exposed underneath. The screen size is 3.8 inches, while the iternal hardware features 16GB of flash storage, Bluetooth, and a Memory Stick Micro slot. The UMD drive from the old player is gone, making the Go about 40% lighter. The Go will also offer PlayStation Network support and integration with the PlayStation 3.

Check out Gizmodo.com this week for the latest launch news.

The much-rumored addition to the Guitar Hero family of games was recently confirmed by the game developers at Activision, who announced that DJ HERO will be hitting store shelves this fall.

With an all-new innovative turntable controller, DJ Hero transforms players into DJs who rule the club scene by creating original mixes of popular songs and music from the world's most exciting artists and DJs.

DJ Hero expands Guitar Hero's signature social gaming. By launching DJ Hero, Activision hopes to appeal to a whole new legion of gamers by adding new (read: non-rock) music genres including hip-hop, R&B, Motown, electronica and dance.

The company continues to be very tight-lipped on the artists and DJs that are involved with the project. But seeing the roster of rock gods (Metallica, Aerosmith) they've featured in previous releases, the lineup will likely be major!

Be the first to hear more about DJ Hero. Sign up here for more information.

If you’re a proud iPhone owner we know it’s highly likely you’re always on the lookout for the latest hot applications to impress your friends, not to mention people who stare at you using the phone while on public transport. If you’re also a fan of Canadian dance star Deadmau5, you can now combine your two loves in one spiffy iPhone application.

Touching down for the Good Vibrations Festival tour this month, Deadmau5’s visit is timed perfectly with the launch of the new application Touch Mix, which he’s put his name/face/music/mau5head to. The application is described as ‘revolutionary’, with Beatportal even going so far as to say “Touch Mix could also be a forerunner to how DJing software on the platform should work.”

The program features two ‘virtual decks’, as well as a crossfader and volume controls, sound effects – like filter, flange, loop and delay – and adjustable BPM. There’s catch however; the application appeal is going to depending on what side of the love/hate Deadmau5 fence you stand… At this stage you can only mix his music with the download coming pre-loaded with 10 of his tracks.

Prepare for the ultimate distraction...

Legendary London club and dance label giant Ministry of Sound partnered with the makers of iDrum to bring forth the perfect iphone application for the budding music programmer/producer.

iDrum: Ministry of Sound Anthems makes you the mixmaster. The application features professionally produced iDrum kits emulating the greatest dance anthems in clubbing history. Tons of original samples are available for mixing and matching, allowing you to create and save your own ulti-mix.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve never sat in front of a drum kit. iDrum’s easy interface lets you build beats layer by layer by tapping the touch screen or create music with simple shapes and color 
combinations that let you visualize the rhythm.

Ministry of Sound Anthems includes professionally produced samples and beats from Ministry of Sound – over 300 original 
samples and 20 unique kits with dozens of pre-made patterns.

Click here to check out the app (iTunes).

Atomic Floyd is a new personal audio headphones brand that delivers sound and style. Their AirJax headphones offer several advantages: they're made of injection-molded steel that's been superheated to create thinner walls, which provide higher sound quality. And, their designed by Stefan Andren, giving a sleek design to these tech-buds. You can rotate the in-ear part relative to the metal frame for a custom fit and the thinner walls help maximize the volume of the acoustic chamber for bigger bass, clearer vocals and sweeter trebles.

The AirJax headphones launched this month (December) and cost around $180.
Get your set here

Sony took a page from the DJ books to bring us the LBT-DJ2i Muteki XROSSFADE. This massive music monolith brings a trembling 450 total watts of power, a CD player, AM / FM tuners, a line-in jack, a set of 2-way shelf speakers, twin (yes, twin) 7-inch enclosed subwoofers and the ability to convert CDs / radio to MP3 files.

There’s more: DJ dreamers will also find a bundled cross-fader with monitor cue and a built-in two-channel mixer. Sony takes it home with the iPod interface, so the track readout is visible on the system, not just on the players themselves. Need to blend and missing the beat? Utilize the Beat Blend function for pre-programmed percussion/drum loops. And for those that want to play back their brilliant mix at future listening sessions, included is a USB recording function to allow that at-home ultimix to be saved to a USB device in MP3 format.

While the price of such a system may not be pitch perfect for some, the brilliance of the package may sway the budding DJ enthusiast in us all.

Take a look at the XROSSFADE here.
Happy Mixing.

