MSC's Dino E: thinnest MP3 player -- not
Remember the MSC Dino A, that MP3 player with a remarkable similiarity to the iPod nano? Well, MSC is at it again, with the Dino E. No, the E isn't an obvious and blatant knockoff of another digital audio player. It's just a very thin player that isn't quite as thin as MSC would like us to think. According to the company's specs, the player -- which supports MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF and WAV and comes in capacities from 256MB to 1GB -- is "in the current world thinnest MP3" (poetic phrasing courtesy of Google's translation engine). However, it turns out there actually is a thinner player in the current world and it's -- you guessed it -- MSC's old nemesis, the nano. The Dino E clocks in at 70.9 x 42.8 x 7.8 mm, against the nano's 89 x 40 x 7 mm. So, the E is a little shorter than the nano, but it's also thicker and wider. Not by much, but it's enough to disqualify it from being considered the thinnest -- not that we expect MSC to change their marketing language. After all, they're still selling the Dino A, and promoting it heavily on their web site. If they're not afraid of Apple's lawyers, we don't see a little thing like truth in advertising getting them down.
[Via The MP3 Players]
Filed under: Portable Audio
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
TZK @ Jan 13th 2006 6:16AM
Who gives a shit how thin an MP3 player gets. Whether its an Apple product or another - thin means fragile. Fragile means wasted money.
Xenophod @ Jan 13th 2006 9:07AM
Maybe the translation is wrong?
Could it be "The thinnest produced in our country" or something?
Rocker @ Jan 13th 2006 12:46PM
Someone do the math, the Dino E has less volume than the Nano. It takes up less space, meaning it is indeed smaller than the Nano.
Ben G @ Jan 13th 2006 12:57PM
Gah, they should have used the old auto vendor ad-speak and said "thinnest MP3 player in its class!" Then leave the class definition to another time.
Hedgecore @ Jan 13th 2006 1:47PM
Actually, the math:
Dino E: 23669.256 cubic mm
Nano: 24920 cubic mm
Rocker @ Jan 13th 2006 5:32PM
Thank you hedge. That shows the Dino E is indeed smaller.
Lou Marchione @ Jan 14th 2006 8:40AM
Can anyone say that the thinness of this product is because the case is made of liquidmetal(LIQUIDMETAL TECHNOLOGY......LQMT)? TIA