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Good ole Samsung — first they told us in no uncertain terms that they were gonna kick Apple’s iTunes Music Store into touch, now they want to turn the clock back and pretend they said no such thing. Seems like someone’s set for a spell in the corner. Read on for the grisly details.

(Via IDG News Service)

Japanese nerd paradise Princeton has just come up with the perfect solution for finding misplaced iPods among floor-bound discarded pizza boxes and slices of Jesus cheesy toast – stick ‘em on top of something tall.

(Via Princeton [Japanese])

Marantz is billing its SuperAudioCD player/amplifier/speaker combo as gear that will appeal to those who aren’t satisfied with a budget system but who aren’t "maniacs." By which we hope they mean those who aren’t willing to take out a second mortgage for their SACD fix.

(Via Marantz [Japanese])

With the holiday season looming, Sony has squeezed out a winter special limited edition of its pendant-style flash memory DAP.

(Via Sony [Japanese])

Sony’s Giga Panel (more prosaically the Xplod MEX-1GP) aims to switch us on to some new-fangled in-car entertainment. The Futurama-esque (they wish) audio system for autos is a combination AM/FM CD/MP3 receiver capable of storing up to 500 tracks on flash memory and receiving music directly from a PC.

(Via Sony)

Envious of the success Apple enjoys with its iPod / iTunes Music Store double whammy, Samsung has admitted to our spies in Seoul that it intends to develop an online music store of its own.

(Via IDG News Service)

Those among you with iPod nano scratch anxiety might consider Elecom’s latest boatload of accessories featuring clear cases with straps, silicone skins and leather holsters.

(Via Elecom [Japanese])

Looks like Sony is ignoring the DNR order hanging over the MD by including it in its forthcoming NAS-M7HD NetJuke component system.

(Via Sony)

Toshiba, the world’s second-biggest maker of flash memory has finally released its latest Gigabeat digital music players with hard disk drives.

(Via Akihabara News)

We don’t hear much from JVC these days, but the company’s new HP-W80 wireless headphones are worth a look, especially as they cost just ¥6,000 or so.

(Via JVC)

Panasonic coughed up a furball today and out popped four of its new D-snap audio players and two micro stereo systems with internal hard drives.

(Via Panasonic)

If you’re sick of the fuss about Apple’s newest iPod (and no, we don’t feel that compelling urge to cover them here at DWT), then Korean firm i-BEAD’s latest DAP, the i-BEAD700, may soothe you somewhat.

(Via Akihabara News)

Looks like the Koreans just beat everyone else to the punch when it comes to wireless iPod nano headphones — c’mon: you know you want ‘em. Asiana IDT has been demonstrating the abilities of its new SH-N10s to our intrepid reporter in Seoul, who confirms that said cans have magical powers, including the ability to control the nano directly.

(Via IDG News Service)

Our very own Tsubasa Kato has posted a quick ‘n dirty How-To over at his own site covering the arcane mysteries of getting podzilla to display Japanese characters on an iPod running Linux.

(Via Stingraze.net)

Sony looked to jellybean candy for inspiration in designing its latest Network Walkman digital music players.

The players, which will go on sale later this year, are bean-shaped and will be available in colors that are intended to match various jellybean flavors: tropical ice is blue; cotton candy is pink; licorice is black and coconut is white.

(Via IDG News Service)

In the m:robe MR-F10, Olympus has unleashed yet another flash-based DAP on a rapidly tiring public, although this one appears to bring a little extra to the party by avoiding the crummy interface/design/feature-set pitfalls that competitors have dived headfirst into.

(Via Olympus Japan)