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mobiBLU i30 PMP Goes to China
2008-06-03 10:09:00 Korean manufacturer mobiBLU gets closer to the iPod Touch by launching the mobiBLU i30 for the Chinese market. Th mobiBLU i30 has a 3-inch WQVGA (400 × 240) screen and uses a Rockchip2706 processor. It has respectable multimedia support with direct playback of RM, RMVB (720 × 576) and FLV, AVI (800 × 480) and ... More About: China , Korea
BlackBerry Beating iPhone in Sales
2008-06-03 09:12:00 RIM reports that the BlackBerry is still the number one smartphone in the U.S. That’s right, #1. BlackBerry ate up 44.5% of the smartphone market in the first three months of this year. The Apple iPhone was a far second at 19.2%. That’s less than half of BlackBerry’s market. Palm, thanks to the Centro took ... More About: Iphone , Blackberry , Sales , Beating
TG Sambo (CP-1000), the 4.8-inch iPod Touch Killer
2008-06-02 13:08:00 TG’s Sambo Windows CE 5.0 PMP has a 4.8-inch 800×480 screen and powered by an RMI AU 1250 to 700MHz CPU. It’s powered like a UMPC with a processor almost as fast as a sub-notebook, matched with a rather disappointing 128MB of RAM. It has WiFi, T-DMB, plays MPEG 1/2/4, WMV, ASF, DivX3.1 1/4x/5x, ... More About: Korea , Ipod , Killer , Touch , Inch
Zune Canada: Is It a Different Zune?
2008-06-02 01:14:00 One way Microsoft could make Zune a success in Canada is by having a different Zune distributed there compared with the one being sold below the border. Tough luck, but maybe Canadians can put a different eye into things. OxCafe did another review of the flash Zune as they received it in Canada, despite all ...
Touchscreen Onda VX777 Gets Ready for Launch
2008-06-01 00:18:00 Features have been finalized for the Onda VX777. This is a player Onda began to hype a bit a la iPhone leaking features such as camera, WiFi and Net radio. The real VX777 is a more straightforward PMP: 3.0-inch (400 × 240) 16:10 touch screen, TV-out, RMVB support with embedded Real Player 11. It ... More About: Launch , Touchscreen , Ready
RAmos V85 Clones Giorgio Armani
2008-05-31 20:33:00 If you thought that only the iPhone gets clones, you obviously have never heard of the LG Chocolate. RAmos’s Blue Devil V85 (no relation to RAmos V8), however, is not a clone of the iPhone iPod Touch or LG Chocolate. Only the absolutely best designed device will do for the V85 and that device turns ... More About: Armani , Ramos , Giorgio Armani , Giorgio
iRiver SPINN + DAB Headed to U.K.
2008-05-30 20:53:00 The Brits will have the iRiver SPINN shipped to them ahead of everyone. The SPINN will be shipped with an extra DAB tuner. Price is yet unknown for the 4, 8 and 16GB versions. The SPINN features a 3.2-inch AMOLED display and 30fps support for video files. It boasts the new SPINN user interface ... More About: Iriver , Spinn
HTC Touch Diamond Available Online but Ships to Hong Kong First
2008-05-30 19:17:00 People in Europe ca get their hands on the uber-beautiful and expensive HTC Touch Diamond online. DechoWireless, PopularElect and Welectronics will ship them for $780 to $850. Pricey compared to the iPhone but a VGA screen (best in the industry), WiFi, GPS and A-GPS and TouchFLO 3D touch screen do not come cheap. It’s pricier ... More About: Hong Kong , Online , Ships
Asus Eee PC 1000 to Launch
2008-05-30 04:37:00 Next Tuesday, we will see yet another Eee PC model. The 10-inch Asus Eee PC is slated for a November shipping. Pricing is still unknown and so are the specs. Hopefully the premium we are paying for the low-spec’d ultraportable will no longer be valid on the 10-inch model. Translation: Eee PC 1000 should be ... More About: Launch
Maxspeed?s MAK003 iPhone Clone Has Weird Cyclop Eye
2008-05-30 04:10:00 The 2.8-inch multitouch (!) MAK003 from Maxspeed Industry Development Limited glows threateningly from a peephole right where the iPhone clone Home should be. It plays RM/RMVB,FLV, AVI/ MPEG-4 and MP3, WMA, APE, FLAC, AAC and WAV. Dgital recording and a 3D equalizer (presumably via Microsoft PlayFX) is its other attributes. The writte specifications of the ... More About: Weird , Iphone , Clone
