The United Kingdom will enjoy DAB radio service on the portable iRiver B30. Available in 8GB and 16GB versions, the iRiver B30 is a 2.8-inch QVGA PMP and also plays video files and features touch-sensitive controls and haptics feedback. Battery life is pretty good at 40 hours for audio and 6 hours for video. Take [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 8, 2009
HTC has just announced a new handset to bolster their already solid Android line-up and will, no doubt, also help drive up their sales at the same time. The HTC Tattoo, formerly known as the Click, is a more compact version of the HTC Magic, but more importantly, also aims to bring the Android platform [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 8, 2009
Still remember that Sony Walkman with built-in speakers we featured a couple of weeks ago? Well, it’s just appeared on a French site and is now available for retail. Two versions are available: an 8GB (NWZ-S544) model and a 16GB (NWZ-S6545) variant. Apart from the obvious built-in stereo speakers, this new S-series Walkman features a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 7, 2009
Here’s a leaked image of three upcoming handsets that might interest you HTC fan boys out there. The first one, believe it or not, is actually the Touch Diamond2. This version codenamed Whitestone is headed for Verizon and possibly debuting sometime in September or October. It comes with a 3.6-inch WVGA touchscreen, 5-megapixel autofocus camera, [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 13, 2009
There’s a new PMP from Samsung, this time with a screen a little bigger than the Samsung Q2. It should be a touchscreen player with 8GB of storage. Price is about $180. Considering it supports RMVB, it’s technically an MP5 player. 2.7-inch WQVGA (400×240) touchscreen RMVB, MPEG-4, WMV, H.264, Divx, Xvid MP3, WMA, Ogg, FLAC, AAC TV-out Bluetooth 8GB FM tuner, Games and [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 11, 2009
The 4.3-inch touchscreen and WiFi-enabled iRiver P35 PMP finally has a 32GB version available. It features the SPINN control and the delightful Magazine UI. For about $389 in Korea, looks likely to be distributed in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. With the additional microSD supporting up to 16GB cards, it’s a pretty good [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 1, 2009
PMPs are not just about being a fashion statement anymore. The days of the featureless iPod is over. What we have today is an iPod Touch that’s as useful as a netbook and an upcoming Zune HD that is simply light years apart compared to what most people are used to in a 3.3-inch screen. [...]
Continue reading...Monday, May 25, 2009
Now here’s a Nokia phone you don’t see everyday. The Nokia Mako is a QWERTY-equipped slider that features a 2.6-inch 320×420 TFT display, 2-megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP support, A-GPS, HSDPA connectivity, 128MB internal memory, and runs on S60 3rd edition FP 2 OS. We’re not quite sure how this new design and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 22, 2009
So the leaked photo was genuine. The iRiver B30 has now officially surfaced. The B30 succeeds the B20, a PMP with mobile TV so expect that the antenna on this one is a permanent fixture. It looks like a sleek device but one would expect a bigger screen for a mobile TV. Instead, we only [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
The 2.8-inch QVGA touchscreen PMP is from HOTT’s Le Touch series. Nothing extraordinary here but I thought you’d find the Zune-like formfactor and the brushed metal worthy of consideration. It plays RMVB, RM, AVI, ASF, FLV, MP3, WMA, WAV, APE, FLAC, AAC. It has G-sensor and TV out, plus a one-click full-screen function. No price [...]
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
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