The recent financial data of Archos must have put the fear of death in the company’s top executives. So bad were the numbers they cannot wait for the launch of the Archos MIDs, which were next in line for the Archos flagship brand. I’m quite sure the budget-friendly Archos 2 wasn’t in the Archos drawing [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 29, 2008
The 2.8-inch multitouch (!) MAK003 from Maxspeed Industry Development Limited glows threateningly from a peephole right where the iPhone clone Home should be. It plays RM/RMVB,FLV, AVI/ MPEG-4 and MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC and WAV. Dgital recording and a 3D equalizer (presumably via Microsoft PlayFX) is its other attributes. The writte specifications of the [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 6, 2008
For a simple and cheap touch screen PMP, obviously one doesn’t go to Apple The iPod Touch, like the iPhone, is a technological wonder, but alternatives for the touch screen craze abound and we are not just talking iPhone or iPod Touch clones. Technaxx has announced perhaps the most generic-looking touchscreen PMP yet. A [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Pandora Digital, which seems to specialize in offbeat, nonmainstream products, has released the SK-426, which is a member of the Princess Series (and sure seems happy about it). This device supports AMV videos, MP1, MP2, MP3 and WMA audio files, and BMP and JPEG images. A 1.8-inch CSTN or TFT screen that displays 65,000 colors [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The EB-T80 from Resun Electronics doesn’t do those newfangled DVB-T, DMB or 1seg technologies, preferring old-school portable TV through VHF, UHF and CATV (PAL, NTSC or SECAM formats). It also plays nice with a host of file formats, including MPEG-1, MPEG-2 ,MPEG-4, DivX3.11, 4.x, 5.x and 6.x, AVI, MPG, WMV, MP3, WMA and JPEG. Incorporating an [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 25, 2008
The NXMP324 from Neux Corp. is obviously more of a novelty product than a serious PMP, as evidenced by its soda can design. The device supports MP3, WMA, WMV, WAV and ASF file formats with ID3 tags and lyrics display. An OLED screen of unspecified dimensions, a microphone and a USB 2.0 port are built-in. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, February 24, 2008
Whether you love or hate digital photo frames, you do have to admit that most of them bear a striking similarity to each other. Well, T&H International has the cure for the common look with its DPF-070A, which sports an unusual swivel-capable design. It supports MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and AVI videos, MP3 and WMA [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 23, 2008
Since we’ve heard that XNA Studio games will soon be coming to a Zune near you, we’ve wondered how exactly is the game play going to look like on a Zune. If you’ve seen the old 30GB Zune and the new flash and HD Zunes, you’ll quickly realize that the hardware does not actually [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 23, 2008
Sporting a design that is either ergonomic or melted, the GG-1128 from G&G Industrial supports MPEG-4 and MPEG-1 videos, WMA and MP3 audio files, and JPEG, PNG, TIFF and GIF images. It also comes with a 1.3MP camera with a CMOS lens. The device incorporates a 2.5-inch TFT display with a resolution of 320×240 pixels, and [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 22, 2008
KBS Industrial’s F341 does PMP in a way that’s pretty different from most other devices of its type. The model supports MTV, WMV and ASF videos, Ogg, MP1, MP2, MP3, WMA and WAV audio files (with lyrics display), and unspecified image formats. The F341 has a OLED screen that can show up to 65,000 colors. Dimensions [...]
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