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. [...]
Continue reading...22. May 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...15. May 2009
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, [...]
Continue reading...13. May 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...2. May 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...24. April 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...24. April 2009
On sale in Korea already, the Maxian M2 is another touchscreen player with T-DMB. Screen size is 3.5 inches with 480 x 320 HVGA resolution. File support includes AVI, MPG, WMV, ASF, DAT, VOB, MP4, MP3, WAV, WMA, OGG, AAC, FLAC, APE, TTA, JPG, BMP, GIF with 8 hours of continuous playback for videos and [...]
Continue reading...15. April 2009
Only in Korea for now, but soon folks, we’ll see this charming PMP on our shores. The Samsung YP-Q2 succeeds the Q1 or Diamond. A decent upgrade player, slim but lacking in features like Bluetooth. Here’s the Q2 hands-on. price $104 to $180 available in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB 2.4-inch QVGA screen 4 hours of video, 50 hours [...]
Continue reading...13. April 2009
We have very high hopes for Mintpad’s simple but exotic little Mintpad device, a touchscreen multimedia PDA-substitute in a minimalist casing. For Koreans, the mintpad just got better with DMB TV added. It’s also colored black now. Price for the mintpad + DMB is about $180 or +$30 from the original white. The promo says [...]
Continue reading...8. April 2009
The new MP3-USB thumb drive from LG has touch-sensitive controls located in a slightly angled bottom portion, ergonomically designed to be controlled by your thumb. This is the UP3 Neon MP3 Player which also doubles as a USB flash drive with the accessory you see on its left that is inserted in the audio jack. [...]
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1. June 2009
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