Hutchison?s to Deliver iPhone 3G to Special Administrative Regions
2008-05-30 03:48:00 Hutchison?s Telecommunication will deliver the iPhone 2.0 to China… well, at least to the two administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau. Their 3 network will get exclusive distribution rights for locked iPhones. In contrast to unlocked iPhones sold in Hong Kong, Three Network’s iPhones will come at a substantially lower and fairly reasonable price. No ... More About: Iphone , Administrative , Regions , Special
Onda VX989 FC Game Simulator Support
2008-05-29 18:58:00 The popular VX989 from Onda has been hacked to support FC games. This is great news. The VX989 is just about the most popular Onda player out there. It has even been adopted by Pasen into LAZYBUM - that’s how popular it is. It looks like a simple DIY upgrade (w/ overclocking) but because the ... More About: Support , Game , Simulator
iRiver Launches LPlayer at 95 Euros
2008-05-29 18:22:00 I have to admit, I have taken a liking to iRiver’s LPLayer. Yesterday’s hands-on images from Moveplayer (courtesy of our friends at GMP3) stated it rather succinctly: thin is not everything. I also love the speaker solution for this mini-PMP (see photo of it after the break). The prices top at 95 euros for the ... More About: Iriver , Euros
Text on the C150 Watch Phone
2008-05-28 20:53:00 The C150 is a quadband GSM watch phone with a plastic strap, a 1.4-inch screen (128×160 pixels), support for MP3 and 3GP / MP4 videos. That’s not the most amazing feature on this watch phone. The C150 happens to be SMS and MMS capable and offers a tiny set of numeric tactile keys strategically positioned ... More About: Watch , Phone , Text
iRiver LPlayer Hands-On
2008-05-28 16:49:00 PMP manufacturer iRiver has announced so many players for this year, we’re likely to be inundated by more tech temptations than our wallets could take. I mean, how many small, sleek and capable portable multimedia players do you need. If you only need one, the LPlayer gives you 2 inches (320 x 240 pixels) of ... More About: Hands , Hands On , Iriver
Aigo?s Patriot A6 Clip-On MP3 Player With FM
2008-05-28 05:01:00 Have you always been wishing the iPod Shuffle can tune to FM radio? Well, I do and Aigo may have the right device for people who love random music while they are working out. The Patriot A6 is one stylish MP3 player, which, unlike, the Shuffle, is equipped with a screen and an FM tuner. ... More About: Player , Clip
K-Touch C280 8MP Camera Phone
2008-05-27 18:38:00 One unknown Chinese manufacturers that has done good lately is K-Touch . We know next to nothing about this manufacturer but they’ve just announced the C280, an 8 megapixel camera phone with 3x optical zoom. The camerais sensitive up to 1600 ISO. Presumably, it’s using a Samsung CMOS but tops the best Samsung camphone in the ... More About: Phone , Camera , Camera Phone
Future Apple iPhones May be Solar Powered
2008-05-27 17:49:00 Apple is taking more steps to be greener. The patent application, found by Engadget, specifies “solar power for portable devices.” This could also mean MacBooks but we’re betting that Apple will be focusing on iPod and iPhone-friendly solar cells to cut down on power coming from batteries. Reducing complaints on iPod battery replacements is a ... More About: Apple , Future , Solar
Pasen F11 PMP is More Like It
2008-05-26 20:26:00 Besides the F13, Pasen has also released (virtually unnoticed) the Pasen F12 (see it here) and now has introduced another MP4/ PMP: the Pasen F11. The F11 is a more interesting player in terms of design. The tactile buttons are small and subtle, distributed unobtrusively along the bottom of the 2.8-inch 400 × 240-pixel screen. ...
