January 2nd, 2006 by Chi An
While MPIO officially launched its cool FY700 in China and Taiwan, its unannounced FE100 was secretly listed in Japan website. It was first spotted on 28 December 2005.
MPIO FE100 is probably a budget-wise MP3 player if looking at its specifications. The features are not that attractive. It features a 2 colors OLED display (4 lines, 128 x 64 pixel). It plays MP3 and WMA audio files up to 8 hours of continuos playback with 1 AAA battery. It only available in 1GB with blue and pink color.
{ Product Page via iMP3.net }
December 22nd, 2005 by Chi An
MPIO Taiwan introduced its lastest MP3 players on 15 December 2005. The products appeared in the events are FY700, HD400 and FL400. Nevertheless, there is no any information about the pricing of these MP3 players.

FY700, HD400 and FL400 (from left)
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December 8th, 2005 by Chi An
This is not a joke! It’s the worst case I’ve seen. The Korean MP3 player maker, MPIO Co. Ltd. lost their trademark in China. The Korean maker does not own the right of the brand “MPIO” in China! The trademark “MPIO” is registered by some Taiwanese businessman before the real owner reach China. Now, the Korean is using its old name “Digitalway” in China.

www.mpio.com.cn
Feel familiar with this website? It is almost exactly same as MPIO global website. But hell, this is a website of fake MPIO! The official website of MPIO China website is as below.
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November 17th, 2005 by Chi An
MPIO announced that its hard drive-based HD400 will be available in sometime this month. MPIO HD400 has featured a 8GB micro hard drive. It has a big and clear display. It has employed a 1.8″ TFT LCD display at QCIF standard (176 x 220).

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November 12th, 2005 by Chi An
It seems that MPIO FY700 is getting closer to us! We had seen it with a green rubber band. Now, Chinese iMP3.net have disclosed that FY700 also comes with purple rubber band. Here are some pictures of it!
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