Toshiba launch Portable Media Player.

As an addition to the already successful S-series, the latest Video (V) Series fits nicely into the portable video player market with its 3.5-inch TFT LCD display, built-in speaker and Microsoft software. Toshiba’s successful Gigabeat S-series has given them the courage to launch a more advanced model. By giving the V-series a larger screen with [...]

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LG FM37, FM33 and DMB T50: Portable Media With European Flair.

The decidedly derivative portable media player market can embrace with open arms the latest entries from LG, the FM37 (tops out at 4GB, $320), FM33 (4GB, $255) and DMB T50 (2GB, $265). As expected, the players are, to use a tired phrase, more evolution than revolution: all models are flash-based and have just barely watchable-sized [...]

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Sansa View: SanDisk’s Portable Video Player.

SanDisk goes after the portable video market with its first widescreen portable media player In addition to the Sansa Connect and USBTV, SanDisk also introduced at CES its first widescreen portable media player dubbed the Sansa View. The Sansa View features a 4”widescreen display and can play videos, display photos (up to 16 megapixels), play music, [...]

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