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Philips GoGear Muse Announced

Jul 19, 2009 MP3 Players, PMP, Philips

Philips recently introduced the new GoGear Muse, which comes with FullSound and noise-cancellation. The new GoGear Muse has a similar layout of previous GoGear Ariaz. The size is bigger than Ariaz to fit its 3″ LCD 262k colors screen. The screen runs at 400 x 240 resolution that may display up to 7 lines of text. GoGear Muse also comes with Philips AY3831 noise-cancellation earbud to give you better audio experience. Its 750mAh polymer li-on battery can last up to 25 hours and 5 hours for audio and video playback respectively.

Media Formats Supported:

• Audio: MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, APE, FLAC, RA
• MPEG4 SP/ASP: D1 resolution @ 30fps, 4Mbps bitrate, AVI & MP4 extension
• MPEG4 AVC/H.264: VGA resolution @ 30fps, 1.5Mbps bitrate, MP4 extension
• RMVB: VGA resolution @ 30fps, 1Mbps bitrate, RMVB extension
• WMV9: VGA resolution @ 30fps, 1Mbps bitrate, WMV extension

[ via iMP3 ]

Popularity: 3% [?]

Philips China Annouces GoGear SA065

Mar 26, 2009 PMP, Philips

Philips’ distributor and OEM partner in China, Keen High Technologies Ltd, recently announced the upcoming GoGear SA065 during annual meeting with their dealers. An engineering sample was introduced to the dealers during the event. The source reported that the new GoGear SA065 will be powered by Rockchip RK2706B solution and supports China Multimedia Mobile Broadcasting (CMMB) standard.
There is also another PMP device, GoGear SA054 in the company roadmap. However, there is no sample showed in the event. The proposed SA054 supports TV-Out with better YUV instead of a common CVBS. Probably, we’ll see something with HDMI output in near future also.

[ via iMP3 ]

Popularity: 18% [?]

SmartQ 5 Hands On

Mar 24, 2009 PMP

We’ve seen the real SmartQ 5, and we know that it runs on localized Ubuntu. What will you get for paying RMB899 (approx US$132)?

For the price of a iPod Nano, you’ll get a so-called MID powered by Samsung ARM11 S3C6410 667Mhz, 128MB DDR memory and 1GB of flash memory. It features a 4.3″ Touch Lens screen at 800 x 480 pixel resolution. Though you can’t make a phone call through this device, you still connect to the world with its WIFI 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR modules. It also supports USB OTG, USB Host and up to 32GB of SD card extension.

It looks quite promising, but the bad thing is that it only available in China now. I think I find some way to get this device

We have some screenshot here (Thanks to fellow in ZOL)

The interface

Bluetooth Manager

Wifi Manager
More screenshot after the jump

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Popularity: 15% [?]

Sneak Peek at SmartQ 5

Mar 10, 2009 PMP

Here is how the actual SmartQ 5 look like. There are no more fake photoshoped images. The SmartQ 5 is not just an PMP, probably a MID as the company claims. But you can’t make a phone call from this device.

The SmartQ 5 runs on its own Linux distro. It features a 4.3″ touchscreen display at 800 x 480 resolution. It supports WIFI and Bluetooth connectivity. It has also FBReader installed. After all, it only cost you RMB899 (approx US$132)!
[ More images at iMP3 ]

Popularity: 8% [?]

Cowon D2+ Now in US!

Mar 4, 2009 Cowon, PMP

Cowon D2+ is now officially available for US folks, with the similar price tag of previous Cowon D2. The price is $139.99 for 8GB model, and $179.99 for 16GB model. As other Korean-made PMPs, you’ll not able to find DMB TV module in this model. You can order the PMP through Cowon’s US storefront, JetMall now!
Specifications:

• 8 or 16GB, and support SDHC extension memory
• 2.5″ Touchscreen display @ 320 x 240, 16M colors
• Support MP3, WMA, Ogg, FLAC, WAV audio
• Support MPEG-4, AVI, WMV video, with TV-out
• Up to 52 hours for audio, 10 for video  of battery life

[ via DAPreview ]

Popularity: 5% [?]