We weren’t too impressed with the Samsung IceTouch, to be honest, but it appears the Korean company has bigger plans for the new OLED technology… 14-inch transparent laptop displays. The IceTouch will have the enviable task of making consumers feel comfortable about transparent OLED screens, though at $332 it’s a little steep. Next in line are widescreen SatNav devices. It’s easy to imagine we’ll get transparent laptops pretty soon.

[via engadget]

Ahead of the Apple iPad launch, X2 has released the Windows 7 iTablet. Yes, a non-Apple iTablet and it is available in many sizes from 10.2 inches to 12.1 inches. It is powered by a 1.6 GHz processor and employs a hard-disk storage giving this baby a 35mm thickness, which is really thick. In exchange for the bulk, you get 250GB of memory, 3 USB ports and an HDMI out aside from WiFi, Bluetooth and a 1.3 MP webcam. The X2 iTablet also runs on Linux and is available in many colors. No pricing yet and this is a UK-only announcement, but this sounds like Apple iPad has been slapped with a glove.

[via pocket-lint]

We haven’t tested it and we aren’t entirely sure it’s actually possible for such a small device, but that’s what Yinlips is claiming for the YDP102 MP3 player. The specs are basic for the cheap MP3 player: 2GB storage and support for MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC, OGG, WAV.

The 100 hours is believable but then Yinlips claims to achieve this on a 5-minute charge! Not an entirely impossible feat for a company that gave us the YDP800 projector PMP. How much does the YDP102 cost, you ask? Only $20.

[via imp3]

After getting our attention with the Hallods F43, perhaps the world’s first PMP with a 720p screen, the company is now announcing the FH8800, a 4.3-inch PMP with 1080p support. Would you get a matching 1080 screen resolution with that? No. The Hallods FH880 only gives you a typical 800 x 480 resolution. It supports MPEG-4, FLV, H.264, AVI, RMVB, MOV, VOB, DAT, WMV, MKV, ASF, TS and 3GP videos and WMA, MP3, AAC, FLAC, APE, WAV and OGG audio files. It’s also equipped with an HDMI out and USB OTG. The 16GB will set you back 26,000 yen or about $289 USD, which doesn’t sound right to me.

[hallods via akihabaranews]

This MID/phone boasts of a 2-inch display, 512MB RAM, 8GB SSD, WiFi, EV-Do connectivity, and an Intel Atom Z500 processor running at the very heart of it. Flip it open and you get treated to a QWERTY keypad. Shut it closed and the backside of the display features the traditional alphanumeric keypad so that you can use it as a phone. It’s actually reminiscent of the form factor first made popular by the Nokia Communicator series. Unfortunately, unlike the ITG xpPhone and Nokia phones, the phone and computer function on the Viewsonic VPCo8 doesn’t exactly work as one. So basically, it’s just two separate products built into one device.

It’s headed for China and will be selling for 4800 Yuan (roughly $705 in US currency). Aesthetics definitely isn’t one of its strongest suites, but if you’re after a portable Windows XP device, then this new Viewsonic phone/MID might just be what you’re looking for.

[tech163 via engadget]

If you’re a little warry about little known China MP4 player brands that promise 1080p full HD support, you might think of the ViewSonic MovieBook VPD550T as a worthy alternative. We all know ViewSonic for their LCD monitors and the 5-inch touchscreen MovieBook VPD550T doesn’t look half-bad. It plays most of the popular video files including RMVB and MKV and is equipped with an HDMI, USB OTG out and a microSD slot. For the 8GB version (we don’t know if there are other capacities) you’ll have to shell out $199.

[via itechnews]

Philips Cam: the most interesting of the bunch because of its built-in camera. Not anywhere as thin as the iPod Nano but the camera is capable of taking videos and still photos. The 8GB is $99.99.

Philips Muse: 3.2-inch touchscreen, HDMI (possibly full HD support), 16GB for $149.99.

Philips Ariaz and Raga: We know the GoGear Ariaz and GoGear Raga from Philips. The players below are not the same models. They Ariaz (top) has a 2.4-inch screen with 8GB onboard and an SD slot. Priced at $79.99, it’s a lot less interesting than the GoGear Ariaz, which makes me think it will only be distributed in China. Ditto with the $44.99 4GB Raga.

[via dapreview]

We’ve seen the Tainell T500 MID nnounced in the middle of last year and thought nothing much of it. It’s a big and powerful device with WiFi, 3G and GPS. It runs what looks like Windows XP, but today the Tainell is showing off shots of what appears to be a virtual keyboard that fans out from the bottom corners. We’ve seen this new interface before as a concept and Tainell believes it can offer such a keyboard on the T500. The specs remain the same, except for additional details like 720p video support, 1.3 MP camera and additional support for Windows 7, and Tainell has yet to announce pricing.

[via engadget chinese]

It’s real and it’s here. Famous makers of iPhone clones DigitalRise has found it within their capacity to produce a 10.2-inch multitouch tablet. They’re calling it X9, and it is real multitouch. The specs of the DigitalRise X9 are nothing to laugh at: Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 2GB RAM, 160GB SATA, GPS, 3G and Windows 7 preloaded. I wonder if Chinagrabber, the store selling the X9, will have a video demo of the tablet out soon because for $780 big ones, it’s a bit of an investment.

Read on for the complete specs of the DigitalRise X9.

[store]

Model: X9
CPU: Atom N270 1.6G
Memory: 2GB DDR2
HDD: 160G SATA2.5
Monitor: 10.2” TFT Multi-touch screen, 1024*600
Battery: Li-ion 3000mAh
Webcam: High definition 1.3 Mega pixels
Wireless network: 802.11a/b/g WiFi, WCDMA-SCDMA, CDMA2000
Video card: Intel 950 Integration
Battery adapter:
Input: 100-240V/50-60Hz
Output: 12V 3.5A
Fan and heat pipe: with circulating principle (Copper)
I\O: Three 2.0 USB interfaces; One card reader (SD/MS/MMC/MS-Pro); One external monitor interface; One network (RJ-45) rabbet; One DC-in rabbet; One Microphone rabbet; One earphone rabbet.

Last year, Coby had an awful time at CES 2009, and they didn’t do themselves any favors by showing up with a the MP836, a touchscreen player that didn’t impress anybody, especially Engadget. Yesterday was a reunion of the two: Coby, have their MP837 iteration and Engadget their usual selves. As would be expected from a company serious about its own financial health, the Coby MP837 turned out to be quite the little charmer: the 3-inch touchscreen with haptics is responsive and the user interface actually showed up. It plays 22 hours of music, including the OGG container for music files as well as Flash, XviD and H.264 video formats. PMP Today will wait for pricing and availability of the Coby MP837.

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