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Kenwood MG-F500 MP3 Player w/ 50-Hour Music

20. November 2009

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Now why do I think that the Kenwood MG-F516, MG-F508 and MG-F504 MP3 players should be sold at under $100 for the highest capacity version? For one thing, there are a good number of fancier-looking DAP (digital audio players) out there and most of them in slimmer hardware. Kenwood, of course, is a well-known audio [...]

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Newman A36HD PMP only 8mm Thick

17. November 2009

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This is not the thinnest PMP we’ve featured but it’s pretty thin for a 720p player, especially if it functions well, and it looks like it would. The 3-inch LCD screen has a 400 x 240, not nearly good enough for 720p but you can connect it to a bigger screen with TV out. If [...]

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Hallods F43: First True HD (720p) PMP

15. November 2009

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For all the talk about HD PMP player, we have yet to see a portable with enough screen resolution to play HD videos without being connected to a bigger screen, until now. The Japanese (surprise, surprise) will have first dibs of this magical device with the 4.3-inch 1280 x 720p LCD screen. Yes the Harrods [...]

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ICD Vega Nvidia Tegra, Android 2.0 Eclair Tablet now Official

13. November 2009

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The Apple iTablet (aka Macbook Touch, Macbook Nano Touch or whatever else you may call it) is a pretty exciting prospect, but at the end of the day, is still just a rumor. This sexy Vega tablet PC from ICD (Innovative Converged Devices), fortunately, isn’t. The Vega tablet runs on the latest Android 2.0 Eclair [...]

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Hikari iFrame Android Tablet PC

13. November 2009

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Google Android on a digital frame? The Japanese thought of the idea too. The 7-inch touchscreen device is actually a tablet PC with WiFi and a user-friendly interface. Meant to stay on your bedside table or the kitchen counter, the Hikari iTablet has an alarm clock and will display weather, news and other homely information [...]

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Viewsonic VPD400 MovieBook PMP

11. November 2009

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One would expect more ambition from a prolific manufacturer of computer monitors would be more ambitious about their portable media player. But then again, maybe this is to be expected from such a company. The VPD400 MovieBookis your basic non-touchscreen PMP. The 4.3-inch LCD display should be any less reliable than ViewSonic LCD monitors. There’s [...]

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eStarling 802.11n Touchscreen Photo Frame Makes iPhone Redundant at Home

6. November 2009

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Okay, so the title is an exaggeration but one has to admit that eStarling’s new touchscreen photo frame is impressive–as far as digital frames go. Each unit will have its own GMail address for photo uploading from via email. The WiFi lets you connect Facebook, Photobucket and Flickr and display photos from there. It makes [...]

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Sungale Cyberus ID700WTA eReader PMP Introduced

6. November 2009

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The 7-inch touchscreen Cyberus ID700WTA is, practically speaking, a PMP but it does support eBooks, which the company is touting as an alternative to the E-Ink readers like the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes and Noble Nook. It also has WiFi connectivity and a user-interface that resembles the iPhone UI. Movie support is a big [...]

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SAFA XING LED MP3 Player has Built-In Game of Dots

3. November 2009

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The Korean MP3 player maker SAFA has always been keen on design innovation. The first SAFA XING was one of the cutest DAPs we’ve written about. Though the XING didn’t exactly achieve an iPod-like popularity it didn’t stop SAFA from continuing the model. The SAFA XING LED looks like a departure from the original, but [...]

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[Oooh!] eviGroup Pad: 10-inch Media Tablet w/ Seline10 Virtual Assistant

2. November 2009

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I am mildly amused by eviGroup’s media tablet offering. Simly dubbed the eviGroup Pad, it’s most distinct feature is the 10.6-inch resistive touchscreen. You’d think but you would be wrong. You see, the device wil feature an artificial intelligence by the name of Seline10. Yep, they say it’s an A.I. virtual secretary that will help [...]

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