Archive for February, 2008
Chinese manufacturer Tsinghua Tongfang has come up with a nice looking new widescreen MP4 player, the PMC-M860, sporting a decent set of video and audio formats.
Specs:
--2.6 inch 4:3 widescreen player (400x240 resolution)
Supports RMVB, RM, FLV, and AVI video formats; APE, FLAC Lossless Audio(and other?) audio formats
Sleek metal paneling--
The original article also listed an M880 model. It's hard to tell from the poor translation what exactly it is, other than another widescreen RMVB player, but there was a pic:
Original Zol article(translated)
One of our forum posters, maderin1, has brought to our attention a cool design concept for a PC that is attached to your coffee mug. This design was created by Jason Farsai, currently a student in California State University. According to the artist, a flexible OLED display would be attached to the outside of the mug, allowing you to check emails, weather reports, traffic reports and what not.
Can you see yourself sipping coffee while reading your email on the same cup? Tell us what you think in our forums.
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Original Article
The Teclast M30 should be available soon and already there are a few reviews on the Chinese sites. Take a look at the link below, this one has screen shots of the player in action:
Teclast M30 in action (images)
So is this player any good ?
It has potential, Teclast have put some thought into the hardware of this player. They have used the latest AMOLED SCREEN that is supposed to be the bees knees in screen technology and is also used by big companies like Samsung and IRiver.
They have also decided on a separate chip for audio, the Wolfson WM8987 , this is supposed to give better audio than using the built in one on the players main chip (Rockchip RK2706)
So, all the hardware is there to make this a great player, not to mention an expensive one, all this stuff ain't gonna come cheap, a
Yet another contender for the iPhone, the Portege G810 from Toshiba is making the headlines as the latest pmp phone device. This one uses Windows Mobile 6, has built in GPS, Wi-fi & Bluetooth. Some pmp features include a 2.8" QVGA touch screen, a 3 megapixel camera, a microSD card expansion slot and an FM Radio tuner! It is slated to hit the market later this year.
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Original Article
Oppo has a new player in the works, a new 3.0" Touch screen player (16:9 aspect ratio). The player seems to have a similar design as their older Oppo V9. Not too sure what chip is at the core of the player, but it will be able to play a host of video formats, including AVI and RMVB. It also seems to be part of their 'Smart' player line, so it may be able to have third party apps loaded onto it.
Discuss here
Original iMP3 article here
Not content with turning the mobile phone market on its head with the IPhone and at the same time causing every MP3/4 player manufacturer on the planet to try and emulate their touch screen technology, Apple have decided to try and jump on a new bandwagon - the games market!!!
The image below is only an artist rendition but is this what we can expect, can Apple also turn the games market into a new battle ground?
With their track record, do you think Apple will help or hinder the games market, hop over to the mp4nation forum and have your say.
Vote now - apple good or Apple bad
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Maxian has a new player in the works and it is one to cetainly drool over. The E900T comes with a 4.3" touch screen , can handle WMV, MPEG, AVI (DIVX/XVID) and H.264 formats at 800x480 max resolution. It supports Dolby Digital or DTS sound and S/PDIF connection. It runs on Windows CE and has either 30GB or 60GB of internal memory.
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More info on product
Freescale Semiconductor has announced their new i.MX27 chipset. Based on a ARM926 core with a max speed of 400mHz, capable of H.264/MPEG4 codec D1 resolution: 720 X576 @ 25fps; 720x480 @ 30fps; full-duplex codec at the same time can achieve VGA resolution: 640 x480 @ 30fps. The chip seems to be intended to bringing high definition videos to hand held devices.
It seems that Freescale is working with a mainland company to use their chip in different products, including MP4 players.
Freescale Semiconductor i.MX27 page
Translated Zol.Com.Cn Article
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Looks like Teclast will have a new touch screen player out soon, thinner than a iPhone and with a touch screen as sensitive and capable of multi-touch like the iPhone/Touch
FTA:
Thinner than iphone
WQVGA ? 400*240 ?
RMVB/RM/FLV/AVI
Ultra-high-resolution screen
ultra-wide-screen
same iphone capacitive touch-screen
multi-point touch
the whole bit-rate RMVB / RM / FLV / AVI video player, dual-core independence high-quality audio processor.
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More info/pics from Teclast
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