Jens of Sweden MP-500: audio, video, bling

Looks like Jens of Sweden is back with a vengeance. The formerly bankrupt company has managed to come up with the MP-500, a sleek player in a familiar form factor (the company's press release arrived with a subject line boasting of the player's "nano format"), that includes audio, video, FM, voice recorder, and built-in speakers, with a fairly reasonable price of $242 for the 2GB version (a 1GB version is $189). Oh, and to differentiate this from that other "nano format" player, Jens is boasting that this one is scratchproof, and is available in both black and a bling-worthy gold finish (for $274).

P.S. -We thought it looked familiar. Thanks to Darth T for reminding us where Jens of Sweden's really getting their devices these days.

[MacPanda @ Jan 24th 2006 9:54AM]

yuk just a waste of money :(

[Derrick @ Jan 24th 2006 9:57AM]

Hmmm. Another Nano clone. Wonder where are the built in speakers though..

[Magnus @ Jan 24th 2006 10:00AM]

According to their pressrelease it has a 24 carat gold back side...

[texass @ Jan 24th 2006 10:01AM]

yea, some real bling with those nice tacky screws on the back..

[wxrman @ Jan 24th 2006 10:03AM]

Speakers?

Where?

[Jaime Jones @ Jan 24th 2006 10:14AM]

no i think the screws are cool not tacky. i think this is a great alternative to the "real" nano... but i wonder about two things:

1. is this product going to last or is it junk?
2. what format for video?

:)

[Eugene @ Jan 24th 2006 10:28AM]

The girl... is sooo hot. I'm moving to Sweden.

[Zeek @ Jan 24th 2006 10:39AM]

Like a 20$ hooker wearing a 10$ Target dress.

[Qazar @ Jan 24th 2006 10:39AM]

to #4: The speakers are on the sides.
I like the look and would get one if it had higher screen resolution. Who in their mind would want to wach video on a 128x128 screen? Guess I'll stick to my old Jens of Sweden mp-130 for a while longer...or get a Nano.

[delerious @ Jan 24th 2006 10:46AM]

http://www.jensofsweden.com/images/mp500/mp500_img_product_excentrique_left_low.jpg
Speakers are on the side.

[delerious @ Jan 24th 2006 10:53AM]

http://www.jensofsweden.com/images/mp500/mp500_img_product_excentrique_left_low.jpg
Speakers are on the side.

Video
* When converted with the provided transcoder
File Support

MP4 (WMV, AVI, ASF, MPG, MPEG) *


Video
* When converted with the provided transcoder
File Support

MP4 (WMV, AVI, ASF, MPG, MPEG) *

Battery
Type

Rechargeable Li-Polymer (built-in)
Life

Audio: 15.5 hours, Video: 8 hours
Charging Time

2-3 hours (30 min with charger)

[delerious @ Jan 24th 2006 10:56AM]

Video
* When converted with the provided transcoder
File Support
MP4 (WMV, AVI, ASF, MPG, MPEG) *
Battery
Type

Rechargeable Li-Polymer (built-in)

Life
Audio: 15.5 hours, Video: 8 hours

Charging Time
2-3 hours (30 min with charger)

[Scott Stevenson @ Jan 24th 2006 10:56AM]

Uh, this vitually qualifies for Engadget's "Keepin' it Real Fake" classification... right down to the particularly sucky screws... about the only thing those screws would be good for would be future modding/battery swapping.

-Scott Stevenson

[Darth Threat @ Jan 24th 2006 11:07AM]

They MUST have the same OEM as this
google "ichiban afm-61"
http://www.ichibanglobal.com/products/home_entertainment/product_display.cfm?product_id=AFM-61

oh look..it's EXACTLY the SAME!!!
holy clones-of-clones batman! what will we do?

[PEZ @ Jan 24th 2006 11:21AM]

the nano dosnt do video, so whomever was saying they are sticking with their older JENS or getting a nano, you musnt be fooled again!

[Tony M. @ Jan 24th 2006 11:23AM]

Scratchproof? Hmmm, maybe Apple could learn a thing or two from them?

[Jared Dilg @ Jan 24th 2006 11:34AM]

Where are the gold-plated hex-key screws? Those cheap Phillips head screws are so wrong.

[Sara @ Jan 24th 2006 11:46AM]

Unscratchable 24 carat gold? Good luck with that.

[Chris @ Jan 24th 2006 11:48AM]

8 hrs vid playback? Fking awesome!!!

[Valentino @ Jan 24th 2006 11:50AM]

Looks pretty cool.

[Stu L Tissimus @ Jan 24th 2006 12:02PM]

Hahahahahah. Unscratchable? Gold? It's the most malleable metal that we know of. You'd have a harder time scratching a spoon of butter than scratching one of these things.

[kimoku @ Jan 24th 2006 1:51PM]

* Does not include earbuds
* $65 shipping (no other option)
hmmmmm...no thanks

[BitteriPodHater @ Jan 24th 2006 5:07PM]

Sweet! A metallic gold back! Yet another feature the iPod doesn't have that people really need! iPod buyers are brainless morons! This is soooo much better! It also has a WOW sound effect. And it records audio! Because I love to hear the sound of my own voice! The iPod wishes it was as cool as this. I'm going to buy one for myself and each of my friends! ..cough, sputter, spit, glurg..

[underbiteman @ Jan 25th 2006 11:26AM]

AHHHHH! the B word!

[Squirrel007 @ Jan 25th 2006 1:48PM]

They didnt even bother to cover up the skrews? Or atleast make them a crappy gold color. forget that

[smersh @ Jan 27th 2006 5:51AM]

i just bought an iriver u10 bc it syncs with wmp.
will this sync with windows media player?
what kinda sync software will it use? i hate drag and drop.

[Eoin @ Jan 29th 2006 1:29PM]

Hey, I think it looks pretty cool. I hope it plays WMA files! Does it? Everybody has ipods....step out from the crowd. This Rocks- I'm getting one!

[Mikael @ Jan 31st 2006 6:18AM]

Here's a review of it:

http://gadgets.fosfor.se/jens-of-sweden-mp-500-review/