Christmas gift ideas come early with the new limited edition Samsung K3 Maestro MP3 player. They even come packaged for the occasion in classy-looking gift boxes, saving you the need to wrap them yourself.

As of yesterday, Creative has shipped a total of 25 million MP3 players. That's a quarter of what Apple has achieved earlier this year. Well done Creative!

We love stats, so here they are: 55% of iPod owners who paid US$249 or more for their iPods chose to upgrade their earphones or headphones. That’s based on a survey conducted by Shure Incorporated, a manufacturer of premium, well, earphones and headphones. Now, considering that Apple has sold over 100 million iPods over the years, that’s a lot of consumers to target.

Plantronics has given their Discovery 640 series Bluetooth headset an update. The battery of the new Discovery 610 can be directly charged instead of relying on a Bluetooth holder like the previous one.