Cowon L3 7 inch GPS and PMP debuts at IFA 2008

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Cowon will introduce the Cowon L3 7 inch touchscreen media player with GPS navigation at the IFA 2008.
These multitalented portable media players rarely make it outside of Korea. Features of the sleek looking Cowon L3 include 7" touchscreen with 800x480px resolution, media player, T-DMB TV, FM transmitter, speaker, SIRF III antenna, SD card slot, and remote control. Read more

Posted on Mon, 25 Aug 2008 03:58:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Archos 5 250GB PMP is I4U Top 100 Holiday Gift Tip #4

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Archos announced this week their new 6th generation of portable media players. The new Archos 5, 5g and 7 series are awesome portable machines that offer Wi-fi or even 3G connectivity (5g). We picked the new Archos 5 with the gigantic 250GB hard-drive as one of our Top 100 Holiday Gift Tips of 2008. Why? Show me another portable media player with 250GB storage. Apple is not offering an iPod with that kind of capacity, Sandisk and Microsoft also fail to offer 250GB in a player. Archos goes even bigger on the Archos 7 with 320GB, but a 7 inch PMP is already very big for a portable without having to use a bag. Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:48:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Archos Generation 6 PMPs expected to launch soon

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French PMP maker Archos is expected to announce its 6th Generation of portable media players soon. Their homepage shows a red curtain with "Coming up Soon..." message.

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New Archos 5g, 5 and 7 announced

Rumors point to new Archos PMPs with HSDPA connectivity. This rumor is based on a deal Archos made in February with French carrier SFR. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:54:10 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cowon P5 Luxury PMP unveiled

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Cowon unveiled the Cowon P5 portable media player. The P5 comes along with a luxury hairline metal body crammed with tons of features.

Features of the Cowon P5 include 5 inch touchscreen with 800x480px resolution, Widget and Haptic User interface, T-DMB TV tuner, FM radio, Bluetooth, video and music player (AVI, ASF, WMV, MPG, OGM, DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, WMV9, MP3, WMA, AC3), photo player, document viewer, USB host, and USB 2.0.
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Posted on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:08:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ramos V85 Touch Screen Bluetooth PMP Review

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AllPMP published a video review of the Ramos V85 Touch Screen Bluetooth PMP.

Quote from the review: "We have just done a review on the Ramos V85 touch screen bluetooth pmp. People say it is a clone of Giorgio Armani. As a reviewer I have to say V85 is really cool. It is just a small palm fitting with your hand. The touch screen has perfect sensitivity. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Archos 705 WiFi 160GB PMP Review

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Our partner Digital Trends tested the Archos 705 WiFi 160GB portable media player. 160GB storage is a lot and clearly this PMP is geared towards heavy video users.

Quote from the review: "The gargantuan Archos 705 WiFi's attention-grabbing features include a 7-inch touchscreen, 160GB hard drive, integrated WiFi and digital video recorder functionality. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 May 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Unveils S3 Slim PMP

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Samsung rolled out a new PMP that is slated for a June launch. The S3 is available in 4GB or 8GB capacities and comes in green, red, black, blue and white colors. The battery promises 25 hours of music and 4 hours of video.

The S3 has a 1.8-inch 240 x 320 resolution display and can store up to 25 hours of audio or 4 hours of video. Supported audio formats include MP3 and WMA with supported video file format of MPEG4. Pricing information hasn’t been announced at this time. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:42:43 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Cowon N3 PMP with Wooden Canvas

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Cowon unveils a special edition of its Cowon N3 PMP with a wooden canvas.

Cowon is not jumping on the green bamboo gadget movement, rather they want to dress up the N3 to radiate luxury. The wood application has the Italian olive style.

The Cowon N3 is a powerful PMP and GPS navigation device running on the Alchemy AU1250 600MHz CPU. The 7 inch screen has a resolution of 800x480px and is made by Samsung. With the Cowon N3 you can watch TV while running the navigation software in a PIP frame. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Viliv X70 Vant PMP

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Apparently Korean Viliv already introduced the X70 Vant PMP at CES 2008. We somehow did not see that announcement back in January. Viliv is getting closer to releasing the X70 Vant in Korea as they have announced an advertising campaign.

The Viliv X70 Vant is a stylish feature packed PMP with a 7 inch display. Features of the new Viliv include DMB TV, MP3 and Video player, GPS navigation, Bluetooth, WLAN, and 30/60GB HDD. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Archos to integrate 3G Connectivity in PMPs

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Archos signed an agreement with French carrier SFR to integrate 3G connectivity into upcoming portable media players.

