Sony

from gizmondo.com

Sony's S-series Walkman is their new high-end digital audio player that is not only their slimmest player to date, but has active noise cancellation and the SensMe music suggestion engine. Sony bundled 13.5mm EX headphones with the S-series players, as well as a pass through cable that connects to an in-flight entertainment system and uses the noise canceling capability of the Walkman.

From runnersworld.com

Whether you breast-feed or not might impact the rate at which your body returns to "running normalcy" after giving birth. But that means different things for different women, and it's impossible to predict the manner in which your body will respond. Some women claim that the caloric requirements of breast-feeding help them drop extra pounds in a jiffy. Others believe that breast-feeding encourages their bodies to hang on to extra adipose tissue.

iPod-compatible footwear that tracks runners' training routines is just the beginning of a collaboration between these iconic brands

By Arik Hesseldahl and Stanley Holmes, Business Week

As corporate logos go, few are as recognizable as the bitten apple that appears on all things Apple Computer (AAPL). Few, that is, except maybe the swoosh that has appeared on Nike's (NKE) shoes and apparel from the company's beginning. Now the two companies behind those logos are teaming up. At an event in New York, Nike and Apple said they are collaborating on a series of products that bridge the gaps between sports, electronics, and entertainment. Their first jointly produced product: the Nike+iPod Sport kit, which involves an electronic sensor inserted under the inner sole of a new Nike running shoe dubbed the Moire (pronounce (MOR-ay). That sensor talks to a small wireless receiver that attaches to Apple's iPod nano music player.

I discovered how crucial music is to my exercise routine when the batteries on my MP3 player died right in the middle of a workout. Without my favorite tunes, that treadmill got mighty boring...but it gave me some time to look around the gym and see what everyone else was doing. As I suspected, almost everyone had some form of music player, which inspired me to list some of my favorite music players and accessories for exercisers. Read more...