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Reachgood Sells 5.5mm PMP: Thinnest Portable Video Player Ever?

Reachgood Digital Manufacture Limited may not be as well known as Apple and sure they spelled “Manufacture” wrong, but their latest PMP is the thinnest portable video player we have seen. Only this cutie from Brando is thinner, but it only plays MP3. The unnamed PMP boasts a stainless steel casing, a 1.8-inch 260k-color [...]

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Acelabs S3 Holds 8GB

  Acelabs is a little known Korean company that made this 2.8-inch screen PMP dubbed S3, though the lettering on the device says “Handy.” Well, perhaps it’s the S3 Handy, which is an unpriced 88 x 57 x 11mm player with video, audio and text compatibility with the following: MPEG-4, AVI, RM, VOB, WMV, ASF, MP3, [...]

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Nokia N82: Some More Live Shots

The N82 is not the best designed Nokia, based on the spy pics that have come out, but from earlier reports the specs are pretty solid: 5 megapixel camera with Xenon flash is an improvement on the N95’s built-in camera; HSDPA, WiFi, Bluetooth A2DP; GPS. I still prefer the N95’s dual-slider design over the Sony [...]

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China PMP has Capsule Shape, not Much Else

BTL International’s M1820 may prove to be something of a hard pill to swallow, considering its less-than-spacious 1.8-inch TFT display (with a resolution of 128×160 pixels) and lack of advanced features. But if you could really stand this thing on end (and we doubt you can), maybe that would make up for it. The [...]

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Microsoft Zune New TV Spot Featuring The Shins

Indie rock band The Shins gets the nod from T.A.G., the Microsoft Zune’s current ad maker. I have to admit, I like the first one, titled “Ballad of the Pink,” better. “Academy of Dreams,” the title of the second ad, uses a mix of references that are a little baffling to me. I’d rather you [...]

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Linux-Based iRiver PMP

Besides the P10, which may be coming out this year, iRiver is working on a Linux-based PMP with a tethered docking station and a detachable mobile unit. Called the Unit2, its base station has a 30Gb hard drive, DVD/C player, PC-style I/O, an ethernet port, and a TV tuner. The detachable display has a 7-inch [...]

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