The XING LED MP3 player measures 40 x 40 x 12mm, plays 12 hours of music and is equipped with 27 LED dots. No price yet has been announced.

[safa via moveplayer]

The Walkman A840 is Sony’s thinnest ever and with the introduction of the 64GB Walkman A847, it’s about to change the way we see flash MP3 players. This is the sleekest in 3 decades of Walkman experience, so it’s quite the historic Sony PMP. The Walkman A840 is only 7.2mm thin and boasts a 2.8-inch OLED screen.

The series will be available as: A845 (16GB), A846 (32GB) and the A847 (64GB). The Walkman A847 will be competing with a cheaper iPod Touch 64GB. It’s obvious this Walkman series will not be doing too well in today’s market. If you think otherwise, simply put your thoughts into words below at the comments area.

[via moveplayer]

This is probably one of the most uninteresting annoucnement this month. The MPIO V7 is a 3-inch touchscreen PMP with haptics and shake control. It is available in 4GB for 129,000 won ($112) and 8GB for 159,000 won ($138). It’s not the most featured Korean PMP but the price more than makes up for what you’d be missing (take a look at the MPIO V10). Another notable feature is the FM transmitter for your car.

[via moveplayer]

This is by far the most incredible PMP design we’ve seen this year, and it’s not a concept folks. The MyRacer Lisse Q10 is an official announcement. This is even better than the MyRacer Lisse T10–incredible that it manages to look futuristic while actually being a little of a throwback.  No date of availability yet or pricing but it is in production. The specs include: 3-inch touchscreen, FM tuner and TV out. I’m sure that shaded panel on the right of the screen is meant for something useful. The Lisse Q10 plays MPEG4, H.264, DivX, XviD, RM/RMVB, MP4, 3GP, MPG, WMV, MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, OGG, FLAC. It’s also an e-Book and audio recorder. There’s an 8GB internal memory and a microSD card slot that takes 32GB max.

[via itechnews]

The MyRacer Lisse Q10 is available in colors; see below:

We know that iriver is one of the best PMP makers in the world, but will it succeed in the PND/ GPS market? The mini version of the iRiver NV has been upgraded via firmware to be mounted on your bike as a personal navigator. Equipped with a 3.5-inch touchscreen that takes input from a gloved hand it measures stats like ride time, speed, distance and calories burnt. Battery lasts two and a half hours with music turned on also. The GPS functionality has a POI (points of interests) functionality that helps you find a stopover like coffee shops or supermarket. Available in Korea.

[via navigadget]

Not the most exciting PMP news, but it’s worth mentioning. The MP Navi “Eye Touch” PMP is a 4.3-inch touchscreen player with oh-so typical, even Chinesy looks. We don’t hear WiFi or GPS built-in but we’re pretty sure it’s a very solidly built device. It also at the fairly low price of $114 or its Korean Won equivalent. Not much more details has been announced.

[via engadget]

When we reported on Difital-Cube’s iStation T3 PMP, we’ve predicted the multimedia device will eat up iPod Touch sales. It wasn’t to be and the company thinks a change of hardware design will do it (definitely not an iPhone clone). It’s still a 4.3-inch (480 x 272) touchscreen PMP but no mention of fancy HD support, though it has HDMI output. Other features includes WiFi, Bluetooth and support for MPEG 1/2/4, DivX, XviD, WMV, H.264, SMI, MP3, WMA, AAC, AAC +, OGG, FLAC, APE, WAV, PCM, JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF. No pricing or date of availability yet.

[via journaldugeek]

Moveplayer in Korea has first dibs on the Samsung YP-R1. They’ve been sent a live one and they enthusiastically peeled off the packaging and take photos of the dirty business. It’s got a tiny form factor (see photo below) that will suit people looking for a pocket-friendly PMP. That’s why Samsung is only giving us 2.7 inches of display space instead of the more common 3 inches. Moveplayer says the Samsung R1 GUI is pretty sleek. It plays unencoded 720 x 480 videos.

It’s a tightly designed PMP with a highly usable touchscreen user interface. The video below exhibits the touchscreen responsiveness.

It’s a good player design-wise and the multi-media aspect seems fairly adequate, but maybe they could downgrade the price a little bit to something closer to $150 for the 8GB.

Moveplayer has a thorough review of this elegant new player from Samsung, which will go for $180 with an 8GB memory.

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