The new MP3-USB thumb drive from LG has touch-sensitive controls located in a slightly angled bottom portion, ergonomically designed to be controlled by your thumb. This is the UP3 Neon MP3 Player which also doubles as a USB flash drive with the accessory you see on its left that is inserted in the audio jack. It’s not a bad design at all. It’s a lot bigger than the new Shuffle, apparently, without making more room for storage, which tops at 4GB with pricing that doesn’t qualify in our cheap MP3 players section, and no idea when this is going to launch outside of Asia.

• 96 × 36 pixel monochrome OLED display
• MP3, WMA, WAV (3D sound)
• FM radio and recording
• 2GB and 4GB available
  
• $41 to $51

[via imp3]