Organic Electroluminescence Display - Pioneer�s OEL technology produces unrivaled graphics for an easy-to-read display. Rotary Commanders - The rotary commander is a multi-functional knob that combines a joystick, button and rotary control for quick access to most audio and control functions. iTunes AAC/MP3/WMA Playback - Five players support playback of MP3 and WMA files using a highly improved digital speed-read mechanism, which provides faster loading and track-to-track access times. Front Auxiliary Input - The DEH-P6850MP includes a built-in front auxiliary input making it easy to integrate popular portable devices. iPod Ready - Along with an optional CD-IB100II iPod adapter, Pioneer�s car stereos provide full control of the highly popular iPod device through the IP-Bus connection.

Speakers just right for tight spaces

The Yamaha NX-A01 Natural Sound Speaker is so irresistibly cute that it's hard to decide whether to listen to it or pet it.

The speaker's sturdy plastic build makes it kid-proof, and its so-simple setup — a power cord and a minijack connection for your music player — makes it virtually adult-proof.

iPod gets a new best bud

The Yamaha NX-A01 Natural Sound Speaker is so irresistibly cute that it's hard to decide whether to listen to it or pet it.This single speaker ($100 in black or white), not quite a 3.5-inch cube and weighing 11 ounces, is one of two diminutive sound systems from Yamaha I've been auditioning lately. The other, the NX-U10 USB Power Stereo Speaker ($179 in black or silver), is more conventional, more versatile and, ultimately, more useful.But who cares about any of that when you have the adorable Natural Sound Speaker in your palm, ready to introduce it to its latest plaything, an iPod?The speaker's sturdy plastic build makes it kidproof, and its simple set-up -- a power cord and a minijack connection for your music player -- makes it virtually adultproof. All controls, for on-off, volume and mute, reside in a single, big-dimple button atop the cube.The interior is almost as basic: a 1 1/8-inch titanium cone driver that fires out through a plastic grille on the left side of the cube, an unpowered driver facing out of the opposite side and a minuscule amplifier that puts out, maybe, four watts.

Cell phone call helps police crack break-in case

NORTH ATTLEBORO - When local police helped solve a string of motor vehicle break-ins in Plainville, they did it with a cell phone taken from one of the suspects that police allege was stolen.Officer Robert Kilroy called "home" from the list of contacts on the phone around 3 a.m. Saturday and ended up talking to one of the break-in victims, according to court records made public Monday.The victim, a Plainville resident, thought the phone was in his pickup truck and then discovered the vehicle had been broken into. Police recovered several car stereos, cell phones, an iPod, power tools, hand tools and other items taken in about a dozen motor vehicle break-ins in Plainville after stopping a car early Saturday morning.One of the suspects, Carlos Brens, 19, of Providence, pleaded innocent Monday in Attleboro District Court to 11 charges, including receiving stolen property, failing to stop for police and driving a motor vehicle without authority.Judge James Sullivan ordered him held in jail on $2,500 cash bail at the request of North Attleboro Police Prosecutor Christopher Ciccio.

Griffin intros new iTrip Auto, power gear

Griffin has released three new accessories for iPods. Prominent among these is a new version of the iTrip Auto, the car variant of its famous FM transmitter attachment. Users plug one connector into their iPod, and another into their car's power adapter, which then charges both the iTrip and the iPod itself. New to the Auto is a feature called SmartScan, which automatically tracks down the three cleanest frequencies, and saves them as presets so they can be selected with a single button.

The AutoPilot is at its simplest an iPod car charger, but the knob that plugs into the power adapter doubles as a control surface, allowing users to play, pause, or skip tracks without reaching for the player. Griffin notes that this is particularly important for the iPod touch. The knob illuminates for night use, and cars with auxiliary-in jacks can be fed stereo sound directly.