http://www.pmptoday.com Portable Media Player Daily News. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:18:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Though the Meizu M8 isn't going to be as far from iPhone as we've all been hoping in its next few refreshes, the user interface seems a lot more polished than before. Can you say "So-fist-ti-cated"? The crisp high-definition icons seem to be only the beginning of it. We got ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/07/03/meizu-m8-has-new-polised-user-interface/ While we continue to wait for the iPhone Dev Team to come out with their version of an iPhone 3G S jailbreak, Geohot has released his own 3G iPhone S jailbreak called purplera1n. Running this jailbreak seems simple enough. Connect your iPhone to your computer, click purplera1n, and once your ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/07/03/iphone-3g-s-purplera1n-jailbreak-now-available/ It’s still pretty sketchy as to if and when the HTC Hero Android phone will hit the North American market, but with this latest bit of news, the situation is now a bit clearer this time around. Having gotten FCC approval, the possibility of the HTC Hero being distributed in ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/07/03/htc-hero-with-8501900mhz-att-3g-bands-approved-by-fcc/ Here it is folks, a cheaper VAIO P that no one except friends and relatives will know its a Shenzhen imitation of the real thing. Just how close is the Gemsta Viva to the VAIO P?Read on to see the full specs, but I'll tell you know that for a ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/07/02/vaio-p-clone-surfaces-names-itself-gemsta-viva/ Want to take a peek into the crystal ball and see what the future holds for you iPhone owners out there? Well, read on and be amazed at these potential iPhone 4.0 features that may soon be available in a firmware update down the road. Discovered in a bunch of ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/07/02/iphone-40-os-preview-automatic-is-the-future/ The Toshiba TG01 has already been launched in Japan albeit going by a different name, T-01A on NTT DoCoMo, and now, it’s Europe’s turn to get this Snapdragon-powered touchscreen handset this month. The launch is scheduled to happen on July 9 when we expect to get more details on its ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/07/01/toshiba-tg01-launching-on-july-9-in-the-uk/ For 799 yuan or just about $117, it's the cheapest WiFi-enabled MID to date, cheaper than the Chuwi W3000. The Cube MID B53WIFI runs has a 4.3-inch touchscreen and runs on Linux. It plays multiple video formats including RMVB and AVI. Apparently, the Cube B53WIFI has a server multimedia search ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/07/01/cube-mid-b53wifi-cheap-mid/ Hot off the release of the iPhone 3.0 and iPhone 3G S, Apple has now made available iPhone OS 3.1 beta to developers. We’re still not quite sure what exciting new features this latest firmware will come with, but taking a cue from its name, it’s probably more a set ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/06/30/iphone-os-31-beta-rolling-out-to-developers/ This is by far the best news this year for true music fanatics. The amazing COWON S9, which was our PMP of the year last year, just got significantly better with firmware update 2.31b. Additionally, there's now support for M3U playlists. Wow. The new firmware also provides playback support for ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/06/30/cowon-s9-pmp-now-adds-gapless-for-ogg-and-lossless/ We’ve heard about the mouthwatering features of the Nvidia Tegra chip and seen it go to work on the Zune HD. Now, get ready as we hear this versatile Nvidia Tegra chip also plans to invade smartphones before 2009 comes to a close. Both Samsung and Motorola are the ones ... http://www.pmptoday.com/2009/06/29/nvidia-tegra-debuting-in-smartphones-in-q4-2009/