PMP Today

OPPO has dropped the first of the Smart MP4 series some time ago. You can get a brief review of the S9H (or simply S9) here and a Flash demo here. The S9 PMP may look like an ordinary Chocolate-inspired Chinese PMP but if OPPO has really meant this one to be “smart,” i.e. supporting third-part software, we definitely have something to look forward to here. The RK27XX Swiss chip allows RM/ RMVB direct broadcast, a big deal in the Chinese market, apparently. The S9 is available in blue and white and should retail for 599 RMB ($83)/2G and 699 RMB ($97)/4G.

The S11 is the next player in the Smart MP4 line of OPPO. It plays Live RMVB, too, but this time in a 3-inch (480 X 272-pixel) wide touch screen. They removed the touch sensitive buttons and replaced it with what I assume is a home button. Worth noting is the “powerful” document management system. It’s probably futile to resist calling this a Samsung P2 clone, but if OPPO can show us the “smart” side of this media player, i.e. run a third-party application on it, we are more than happy to forget its design influences.

No price has been announced for the S11 yet.

[via zol]