The Theatre comes with a 3-inch capacitive touch screen, a built-in FM tuner and accelerometer, plays all your standard digital files and has a 12-hour audio battery life. Haier's also apparently throwing in 35 free music downloads and a free audio book if you sign up for a 14-day trial with eMusic, but even without that that hassle you're looking at a pretty great deal. [CrunchGear and MobileTechReview]

Both the Ibiza Rhapsody Mini and Ibiza Rhapsody Touch are equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities for content browsing and instant downloading. While they are still working on getting YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter accessibility, the Mini and Touch are already set to go with Rhapsody, Flick, Audible, and Internet radio.

Although both MP3 players will be 3.5x2.0x0.4 inches—and will come in sizes ranging from 8GB-32GB—the Mini has a 2.2-inch color screen with a four way d-pad and supports MP3, AAC and WMA, while the Touch is equipped with a 2.8-inch touch screen, bluetooth connectivity, and is able to play MPEG-4, H.264, VC-1 and DiVX 3/4/5, and stream stereo audio.

Stay tuned as there is still no word on pricing or release date. [CNet]

First, there's a $330 unit available in four colors, with 30GB hard drive and Bluetooth for wireless headphones and A2DP streaming. It will also have an FM radio and "custom skinning" for a personalized UI. Next up, in the "near future" will be a $230 4GB flash-based model, and a $250 8GB one. Neither of those will have Bluetooth. Prices don't include Rhapsody portable subscription, which at last check was $15 per month.

In addition to browsing all of Rhapsody's content, you can pick up free AOL Video clips, subscribe to podcasts directly from the device, and update firmware without going to a PC. [Rhapsody and Haier via Electronista]

Hop on over to our review to see what we thought of it. – Jason Chen

Miniscule MP3 phone [T3]

The Wi-Fi will allow you to download music suggested to you and even allow for streaming Internet radio. And best of all—it appears that this player has a stainless steel look to it, which is sexy. This player is just in the initial phases, so don't expect to see it on the shelves until the second or third quarter of 2007. –Travis Hudson

AOL's Upcoming Wi-Fi Player [dapreview]

Honestly, it's almost too small, and thanks to its slick round surface, is likely to fall out of your pocket while you're getting a lapdance. – Jason Chen

But what about everyday use? Is the UI as good as the phone is small? How about the sound quality? And the screen quality? How much functionality did they have to sacrifice to cram everything into such a small package? The answers, after the jump.

As you can see from the shot on the left, the screen appears inside the phone, shining through the transparent black finish. It's a cool effect for sure, but has the problem of making the phone totally unreadable in the sunlight. And I mean literally—you can't see anything when the sun's out. If you try and shade the screen with your hand, it's still very difficult to read, but you can make it out a little. The phone is definitely readable indoors, but it's nothing we'd call bright.

The sound quality was decent if you're in a relatively quiet environment, a.k.a. not driving on the highway. The earpiece is somewhat weak, so if you're at a party showing off this phone to the ladies, you're not going to be able to hear anything if you get a call. Also, the mic quality is pretty lousy and has lots of wind noise when just walking. Sound both in and out: not great.

Then there's the UI, which is confusing and not well designed. To get just about anywhere in the UI, you have to use the scroll wheel on the right, which is kind of flimsy. Push it in to get to your contacts, push it up or down to get to the phone settings. Speaking of phone settings, various items are buried under "Phone", "Settings", and "Tools", leaving you to guess where, say, call forwarding, is located. It's alright once you get used to it, but the UI is not intuitive at all.

Also, when you're dialing a 10 digit number, for some inexplicable reason the display only has nine digits on one row, wrapping the tenth to the second row. This makes the phone pretty hard to read and shows that not much thought went into the UI design. It does have some animated icons, which is just about the only good thing going for its UI.

The buttons are actually fairly decent to use, something you wouldn't expect from a phone this size. However because the phone is so small, it gets a bit uncomfortable when held against your ear for long periods of time. That's possibly due to the weak earpiece sound, so you're essentially trying to jam the phone as far inside your ear canal as possible.

Counting up the details: a not-so-bright screen, not-so-loud sound quality, bad echo cancellation/DSP processing, and a hastily designed UI. The good: nice buttons, animated icons and the fact that it's really, really tiny. Because of its shortcomings, we'd only recommend this as a secondary phone, useful to take out when you don't want a huge bulge in your pants. Otherwise, we'd gladly sacrifice bulk for functionality. – Jason Chen

Product Page [Black Pearl]

For product inquiries, contact bkpearl [at] gmail.com.

To recap: the BP is an unlocked GSM phone with MP3 playback, FM radio and Bluetooth compatibility. It's shiny—shinier than an iPod—and very very round. Take a look at the gallery and we'll have a full review for you later this week. – Jason Chen

Product Page (Kinda) [Black Pearl]

It's GSM compatible, and is sold unlocked directly from Trans Global Consulting and Marketing Group of Boca Raton, FL. No product site or pricing yet, but if subsidized by a cell provider (Cingular or T-Mobile), this phone could be the next hot fashion phone. – Jason Chen

Haier America Launches "QuickSilver" MP3 OLED Micro Mobile GSM Phone [Black Pearl GSM]

Haier M1000 [AVING-CHINA]

This is a tri-band mobile phone that is shaped to be a little bit wider than an average pen. Amazingly they managed to pack a ton of features into this tiny thing, including a camera, fully keypad, and even a TFT screen. This is definitely a stylish phone, especially cool if you are into confusing people by screaming into the pen being held on the side of your face.

Haier P7 Pen Phone [ShinyShiny]