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July 31, 2007

Hacha PC20 PMP Makes Paris Hilton Look Fat

I have personally never heard of Hacha before, but darn if their PC20 PMP isn’t one of the slickest looking PMP’s I have seen. The main claim to fame for this device is the super thin size at just 7.7mm thick.

No official specs have been announced yet, but the device appears to be roughly iPhone size but thinner. The screen is 3” measures diagonally.

Some of the press shots have it sized up next to a coin looking about the size of a quarter. The PMP is less than half as thick as the coin when the coin is standing on end. Looks pretty cool, we can assume since it’s called a PMP that it will play video and music, what else will be wrapped into that attractive exterior is a mystery as is the price and availability. Via Mobile Magazine

Posted by shane at 9:11 PM

July 30, 2007

Shearer V2000 PMP Looks Cool

Shearer has a new PMP called the V2000 that is powered by an ADI BF533 processor. Yeah, I have heard of neither the PMP company nor the processor maker either. The exterior of the device is a slick looking brushed black metal and the screen is a largish 3” model sporting 16 million colors.

Video formats supported are RM/RMVB and AVI, updating the firmware also adds DAT and MPEG compatibility. On the music front the device plays MP3, WMA, APE, and FLAC.

Photos formats supported are JPG, BMP, and GIF. A built-in FM turner is included as well as the ability to get LRC lyrics and text to speech. The company is a Chinese brand, so no word on if it will hit the states; if it did the price would be in the area of $1096 for the 2GB model. Via PMP Today

Posted by shane at 9:13 PM

X-Micro Launches X-VDO MP4 F510

Last week X-Micro launched a new PMP that plays video and lots more. The display on the F510 is a 1.8” TFT and the device can playback video files and MP3 as well as Wma audio files.

There are four different flash based storage capacities available including 512MB, 1GB, 2GB, and 4GB. The resolution of the display is 128 x 160 pixels. Voice recording can be done as well with ADPMC encoding, 8 KHz to 22KHz sampling and each 128MB of storage space gives about eight hours at 8 KHz.

A built-in FM tuner with 20 presets is also included and you can record FM radio. Power is via a 530mAh Li-Polymer battery. Supported operating systems are Windows ME, 2000, XP, and Vista. Pricing and availability are unknown at this time.

Posted by shane at 3:06 PM

July 27, 2007

iRiver Dicple D5 Pocket Electronic Dictionary & PMP

The new iRiver Dicple D5 is an odd little PMP. Sure it does the stuff you expect a PMP to do like play video, MP3’s and it even has a built-in FM radio and voice recorder. What you might not expect a PMP to do is come with a dictionary built-in.

The D5 has the content of 39 different dictionaries in it including English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean versions. The PMP measures in at 95.5 x 70 x 5mm and weighs 130g.

Also included in the features is a CSD viewed that can open MS office documents and PDF files, Power is via a Li-poly battery good for 11 hours of normal use, 16 hours for MPs and four hours of video watching. The device will be available on August 1 at 258,000 KRW for the 2GB version and 298,000 KRW for the 4GB version. Via Coolest-gadgets

Posted by shane at 7:39 PM

July 26, 2007

Itouch PMP Rips Off iPhone Style

If the iTouch looks familiar to you, you’re not alone. This is one of the most blatant rip off of the iPhone I have seen. I guess the Italian maker of the iTouch are counting on the fact that their device doesn’t offer phone capabilities will keep them from getting sued. I suspect it’s only a matter of time before Apple sues their pants off.

The iTouch will play MP3, WMA and can rip music to MP3 as well. The little gadget plays video as well supporting AVI, XviD, and DivX formats on the 2.8” screen. Other features packed inside the little gadget include an FM radio, photo viewer, karaoke mode, text eBook reader.

A built-in speaker allows you to listen without headphones. I don’t imagine that this device will be around too long once Apple gets wind of the device. Storage for the device is via SD cards and the video plays at 24fps with a 320 x 240 screen resolution. Via Wired

Posted by shane at 10:50 PM

July 25, 2007

Sony Bringing Digital TV to New PSP?

Sony announced not too long ago that they would be selling a plug-in digital TV tuner for the second generation PSP in Japan that works with Japan’s OneSeg format for mobile digital TV broadcasts.

OneSeg broadcasts are very popular in Japan and available in much of the country making them a popular feature on cell phones. Broadcasts are in a QVGA resolution of 320 x 240 pixels.

With the new thinner PSP having a video out, you could use the PSP with the TV tuner to watch TV programs on your home TV as well. Since Japan is the only country using the OneSeg format, the TV tuner won’t work in other countries. Within Japan it will sell for 6,980 Yen. Via PC World

Posted by shane at 9:42 PM

July 24, 2007

Gigabyte Digital TV GSmart t600 Review

GSmart is the name under which the electronics maker Gigabyte sells their mobile phones here in the states. The guys over at Tweaktown got their hands on the GSmart t600 mobile phone and put it through its paces.

The t600 is a Windows mobile powered device that has a built-in digital tuners, yes tuners, there are three digital tuners built into the phone as well as a pair of radio tuners. The tuners pick up DVB-T, DVB-H and T-DMB signals.

Sadly the t600 only ships with software for the DVB-T tuner so there is no current method to watch programs on the other two tuners. The stylus for working with the phone doubles as the TV antenna as well. In the end Tweaktown found that the t600 isn’t that bad, but doesn’t compete well with other windows Mobile devices around.

Posted by shane at 7:35 PM