RAmos T8 4.3-inch Touchscreen PMP Introduced
2008-05-26 20:01:00 RAmos may have done it again - astonish us with yet another iPod Touch-like device. The Blue Magic T8 PMP looks good with its 4.3-inch touch screen taking most of the front. It’s only 10mm thick - thin for a 4.3-inch player. We don’t know much yet about the T8 but expect an Fm ... More About: Ramos , Inch , Touchscreen
3G iPhone in Three Colors? Three Ways of Life
2008-05-26 17:46:00 iPhone Hellas may have gotten what appears to be a very believable scoop: 3G iPhone/ iPhone 2.0 will be slimmer than its predecessor and it will come in three colors. Fake or not, it’s a welcome improvement to iPhone’s original charms and the fact that it doesn’t stray too far from the original design speaks ... More About: Life , Iphone , Colors
Pasen F13 PMP Plays DivX, Xvid
2008-05-25 16:43:00 The last Pasen player we’ve heard was the F10 and it plays DivX and Xvid . The new F13 is a brick-like 15mm, which makes us scratch our heads. There’s nothing truly interesting about the F13. With 3 inches of (400 x 240 pixels) screen real estate, some people wouldn’t mind the extra 8mm. You can ... More About: Plays , Divx
Memup Releases New PMPs: V-Touch, K-Touch, K-Slim and M430
2008-05-24 20:09:00 Memup’s prior outings weren’t very original but they did us all a favor with their new line of media players. The M430 TR is a 4.3-inch touch screen flash player. It’s available in 4Gb and 8GB versions and supports line-in AV. Other features include FM radion, microSD expansion and a built-in speaker. It’s TNT-tuning brother, the ... More About: Touch , Slim
DEC I200 Hip-hop MP3 Player Goes for Analog
2008-05-24 19:20:00 We thought we’d never see another new portable media player with an analog display but here it is and it comes straight from China - where else. The I200 is only 6.5mm thin and supports MP3, WMA, WAV and FLAC, APE lossless. It has a mic, which can be used to record audio and works ... More About: Player , Analog
Chinese Cellphone Makers on the Rise
2008-05-24 04:29:00 Handset makers from China are increasing their market share and topped other countries in growth from 2006 to 2007. Haier and ZTE were the fasting growing handset makers, both based in China. Another Chinese company, Huawei was fifth. Next year, you can expect Apple to be in the top list. Haier is now the number ... More About: Industry News , Cellphone , Makers , Rise
More Onda VX777 Rumors: Built-in Camera a Possibility
2008-05-23 15:18:00 Onda may have leaked more information on their upcoming VX777. The existence of VX777 is confirmed; it’s the features that we are interested about plus a sex scandal or two thrown in. Still nothing official about the Net radio but WiFi and even a camera is very likely. The 4.3-inch touch screen seems official and ... More About: Camera , Rumors , Onda , Possibility
Babiken Sells BI-DTV3200 DVB-T Mobile Phone From China
2008-05-22 16:57:00 Babiken claims the BI-DTV3200 and we’re not in the mood to doubt them. The truth is that Babiken had a previous TV Phone phone model, the BI-A880, but, they readily admit, it wasn’t very successful outside China because of it tunes into DMB whereas even in China where DMB is the adopted standard, there are ... More About: Mobile , Mobile Phone , T-Mobile
Sony PSP to Have GPS
2008-05-22 15:24:00 Navigation will be the most sought-after feature in portable devices - at least many tech companies think. Sony thinks the Playstation Portable is the ideal device to add GPS. We don’t wonder why. Just take a look at all the navigation devices that resemble the form factor of PSP. The software update for GPS will ... More About: Navigation , Sony psp
Yoto M400 Announced
2008-05-21 23:52:00 We’ve seen the Yoto M300 and were impressed by how closely it resembles the iPhone face front. Its successor, will be even closer to the iPhone in looks coming with with a more compact and slimmer design (see a comparison photo after the break). Well, you’ll have to take Yuantong’s word for it. The M400 adds ...
Chuwi to Unveil delicious RMVB Touchscreen Players
More articles from this author:2008-05-20 21:31:00 There’s no fixed date yet, but Chinese manufacturer Chuwi plans to release touchscreen PMPs that may revolutionize both touchscreens and players. As we all know, there are two types of touchscreens: capacitive and resistive, duh. Capacitive is better and offers more sensitivity but they are oh-so pricey. Chui has a different solution: Dual cover technology applications ... More About: Players , Delicious , Touchscreen 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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