Cube MID B53WIFI: Cheap MID

For 799 yuan or just about $117, it’s the cheapest WiFi-enabled MID to date, cheaper than the Chuwi W3000. The Cube MID B53WIFI runs has a 4.3-inch touchscreen and runs on Linux. It plays multiple video formats including RMVB and AVI. Apparently, the Cube B53WIFI has a server multimedia search engine. Not sure what it [...]

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Ainol/Shearer V2000 Evaluation

Wondering if buying an iPhone imitation device in China (if you’re ever in the neighborhood) is worth it? Read on. The writers of Zol, a site dedicated to the latest Chinese PMP news and reviews have recently gotten a unit of the Ainol V2000, also called Shearer V2000. The verdict: high-quality audio player, very good [...]

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Gemei X-760: Chinese Makes Good Product Photos At Last

He, it’s not like the Chinese don’t make good press photos of new products but the results on the new Gemei X-760 is just remarkable, and a sub-species apart from its predecessor. The screen is a 3-inch 4:3 LTPS TFT with 16 million colors. It’s compatible with RM, RMVB, DAT and AVI video files. The [...]

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Sleek Shearer V2000 PMP Promotes Transformers

The Shearer V2000, powered by an ADI BF533 processor, has a beautiful brushed metal exterior and a 3-inch 16 million-color low-temperature polysilicon screen (LTPS TFT) that looks terrific displaying “Transformers” content. I don’t even care if it’s shaped like iPhone, only smaller. We’ve posted a good helping of press pics with “Transformers” wallpapers, which you’ll [...]

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Newman M6000 80GB is Out for $236

It’s the price in China, which is the equivalent of 1799 yuan, but based on the specs of the Neman M6000, it looks like we’ve got another cheap PMP here. The M6000 has a 4.3-inch 480 × 272-pixel TFT LCD screen with 16 million colors. This is the Newman player, Charbax got excited about back [...]

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Venus JXD638 Now Selling at 699 Yuan

Why are we so interested in the Chinese PMP market. One reason is that not all Chinese PMP manufacturers make their players to look like an iPod or an iPhone. Another reason is that Chinese PMPs are dirt cheap. Take one of China’s most popular models, Venus’s JXD638, which now is priced at 699 yuan [...]

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Oppo Luna V5H Hits the Market at Lower Price

  We have talked about the nicely designed Oppo Luna (V5H) a couple months ago. The highly anticipated player comes with touch-button controls (made popular by the highly successful LG Chocolate phone) and a very attractive price point. At the time of announcement Oppo Luna was supposed to cost around $130 dollars, which was already impressive for [...]

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