Cowon released its new V5S PMP in Korea

Cowon today introduced their new PMP in Korea, know as V5S. This PMP features 4.8-inch screen(800x480),set of dictionaries in both English, Korea and Chinese. It also contains several E-Books made to help Korean students to improve their knowledge.

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Toshiba introduces the first 1.8″ HDD with LIF Sata Connectors

Toshiba introduces the world and industry’s first 1.8″ HDD with LIF Sata connectors (Serial ATA, Revision 2.6).
These HDD are Available in three different version with the MK1639GSL (160GB), MK2039GSL (200GB) and MK2239GSL (220GB), these HDD features unique resistance to shock while in operation of up to 5,880 m/s2 (600 G) 2ms and a 4200 rpm speed with 16MB of buffer memory.

Via: Akihabaranews 

Official Press Release

Extending its innovation in the 1.8” hard disk drive (HDD) category, Toshiba Storage Device Division announces the industry’s first 1.8” drives with low-insertion force (LIF) SATA (Serial ATA) connectors, enabling a 10% smaller footprint compared to standard 1.8” drives using microSATA connectors. Developed for use in multiple devices, including tablets, consumer electronics devices and external HDDs, the new MKxx39GSL series offers three models, at 160GB (MK1639GSL), 200GB (MK2039GSL) and 220GB (MK2239GSL) capacities. The MK2239GSL features the largest capacity 1.8” single-platter HDD (5mmH) available. The MK2239GSL, MK2039GSL, and the MK1639GSL are designed for the most demanding mobile computing applications, surpassing 2.5” HDDs in terms of vibration robustness, low power consumption, and quiet operation. Samples will be available for customer qualification in February.

“Designers of next-generation consumer electronics, tablets, and mobile devices need disk drives that will stand up to the demands of day-to-day usage in a world increasingly defined by mobility and connectivity to all forms of content. These newest members of our 1.8”

“These new drives build on Toshiba’s history of innovation and leadership in the 1.8” drive segment,” said Maciek Brzeski, vice president of mobile marketing at Toshiba Storage Device Division. “Designers of next-generation consumer electronics, tablets, and mobile devices need disk drives that will stand up to the demands of day-to-day usage in a world increasingly defined by mobility and connectivity to all forms of content. These newest members of our 1.8” family are designed to meet those demands.”

The MKxx39GSL family is designed for applications requiring not only the smaller, lighter footprint of 1.8” drives, but also the highest possible storage capacities. Both feature a 16MB buffer for improved performance. The drives are capable of withstanding the demands of mobility usage, tolerating up to 1,500Gs of non-operational shock and 600Gs of operational shock, compared to 900G of non-operational shock and 400G of operational shock for the most robust 2.5-inch HDDs currently available. The drives are also exceptionally quiet, operating at 14dB at idle and 15dB at seek, and require only 0.35 Watts of power at low power idle, the smallest power consumption levels for any SATA drive. All of this performance is delivered in a form factor of just 48g/5x54x71mm.

Toshiba has pioneered the development and advancement of 1.8” drives, starting with the industry’s first volume 1.8” drives in 2000. Industry analyst firm IDC reported that Toshiba shipped more than 92% of all 1.8” drives on a global basis in the third quarter of 2010.

“The proliferation of devices targeted at media-savvy and media-hungry consumers and businesses have been a major factor in the continued demand for higher-capacity mobile hard disk drives,” said John Rydning, research director, IDC. “Regardless of the device, customers expect to be able to store and access their favorite content, applications, and key data wherever they are.”

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TMSON M2 HD-Capable PMP

The M2 is TMSON’s brand new HD-capable PMP for the Chinese market. This simple yet stylish player is packed with a 4.3-inch 480 x 272 touchscreen display, an 8GB of storage space, a microSD card slot, an FM radio, a picture browser, a voice recorder, a G-sensor, a TV-Out output, a built-in high-powered minispeakers and supports up to 768p HD video playback. Sadly, there’s no word on pricing yet

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Muze MX9, a new Full HD Divx Player from Korea

The MX9 is Muze Korea latest PMP, featuring a 4.3 LTPS LCD (800×480) WVGA screen, comes with 8 or 16GB of Internal memory for 160g and a size of 109x76x12.7mm. Available in black and white the MX9 comes fully loaded and support pretty much every codecs made to mankind including H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4, XviD, VC-1, WMV9, MPEG1 and H.263, M-JPEG in both SD and HD format.
The MX9 also comes with an HDMI 1.3 video out allowing you to play Full HD Video stored on your PMP on a HD TV without quality loss.
Finally the MX9 comes with the support of MP3, WMA, WMV, WAV, OGG, FLAC and APE audio files as well as offering basic PIN function, e-Book reader, Radio, TTS, and USB OTG.
The MX9 is sold 159,000 Yen in Korea in its 8GB version and 185,000 Yen in 16GB.

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Samsung YP-Q3 Media Player announced for South Korea

Samsung’s YP-Q3 portable media player that was unveiled in late August is now available in the South Korean market. The aluminum-clad Q3 is targeted at first-time PMP buyers and features a 2.2-inch display, SoundAlive 5.1ch surround sound tech, wide variety of multimedia codec support like DivX/Xvid/MP3/FLAC/OGG, FM Radio, image and text viewer.

The player will come in two colors – black/white and white/pink. The 4GB Q3 will go for 109,000 won ($98) whereas 8GB will cost 149,000 won ($133).


Via : Samsunghub

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