Gizmodo: M6

Samsung Unleashes 22X DVD Burner, Smallest 500GB HDD

Haroon Malik — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:30:00 EDT

Samsung's Spinpoint M6 is the world's first 2.5-inch, 500GB HDD. Standing in at 9.5mm tall, the M6 will easily fit most existing laptop hard drive bays. For those of you worried about sloth-like performance, the Spinpoint M6 has a 5400rpm spindle speed, an 8MB cache, as well as a 3.0Gbps SATA interface. A Free-Fall Sensor can be added as an optional extra. Not content with breaking the world record for the HDD with the smallest size/biggest capacity, Samsung is also introducing the industry's fastest DVD burner.

The WriteMaster SH-S223 will offer high-speed DVD burning on low speed media; 16X and 8X media will be written to at 22X and 12X write speeds, respectively. The SH-S223 will be able to write at the following maximum speeds; 22X DVD±R recording, 12X DVD-RAM recording, 16X DVD+R Dual Layer recording, 12X DVD-R Dual Layer recording, 8X DVD+RW recording and 6X DVD-RW recording. Time wise, 4.7GB of data can be burned to a DVD±R disc in approximately 4 minutes and 26 seconds. That kind of performance puts even Speedy Gonzalez to shame. All around, it looks like it has been a fantastic record-breaking weekend for our chums at Samsung. Well done, chaps. [Gizmag]

Meizu M6 Mini Player SL Hands-on Video

Jason Chen — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:40:58 EDT

The folks over at MeizuMe got their hands on a new M6 Mini Player SL and compared it to the old Mini Player model. The Mini Player, if you don't remember, is a nano-like competitor with similar features, but a less usable UI. The new version is essentially the same player, except noticeably thinner and smaller, and with some slight new UI features. Take a look at the video (but turn down your volume) to see what's new. [MeizuMe]

Meizu mDock Speaker Dock Coming Soon For M6, M3 Music Cards

Jason Chen — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:10:46 EDT

Meizu Me reports that Meizu will release a speaker dock slightly reminiscent of iPod speaker docks for their M6 player. The M6, if you recall, is a small nano-ish player that's actually quite good, despite taking much of its design influence straight from Apple. This dock will be 88 grams and measure 208x87x86mm. That's 0.2 pounds and 8.1x3.4x3.3 inches. That weight seems a bit off, but the mDock will have replaceable docks to fit the the M3 Music Card as well. [MeizuMe]

Meizu Miniplayer SP: Cheaper But Still Great

Jason Chen — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:15:14 EDT

The Meizu Miniplayer review we looked at yesterday is getting an "SP" edition. We think the SP stands for "So Poorpeoplecanbuyit", because all the features are the same, yet it's nearly $30 cheaper than the price of the standard edition.

The SP should still play back WMV/MP3/OGG/WAV/XviD files, still have the great screen, and still have the same scroll panel. We expect it will still not work with the Apple iTunes or PlaysForSure stores, but when's the last time a company took down the price AND added new features?

This price drop is only available in China for now, but if it reaches the US, $164 for a 4GB video-capable player is pretty darn great. – Jason Chen

Meizu M6 SP = the same thing, only cheaper [dapreview via Crunchgear]

Meizu M6 vs. Oracom UB 890—Battle of the Non-iPods

Travis Hudson — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 12:33:28 EDT

We have been talking up the Meizu M6 and the Oracom UB-890 for quite some time now. Both look promising, and both make me contemplate ditching the iPod. Our hombres at dapreview got their hands on both of these units and set up a head-to-head, Thunderdome style, battle for non-iPod DAP supremacy. In a long fought—14 pages long—battle, the Meizu M6 came out victorious, expecially thanks to the good video playback and overall quality. If you are on the rocks about getting one of these two DAPs or shopping for something a little less iPodish, definitely check out this review—it covers everything. – Travis Hudson

Meizu M6 vs. Oracom UB-890 [dapreview]

Meizu M6 Video Preview

Travis Hudson — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 11:39:09 EDT

We have the tendency to throw around the cliché "iPod killer" more often than I throw dollar bills at strippers, but this time we mean it. Really. We have heard nothing but praise about the Meizu M6 portable media player and if this video doesn't seal the deal for you, we don't know what will. It is small, has a big and beautiful screen and the interface is very user-friendly. On top of all of that, the prices don't seem too horrific. $219 for the 4GB, $159 for the 2GB and $139 for the 1GB. Anybody want to buy a nano? – Travis Hudson

Meizu M6 (Mini Player) in Action [dapreview]

Meizu Miniplayer M6 Coming to the US

Jason Chen — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:07:54 EDT

The Meizu Miniplayer we posted a review of yesterday is actually coming to the US. Dreams do come true! Maybe this iPod competitor will have more luck than Creative in knocking the king off the throne—no, we're not talking about Elvis on the pooper.

Preorder the 4GB for $219, 2GB for $159, and 1GB for $139. – Jason Chen

Pre-Order your M6 Mini Player today! [MiniPlayer]

Meizu Miniplayer M6 Reviewed (Verdict: Definite iPod Nano Competitor)

Jason Chen — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:00:15 EDT

The internet has been on fire with talk of the Meizu Miniplayer and how it may just knock the iPod Nano off the top spot for flash based players. DAPreview reviewed the M6 and came away all smiles.

The player is small and thin, but has an iPod-like metal backing so it won't snap in your pocket. The sound is a little bass-heavy, but nothing exceptionally worse than the players currently out by Creative, Apple, or any of the other Korean DAPs. The DivX playback is only 18 FPS, less than the frame-rate of a Hollywood movie, but good enough for watching on the go.

Picture viewing on the screen in all but the sunniest of conditions is good thanks to the bright 320x240 screen. Other features like voice recording and e-Book reading are also passable.

One of the main draws will be the $199 price for the 4GB version compared to $249 for the 4GB Nano. Is the M6 up to the task of dethroning the Nano? Yes. But will it happen? Probably not. Apple's marketing is harder to beat than Tyson in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. – Jason Chen

Meizu M6 [dapreview]

Toshiba Tecra M6 Core Duo Laptop

Jason Chen — Thu, 18 May 2006 18:00:11 EDT

Apple's MacBook's not the only one releasing a $1000 laptop with a Core Duo processor this week. Toshiba provides an alternative to our favorite fruity fellows with the Tecra M6. Starting at $1059, you'll get a 40 GB hard drive and 256 MB of ram. However, it doesn't come with Bluetooth or Wifi, so you'll have to add that on extra. But, its 12.1 inch 1280x800 display and 4.1 pound body should be great for business travelers, which is the target Toshiba is aiming at.

So between the M6 and the MacBook, who's the better value? They both have a 1280x800 resolution screen, but the MacBook comes with twice the RAM, WiFi, and 20 Gigs more hard disk space. The killer knife in the eye? At $1059, the M6 only has a Celeron M processor. To get a Core Duo 1.83Ghz processor to match the one in the MacBook, you'll have to pony up another $190.

Not to belabor this point, but the era of Apple hardware carrying a huge price premium is pretty much over.

Toshiba Tecra M6: Slim & Core Duo [Digital Trends]