April 29th, 2006 by Chi An
It’s about another 6 weeks to wait for Fifa World Cup 2006. If you’re a soccer fan, you probably take take a look at Matsunichi MF228. Matsunichi announced that its football MP3 player, MF228 will be available worldwide by 1st May 2006. It specs is almost same as Shiro AS, except its diameter. Matsunichi MF228 has a diameter of 45.2mm while Shiro AS is 37.4mm.
Specs:
- 80 x 48 OLED display
- Supports MP3, WMA, WAV audio playback
- Built-in FM tuner with 30 presets
- Voice recording, FM recording
- Built-in lithium-polymer battery
- Up to 10 hours battery life
- Stopwatch, timer
[Product Page via ZOL ]
April 28th, 2006 by Chi An
You probably seldom heard of Truly’s MP3 players. It is more well known to OEM BenQ’s Joybee series. The company recently released a low-end FD102 with colorful cases. The colorful FD102 is built on SigmaTel’s STMP35xx solution. It features:
- White OLED display
- MP3, WMA, WAV audio playback
- built-in FM tuner with 30 presets
- USB 2.0 Full Speed
- SRS WOW supported
For RMB399 (approx $50), you can get a Truly FD102 512MB with SRS WOW supported. Pretty nice pricing huh 
via [ZOL ]
April 27th, 2006 by Chi An
The new Sony CE-P series was speculated to be based on SigmaTel’s solution as it is manufactured by A-MAX, who has strategic partnership with SigmaTel. However, a member of iMP3 has discovered that it is powered by ALi M5661 solution. It is rare to see an ALi-powered MP3 player in the market, only Newman A50 found.
ALi’s M566x HS USB2.0 Controller with Audio DSP solution is developed to provide a cost-effective multi-mode solution for portable audio application with high-quality multimedia-level music/voice record & playback capabilities. With built-in high-performance programmable 24-bit DSP and Turbo MCU acceleration engine, embedded data buffers, highly-integrated USB2.0 controller and other integrated mix-mode features, ALi M566x HS USB2.0 Controller with Audio DSP solution enables a most compact and yet feature-rich design for state-of-the-art digital audio player turn-key solution .
More about ALi M5661
More pictures at [iMP3 ]
April 27th, 2006 by Chi An
I’m sorry for not updating this space for such a long time. My internet connection was down for a few days. Now, I’m back to bring you more news, reviews and tips with our newsletter.
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April 17th, 2006 by Chi An
Hyunwon named their mobiBLU DAH-1900 as B153 simply because its extreme long battery life. The company claims that it has the world longest battery life, which is 153 hours. Because of that, iMP3 did three detailed tests, which from 21st March 2006 to 9th April 2006. The results prove that mobiBLU B153 can even play more than 153 hours! The tests were run with OLED display switched off, 128kbps MP3, and normal EQ. The results are as follow:
- 21st March, 10am to 26th March, 10pm - 132 hours played
- 27st March, 9am to 2nd April, 2pm - 160 hours played
- 3rd April, 9am to 9th April, 10pm - 157 hours played
Besides, the editor also discover the secret of its superb battery life after dissecting mobiBLU B153!
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