A design collaboration between Printemps Design au Centre Pompidou and The Lomographic Society yielded a traditional film camera of incredible form and specialized function. Encased in rubberized black and stamped with an “X,” the X-pro Colorsplash Special is optimized for excellent cross-processing.

The best thing about cross-processing is the element of surprise and the X-pro Colorsplash Special remixes your photos with it’s long exposure capability, creating dreamy streaked backgrounds behind crisp, color-flashed foregrounds.

Prepare to be dynamically surprised with intense washes of cyan, cream, and magenta. The entire color balance and contrast level of your images is remixed using either of the two different processes for processing common consumer film. Normal color negative film is processed via C41 chemicals. Slide flim is finished through E6 chemicals. These respective chemical treatments interact with your film to bring out the correct image for your film composition. Alternately, you can also cross ordinary color negative film with E6 chemicals, yielding softer and grainier results.

The X-pro Colorsplash Special turns your personal pix into art-house photos using the cross-processing effects. Different film brands and emulsions will yield different shifts in color, alternate levels of contrast, and play with the proportions of film noir.

Package includes the camera (naturally), battery, film, poster guide, color filters, and silver custom case.

The X-pro Colorsplash Special is limited to 500 units and only available here

Like many of you, we here at Styletraxx tend to get a little edgy when we’re away from the TV for too long. A nervous tic develops when deprived of the DVR daily - travel being the primary culprit. Unfamiliar time zones, channels different than the ones at home, no on-demand DVR access – all of it can throw one into a real tailspin.

Enter Slingbox - Cue happy tears.

The Slingbox PRO-HD is the first ever HD-streaming Slingbox. With the Slingbox PRO-HD, you can watch and control multiple devices – including your standard- or high-definition DVR, digital cable, satellite receiver, or DVD player – from anywhere in the world on your computer or mobile phone. Your high definition programming streams in HD quality for an amazing picture.

TV addicts can now rejoice.

Pure Digital Technologies, the maker of Flip Video mini camcorders, have a High Definition holiday treat for all the YouTube-lovers in the world.

The "world's smallest HD camcorder," the Flip Mino HD, looks identical to the standard-definition Flip Mino. It weighs just over 3 ounces, boasts 720p resolution, and has 4GB of memory that allows for 60 minutes of recording time.

The Flip Mino HD stores an hour of great-looking VGA video and has a bright 1.5-inch LCD screen that shines with crisp clear images. With all-new built-in FlipShare software, allows you to organize, edit and upload videos to YouTube, MySpace, or AOL Video, and share them via e-mail - thanks to a switchblade-style USB arm and software that runs right off the camera. You can also use it to add music, title and credit sequences to your videos. The Flip Mino HD features new software that makes it easier-to-use drag-and-drop interface and is compatible with both Mac and PC.

And knowing that creative people like to create their own personal “brandmark” you'll now be able to customize the look of the Mino HD.
That means you can forgo a basic black design and get a Mino HD decked out in one of the provided patterns or create your own pattern.

At $229 it’s the best way to express what was seen on the scene.

Get your own Flip Mino HD here

Proving good things come in small packages; Singapore-based Company XMI brings us the X-mini Capsule Speaker. The X-mini Capsule Speaker is small enough to take with you everywhere and delivers a wide dynamic sound with a surprising amount of bass. The X-mini Capsule Speaker is portable, rechargeable mini-powerhouse that collapses down for extra portability, or expands for extra sound. With USB charging and nearly eight hours of playback time, it's begging to become your iPod's new BFF. The X-mini Capsule Speaker
 retails for about $30 and you can get yours now by clicking here

In keeping with their tradition of bringing high-end quality products to market, Pioneer has done it again with another release - new HDJ-1000 headphones.

Pioneer HDJ-1000 professional headphones feature a futuristic look, lightweight design and exceptional sound quality. The HDJ-1000 headphones offer 3,500 mW of maximum input making distortion practically non-existent. The 50-millimeter dome fully encompasses your ear, giving you the best possible clarity.

While primarily targeted towards the Professional DJ, these stunning headphones will appeal to all serious music consumers. The HDJ-1000 weigh in at less than one pound, which combined with plush padding, makes it possible for music professionals to wear the headphones for hours of listening pleasure.

The soft-touch housing can rest against the shoulders for stability and comfort and the stero/mono selector allows you to mix right and left channel signals for single ear sound monitoring. The folding housing with universal joints
 allow you to fold the headphones for space-saving and to turn them in each direction for free-style single ear sound monitoring.

