160GB Archos 705 WiFi Half-Price at Amazon

Our friends at Dapreview found this one yesterday: a 160GB Archos 705 going for only $269.99 at Amazon.com, or almost half the original pricing. Dapreview has its doubts but after looking at the Amazon page, I have very little reason or none at all to doubt the price is official. Yep, Archos 5th generation prices [...]

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Super Box is an MP4 Player + GPS + TV and Much More

This “media box” from Yiwu Haofeng code-named HKA-6501C is a DivX, DVD-playing recycled-looking PMP that also supports playback for such esoteric formats like MP4 (AVI) and HDCD or High Definition Compatible Digital, which is a Microsoft proprietary format that offers backwards compatibility with old CDs. If this is not news to you, it definitely [...]

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China PMP Copies PSP, Forgets the Game Support

We don’t have to tell you what the K35 from Shenzhen Yijingling looks like, do we? This ASF-playing (conversion software to this format included) take on Sony’s popular PSP supports MP3, WMA and WAV files, with an option for DRM9- and DRM10-equipped versions. While FM radio functionality is optional as well, e-book and digital [...]

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China PMP has Nontypical Samsung Screen, NTSC/PAL Video-out

Shenzhen Mymedia has released the PMP-A6, which comes with a 3.5-inch Samsung TFT LCD that has a 320×240-pixel resolution. Using a TI 270 solution, the device supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 (.ASF, .AVI and .MP4), WMV9 and M-JPEG video formats, andMP3 and WMA audio files, and allows JPEG, BMP and TXT viewing. The PMP-A6 also does 320×240-pixel [...]

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Gaming-Oriented PMP Does A Whole Bunch Of Other Things Too

Affluent International brings the gaming to PMPs with its Sidekick-looking AF-736 model, which features a sliding 3-inch TFT screen. The product supports ASF-formatted MPEG-4 video files (playback at 320×240 pixels, 30fps) and popular audio formats such as MP3, WMA and WAV. Gaming-wise, it supports “game cards” (we assume this means cartridges), and NES games. Yup, [...]

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It’s Foryou: China PMP has 7-inch Screen, HDD

Reminiscent of an old-school portable DVD player, the PMP710 from the Foryou Group is actually a MPEG1/2/4-, MP3-, WAV-, AAC- and JPEG-supporting device. It has a 7-inch TFT LCD, and comes with a 2.5-inch hard drive in 20GB and 40GB capacities. The PMP710’s USB 2.0 slot allows OTG operation. Stereo line-out and NTSC/PAL output are [...]

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