Greenhouse Japan revealed the KanaCL, which is a lightweight flash based DAP with 2GB of onboard memory. Measuring 26mm × 66mm × 14mm and weighing 20grams, the gadget sports MP3 / WMA files and has a voice recorder. Its built-in Lithium Ion battery provides approx. 5 hours of playback time. The Greenhouse KanaCLbe is available in pink, white, black and red for 5480 Yen or around $55.

The latest iRiver MP3 player, the Volcano T7, is now available. The player comes with a simple design and features up to 4GB of storage capacity, a small OLED display, an FM radio, a voice recording function, SRS WOW, an equalizer (8 presets) and a USB 2.0 port. The gadget sports MP3/WMA/ASF/OGG audio formats. Available in White, Black, Pink, Blue, and Chocolate, the Volcano T7 is proced at €35 (2GB) and €50(4GB).

iHome today made official two iPod speaker systems designed to make the most of available space for computer users: the iH69 and iH70 both incorporate an iPod dock directly into the base of the left satellite, reducing the clutter of a stand-alone dock. The addition not only charges and plays the iPod but also syncs with any Mac or PC connected to the speakers through USB.

All of the speakers support every dockable iPod, up to and including the iPod touch. The black iH69 unit offers just the basics and will ship “soon” for $100, according to iHome. Moving up to the silver iH70 adds a remote control as well as higher-power speakers and SRS WOW field-enhancing technology at a steeper $130 price point.

One of the major attractions at the recent International Contemporary Furniture Fair was this beautiful media centre that was designed by Geneva Lab. These guys are the same folks who made a snazzy iPod sound system and now this new system is for those living large. Geneva Lab’s rep George Emerson was quoted saying that the company makes “furniture music,” whatever that is supposed to mean! Well, expected to hit stores in October or November, the $3,500 system features four midrange 5.5 inch speakers and two tweeters in the center cabinet, along with a 12 inch subwoofer on the left. The cabinet is made with MDF, hand painted with 11 coats of either black or white lacquer and features an iPod dock on the top left hand corner. The right hand side holds a cabinet to store A/V components. But then again, the prototype’s grills were very much still in prototype stage. Emerson assured people that the finished product would hold the same high quality grills found on the company’s iPod sound systems.

Samsung now has version 1.5 available to download on their Korean site as GenMP3 reports. What is special about this update is the addition of FLAC, which is a rather rarely supported lossless codec these days. In assuming the codebase is the same through the recent Samsung product line, it’s a safe bet that we will see this in the next Bluewave updates on the P2 and possibly even the T10.

On a side note, few days ago SanDisk added OGG to the Clip and I would soon expect to see FLAC added in the near future. So could this be a response from the manufactures due to a demand push from consumers? It’s nice to see more of them jumping on board the open source codecs.