The MP3 Players

The new Sandisk Sansa Fuze 4GB is now available at Amazon for the price $100. It is Sandisk’s weapon to rival Apple’s iPod Nano. It will be shipped within 1 - 3 months.
Features:

• 1.9″ LCD display
• Supports micro SDHC memory card extension
• Supports MP3, WMA, Audible audio playback
• Supports MPEG-4 video playback
• Built-in FM tuner
• Battery life up to 24 hours of audio playback, 5 hours of video playback

[ Available at Amazon ]

China-based OPPO has recently introduce the new OPPO S11, the latest product of their Smart MP4 series. The new S11 features a large 3.0″ 16:9 LCD display. This is a touch screen with resolution @ 480 x 272 pixels.

The new OPPO S11 is probably the first MP3 player to get Wiied. The company has introduce the new 3D Intelligence Control system, where the user may control by just swing it. This function is useful when the user changes track, browses images and of course plays the games.

Stay tuned for more updates

[ via iMP3 ]

China-based Ainol recently introduced the new T20, which aims to join the crowd in the Beijing 2008 Olympics Games. The company wish to stand out from others by providing analog tv tuner on it. Besides, the T20 also comes with video input, which allows you to watch video from cable tv. The suggested price for Ainol T20 2GB is RMB600 (approx US$83)
Specification:

• 2.8″QVGA display
• Supports MP3, WMA, WAV audio
• Supports APE, FLAC lossless audio
• Supports AVI video
• Supports JPEG, GIF, BMP image and TXT text
• TF card expansion

[ via IMP3 ]

I got the Insignia Sport 2GB Video MP3 Player unpacked few days ago. It looks pretty similar to the Insignia 4GB MP3 Player, but much more smaller than it. The size of Insignia Sport is small. As the name describe, it is designed to be used while you’re exercising.

I was impressed with its price/feature ration. Bestbuy’s Insignia is best known with the affordable and well-designed technology. With less than $80, you are just enough to get an iPod Shuffle 1GB. But you get Bluetooth-enabled MP3 player at the same price (previously $90, now $75).
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I4U just reviewed the Insignia Pilot 4GB and gave a very high mark on it, 9/10. It does support various formats of media, FM tuner, memory expansion and Bluetooth. Unlike the one I reviewed, it is powered by an unremovable lithium-ion battery.

The tuner on the Insignia Pilot 4GB MP3 player is one of the best I have seen. It will display song and track information of the station broadcasts RDS data. You can remember songs you hear on FM radio that you like by saving the RDS track and artist data.

The only bad part about the Insignia Pilot 4GB MP3 player is that it lacks a mic for recording voice. A line in jack is included though, which will allow the connection of a mic.

[ Read full review here ]