Newman’s (Newsmy) 720p HD portable media player seems to be the most complete HD player out of China. It has a 4.3-inch screen and an 8.8mm form factor in luscious metal. Sure, it only boasts 720p, unlike the 1080p trend nowadays, but it makes up for the lower resolution support with a bigger 16GB capacity [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, September 20, 2009
Another 1080i PMP from a Chinese manufacturer, the Newsmy A16HD introduces 720p video recording via it AV-IN function. This handy Windows CE 5.0 PMP features a 5-inch 800×400 screen and support for RM/RMVB, AVI, FLV, MP4, VOB, MOV, 3GP, MPG, DAT or MKV videos that can also be displayed on a bigger screen thru the HDMI [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
Newman is not the most fashionable manufacturers of PMPs, but they do try to give us everything that we need in the specs side. Now, they’re on the HD bandwagon with the all-new Newsmy A8HD. The 4.8-inch touchscreen only supports 480 x 272 pixels but with video output, you can view 720p videos. There’s 8GB [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 26, 2009
With only 2GB of storage and a 1.5-inch screen, no one would mistake Newman’s Nunu X05 PMP as anything other than a fashion statement. But what a fashion statement, if this cheap MP3 player really will look like this when it hits store shelves. 1.5-inch screen 78.8mm × 39.7mm × 7.4mm AMV video WMA, MP3, APE voice recorder 2GB for 199 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 20, 2009
We told you once that the shiny Newsmy XO MP3 player could’ve been made of mithril. We’re wrong because the device is made of more magical stuff than mithril. Newsmy has now dubbed it as the thinnest MP4 player ever at 5mm, thinner even than that Reachgood PMP and slightly thicker than this thin MP3 [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 1, 2009
The metallic sheen on this Newman MP3 player reminds me of the mythical mithril from the Lord of the Rings universe. Also called, real silver, mithril is an impregnable and flexible material use by the best of Eleves to protect themselves. The reality of the Newsmy XO is less glorious. This is a cheap DAP [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 9, 2009
You get a feeling this recession is going to be a long one when retailers like Best Buy begin to practically give away cool gadgets like the Samsung S2, otherwise known as the Pebble. The S2 used to sell at the same price point as the iPod Shuffle and I suppose no one was really [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, March 1, 2009
Update: All right, Zol just updated their site to include live photos of the ManMan A1. It’s already priced at 269 yuan ($39) for the 2GB version and 299 yuan ($44) for the 4GB. We’ve been waiting for Newsmy’s ManMan A1 iPod Nano or iRiver E100 competition ever since it was announced over a month ago. [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Apple products and the new Meizu M8 will keep inspiring products coming out of China in the forseeable future. The new Newsmy M8 phone will trouble a few execs at Meizu but not so much Apple, I believe, considering the Cupertino company has gone for the thinner form factor since the iPod mini. The Newsmy [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 17, 2008
Nothing special here but I’m liking the rendered photo a lot. It’s a 3-inch player with touch-sensitive keys below the screen with support for RM, RMVB, FLV, MPG, DAT, AVI, MP4, WMV, 3GP, MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, APE, FLAC and Microsoft PlayFX. No pricing yet for the 4GB and 8GB, in which the ManMan [...]
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
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