Mar 16

Cowon J3 PMP looks cool in its brushed metal case

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Cowon J3 PMP looks cool in its brushed metal case

Hot on the heels of giving our opinion on Cowon’s (relatively) big-screened V5 media player we have some news on the next player in line from the company. It’s called the J3 and, while Cowon has officially acknowledged its existence, its specifications have only been unveiled thanks to what looks to be an internationally coordinated effort on behalf of gadget lovers everywhere. The J3 is said to have a 3.3-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a resolution of 480 x 272, pulling content from 4, 8, or 16GB of internal storage — content that can also be routed to a TV. There’ll be Bluetooth to pump tunes wirelessly and a new metal case that’s said to improve the quality feel of the player. That, of course, we won’t know about until we can feel one of the things, and according to the company some folks will be able to do just that before the month is through.

Cowon J3 PMP looks cool in its brushed metal case originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 09

Samsung announces US availability, pricing for R1, R0 PMPs

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Samsung first announced its R0 PMP way back and July of last year, and we saw its R1 model hit the FCC a month later in August, but the company has just now finally gotten official with US availability for both of them. Set to be available sometime next month, the touchscreen-equipped R1 will come in 8GB and 16GB varieties (in black or silver) for $149.99 and $179.99, while the non-touchscreen, and slightly larger R0 (pictured above), will run just $99 and $129 for the same capacities in your choice of black, silver or pink. Both will also give you Samsung’s own Digital Natural Sound Engine 3.0 “sound enhancement” technology and DivX support, along with a microSD card slot on the R0, and Bluetooth support on the R1, among other standard fare.

Samsung announces US availability, pricing for R1, R0 PMPs originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 09

Samsung Quietly Unleashes Two New PMPs

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Samsung R1.jpg

Easily lost among the slew of announcements made by Samsung today: The company has two new modestly-priced portable media players, the R1 and the R0. The R1, which should be shipping any day now, comes in 8GB ($149.99) and 16GB ($179.99) and the R0, which will be
available in April, comes in 8GB ($99.99) and 16GB ($129.99), as well.

I got a chance to play with both players briefly today at the Samsung event in NYC. The R1 is minute and features a touch-screen, while the not-quite-as-small R0 uses physical buttons below its display. These are simple players meant to compete with the iPod nano; don’t be fooled by the touch-screen–this is not an iPod touch competitor.

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Mar 08

Archos’s budget Vision A43VB PMP caught on camera making kittens sad (video)

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Archos's budget Vision A43VB PMP caught on camera making kittens sad (video)

It’s been a few months since we last heard of Archos’s supposed new player lineup, as all the talk lately has been tablet-this and tablet-that, but we finally have some video of a new Vision device, the A43VB. Somewhat tragically, though, it apparently is not a real Archos device at all, rather a re-branded discount media player given the Archos silkscreen and a UI refresh. The good news is this means a low cost — just €99 (or $135) — for this 8GB model with a 4.3-inch screen and microSD expansion, but the bad news is that the result is slightly janky. The plastic looks rough and the UI far from intuitive, leaving our friendly video guide below to decry “I cannot exit the cats.” That said, this is not a final device we’re looking at here, so with any luck things will be a bit cleaned up inside and out before retail. Just don’t go hoping for a surprise infusion of Android before then.

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Archos’s budget Vision A43VB PMP caught on camera making kittens sad (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 04

Archos announces new line of internet tablets for summer 2010

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You thought that the Archos gang were goin’ wild with the svelte 7 Home Tablet (and its self-conscious digiframe-esque sibling), but believe us — the Android funfest is far from over. According to the company, this summer will see the range expand significantly, with new models featuring ARM Cortex processors (up to 1GHz) and “a richer set of features with screen sizes from 3- to 10-inches.” One thing that we probably won’t be seeing “any time soon,” at least according to the kind man we cornered at the Archos booth at CeBIT? An Archos phone. But that’s OK — we don’t even know how we’d find time to talk on the phone with all those tomatoes we have to slice.

