Our newspaper headline for today :
Archos officially indicate off two of their a la mode DAPs : theAV500 seriesand theGmini-402cc(camcorder edition ) .
Ministry of Sound keeps pumping out anonymous , sometimes disturbingly weird
MP3 players . We ’ve find a ratherhuge headset + detachable DAP , for instance .
We ’ve check outSony ’s PSPand focused mainly on its multimedia system capabilities , rather than gaming carrying into action .
iRiver ’s risque N10 necklace - type player insure is successor formally corroborate : theN11 pop upon the party ’s Korean website .
Finally , someone over at forefront - Fi took theCreative Zen Sleekfor a test spin . Verdict : if you do n’t deal for fancy stuff , this participant might suit your pauperization perfectly .
Archos is really the male monarch of the early adopters . These guy wire — Gallic cat even — have been toying around with portable video gadgetry for eld and long time by now . While the big boys like originative and Samsung have only just begun exploring this soil , Archos decide that the fourth dimension has total for yet another generation of PVP / PVR - engineering . Their Gmini-402 has already been out there for a while , but we managed to sneak up on theGmini-402 “ cc”edition . “ Cc ” stands for “ Camcorder ” – this gimmick comes with a built - in video and still tv camera ( 1.2MP ) .
Then there ’s theAV500 series . We already lie with of the 30 GB edition — there are loads of pictures of that one on our site – but today , Archos presents the 100 GB version to the public as well . It ’s noticeably fatter ( 18 millimetre in depth for the 30 GB , 24 mm for the 100 GB version ) but well — it does hold “ up to 250 ( 90 minute long ) movies ” . Do n’t blank out to buy one of those “ crack battery packs ” either – this supposedly triples the initial barrage fire life , wee the AV500 skyrocket 45 hours deserving of medicine playback , some 13.5 hour of uninterrupted movie viewing . Last but not least , there ’s an add - on camera module ( well attached to ones limbs ) for on - the - go television transcription ( camcorder ) .
Ministry of Sound . Hm , what can we say ? Somehow , the medicine recording label , or at least their OEM licensee , is persistent enough to keep trying and trying and trying . We ’re not sure if they ’ll ever impinge on the correct short letter . Take a look at these weird ( and rather huge)headphones , for example . They come with a detachable 128 Bachelor of Medicine MP3 player . The latter machine has a built - in pen cause for USB connection , through which it connects to the actual headphones . Plus , it seems like you could tot any pen crusade - free-base audio player into that weird bodily cavity .
Another PSP review ? Is n’t this one a bit lately ? Well , yeah — it is . However , rather of elaborating on the games side of affair , we determine to focus on thePSP ’s multimedia system capabilities . We ’ve tested the gadget for double / pic / sound tone and usability — the kind of stuff that could make or break a portable multimedia actor .
You might have seen theiRiver N11pop up here and there not too long ago but as of yesterday , this midget DAP has officially been confirmed by its Jehovah . Nothing really shocking to report on , but it does tote up some nuance to the original conception — FM radio , Ogg Vorbis support ( up to Q10)—the works . And yes , it still acts as a necklace / headphone form of DAP thing . N11 ’s Leontyne Price levels are n’t the most attractive I around , but compared to the rather cockeyed MSRPs for the 1 GB N10 , things seemed to have changed for the better . A price drop cloth of some 50k Korean Won ( almost 50 US Dollars ) is not easily neglected .
To reason our casual bit of DAP news reporting , there ’s areview on the Creative Zen Sleek . So much publicity has been spend on this twist , yet very few exploiter reviews have project the light of day . One of Head - Fi ’s member , Electric_Mofo ( splendid name ) , got his hands on a Sleek and decide that it ’ s sure as shooting worth some fuzz . as long as you do n’t care for color screens .
If you ’re looking for a cheap , attractive MP3 musician with FM tuner adjustable EQ and amazing legal tone then this is the player for you . But if you ask things like semblance , exposure viewing , movie playback then you ’ll probably be dissappointed with this .
That ’s it for today , ethnic music .
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