With the Beijing Olympics, Chinese PMP manufacturers have been scurrying to get CMMB devices out in the market. The latest come from WINDOW and Orango. The G51 from Window is not out yet but it will have two versions, a 4.3-inch and a 3.5-inch version. We don’t know both versions will be named G51. Orango’s V2100 is already available as a 3.5-inch PMP with a price tag of 999 yuan for the 4GB. It’s an MP5 player supporting RMVB / RM / AVI / FLV with Microsoft’s PlayFX added. The Orango V2100 is equipped with everything you could expect from a medium-range Chinese MP4 or MP5 player with TV out and a TF card among its specs. It’s good and all that China has finally rolled out its CMMB digital TV technology but the hardware supporting it seems a little overweight at the moment. These PMPs look like they’re packing something that needs to be let out soon.
August 14th, 2008 at 6:37 am
What is an mp5 player really? Just an mp4 player named “mp5″ to attract sales by sounding “one better” than “mp4″. I’ve seen one company in Kong Kong use the name “mp6″ player. “MP5″ player is a marketing tool, that’s all.