The MP3 Players

Earlier we reported that Philips Mix will be available soon. Now we have a closer look at it. Well, it is a very basic digital audio player, which bring you back to old school day. It is small and light-weighted, about 26g. It is said that this little thing plays audio up to 25 hours continuously. For those left-handed, Philips does care about you. There is a setting to flip the OSD 180 degree.

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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)!
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Japanese Thanko recently announced the new headphone-style MP3 player, Sport MP3. It has 2GB of memory, and plays MP3, WMA, WAV audios up to 5 hours continuosly. It is also light-weighted, only 42g. It won’t burden you while you’re excising.

It only costs 4980 Yen (approx US$50). Not a bad choice for the sport lover on the move huh

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Korean Atree recently introduced the new MP3 player, Red Eye J2. The Red Eye is actually its navigation joystick, which flashes the red light when being operated. It features a 2.4″ TFT display with 240 x 320 pixel. It also supports Flash Lite 3.04 with max 3MB size for each swf movie. The Red Eye J2 is powered by Telechips TCC83XX DAC solution, which enables it with maven XOME-i effect. The audio is said that to be Virtual 5.1 channel 3D surround.

It is available in pink, blue and yellow color. The suggested price is 115,000 Won (approx US$74) and 138,000 Won (approx US$90) for 4GB and 8GB respectively.

Other specification:

• Supports  MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, APE, FLAC audio
• Supports AVI (MPEG4 SP), WMV (WM9 SP) @ 320×240 resolution & 30fps
• Supports JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG images
• Supports Micro SD extension, up to 8GB
• Battery life up to 38 hours for audio, 8 hours for video
• 94.9 x 48.6 x 12.7mm, 62.1g

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Philips distributor at China recently disclosed that a new Philips MP3 player is coming soon. It is called Philips Mix. The Mix is solely a digital audio player with a color display. The retail price is expected to be RMB199 for 2GB (less than US$30). We’ll see more detail about it in near future
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