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Features have been finalized for the Onda VX777. This is a player Onda began to hype a bit a la iPhone leaking features such as camera, WiFi and Net radio. The real VX777 is a more straightforward PMP: 3.0-inch (400 × 240) 16:10 touch screen, TV-out, RMVB support with embedded Real Player 11. It has multiple flavors of other video playback (direct): FLV/AVI/MOV/ASF/MP4/WMV/3GP/MPG, with APE FLAC lossless support as well. WiFi would’ve been grand, though. The VX777 supports 32GB microSD cards.

More specifications after the break.

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If you thought that only the iPhone gets clones, you obviously have never heard of the LG Chocolate. RAmos’s V85 (no relation to RAmos V8), however, is not a clone of the iPhone iPod Touch or LG Chocolate. Only the absolutely best designed device will do for the V85 and that device turns out to be the Giorgio Armani Samsung phone. The V85 boasts a 2.8-inch touch screen , somewhat bigger than the Armani Samsung. Bluetooth V2.0 + EDR is available. Former specs indicate only AVI (MPEG-4) video support but now they’ve added RMVB. Price is 499 yuan ($72) for the 2GB.

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The Brits will have the iRiver SPINN shipped to them ahead of everyone. The SPINN will be shipped with an extra DAB tuner. Price is yet unknown for the 4, 8 and 16GB versions. The SPINN features a 3.2-inch AMOLED display and 30fps support for video files. It boasts the new SPINN user interface that replaces iRiver’s popular D-Click.

[via techdigest]

People in Europe ca get their hands on the uber-beautiful and expensive HTC Touch Diamond online. DechoWireless, PopularElect and Welectronics will ship them for $780 to $850. Pricey compared to the iPhone but a VGA screen (best in the industry), WiFi, GPS and A-GPS and TouchFLO 3D touch screen do not come cheap. It’s pricier than the N95 when the N95 first came out and except for its 3.2 megapixel camera, it kicks N95 in every way.

Why the iPhone is still tougher than Diamond? Watch video after the break.

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Next Tuesday, we will see yet another Eee PC model. The 10-inch Asus Eee PC is slated for a November shipping. Pricing is still unknown and so are the specs. Hopefully the premium we are paying for the low-spec’d ultraportable will no longer be valid on the 10-inch model. Translation: Eee PC 1000 should be cheap with normal-laptop specifications.

[via engadget]

The 2.8-inch multitouch (!) MAK003 from Maxspeed Industry Development Limited glows threateningly from a peephole right where the iPhone clone Home should be. It plays RM/RMVB,FLV, AVI/ MPEG-4 and MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC and WAV. Dgital recording and a 3D equalizer (presumably via Microsoft PlayFX) is its other attributes.  The writte specifications of the MAK003 isn’t all too clear and neither is the product photo, which is too low-rez for us to fully appreciate how different this PMP/ MP5/ MP4 player is from the iPhone or iPod Touch, it’s genetic fathers.

[via alibaba]

Hutchison’s Telecommunication will deliver the iPhone 2.0 to China… well, at least to the two administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau. Their 3 network will get exclusive distribution rights for locked iPhones. In contrast to unlocked iPhones sold in Hong Kong, Three Network’s iPhones will come at a substantially lower and fairly reasonable price. No official date yet but late this year would be the likeliest time.

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The popular VX989 from Onda has been hacked to support FC games. This is great news. The VX989 is just about the most popular Onda player out there. It has even been adopted by Pasen into LAZYBUM - that’s how popular it is. It looks like a simple DIY upgrade (w/ overclocking) but because the instructions are written in Chinese, non-Chinese speakers might want to hold on to their non-gaming VX989 just a little while longer until someone in the English-speaking world can post an instruction in original English.

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I have to admit, I have taken a liking to iRiver’s LPLayer. Yesterday’s hands-on images from Moveplayer (courtesy of our friends at GMP3) stated it rather succinctly: thin is not everything. I also love the speaker solution for this mini-PMP (see photo of it after the break). The prices top at 95 euros for the 8GB, which converts to a very reasonable $147 USD.

Just to recap, it’s available in 2, 4 and 8 GB, plays MPEG-4 SP, WMV9 SP, SP Xvid, MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, FLAC,  JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TXT. It has an FM tuner, mic and USB 2.0. The 2-inch QVGA screen is okay for a player this small. It’s available in several colors includeing black and brown. More photos below.

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The C150 is a quadband GSM watch phone with a plastic strap, a 1.4-inch screen (128×160 pixels), support for MP3 and 3GP / MP4 videos. That’s not the most amazing feature on this watch phone. The C150 happens to be SMS and MMS capable and offers a tiny set of numeric tactile keys strategically positioned on the strap near the bottom of the screen. If you’re a long-time reader of PMP Today, you’ll know we are fond of phonewatches. The only problem we had about them is the lack of proper texting support. Now we have one from Totobay.

Specs of this watch phone after the break.

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