The 3G enabled Archos PMPs are supposed to be available some time this year.

Details about the collaboration between Archos and SFR are not available; the companies only issued a statement about the collaboration on 3G enabled media devices. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:28:34 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Cowon Q5W PMP Review

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The testers at our review partner Digital Trends published a review of the Cowon Q5W PMP. The Windows CE running Cowon Q5W PMP was introduced last December.

Quote from the review: "Jamming a Web browser, Bluetooth, a text editor, and a zillion other features into a PMP is a solid idea, but the interface must be done right. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver M20 GPS PMP revealed

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iRiver unveiled the iRiver M20 Navigation PMP on their special CES 2008 'reveal a gadget' a day site.

The iRiver M20 seems to replace the iRiver NV navigation device iRiver introduced last Summer.
iRiver got rid of the big navigation wheel prominently featured in the NV. Details are very scarce on the iRiver M20 so far. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Daewoo shows 120Hz HDTVs, Blu-ray, PMPs at CES 2008

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Daewoo announces to show HDTVs, Blu-ray, DID, DDS and PMP devices at the CES 2008.

The Daewoo HDTV line will include 120Hz full HD in 46, 42 and 37 inches.

Daewoo also enters the HD movie player market with their own Blu-ray players. Read more

Posted on Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:31:02 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Korean PMP Looks more like UMPC

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Korean company UPOP has a giant sized PMP that looks more like a UMPC than a traditional PMP. The device has a 4.8-inch TFT screen and can be had with 30GB, 80GB, or 160GB HDD. Expansion via SD cards is possible as well.

The device runs windows CE 5.0 Pro and is compatible with MP3, WMA, MP4, ACC, AC3, Ogg and WAV. The player will also do video with AVI, WMV, MPG, DAT, and VOB compatibility. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:15:38 CST | by Shane McGlaun

i-Station U43 PMP Review

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Korean i-Station released a new high-powered PMP in Korea - the i-Station U43.

The i-Station U43 features include 4.3 inch screen with 480x272px, 30 or 60GB HDD, Windows CE 5.0 OS, DMB TV, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi, web-browser, stereo speakers, SRS/WOW HD, MP4, MP1, DivX and WMV video format support, and OGG, MP3, AC3, and WMA audio support. Read more

Posted on Mon, 3 Dec 2007 02:25:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Cowon Q5W wireless Windows PMP

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The powerful Cowon Q5W runs Windows CE 5.0 on the Alchemy Au1250 600MHz and features Wifi and Bluetooth connectivity.

Other features of this interesting portable media player include a 5 inch touch-screen with 800x460px resolution, 500:1 contrast ratio, 200cd/m2 brightness, 64MB Flash, 128MB DDR2 SDRAM, MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, WAV, FLAC, APE, MPC audio format support, and AVI, ASF, WMV, MPG, and OGM video format support. Read more

Posted on Sat, 1 Dec 2007 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Meritech M35 Digital TV and PMP

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Korean Meritech announces the M35 digital TV and portable media player.

The Meritech M35 features a 3.5 inch screen, built-in speakers, 3D virtual sound, 2GB built-in memory, mini-SD card slot with SDHC support, and USB. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Latest PMP News: Reachgood, Yung Fu, Tsinghua Tongfang

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Our portable media player news site PVP4U reported last week about several new comers in the PMP market.

Reachgood surprises with a 5.5mm thin portable media player. The ultra-slim player supports MP4 (AVI), MP3, WMA, JPEG and TXT. A FM tuner is also built-in as well. More details. Read more

Posted on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Cowon A3 extreme PMP

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Cowon announces that they will begin shipping the new Cowon A3 PMP this month. Cowon announced the A3 back in January at the CES 2007.

The Cowon A3 runs the Da Vinci video processor (like the Maxian E900) encoding video up to 1,280x720px resolution.
The Cowon A3 features a 4 inch screen with a high 800x480px resolution. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 Nov 2007 02:43:28 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Latest PMP News: Kinwei, Meizu, Storex

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Our portable media player blog PVP4U published several stories about new PMPs last week.

The Kinwei MP4 player (photo) has a very simple, clean looking design that is a welcome change to some of the cluttered PMP devices on the market. The device has a 2.4-inch TFT screen with touch pad and supports eBooks and games. Read more

Posted on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Maxian E900 PMP and Dictionary

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Korean Maxian updates its latest generation of portable media players with new models.

The Maxian E900 comes in basic and a dictionary version. Dictionary functionality is a must apparently in Korea for portable media players.

The Maxian E900 runs on the Da Vinci chipset for high performance video playback. Read more

Posted on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:36:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr