Today ’s DAP headlines :
It ’s portable video make the headline today , mostly . We kick off withBlueStorm ’s A9 , a nifty - look ( flash - base ) PMP , followed by an amazing smell at some Korean hombre ’s comic - styled review on theiRiver U10 . offer less pocket - friendliness but all the more storage capacity isArchos ’ Gmini-402cc , officially confirmed today . Apple ’s nano supposedly is able tosurvivesome serious wry cleaning punishment and in the end , the Creative Zen Vision receives afull bodily cavity searchby C|Net .
With all those eldritch little “ iPod Video ” rumors going on , we were proud of to find out about this equipment : the StormBlue A9 . Although the A9 is n’t available for purchase just yet ( it just entered “ beta ” phase , really ) , it ’s quite the hot - looking sodomite already . There are enough features to go around too , ranging from a ncie 260k color TFT LCD to line - encoding and , of course of instruction , TV playback . Plugging in an SD card seems to be an option as well , and if you get tired of listening to the same MP3s over and over again , just swap to FM way . finally , the A9 is speculate to fall in capacities rove from 512 MB up to 2 GB ( via 1 GB ) – but who knows when that ’s going to be ?
iRiver ’s U10 falls within the same category as the above - mention A9 , really : flash - base , slick - looking portable multimedia players . South Koreans are jazz to enjoy everything that add up in pocket-size packet , so there have been a few U10 reviews to read up on already . Minivian ’s reexamination is a bit unlike from the common ( huge ) Korean standards – it has been compose the “ comic - expressive style ” way . is believe it … not as much as “ understanding it ” , of path .
The big businessman ( or king , perhaps ? ) of portable multimedia , Archos from France , is still clinging on to his thrown without the intention of leaving anytime presently . Their latest ( confirmed ) increase to the already - vast PMP / PVR assortment is theGmini-402cc – the same thing as the G402 , only with a camcorder and exposure photographic camera built - interior at the disbursement of an extra 50 bucks . But at least now you ’ll be able-bodied to register your ma doing the looker … every individual day of your life story .
Whatever you do , do not * not * tug over your iPod nano with your car . Also check that to throw it into the air without the intent of catching it and last but not least : if your nano has been playing in the mud again , use your beloved washing machine to clean it for you . Somehow , it ’ll actuallysurvive this kind of intervention – plus the whole operation will give your slight piffling DAP a nice ( and nowadays badly - needed ) stonewashed look .
And to conclude thing for today , there ’s C|Net taking a good tone at theCreative Zen Vision . They kind of really , really dig it , so it seems :
“ The bottom line : The Creative Zen Vision , a glaring but occasionally thwarting personal medium player , handles video and euphony with aplomb , all for a tantalizingly low monetary value .
Verdict : 8.3/10″
Ok , that ’s enough for today , boys and girls . See y’ all tomorrow !
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