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more about #portablemediaplayer Brain.wav: Running down the battery in my iPod doesn't affect my phone. This is a good thing. If I were to use the music capabilities on my phone, I'd run tho... more » thegreatfratsby: Ok, you know what? I LIKE dumb PMPs. When I lost my 4g iPod, I bought a 5g iPod Classic. Why? Because all I want from my damn mp3 player is for it to ... more » S-Express: No open App store on the Zune HD!!! Ballmer just chained a big concrete block to their new PMP and threw it into Puget Sound - it's already going dow... more » medopal: yesterday i had some free time, so i searched for iPod touch top games, i was extremely surprised with all those new games available. until the Zune ... more » PWarren4: Since I'm lucky enough to have a employer supplied phone, the iphone or the like just doesn't interest me. But until the Touch, ZuneHD or equivalent ... more » OMG! Ponies!: Having seen the shovelware in the Apple App Store, it just seems like Apple is aiming the iPhone more and more as a lite gaming machine than an actual... more » davekaybsc: I don't want a "smart" PMP. That's what my phone is for. Why do you need a smartphone, and then a smartphone without the phone? Who would carry around... more » xblindx: so.... is sony the only major manufacturer that has physical buttons on their PMP along with the touch screen? i still think these are necessary more » Jeb_Hoge: "Smart PMPs" used to be called PDAs, just like crossovers used to be called wagons. A Zune HD would be a great replacement for my Dell Axim. more » Maori_Yelir: Am I the ONLY person that uses their MP3 player in the car? The last thing I want is something without physical buttons so I have to look to change so... more » mclark2112: These are just PDAs with big memory. Don't get me wrong, I am very happy with this new generation of PDAs, but that is what they are. The touch is eve... more » nightryder21: Long Live the PDA!!!!!! more » nutbastard: a little sansa clip is nice, though, because it's extremely simple (drag and drop!) extremely small, extremely inexpensive, extremely durable, and has... more » fortelv999: so we are going back to PDAs :P more » met2art: Since getting my smartphone, I ditched my PMP. Although it has less storage for music and video, it's much easier to have it consolidated on a device ... more » Bandit: Music drove the hardware to do better and better things. And now the hardware is evolving to do more than just listen to music. Essentially, the tec... more » €hЯ!§, nice comment, but: Yeah. I really wanted a new iPod nano but can't see getting it since I have my iPhone. I don't think I'll ever own another PMP again. more » CrispyAardvark: I don't know what you heard about me But a bitch CAN get a app store outta me No phone, no video, you can't see That I'm a motherf@ckin' P-M-P more » shenanigans61: Uh...my Swiss Army Knife (Victorinox) is stainless. And my 6gen iPod is fine. more » Jux: Out of curiosity, does anyone here own both an iPod Touch and an iPhone? If so, how many apps do you have that are on both devices? more » -
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The Portable Media Player Is Dead, Long Live the... Portable Media Player
The portents have hung in the air for a while, but it's clear now that the traditional dumb PMP is dead, like a dull and rusted Swiss army knife. In their stead we'll have...smart PMPs. More » -
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Cowon P5 Portable Media Player Has 5-inch Touchscreen, Haptics, Usual Cowon Goodness
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] -
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IOGEAR's Portable Media Player Upscales Video to 720P, Bears World's Most Generic Name
IOGEAR's portable media player, actually named Portable Media Player, may look as generic as its name on the outside, but actually has some good features on the inside (but no screen). There's the most unique one, the ability to upscale video files to 720P for display on an HDTV, but there's also XviD, DivX, MPEG1/2, and full DVD menu support as well as a bunch of audio support. With a 120GB drive on board, the $349.95 price tag doesn't seem all that steep, but there's probably little to no chance that most people will have the use of playing back 720P video on the go, on other people's screens. Maybe if you traveled a lot and wanted to watch your own movies in hotel rooms? [IOGEAR] -
