Today ’s DAP headlines :
The exportation - hungry company of Mpio / Digitalway comes up with two new players : the FY-700 and FL-400 . Gateway seems to be quick tothrow in the towel , DAP - technically address . In more uplifting news , Toshiba introducedtwo fuel cell DAPs – be sure to keep some wood alcohol ready to hand at all multiplication . exit the row today are the illustriously - namedWoodi CA - F180and GoDot’snew DAP line - up .
Two days ago , we cover on the return of Mpio ’s operose drive based models ( HD400 & 500 ) . The South - Korean company decide not to call it a day just yet , though . The upcomingFY-700 and FL-400provide some fresh blood in Mpio ’s unanimous - state flashbulb retention assortment . First off , there ’s the FL-400 – the supposed successor to the reputable FL-3×0 ( which did particularly well in Asia ) . It ’s a necklace - based designing again – much like the FL-300 and iRiver N10/11 – and it sports a nice damaging FSTN screen . Seems to be a bit underpowered though , since the FL-400 supposedly only gets about 8.5 60 minutes worth of playback time per stamp battery charge . The FY-700 does n’t do much better in that area ( 10 hour per exclusive AAA battery ) but least it ’s got this green ribbon thing attached to it … take it reckon like a high - technical school piece of leek . We surmise the FY-700 to be aimed at the “ sporty character ” , but capacities up to 2 GB and Janus DRM support should be able-bodied to please most “ regular ” drug user as well .
Back when Gateway entered the DAP market ( quite a while ago by now ) , the overall expectations could n’t possibly have been too positivist in nature . All they ever supervise to come up with was a shrunken interpretation of e. Digital Odyssey 1000 ( DMP - X20 ) and a rather eldritch - look micro - hdd DAP ( the Photo Jukebox ) . Gateway ’s consumer electronics sectionhasn’t been doing too greatlately ( 9 % decrease in the last one-quarter ) , which is why the Photo Jukebox has seen notable price drops plus rebates throughout the last few week . A prompt bail - out does n’t seem unconvincing . We marvel if Gateway will ever resolve to re - get into this particular market again , open their past bad experience .
More pleasing to study up on are some of Toshiba’sdevelopments in fuel cell engineering . The Japanese have wangle to make out up with two DAP prototype that melt down on … methanol . That ’s correct : methanol , that swimming and inflammable type of poppycock . Rather sizable fuel cells can provide up to 35 hours of playback time per 3.5ml ( flash player ) and up to 60 hr per 10ml ( hard thrust based prototype ) . Sizeable fuel cells mean sizeable DAPs – these matter measure 35x110x20 mm ( flashgun ) and 65x125x27 mm ( strong drive ) respectively . Plus , you ’ll have to carry an spare bottle of methanol on you when going on a road trip .
South Koreans like little DAPs . They wish them very , very much , somehow . Every now and then , some random maker over there come up with something so incredibly tiny that it seems like overkill ( or “ underkill ” , if you will ) . The iPod nano is small , but not small beyond anyone ’s imagination – and not without its grounds . If you ca n’t navigate your contents in a decent mode , pocket - friendliness wo n’t help you any further . There are exceptions to the dominion , of course . The super tiny cube - work MobiBlu DAH-1500 can be operate without too much of a fuss . We ’re not sure if the same can be say forWoodi ’s upcoming CA - F180 , but it does n’t look half bad on picture and spec sheets . Measuring 54.2 x 25.2 x 20 mm and weighing no more than 18 gm , the CA - F180 look like a DAH-1500 that got run over by a car . Despite all that , the compact bugger offer FM radio , voice transcription , line - in encoding and support for OGG(Q1 ~ Q9 ) , MP3 , WMA , ASF , MTX and WAV file . Comes in two flavors : 512 Mbit and 1 Great Britain .
Finally , there ’s this whole newline - up of DAPsby GoDot . The M8500 , M8510 , M9500 , M9501 , M9520 and M1500 – they ’re all in there , offering capability from 256 MB to 20 gilbert and shaped like big slabs of gemstone or early-2003 Nokia cellphone image . Take your pickax .
That was it for today , people .
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