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 [...]
Continue reading...17. August 2009
The new touchscreen Atree J100 looks incredible. With 3 inches of screen space, you get to enjoy some widget and calendar action using Atree’s new Flash GUI. The J100 is also an e-dictionary and of course full PMP functionality, playing AVI, DivX, Xvid and WMV among other video files. It comes with a microSD expansion [...]
Continue reading...7. August 2009
Here’s some good news for Korean Mac fanatics waiting on the latest iPhone. KTF has confirmed that the iPhone 3G S will indeed be coming to Korea although cutting short of revealing its exact release date and price. Word is that SK Telecom is also negotiating a deal with Apple to get the iPhone on [...]
Continue reading...7. August 2009
It doesn’t say Nvidia Tegra anywhere but we know it’s there and, besides the OLED, it’s the most interesting feature of the new YP-M1 PMP. According to Akihabaranews, the Samsung M1 is already on sale in Korea, with DMB TV added. The capacity comes in three versions: 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. The M1 plays WMV, [...]
Continue reading...3. August 2009
PMP Today is always up for new PMP brands. The iMux (or :Muz) brand has just launched three new devices: MU-959–is a 3-inch touchscreen PMP featuring the VibeTouch haptics technology. It’s a dual-core PMP that gives it gaming capabilities and should also be good enough to support multiple video codecs. It should be in the top-range [...]
Continue reading...19. July 2009
We don’t really look at Korean PMPs as cheap and Oracom’s W10 is no exception. The 2GB will set you back $63, the 4GB $80 and the 8GB about $104. The specks aren’t that great either: a 2-inch 220 x 176 screen and a so-so 44.8×91.4×9.9mm form factor. Video playback of course, text viewing and [...]
Continue reading...19. June 2009
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, [...]
Continue reading...13. June 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...5. June 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...3. June 2009
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 [...]
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20. August 2009
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