April 10th, 2008 by Chi An
Philips GoGear SA28 is the first MP3 player that features its own Fullsound technology. The SA28 was first introduced during the CES2008, and now, it is available at China mainland. The 2GB SA28 is sale for RMB399 (approx US$57) with built-in FM tuner.
Fullsound is a digital audio algorithm patented by Philips that refines audio output by performing 10 million operations per second to analyze and re-compute the music signal before it is sent to the speaker. This means that FullSound brings out the best of any audio system and delivers more life to the music.
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February 14th, 2006 by Chi An
Philips audio chips has gained high reputation in the industry after the successful implementation by Korean MP3 players such as iRiver and MPIO. Since then, some Chinese makers has marked their Philips-powered MP3 players as high quality products. Here is another one that do so, Ainol A6. It is built on Philips PNX0101 solution. Who knows if the quality is really good? The best thing is its cheap price. You can get an Ainol A6 512MB for just RMB399 (approx US$50) with nice packaging.
Specs:
- Supports MP3,WMA, and WAV audio playback
- 2 colors OLED display (128 x 64)
- Built-in FM Tuner
- 65 × 28 × 13mm
[Product Page via iMP3 ]
January 17th, 2006 by Chi An
Russian Mobile Review had conducted a detailed review on Philips GoGear HDD1620 6GB Micro Jukebox last month. Basically the HDD1630 is the twin brother of HDD1630, which previously reviewed by CNET. The only different is that HDD1620 doesn’t come with FM tuner and only found in Europe. Just like the HDD1630, HDD1620 has a solid built body with the Sensory Touchpad SuperScroll and comes with a decent earbud, SHE9500. You won’t be disappointed with its sound, especially when SRS WOW is turn on!
{ via Mobile Review (babelfished) }
December 11th, 2005 by Chi An
Here is another review video. It’s a review of Philips GoGear HDD1630 by CNet.
The video is not that detail as Minivian did. It’s only a quick overview of basic features. It’s Sensory Touchpad SuperScroll is cool! It reminds me the Olympus m:robe MR-100
{ CNet via DAPreview }
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August 8th, 2005 by Chi An
Last few days, we had discussed about the Sigmatel. Now it’s the turn of another techonology leader of audio decoder - Philips. How good is Philips decoder? Just have a look on how well do the iRiver and MPIO perform.
The popularPhilips decoder on the market are
SAA775x and
PNX010x series. These audio decoders are embedded with a 24 bits DSP core and 32bits ARM processor. The ARM is to process the calculation of audio decompression algorithms of various formats such as MP3, AAC and WMA. On the other hand, the DSP core is to process the audio enrichment algorithms that supports Philips’
LifeVibes.
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