Today ’s DAP headlines :
We scoop up some details onPQI ’s mPack 500 , take a look at the latestiOps DAPand witness the resurfacing of Mpio’sHD400 and 500 . Finally , there ’s a rum - looking MP3 / CD player that goes by the name ofBeond M800 .
PQI set foot in the PMP market a couple of months ago – the mPack 800 was a moderately successful unit which offered a bit of everything at quite a steep cost . The company is target for various type of customers decent now : upcoming models admit the pocket - well-disposed SD - expendable mTrix , the car - mountable ( GPS - enable ) mPack 600 and finally themPack 500 . piddling was acknowledge about the latter up till late , but we manage to get our custody on most of the important detail . The mP500 will include a 3.2MP camera ( with digital zoom and flash light ) , a 5 GB micro hard drive for storage purposes and a 2.2 - inch color TFT that can display various movie and picture formats . On top of all of this , this gimmick also endorse a with child array of medicine formats ( among which are MP3 , WMA , Ogg Vorbis , AAC and Atrac3 ) … But alas , the sheer sizing of it all ( corresponding to that of a New - age 20 GB DAP ) will likely scare away most of the likely buyer . Should come available within two calendar month or so , although little is certain at this decimal point .
It ’s likely that you ’ve never heard of a South - Korean company called “ iOps ” before – one ’s never too sure-enough to learn , right ? Anyway , these guys have pile up a modest but interesting array of DAPs throughout the years . Next in line of products is a player call “ Gyeok ” ( say what ? ) but we ’ve dubbed it“the iOps ” . This unit seems to be the meridian lesson of the Koreans getting anxious over the iPod nano ’s price levels . Despite a squeamish basic capacity of 2 GB , “ the iOps ” only costs about 198.000 Korean Won ( or $ 195 ) – that ’s really cheap to Korean standards . Notably cheap than the 2 GB nano even , while offer a 65k coloration OLED screen , MPEG-4 playback , voice transcription , 17 hour worth of stamp battery life per charge and a foldaway USB pen .
Another South - Korean DAP manufacturer , DigitalWay / Mpio , has been doing quite well for months ( in terms of export figures ) but they retain their upcoming hard drive players hide from the public optic all along . We managed to dig up some textile on theHD400 and HD500 , although little seems to have changed over meter . Both social unit are stated to come with this 1.8″ TFT - LCD Display ( 262k color ) , play music as well as movies and offer some extra gubbins like FM radio + fipple flute , credit line - in encoding , interpreter transcription plus an alarm system clock . The HD400 will come in 5 and 8 GB tang , whereas the HD500 will see 20 GB and 40 GB edition … if all go well . Release escort are yet ill-defined , but we were told to “ expect a launching around November ” .
And what have we here ? An MP3 / compact disk player ? “ Wow , that ’s really hot intelligence ! Those things are so 2001 , man ! ” – well , wait till you ’ve seen the design of theBeond M800 . Let ’s just say that someone like the shape of the lid so much , he distinctly could n’t resist taking a bite out of it .
That ’s it ’s for today , family line !
DAP delight
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