Benss iCool BX-96, So Awesome They Gave it a Firmware Update

We rarely hear of a firmware update for a cheap Chinese PMP. Benss has recently announced one for the iCool BX-96 gamer with good reason. The BX-96 looks sleek, despite the PSP looks. The new firmware update, which can be uploaded from Benss site, gives the BX-96 a new 3D user interface. My Chinese is [...]

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YINLIPS YDP800 “Phantom” MP5 Player + Mini Projector

The photo above suggests that the Yinlips YDP800 can project a bigger image of your gaming screen. If this PMP does support it, I’d be lining up to get myself one. We’re not getting a lot of details of this mini Projector and MP4 player from IMP3. They say it can project up to 12 [...]

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7-inch DeePC Netbook Runs Windows CE

Also dubbed the “HipTop mini laptop,” the Dee-PC looks nothing like the original netbook from Asus, the EeePC. Besides the 7-inch 800 x 480 LCD, 533Mhz ARM processor, WiFi, 2GB of RAM, the Dee-PC also features, and perhaps more interestingly, Windows CE. I’m hoping this is what Quarta Mobile have in mind regarding CE’s small [...]

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Full-Featured PMP51 PMP at CES

� The PMP51 encased in shiny metal and boasting a 3-inch screen has enough juice to play Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color and NES. No SNES, though its specifictions says 32-bit gaming support. We gather that Endgadget has tested Advanced Wars on this device and was impressed. A 1.3 megapixel camera is a [...]

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Gaming-Oriented PMP Takes you on a Holiday

Need a break? Well, Shenzhen Holide’s got just the thing for you, the HM-1303. Sure, the device sports video (RM, RMVB, AVI, DAT, FLV, MPG and MPEG) and audio (MP3, WMA, APE and FLAC) playback compatibility, but it’s the game support that really promises leisure time: NES (GB, GBC and GBA), MD, SFC, Neo [...]

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China Company Releases Folding PMP

Sporting a little-seen (at least, for this product line) clamshell design, the YDP-G68 from YINLIPS Digital Technology plays MPEG-4 videos, and MP3, WMA, AMR and ACC audio files. It comes with a 1.3MP camera, has e-book and FM radio functionality, and supports image display and 8-bit to 32-bit NES games. The device has a 2.8-inch [...]

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Toshiba Intros Two New PMPs in the Gigabeat V Line

Toshiba’s V401 40GB and V801 80GB are more than just their hard-disk drives as their respective names might suggest. Both have 4-inch 480 x 272-pixel, 24-bit LCD screen (when are they going to make a 32-bit one?) with brightness sensor that adjusts the screen to present lighting conditions. The Gigabeat PMPs support WMA, MP3, WAV [...]

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