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Okay, so this Ainol PMP has LG Chocolate-like touch-sensitive keypad and a nice 3-inch (400 x 240) screen and simply amazing file support: RM, RMVB, AVI, DAT, ASP, MP4, WMV, 3GP, MPG, FLV… and this is just the video files and MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC audio in addition. It comes in red, blue, purple, black and silver versions and 8GB of storage on each one for a whopping 599 yuan or $86 USD. So it’s another cheap PMP from China and we’ve featured plenty of them. It’s not as if it’s going to kill the Apple iPod.

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After MUMU’s ican comes MUMU ishine an audio/ video player that has nothing to do with Apple or LG. We know next to nothing about this new player except that it’s thin (7mm) and it’s got some of Chocolate’s charm on it and the screen is bigger than on the MUMU ican.

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Not much info yet from MUMU Music Wyatt, about their new and fancy-buttoned ican MP3 player, except that it has a 1.5-inch TFT screen and support for Mp3 and APE, FLAC lossless. It’s supposed to play videos but we cannot say which files it supports. It does have PlayFX audio enhancement. It’s also very thin, if you take the product photos as Gospel truth, with a 2GB onboard memory. The tag line says: “I can get more fun at mumumusic.” Hm, not bad for a translation job.

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Global Sources held the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong and PMP Today regret not being there. Look at what YINLIPS has to offer us this year. The YDP G70 is a stylish clamshell PMP that comes in shiny colors. It’s called an MP5 player, which we take to mean a PMP with RMVB support, but specs-wise it says only MP3, WMA, AMR, ACC, WAV, ASF, 3GP, MPEG-4, JPEG, TXT are supported. It supports line-in AV, TV out and features a built-in 1.3 MP camera and FM tuner. It’s also a game emulator for 32bit games. No price has been announced yet but as an initial impression the G70 is an elegant successor of the YDP G68 and G69.

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Energy Sistem has unveiled another interesting-looking PMP. The Energy 2021 main unique feature is the hook on top, which can be useful for easy carry-on during a work out. It has a 1.5-inch screen, FM tune/ recorder, USB 2.0 and support for XVID to AVI with MP2 Audio), MP3 / WMA / WAV, JPEG, TXT. It weighs only 40 grams. It’s selling for 54.90 euros.

In fact Energy Sistem has a couple other new players on its website including the Energy 3030,which is a1.8-inch 8GB player. See the entire lineup for yourself.

Specs of the Energy 2021 after the break:

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It wasn’t two weeks since AOC announced the RMVB-playing X600, and now the company is announcing its successor, the X700. It’s a 3.0-inch (400 x 240) screen player as well supporting RM, RMVB, AVI and FLV video files as well as MP3, WMA and WAV. This 2GB player though comes cheaper with the 2GB version selling for 399 yuan ($57). The X700 is also an e-Book reader, FM tuner and equipped with Microsoft’s PlayFX and an expansion slot for more memory.

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Though RAmos was good enough to provide photos of its new V8 PMP, official details are scarce about this 4.3-inch player. To tell the truth, the design doesn’t look too original, but a bigger screen PMP, especially if it happened to be a touchscreen (which in this case we are not sure yet), is always welcome. To tell, the truth, I doubt if the V8 will be boasting touch controls like the Egoman 4.3-inch player we posted about awhile ago. The V8 without touch screen should be in direct competition with the Onda VX767 and here you can estimate price range. It uses an RK2706 Rockchip chipset and has TV out. There may be a camera onboard as well.

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The T80 does not look much better than LG’s previous PMP models and I wonder if this wasn’t a deliberate attempt to not look like the iPod Touch. We have to remember that this is the manufacturer of the Prada phone we’re talking about and if there’s a manufacturer out there that has every right to “clone” iPhone or iPod Touch, it’s LG.

Anyway, the LG T80 boasts a 3-inch 420 × 240-pixel touchscreen with 260k colors with MPEG, MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, ASF, JPEG, TXT support, and FM tuner, a Mic and a DVB-T (TNT) tuner. It plays 5.5 hours of video and 2 hours of TV viewing. It’s priced at 299 euros.

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MobiBlu’s T10 does not just have a passing resemblance to the Teclast T39 TouchMusic; it’s technically a repackaging of the T39. CNET does seem to be too keen on the MobiBlu T1, however, and gave it a very poor rating. The biggest problem is the touch user interface, which only responds tolerably well with the stylus t comes with. Precise tapping is also crucial to the touch functionality, making the T10 a very frustrating player. Videos have to be converted to AVI before playback can begin and the process is very slow and the conversion isn’t up to most conversion standards. Below is the summary of CNET’s review:

The good: The MobiBlu T10 MP3 player offers music and video playback, along with an FM radio, photo viewer, notepad, text reader, voice recorder, video games, miniSD memory expansion, and a built-in speaker.

The bad: The MobiBlu T10 is plagued with problems, such as videos that play out of sync with audio; poor voice-recording quality; an abysmal user interface; and games that are awkward to play.

The bottom line: The MobiBlu T10 is the worst touch-screen MP3 player we’ve seen.

[review via dapreview]

If the pretty D7 and D5 PMP’s from D’Cube didn’t appeal to you, the new D9 will. There’s something about the looks of the D9 that says it’s a good accessory to have in your car, home and even purse. It has a 3.5-inch 260,000 color 320 × 240 resolution TFT LCD screen and support for AVI, WMV, MP3, WMA, JPEG files. It’s 11.8mm slim and if you’re in Korea, you can tune in to free digital TV with the built-in T-DMB tuner. It is available in 2GB and 4GB versions, both with microSD memory expansion and kickstand. Starts at For the 4GB, it’s 128,000 won or $131.

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