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Portable USB Media Player

Robert Birming — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:29:39 +0000

N3501 is the name of this new portable media player from Lovely Star. The travel-friendly PMP is equipped with a 4GB memory and a 3.5-inch TFT LCD screen that is capable of displaying 1600 million colors in a 640 x 480 pixel resolution.

You will have access to all the common media features you can think of, such as music and video player, photo slide show, eBook reader, FM radio, voice recorder and games.

Here’s a video demonstration of the Lovely Star media player in action:

Features:

3.5 inch TFT LCD 1600 million colors display

High resolution 640 x 480 pixel

Built-in memory: 4GB

Support Micro SDHC, T-Flash up to 8GB

Video Format: RM, RMVB, MP4, AVI, DIVX, 3GP, WMV

Music Format: MP3/WMA

Picture Format: JPEG, BMP, GIF

Record Format: WAV

Built in MIC for voice recording

Support Window 2000/XP/Vista

Dimension: 110 x 73 x 15mm (approx.)

Weight: 116g

The Lovely Star PMP Player (N3501) is yours for $55 from the USB Geek website.

MP4 Watch with 1.5-Inch OLED Screen

Robert Birming — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:46:18 +0000

You see new MP4 watches almost every week nowadays. Some better looking than others. Like this 1.5 inch OLED screen “high fashion” model.

The firmware is stable and the menus are easy to navigate through. The sound and picture quality is just superb and you just can’t beat the bling-tastic look of it. It also comes with a 2.5 ~ 3.5 earphone jack adaptor for easy connection to most mini-amplification systems or standard earphones.

Specifications:

E-Book Compatible

24 Hour Digital Analog Time Display

Adjustable Time/Year/Month/Date/Day

Earphone Jack

Built-in MIC

Video Format: MTV

Conversion formats: MP4, WMV, AVI

Video Resolution: 160 x 128 OLED

Music Format: MP3, WMA, WAV

Picture Format: JPEG

Record Format: WAV

USB: 2.0

System: Windows 98/SE/ME/2000/XP,Vista

Dimension: 38×40x13 mm (LxWxD)

The MP4 watch is available in four different models: 1GB, 2GB and 4GB. The product retails from $46 (sample +1) over at Chinavasion.

Kindle – Amazon’s E-book Reader (Video)

Robert Birming — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:45:49 +0000

You have probably already heard about the Kindle ($399), Amazon’s new wireless and portable reading device for e-books.

I won’t go into to details about the product, I just wanted to share this video clip from Webcastr, where Amazon’s CEO Jeff Bezos speaks to WSJ’s Jeffrey Trachtenberg about the Kindle.

Here you can read more about the Kindle:

Epoq Stainless Steel Multimedia Watch

Robert Birming — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 13:05:41 +0000

We’ve seen quite a few multimedia watches here at GeekAlerts lately, but no one as good looking as the brand new Epoq EMP-CVWD-2 ($200).

This stainless steel watch comes with a 2 GB built-in memory and features a 1.5 inch LCD display, MP3 and MP4 player, photo viewer and more…

Plus you can use it to read the ebooks anywhere by using its superior 1.5″ WIDESCREEN TFT LCD display. Music Player compatible with Mp1, Mp2, MP3, WMA and WAV files. Plays Mp4 movies, reads eBooks, browse, photos w /slide-show pictures in JPG. HQ audio recording USB removable drive function and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Support, Rechargeable Li-ion extra long battery life.

(Via Gizmodo)

Wind-Up Multimedia Player

Robert Birming — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:48:10 +0000

Yes, it’s time for yet another eco-friendly wind-up gadget that runs without the needs of using any batteries whatsoever (there is an USB charge option).

The Trevor Baylis Eco Media Player ($346) features an 1.8 inch LCD screen, 2 GB of internal memory and a SD Memory Card slot for external memory.

The Eco Media Player plays music, video, fm radio, and also functions as a torch, sound recorder, photo viewer, mobile phone charger, ebook viewer and data storage device, all in one palm sized package. What’s really clever though, is that it can be charged without being anywhere near a traditional power source, due to the windup mechanism situated on the back of the device, with one minute of winding giving up to 40 minutes of play time from the device.

Due to be released August 27. Pre-orders are open.

(Hippyshopper via Tech Digest)

Multimedia OLED Wristwatch

Robert Birming — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:47:39 +0000

Luxury 2GB MP4 OLED Digital Leather Band Wristwatch ($109) is the long product name for this multimedia watch. The feature list is quite long too.

The 128 x 128 pixel screen displays the time like an analog clock and can show photos, video and lyrics. There’s even a feature for browsing e-books. When it comes to playing music, the following file formats are supported: MP3,WMA, and MP4 SMV.

Here’s a complete list of the features:

Display: 1.5″, 260K OLED true color screen, high resolution 128*128 pixel image.
Time: Shows time and date, can be changed from 24:00 to 12:00 hour format/date, M/D/Y to Y/M/D etc
Memory capacity: 2Gb
Support music format: MP3,WMA, and MP4 SMV format
Picture Viewing Options: Support JPEG format pictures, Thumbnail, Slideshow, Manual. Also display lyrics.
Recording: High-quality digital recording, voice recording rate can be changed between 256-320 Kps, WMA: 32Kbps – 380Kbps. Output Frequency Rate: 20Hz – 20KHz, SNR: >= 88dB
5 equalizer models: Super bass 3D sound effect playback models, song circulation function
System language: English, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Dutch, Hungarian.
Power: Built-in Hi Li-ion rechargeable battery, charge by USB or Wall socket(AC adaptor included)
Charge time: About 1.5hours
Play time: Up to 8 hours of music playback.
Interface: Support USB 1.1, USB 2.0, USB Plug&Play
Operating system: Window 98/Me/NT/2000/XP or above
E-book browse function.
Stainless Steel Case, leather strap

(Ubergizmo via Prylfeber)