Gizmodo: p5

SmartQ 5 PMP Swallows Several iPhones, Could Take On Cowon P5 With Lower Pricing

Jack Loftus — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:00:00 EST

Chinese electronics companies taking design cues from Apple is nothing new, so we won't dwell on it here. Instead, the SmartQ 5 could (stress could) match the Cowon P5 with similar features and better pricing.

The only trouble with that is, as the link to the P5 shows, Cowon has had a few months head start. The P5 also has a bigger screen (SmartQ 5 checks in at 4.3 inches—why not 5?), although the two devices share the same 800x480 resolution. Both devices also come standard with wifi, Bluetooth, GPS via USB and all the other little PMP features we expect today, like touchscreens. Oh, the exception is 3G, which is unavailable on both devices. Boo.

So what's the big differentiators here? Well, there's only one we can seen, and it relates to price. PMPtoday speculates the SmartQ 5 will surprise PMP fans with its comparatively lower price point. Is that enough? [zol via PMPToday]

Cowon P5 Portable Media Player Has 5-inch Touchscreen, Haptics, Usual Cowon Goodness

Jason Chen — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:51:21 EDT

Cowon's upcoming P5 will improve on their A3 and Q5W portable media players (which we've both reviewed) with the addition of a haptics touch-feedback feature. The rest is fairly similar: a 800x480 screen, FM radio, stereo Bluetooth, TV-out, stereo speakers, USB, extreme codec support and 40GB-80GB sizes. There will still be Wi-Fi, but you'll have to get it tacked on after the fact with a dongle. The Korean price is $430ish by the end of the month. No US info yet as far as we know. Maybe we can trade them an early sneak peek at Starcraft 3 for this? [Cowon via CNET]

Sony Ericsson Paris Image Leaked; Face Job Works Wonders

Haroon Malik — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDT

The last time we caught Sony Ericsson's Paris on the tubes it looked a little chunkier, but now the aesthetics have been immensley improved. For the proof, check out the image above. USEB has run a complete rundown of the expected specifications, so jump in for the best of what they found.

Along with what we have already heard, the cellphone will now carry an alleged QWERTY keypad with multifunction keys, a metal construction, sliding lens cover for the 5MP camera, Bluetooth 2.0, 3G capability, UIQ 3.3 touchscreen WQVGA display, Google Maps and Wayfinder 7.0 support, as well as the excellent Mobile Opera 9.5 web browser. If all that holds to be true, this looks to be shaping up very nicely indeed.

On a side note, the source, USEB, tends to be so accurate with their Sony Ericcson-related information/leaks, word has it they know about SE products before the R&D department does. Weird. [USEB]

Toshiba Gigabeat P5 Nana

Jason Chen — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:00:39 EDT

Alright. Another flash based MP3 player. You'll excuse me if I don't wet these old pantaloons over this one. The Gigabeat P5 NaNa has 512 MB of flash, a 1.1 inch screen, phto viewer, USB support, MP3/WAV/WMA/JPEG playback and 14 hours of battery life. It also looks quite similar to the iPod Nano, but you were expecting that, weren't you?

Nano, NaNa. Oprah, Uma. One of those four are available for $139 from Japan on July 7th. – Jason Chen

Update: The NaNa is referring to the Anime series NaNa that's popular in Japan right now. Thanks to everyone that mailed in.

Toshiba Gigabeat P5 NaNa [Toshiba via TechEBlog]