December 23rd, 2009
Ok, so Cowon’s latest PMP, the V5 HD, is currently only being launched in their homeland of Korea in January but surely a US and worldwide release will shortly follow. For those of you eager to see what Cowon have stuffed into the V5 here’s the list of impressive specs
* 4.8 inch 800 x 480 res touchscreen
* WinCE 6.0
* 720p HDMI output
* H.264 support
* SD memory card slot
* Wi-Fi connectivity
* 45 hours of audio playback on battery
* 10 hours of video playback on battery
* 128×82x15.7mm
Three versions of the V5 HD will be released with varying capacities at 8GB, 16GB and 32GB. The V5 will appear in Korea in the New Year with a price tag the equivalent of US$250 for the 8GB version. We must admit we’re not usually too impressed with Cowon PMP players but the V5 HD certainly seems to taken their range up a notch or two in our estimation. The 720p HDMI output with Wi-Fi connectivity turn this media player almost into a netbook. We’re not too sure what apps you can get for WinCE but we did only say ‘almost’ a netbook.
As usual if anyone out there has played with a Cowon V5 HD please let us know what you think of this neat PMP.
Source: Electronista and AnythingButiPod
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May 15th, 2009
Finally Sony have unleashed their response to Apple’s iPod Touch with the X Series Walkman, which sports a 3 inch OLED touchscreen, Wi-Fi connectivity and 33 hours of music playback time. It comes in two capacities, namely 16 and 32 GB and has Slacker Radio integrated. Here are some more numbers on the Sony X Series Walkman
* 3 inch OLED WQVGA 432 x 240 res display
* Supports MP3/WMA/AAC/L-PCM audio formats
* Supports AVC(H.264/AVC)/MPEG-4/WMV video formats
* 2.2 x 3.9 x 0.5 inches
* 3.5 oz
* 5 band equalizer
The 32 GB version will set you back US$400 whilst the 16GB unit has a price tag of US$300, which match Apple’s prices for their iPod Touch exactly for similar capacities. The specs are relatively similar too, with the Walkman being slightly lighter, so we guess the difference will be in the displays. The iPod Touch boasts a larger display and resolution but what about the quality? Unfortunately we’ve seen neither unit in action, so if you’ve taken a look at either the Sony Walkman X Series or the Apple iPod Touch let us know what you think.
Source: Sony
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December 25th, 2008
It’s a cool looking unit, the Cowon S9 PMP, but then you’d expect that for a US$240 tagged PMP. You’d also expect a few nice bells and whistles so here they are for you to work exactly how cool the S9 is.
* 16 GB capacity
* Touchscreen interface
* USB 2.0 and Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity
* Composite video out
* 2.2 x 4.17 x 0.5 inches
* 2.7 oz
* Video formats supported - AVI, WMV
* Audio formats supported - MP3/2/1, WMA, FLAC, OGG, WAV, APE
* 480 x 272 video res
* 11 hours of video playback time
* 55 hours of audio playback time
* Built in microphone
* Handles jpg and txt file fomat
Despite all this we feel US$240 is a tad too high making the Cowon S9 more ho hum than ho ho ho. For example the Cody 30 GB PMP is available for only US$185, admittedly sans touchscreen, but hey $60 so I can get grubby fingerprints all over my viewing screen, I don’t think so, but then may be we’re just old-fashioned kinda guys.
Source: JetMall
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August 7th, 2008
Apparently there’s some big sporting event going down in China soon, so RAmos have decided to try and part visiting spectators with their hard-earned yuan by releasing the T8 iMovie touchscreen PMP. We’re not too sure what the marketing department were smoking when they came up this sucker’s moniker but it certainly boasts some intriguing stats
* 4.3 inch 480×272 res touchscreen display
* 32 GB storage
* Support for RMVB, AVI, FLV, WMV, MPG, MP4, DAT, 3GP video formats
* TV-OUT port
Unfortunately no more bells and whistles are available other than a price tag of 1500 yuan or US$220 for the 32 GB version, with 16 GB and 8 GB options rocking in at US$150 and US$100 respectively.
So if you’re over in Beijing for the Olympics, it may well be worth checking the RAmos T8 iMovie, not a gold medal winner but certainly on the podium.
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December 25th, 2007
Initially looking quite cute, you suddenly realise that SAFA’s latest PMP doesn’t quite cut the mustard when you find out that it doesn’t support video playback which is probably a good thing given the size of the display. However this glaring omission from the feature lineup isn’t reflected in the price. Here are a few of the features that SAFA decided to leave in!
* 1.8 inch display
* audio support for MP3, WMA, WAV, APE and FLAC
* games
* FM radio
* photo album
* 8 hours of audio playback with full charge
The unit comes in two size flavours, the 1 GB option setting you back the equivalent of US$95 whilst its big brother with 2 GB of storage is marked at US$116. Neither price tag has me exactly leaping for joy as this sucker is ‘just’ a music player. So no Christmas cheer or good will from SAFA this year - bah humbug!
Source: engadget
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. We’re still not too impressed as you’re basically paying over the odds for a touchscreen device but we are hearing great things about AMOLED displays so may be the 32GB S9 is worth a look. Here are the details on the unit
