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Tech Eye: Where did I put it?

Electrons, for instance, or black holes, or certain parts of our anatomy (honestly, our toes are really that big.) But this new MP3 player really takes the biscuit, so much so that we nearly mistook it for a sugar cube and lobbed it into our tea. But the only sweetness you'll get out of the Mobilblu DAH-1500 is of the ear candy variety. Just 24x24x24 millimeters and 18 grams packs in an FM radio and MP3/WMA music player. Mobilblu say it is the smallest MP3 player in the world but, like city folk watching a hillbilly marry his first cousin, we have our reservations. It's got an organic LED display (we're not sure what's organic about it) that is very bright and uses less power than normal LED displays. It also has six preset EQ modes and one user set mode, a built-in clock, and a pile of devilishly clever features. When it connects to a Windows system it's identified as a removable disk, so no extra software, and it powers up off the USB cable, so no additional battery charger, and one good sitting gives you about 17 hours of playback. Plus, the USB socket doubles up as the headphone socket. Memory comes in 256MB, 512MB and 1GB chunks, which is substantial given the fact that this thing is the size of Kylie. Unlike Kylie, unless she's fallen down the stairs, it comes in blue, black and pink. However, we're not the smartest of people and we found it very difficult to find it for sale anywhere (maybe all the shop assistants have misplaced them because they're so small), but should you find one down the back of the sofa in your nearest tech shop expect to pay around zł.850 or face a five-year stretch for thieving.

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