[Thanks, Michael]

Archos announces new line of internet tablets for summer 2010 originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

Archos Home Slate set to grace CeBIT with its family-friendly presence

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Watch out now, Archos is about to bestow a whole new category of electronic device upon us. It’ll still be a tablet to the knowledgeable among us, but the rest of the world will know the Home Slate as an FDA — a family digital assistant. Listed on CeBIT’s exhibitor guide, this new multimedia player cum home organizer will offer WiFi connectivity and a web browser along with the usual suite of photo, video and music playback options. We’d heard earlier that Archos was planning new tablets aimed specifically at in-home use, and the A70HB model number here would suggest that this might be the rumored Archos 7 Android tablet pictured above. Whether it be 7 inches or 17, you can rest assured we’ll be digging this up at CeBIT shortly to figure out if those family-assisting features are worthy of the highfalutin marketing that accompanies them.

[Thanks, David V.]

Archos Home Slate set to grace CeBIT with its family-friendly presence originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 28

Mio stuns at CeBIT with ultra-sleek Moov V780 MID

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Uh, folks — we’ve an identity crisis on our hands. Is this a MID with a penchant for navigating? Is this a PMP with pre-loaded maps? Is it an ultra-sleek navigator that just so happens to play music? There’s a fair chance the world will never know, but we’ll soon be stopping by Mio‘s booth at CeBIT in order to get a view of things ourselves. At any rate, the Moov V780 is undoubtedly one of the most appealing things to come from the outfit in quite some time, offering up 720p multimedia playback, an HDMI output, digital TV support, a 7-inch (800 x 480 resolution) display, 600MHz CPU, 512MB of memory, 4GB of onboard flash and a pretty tremendous list of supported file formats. Sadly, it’s humming along on Windows CE (rather than, say, Android), but at least it ships with WiFi and optional WiMAX. There’s no mention of a price or release date, but we’ll be on the hunt for those tidbits as soon as the show floor opens up.

Mio stuns at CeBIT with ultra-sleek Moov V780 MID originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 25

Ask Engadget: Best no-frills portable media player?

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We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Cam, who don’t need no stinkin’ app store for his next digital audio player. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

“I’m getting quite sick of my Sansa Clip, with it deciding when and when it doesn’t want to work. I’m looking for a new PMP. The only requirement is that it has at least 4GB of storage, and supports FLAC files. Expandable memory would be cool too.”

We appreciate the brevity, Cam. In your spirit, we’ll skip the usual coaxing and just demand that those with lovable gym-certified PMPs drop some knowledge in comments below. And… go!

Ask Engadget: Best no-frills portable media player? originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 24

GoGear Muse refresh sports touchscreen, Songbird media player, HDMI output

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Looks like the Android-powered Connect isn’t the only bit of GoGear news coming out of the armed Philips compound as of late. The Pocket-lint gang have got their hands on a refresh of the GoGear Muse and we should say that the thing looks pretty sweet. In addition to a rare new modern interface solution called “touchscreen,” this bad boy eschews Windows Media Player in favor of the open source Songbird player, and sports an FM radio, iPlayer, Audible, FLAC, and APE support. As for video playback, the device’s 3.2-inch display is complimented by a 720p HDMI out. Look for this bad boy in 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB sizes; all models include a 32GB microSD slot. We’re still holding out on the definitive word regarding price, but apparently Philips is estimating something in the £100 – £120 ($155 – $185) range.

GoGear Muse refresh sports touchscreen, Songbird media player, HDMI output originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 24

Android-powered GoGear Connect PMP debuted in new, Godzilla-sized form factor

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We’re used to seeing some ho-hum units with the GoGear name, so we were pleasantly surprised to hear (well, read) that Philips was getting much more ambitious for its upcoming GoGear Connect line of PMPs. Plans are said to include the Android 2.1 OS, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, and extensive skinning that plays up the media player / navigation device angle. Although there’s no cellular connectivity herein, there is a speaker and mic for some VoIP action, alongside haptic feedback for the touchscreen display, a memory card slot, rear-facing camera of unknown resolution, up to 64GB storage, and DivX/XviD support. Neither price nor release date has been confirmed (though Q3 2010 is a possibility, according to SlashGear). Indeed, we haven’t even seen one of the units, even in prototype form — but there is an amusing King Kong-scale device running the OS in the video demonstration, which means they definitely have designs on the monster movie demographic. Check it out after the break.

[Thanks, Anh]

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Android-powered GoGear Connect PMP debuted in new, Godzilla-sized form factor originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:32:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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