PMP Today

They’re calling this a breakthrough device, a PMP with WiFi and supports mobile TV. But that’s not the breakthrough yet for this HD (up to 160GB) MP5 Player (a PMP in China that supports RealMedia). The MV5920, due to its dual-core technology no doubt, also supports video playback at HD 720p (1280 x 720 pixels), although I am sure that 60fps is supported as well, but wouldn’t it be awesome if it did. Of course, we want nothing more than to review or have some do a review of the HDTV playback on this new Patriot MP5, but for now we’ll take Aigo’s word for it. One can be yours for 2,999 yuan.

Check out the sometimes funnily written specs after the break.

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We likes the M8000 the first time we saw it but now we really, really like it. It’s an all-around HD PMP with a 4-inch TFT screen, lot of multimedia support, a camera, TV Out, game emulation, PVR functionality, etc. It also comes with 80GB of hard disk space, which is all I really need in two lifetimes. But for people who are more voracious in their multimedia consumption, higher capacity versions of the M8000 are now being offered: 120GB, 160GB and 250GB! On this site, they are even offering customizable features, including the storage options, of course. It starts at $299.

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The PMX-M70 series is Sony’s priciest China-only PMP and it’s getting a price cut. Why have a price cut now and why only 100 yuan (about $14) only Sony can answer that. Now only 1599 yuan ($229), users will be getting a 4.3-inch screen, 4GB of storage and line-in video and audio recording and, of course, the assurance that this, despite its target market, is a device of topnotch quality. It’s a good gadget choice for those who do not play games at all but do not mind carrying around media player the size of the Sony PSP.

Specs after the break.

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The iPhone SDK will finally bring YouTube to the safari browser on your iPhone. For the unitiated, this is not the same as the YouTube Player in your iPhone, which is a wholly separate app. This isn’t even real Flash support as YouTube is played via a plugin that allows you to play embedded YouTube videos. Pointing your browser to YouTube.com, however, is just more disappointment.

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The 16GB COWON D2 is available at JetMall.net for $239.99. Not a bad price, though when our friends at GenerationMP3 first spotted it a few hours ago it was only around $225. The features listed are just what we expected from the D2 without any significant changes except the storage capacity. The 16GB version was announced a few months back and, honestly, it is taking COWON awhile.

Main features as listed by JetMall:

- Video & Audio Player / FM Tuner / Voice Recorder / Text & Photo Viewer
- 2.5 inch 16 million color 24bit TFT-LCD - QVGA (320×240) Touchscreen
- SD / SDHC Memory Expansion
- Up to 52 hours (Music) of continuous playback (Movie 10 hours)*
- PlaysForSure Support

[jetmall via gmp3]

The T-rexon MP747-SM from Exon International (not to be confused with the oil company) claims to be the tiniest PDA phone in the world measuring 90 x 46 x 10 mm and weighing only 90g with the battery included. It also runs both Linux and Windows Mobile 6.0. This is the genuine article, the manufacturers repeat, the real PDA phone that can install applications with a swappable OS:

Please note that this is a Genuine PDA phone. Most other so-called PDA-phones advertised by other suppliers are NOT true PDA phones,butsmart phones only with a firmware interface similar to Windows Mobile.No application can be installed on these false PDA-phones and theOS cannot be altered. True PDA phones run on Microsoft Windows, Linuxor similar OS and all Windows / Linux applications can be installed.

It connects on GSM networks and GPRS and plays MP3, games, shoots photos with a 1.3 megapixel camera and has the Holy Quran preloaded. Not only does it fully support Word, Excel, Outlook®, Internet Explorer, PowerPoint® and all those Linux applications, it has the Holy Book of Islam available for the user at a touch of a button (or a couple of touches). No one is going to make fun of this awesome device from Exon.

Note: We have a Quran PMP as well from a post way back and an iBible. Check them out.

Specs after the break.

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If the purported leaked Picture of 3G iPhone nabbed by Apple Insider is authentic, the Philip Xenum 800 may have a competitor on the e2e front. The photo also suggests that the iPhone is moving toward the PDA form factor with a more squarish shape and sharper edges. I’m thinking, they keep increasing the size of the screen everyone has to bring a purse with them just to carry one. I’ll wait for iPhone Nano.

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Move over SNES emulators, XNA will be coming soon to a Zune near you. Zune gameplay will support ad hoc WiFi network gaming with up to eight players, and it’s just too cool watching Zauri being played on the Zune 2 using the Zune Pad.

For Canadians, the Zune will be dropping June 13. The Zune 4GB to will retail for 139.99 Canadian dollars , the Zune 8GB for 189.99 and 80GB Zune for 249.99 Canadian. The nice video above is not an official Microsoft ad, but to me it was made in the same spirit as the ads done by 72andSunny.

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The VX777 is Onda’s best PMP so far feature-wise. In what seems like a features overdose of sorts, Onda, which is known for its widescreen PMPs, has gone ballistic and automatically nominated itself to the high-end market populated by the likes of Archos and Zune. The 4.3-inch (480 x 272) touchscreen is one of the biggest we’ve seen on any iPhone/ iPod Touch clone or iPhone-like device. The VX777, like most Chinese players, supports a plethora of media files but the addition Internet Radio seems a little like overkill - not that we aren’t ecstatic about it.

With support for RM/RMVB, AVI, FLV, ASF, MP4, MPG, MOV, WMA, WMV, 3GP and SWF, the 16GB option, which is available for the VX777, will come in handy and so will the TF card expansion supporting up to 32GB cards. MP4 Nation has listed up the goods one can find inside every VX777 copied here after the break.

The VX777 is coming in August. Expect a price higher than ordinary Onda players but you can bet it will go for peanuts next to iPod Touch or Archos 605.

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Philips is a dark horse in the handset industry. Their last significant outing was a clamshell phone (Xenium NRG) that can run on AAA batteries. Even more noteworthy is a series of Xenium phones (9@9) with a standby time of up to 40 days. Depending on your needs, Philips has been making dream handsets that have pretty much gone under the radar of most consumers and even industry watchers. We hope this isn’t the case with the Xenium 800, a touchscreen phone that boasts e2e or edge to edge screen real estate. Yep, this baby will be prettier than iPhone when it comes out. Whereas iPhone users have to bear with that half an inch of metal frame on both sides of the touchscreen, Xenium 800 users will get to enjoy a screen area as far as their phone casing goes. Resolution is WQVGA, which isn’t as good as HTC’s new dream phone but good enough. Honestly the 800 reminds me of the Nokia N98 - a product of an artist’s imagination - and Xenium takes the cake on sheer prettiness.

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