Whether you are a DJ, Studio Musician, Sound Engineer or just an avid listener of music, the HDJ-1000 is the answer to all your headphone needs. With the HDJ-1000, Pioneer introduces a product that both looks and sounds great, with more comfort and features than ever before.

The headphones retail for about $200 (USD) and you can get your own set here

THE OLYMPUS STYLUS 1030 SW
Getting ready for Spring Break can be tough but no need to worry about catching all your beach fun on film. The Olympus Stylus 1030 SW camera is sleek enough to bring to the beach and tough enough to go underwater.

The Shockproof, Waterproof, Freezeproof and Dustproof design gives you ease and confidence to take this camera anywhere and everywhere. And, the wide-angle lens lets users capture more of what they see. The Olympus Stylus 1030 SW camera is great for divers, surfers, rafters, skiers, and all those who an active lifestyle.

Called “the toughest point-and-shoot camera in the world,” the 10.1-megapixel Olympus Stylus 1030 SW is worth the $400 retail price.

To find out more click here

BEATS HEADPHONES BY DR. DRE
Check out these sleek new headphones that feature a futuristic, new design and utilize technologies never before used n personal headphones, by Dr. Dre.

The powered isolation headphones offer natural, clean sound and rich, deep bass. In addition to all of that, Beats will include a carrying case with 
anti-microbial cleaning cloths, a special Monster headphone cable, and Monster’s iSonitalk, a microphone/headphone adapter for iPhones. The Beats headphones will be available this Spring and retail for about $400. To find out more click here

NUMARK “TOTAL COMPUTER DJ IN A BOX”
Looking for the perfect gift to get the next superstar DJ of the world. Well, just in time for the holidays, Numark the world’s leading manufacturer of products for the professional DJs announces three new all-in-one solutions with their DJ in a Box bundle sets designed for all computer-based DJs.

The three new DJ bundle set products are Mobile Computer DJ in a Box, Professional Computer DJ in a box, and Total Computer DJ in a Box.

Total Computer DJ in a Box is the most basic of the three. This starter set is designed specifically for beginners, providing everything needed to start up simply. Plug the controller in via USB, configure your settings, and you’re ready to go.

All three bundle sets work on Mac OS X or Windows platforms and come standard with all the necessary cables to interconnect with a computer and software to start DJing within minutes of opening the box. The Total Computer DJ in a Box retails for about $499.

To get yours click here

For the first time ever, Skullcandy introduces a DJ style headset with a built-in, detachable MP3 player. Listen to your music wirelessly through 40mm power drivers, or pull the player, slide on the battery pack, and transform it into a mini portable MP3 player for use with any headset!

The Skullcandy MFM Pro headphone is the complete package with 1 gig MP3 Integrated Player Headphone it’s the closest thing to injecting your music directly into your skull.

To order your headset click here

Pacemaker is the worlds first commercial pocket-sized DJ system that lets you practice your song mixing skills on the go. The

Pacemaker has a 120GB hard drive, USB 2.0 support, a touchpad, and various other DJ-ing functions - playback features include a variety of common audio manipulation tools such as dual-track playback, pitch bend, pitch adjust, cue point, loop-in, loop-out, crossfade and even built-in effects.

Tonium, the makers of Pacemaker, expects to commercially release the product to consumers sometime this fall (though, no word on pricing yet). Get a closer look here

Tenori-On means in Japanese is "sound in your palm" and that is what you get with this cutting-edge musical instrument from Yamaha. This unique 16x16 LED matrix MIDI controller can be loaded with samples and is a visually stunning piece of equipment.

Released last month at a number of UK record shops, Yamaha is hoping to capture the imagination of DJs and producers, as well as those inexperienced in making music.

Conceived by leading Japanese media artist Toshio Iwai in 2001 and following five years of intensive development, the Tenori-On has been showcased at major music festivals and media art festivals including Barcelona’s Sonar and Futuresonic in the UK.

Yamaha states: “One remarkable effect of this sound and light synergy is that people seem to quickly understand the relationship between the sounds and switches such that even non musicians can enjoy improvising and even composing almost immediately.”

Tenori-On is being deck-tested by a number of high-profile electronic music artists including Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra, Matthew Herbert, Mouse On Mars and Cornelius.

