M42410 Portable Media Player

Another day passes, and another portable media player is released in Asia. The M42410 is made by HK Power International Trading, which is located in China, and they went for the vintage look with a good looking moving track wheel, placed on the front of the player. It is similar to the track wheels you can see on first generation iPods, and also on some car radios.

The M42410 is supports video files in the AVI format, and audio files on the MP3, WMA, and WAV format, it even can display the lyrics. As for the images, the player is capable of displaying JPG, BMP, and GIF files.
Additional features on the Chinese player include an eBook reader, a TFT screen that measures 2.4-inches, a slot for miniSD memory cards, and last but not least speakers and a USB2.0 port.

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BenQ S6 MID gets video unboxing; falls down as PMP replacement

It’s hard to believe, but after all we’ve seen of the BenQ S6 MID, we’ve not seen a video unboxing. Perhaps that’s because of the mobile internet device’s limited availability; so far, Italy looks like your best bet to get a hold of the S6, courtesy of carrier TIM. Anyway, there’s at least one S6 outside of Italy, in the hands of Ewan Spence on the MID Moves tour, and he’s shared not only his video unboxing but some hands-on feedback about the compact 3G device.

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Unboxing video of the BenQ S6 MID after the cut

In the box there’s the S6 itself, a case, a rather pathetic looking plastic stylus, USB cable, carry strap, headphones and power supply. It’s too early to say what sort of battery life can be expected.

Ewan’s first task for the S6 is not an uncommon one: checking to see how it performs as a PMP. First-impressions aren’t too good, with Bluetooth having to be used to get tracks across, and then once they’re there the MID didn’t read any of the ID3 tags but instead insists on using the basic directory structure and file-names for organization. It’s frustrating, as this could be an instant win for a MID - being able to replace an iPod touch, or other touchscreen media player - but BenQ let themselves down with poor software support.

Still, we’ll be watching Ewan’s upcoming reports with interest; the BenQ S6 is one of the more affordable MIDs we’ve seen, so we’re curious to see whether it can deliver on that reasonable sticker price.

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Cowon W2 MID Revealed

Cowon has recently posted a teaser page for their upcoming mobile internet device called the W2. Based on the informations we got, the device will feature a brushed metal design, a 1.33GHz Intel Atom CPU, a 4.8-inch 1024 x 600 touchscreen display, WiFi, Bluetooth, multiple USB ports, an ethernet port and run on Windows 7 OS. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing and release date yet. Stay tuned for more updates. [DAPReview]