The #1 Chinese game company,Shanda Entertainment and MiTAC Group had introduced their upcoming portable entertainment console, EZ Mini on 17th October 2005. By launching EZ Station and EZ Mini, Shanda has made their first step to challenge Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft in gaming console market.

Specification:

• Processor: Intel PXA270 416Mhz
• Built-in Memory: 64MB RAM, 64MB ROM
• 2.7″ 240 x 320, 262K colors LCD Display
• SD/MMC memory expansion slot
• Supports Bluetooth1.2 and WLAN 802.11b
• Dimension: 65 x 128 x 19.5mm
• Weight: 142g

EZ Mini has similar functionality as Sony PSP, where it also acts as a multimedia player. It supports playback of following file formats:

• Audio: MP3, WMA
• Video: WMV, DIVX, MPEG4

With multimedia playback as value-added features, EZ Mini is expected to give some impacts to the sales of PMP as they are in similar price range. Price of EZ Mini is expected to be below RMB2000 (approx US$250).

{ Press Release via iMP3.net }