Find out more here

Now you can hit the deck at your own party with the new iSpin from Sergio. The iSpin allows you to dock two iPods and then power-mix two songs simultaneously, without the need of a computer. The system has two large jog wheels enable you to control FX, specifically reverb, flange, high pass and low pass filters and most exciting of all – a pitch control. And if that’s ot enough and you stil got skill to show it comes with a crossfader, a mic input and a headphones cue function.
Get your iSpin here
http://www.sergiospin.com/iSpin.htm

i.Pods are amazing but how cool would it be to have all that music at your fingertips (literally)? Well it may not be far away – designer Victor Soto has developed the iRing with touch-sensitive control features for play/pause, skip track, volume, and lock that are combatable with any Apple device. And it all works off a 2day battery.

Whiles it’s still in the early stages you can practice your “touch” abilities with the new i.Pod touch. iPod touch features the same revolutionary interface as iPhone. Built to take full advantage of the large 3.5-inch display, the multi-touch interface lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flick through photos and enlarge them with a pinch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page. And iPod touch features a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard perfect for browsing the web in Safari, searching for videos on YouTube, finding music on the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, or adding new contacts.

Well count the days until the i.Ring becomes reality and get your i.Pod Touch here

The Bowers & Wilkins (B&W) Zeppelin is the ultimate in I. pod sound systems. The zeppelin-shaped speaker/iPod docking station has three channels of amplification to drive 100W into your listening space. With an outstanding speaker system which includes five drivers, four glass-fiber cones, a 5” woofer to make for an outer-body experience.

This Zeppelin will cost you about $600

- find out more
here

Taking pictures with this tiny 1.3-megapixel camera is literally a snap: You rotate the translucent orange or blue ring, power it up, and reveal the lens. After firing off a few hundred shots, pop off the bottom and plug it into a USB port to download the images (it works with Macs, too, but at a lower 640x480-pixel resolution). Or, if you're not artistically inclined, forget the photos and use it as a 64-megabyte storage device, making it a hassle-free way to carry MP3s, term papers, or, ahem, those ''special'' images you download late at night. $99

Today Apple launches it’s revolutionary iPhone at the 164 Apple retail stores nationwide. The phone is sleek, thin, and fast. With it’s menu-free, and simple operation system the iPhone is one of the most sophisticated, life-changing piece of electronics to come along in years.

You can purchase up to two iPhones on a first-come, first-served basis. Visit apple.com

The i.pod has finally gotten it's own digital projector - the View Sonic J258D. The pod dock is bulit on top and this handy device weighs less than four pounds - perfect for your own roof-top screening party. It retails just under $1,000 - get yours today at viewsonic.com

JVC has developed the ultimate mp3 players for music lovers that love the surf, sound, and style. Plus this mp3 player is waterproof and capable of floating on the water.

The water resistance rates are limited to about 30 minutes under the water, with a maximum depth of 1 meter, and is powered with 4AA batteries.

The much anticipated and long-awaited Apple TV home entertainment adapter has finally been unveiled.

The Apple TV is a new wireless network adapter that lets consumers stream everything from movies, music and photos from their computer through their home entertainment system.

Unlike other similar products, the AppleTV is the only device that supports music or movies purchased from the iTunes store and extends the magic into the living room.

The AppleTV is available in all Apple retail locations for $300.

Now you can print photos from your phone with this cool inkless compact printer that uses plastic paper with thermal properties. These thermal properties react to different temperatures and deliver great quality.

The printer is compact and can attach to any handheld device. To create the perfect colors, the printer uses a method that controls the colors by using temperature. The crystals in the top yellow layer need the highest temperature and shortest time to melt, the magenta (which is the middle layer) needs a lower temperature and longer time, the bottom cyan layer requires the lowest temperatures and longest exposure time.

The printed images look great and are water proof. This gadget is expected to be available late 2007 for about $200. For more info check out: www.zink.com/experience/products/z-printer/

A|X insiders love to know to latest and greatest in technology and this new GPS program is no exception. Loopt is a Boost-moble-based service that allows you to search your area and get an exact map of your buddies locations. Most cell phone carriers already allow you to set up geography-base buddy lists, but now there is no escape!! You can also send texts with mapping built in, "Meet me at Armani Exchange in Soho"...and a map with come up with your coordinates.

Consumers will finally get the chance to own an iPhone, a mobile phone that plays iTunes and surfs the Web, electronics maker Apple said Tuesday. The device will retail for between $499 and $599. Cingular has an exclusive contract to be the sole carrier for this new phone until 2009.