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, the 3-inch Safa G3 is available in 4GB and 8GB versions only. No pricing or date of availability yet but we’d rather not bother if this generic-looking PMP goes for more than $150, even if it’s Korean made.

[via engadget]

The washing machine and fridge maker has had it with the PMP market, apparently, as the sales of the iBiza Rhapsody may have indicated. Haier is now trying its hand on handset making and their H7 smartphone has chosen none other than Google’s Android to run. No idea on pricing and release. Screen is 2.7 inches, apparently touch-controlled. There’s WiFi and GPS but no 3G. Hopefully, the lack of 3G will put this on the mid-range in terms of price.

[via phonearena]

The big country in northern Asia is getting the Samsung YP-CP3 ahead of the rest of the world for converted price tag of $193 for the 8GB model, and, folks, there’s a 4GB version, too. This is not a touchscreen PMP, so the joystick must serve the users purpose. It’s a full-multimedia PMP with all the useful codecs and an FM tuner as well.

Samsung YP-CP3 is not only attractive looks, but also different ergonomics. Right from the big screen is silver panel with pyatipozitsionnym joystick and two buttons. This solution makes the management of player the most comfortable: the use of buttons and a joystick intuitively clear when the device is convenient to hold in your hand, no screen display.

Player YP-CP3 is available in black and white with memory 4 and 8 GB. He will go on sale in late June 2009 on the recommended price of 4 990 rubles 5 990 rubles, respectively.

The 24-hour music playback sounds good too, but only 4 hours of video from the battery.

[source via dapreview]

After announcing a set of cheap PMPs, MSI decided to launch an HD PMP model. The MT-V886. The 4.3-inch screen only supports 480 x 272 pixels so you’ll have to plug this in on a larger screen through the built-in TV out to enjoy the 720p videos. No word on pricing and availability and we’re not sure that hole on the border of the MSI logo at the back is a camera. Supporting RM, RMVB, AVI, FLV videos, it also most likely supports various music files. With FM tuner and e-Book functionality.

[via gmp3]

Price is about $180. Considering it supports RMVB, it’s technically an MP5 player.

• 2.7-inch  WQVGA (400×240) touchscreen
• RMVB, MPEG-4, WMV, H.264, Divx, Xvid
• MP3, WMA, Ogg, FLAC, AAC
• TV-out
• Bluetooth
• 8GB
• FM tuner, Games and an E-book reader

[via dapreview]

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 and multimedia device. Though the 400MHz processor/ 128MB of RAM is good enough for the old iPhone, the 4GB storage may be a little lacking. Suggested price in Korean is just under $160 but it should be cheaper once it gets to foreign shores. Click the links below to know more.

[mintpass via dapreview]

Here’s another MID you can to your growing list of to-watch-out-for devices this year, the dmedia M0. It was showcased at Computex and looks primed and ready for the big time. The dmedia M0 comes with 4.3-inch 800×480 capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera, Samsung 533-800MHz processor, and is WiMax ready as well. Albeit at first glance its user interface looks like that of the iPhone, it actually runs on Windows CE. No word though on when it will exactly be released or its pricing, but we’ll clue you in once we get hold of that info. For now, just enjoy this hands-on video of the dmedia M0.

[jkkmobile via engadget]

It sports a similar form factor to what Nokia is offering though the keyboard on the xpPhone is noticeably more crammed and has what appears to be a mini touchpad. It also boasts of a 4.8-inch 800×480 touchscreen display, 1.3-megapixel camera, an AMD processor, 1GB RAM, 64GB SSD, WiFi, and various cell radio supprt, but what truly sets this apart is that it runs on Windows XP just as its name suggests. We’re not completely sure how successful it’ll be in providing consumers with an all-in-one device, but just by looking at it alone, this might just be another case of a jack-of-all-trades device that ends up being the master of none.

No price or availability date was mentioned. However, if you’re within the vicinity of Computex, you can check xpPhone out for yourself.

[via engadget]

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 is not much bigger than your thumbnail. But, alas, it only had 2GB of storage space and has a $99 price tag. In the new mobiBLU Cube 5, the maker made no ostensible changes from the Cube 3 but added a 4GB and 8GB option. Its also cheaper with the 4GB Cube 5 pegged at $55 here. It plays MP3 and WMA and lasts up to 8 hours of continuous playback. An FM tuner is included. The .8-inch OLED screen is quite helpful and we wouldn’t want mobiBLU to remove it ever in future Cube MP3 players.

[via moveplayer]

Still remember the Acer F1 phone we featured a while back? This is different from the first batch of Acer Tempo phones that debuted at the MWC earlier this year. The Acer F1 is one of several Acer touchscreen phones that were showcased case at the same event, but it was neither working nor were its specs available at that time. Well, we’ve got an update on the F1 and it looks very promising. Apart from the already reported Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, we also now know that the F1 comes with a 3.8-inch 400×800 TFT touchscreen display, 5-megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, WiFi, GPS, FM radio, 3.5mm headset jack, HSDPA 7.2Mbps, and Windows Mobile 6.5. Its price is still unknown, but it might be released sometime in September.

[eprice via unwiredview]
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Likewise, we also now have more info about the Acer L1. This one is a slider that packs a 2.8-inch touchscreen display and also runs on Windows Mobile 6.5. We still don’t know its other specs, but we’re expecting it to be somewhere near or at par with the F1.

That’s two down, and now, we’re even more excited for the rest of the pack to get unveiled as well.