An accelerometer would seem like a nice addition to a touchscreen PMP, don’t you think? Safa is making a big deal out of their new Safa G3 PMP, precisely because of the built-in accelerometer. Honestly, we prefer a refresh of the Safa Xing, perhaps adding more gigs to the tiny MP3 player. With that said, the 3-inch Safa G3 is available in 4GB and 8GB versions only. No pricing or date of availability yet but we’d rather not bother if this generic-looking PMP goes for more than $150, even if it’s Korean made.

[via engadget]

If having an English-language site means that the Korean manufacturer Mintpass will be selling some of its products to the U.S., Enlgand, Canada, Australia, etc. then by all means we must expect the U.S., Europe launch of the Mintpad soon. The Mintpass Mintpad is a would-be revolutionary 3-inch touchscreen PMP that serves as a note-taking and multimedia device. Though the 400MHz processor/ 128MB of RAM is good enough for the old iPhone, the 4GB storage may be a little lacking. Suggested price in Korean is just under $160 but it should be cheaper once it gets to foreign shores. Click the links below to know more.

[mintpass via dapreview]

When the new iPod Shuffle was announced, we all forget there’s one other MP3 player that might beat it on size without sacrificing necessary features such as navigable buttons and even a screen. Announced a year ago, the mobiBLU Cube 3, features an OLED screen and buttons in a package so tiny, the surface area is not much bigger than your thumbnail. But, alas, it only had 2GB of storage space and has a $99 price tag. In the new mobiBLU Cube 5, the maker made no ostensible changes from the Cube 3 but added a 4GB and 8GB option. Its also cheaper with the 4GB Cube 5 pegged at $55 here. It plays MP3 and WMA and lasts up to 8 hours of continuous playback. An FM tuner is included. The .8-inch OLED screen is quite helpful and we wouldn’t want mobiBLU to remove it ever in future Cube MP3 players.

[via moveplayer]

If you can’t be bothered by a 7-inch netbook anymore, maybe the 7-inch Viliv X70, a 7-inch UMPC, would make you think again. The Atom-based Viliv X70 resembles the hardware of the Viliv S5. It has a 1.33GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of RAM and a 32GB SSD storage. It connects to 3G networks and has a webcam. No pricing yet but I have no doubt it will come with a hefty price tag.

The review at jkontherun is pretty thorough even without a specs list.

[video review here]

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. Atree may not be in the loop when it tried to spark interest with the J2 Red Eye. When it was officially unveiled, it disappointed us considerably for being just your typical PMP. The flashing red LED or whatever that thing does is, honestly, generations behind the times. Come on, Atree, we’re not that gullible anymore.

Atree J2 Red Eye White Edition features:

• 2.4-inch QVGA LCD
• MP3, WMA , WAV, OGG, APE, MPEG-4 SP, WMV9 SP, SMI, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TXT, SWF
• 4GB and 8GB available
• starts at $92

[via moveplayer]

The 4.3-inch touchscreen RD-PM10 has a sliding QWERTY keyboard and, unfortunately, a Windows CE OS that could’ve been XP or even Android. There’s no WiFi or Bluetooth and instead of Intel Atom, a DaVinci chip runs the entire device. Even though it plays DivX, Xvid and OGG, we sort of imagine how this device would’ve been better off with an Atom processor, a real computer OS and WiFi connectivity. Without these goodies, the $288 price is too steep for an 8GB e-dictionary.

[via slashgear, engadget]

We’ve been waiting for a formal tech review* of the iRiver P7 PMP. The touted “Magazine touch user interface” is fairly intriguing. What else can iRiver contribute to user-friendly interface that Apple hasn’t already (iriver P.ple P7 specs here)? It plays RM/RMVB, AVI, WMV, MP4,  DAT/MPG, 3GP/K3G and FLV as well as MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC audio files. I’m not sure how it handles text and e-Books but wouldn’t it be nice if you can display text side by side videos and album art? The iRiver P7 is available in 8GB ($160) and 16GB with microSD memory expansion.

Video impression after the break.

* Here’s a rather thorough review from Reghardware and they explain the Magazine GUI, very simple really…

Magazine user interface changes as files are updated: music, photo and text file represented according to latest files accessed. No kidding, this would be great if applied to media center computers.

[via aving]

Korea has plenty of e-dictionaries on sale right now and their numbers just got bigger with the introduction of a Windows XP e-Dic. The M1D (M1D-101KWA) still falls under the mbook model of makers UMID and in fact shares the same hardware as the M1 mbook but shaved .2GHz in processor speed and sans the webcam and DMB module. It will be available in Korea May 18 and the price yet to be announced.

[via pocketables]

We’ve featured quite a number of edictionaries in this blog. These devices never seem to lack entertainment features, but that may change soon with the introduction of the SAFA Magic Study. This educational gadget seems focused on education. It supports video playback but these videos are to be educationaly, that is strictly stated in the news report. We hope the description is confirmed once the Magic Study comes out in May, for the sake of our children, that is. It’s quite a neatly designed edic from SAFA. It’s also a touchscreen with handwriting recognition software.

[via aving]

Apple is going to want to take a long hard look at what ANTARES of Korea has done to the concept of tiny MP3 player. Presenting the ANTARES KPMP316 isn’t a Bluetooth earpiece for your MP3 player but the earpiece itself. Unfortunately the use of lithium-ion batteries (190mAh) could make this a million to one hazardous object, but iPods are pretty dangerous too so what the hey. The ANTARES KPMP316 weights a feathery 18 grams and measures 43 × 19 × 10 mm. It’s available in 1GB, 2GB and 4GB

Controlling this ear MP3 player is simpler and, well, a little like protecting the President of the United States. It’s split between the left (volume) and right (play/pause, forward/back and power) ear pieces. Both ear pieces are connected by a wire, which should also act as some sort of harness, I guess.

It’s a given the iPod Shuffle 3G is going to get some competition. Sony has announced its own a few days ago. Let’s hope both are priced competitively.

[via moveplayer, imp3]