http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/ Engadget Comments for Acer MP-500 touchscreen portable media player http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
Design wise, to be honest, I'm not too impressed. (Yes, I'm too much of an iPod freak.)
Overall though, it looks nice. Wish the harddrive was slightly larger though!

What I find most interesting is the use of the Stylus pen. Obviously, this is a good feature, to avoid scratches, smudges, and oil damage from the human hand.

This, in turn, brings me to the upcoming touch-screen video iPod. Anyone think a similar stylus will be included with it? I sure as hell hope so, because I wouldnt want my hands touching that LCD 24/7!. I'm not saying Apple should build the stylus holder into the ipod like Acer did here. Either way is fine, I just hope they include a stylus as well. In this example, Acer did the right thing.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 6:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 6:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 23rd 2006 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/


Back on topic, too bad it's 3.5" 320x240 & not widescreen, like the i-Station v43 (4.3" 16:9, 480x272 with touchscreen) but the v43 is only available in Korea right now unless you pay $700 US to get it from misticaudio.
Acer's mass marketing & brandname can force Digital Cube (i-Station manufacturer) & Yukyung (Viliv P1 manufacturer) to lower their initial European & North American launch prices, which is great for consumers.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 7:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
"The video ipod is just a rumour, I haven't seen it yet, it might not exist, it might not EVER exist, it might be made with cardboard and duct tape (spray painted white obviously) but STILL the Video Ipod that MAY come out KICKS BUTT!"
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For a while it looked like Hard drive manufacturers would issue 10 or 20 Gg PCMCIA cards, which could be used on an IPaq with a Sleeve but they stopped at 5Gg. Something tells me that an Industry cartel stopped that. Somebody should file an antitrust lawsuit.

I would love to have a Dualcor PC/PPC with its 40Gg HD but $1,500 seems a bit much.
]]>Feb 23rd 2006 8:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
Not bad, nice form factor...........................but!

Ya wanna know why people go on about the iPod, it's because is the best music player around!
And eventually there will be loads of companies around with slim wide-screen video players, but to be sure, not only will apple's attempt be the slimmest, it will be the easiest to use, and the best looking, and that's a fact!]]>Feb 23rd 2006 9:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
Hey o rly, if you dont like it, GTFO.

Re-read my post before you go acting like a dumbass.
The only referenes I made to the supposed video ipod was that:

1. this acer one doesnt look at nice as the leaks I've seen of the iPod.

2. Does anyone think the upcoming ipod will use a stylus?

So stfu, read before you post.

This proves my point people like YOU should be banned from using the internet.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
The fanboy comments are almost revolting... ]]>Feb 23rd 2006 9:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
And the stylus, uh, no thank you, they are so easy to lose and slip out of their little holes after a while!!!

I'll pass and wait to see what Steve has up his sleeve!!!

Trust me, I know what I'm doing.]]>Feb 23rd 2006 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/hell hope so, because I wouldnt want my hands touching that LCD
24/7!"

Actually I was thinking about that - what if they used
some sort of engineering so that the screen would be a mix between a
trackpad and a (good) tablet PC? In other words, the display itself
would be made of hard plastic just like iPods and tablet PCs (to
limit scratches) but it would still respond to touch like the iPod's
trackwheel?

Niftay!]]>Feb 23rd 2006 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
Well actually the (rumoured) video ipod looks like the Acer, not the other way around. This at least is something concrete as opposed to conjecture and photoshopped images.
]]>Feb 23rd 2006 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/some sort of engineering so that the screen would be a mix between a
trackpad and a (good) tablet PC? In other words, the display itself
would be made of hard plastic just like iPods and tablet PCs (to
limit scratches) but it would still respond to touch like the iPod's
trackwheel?"

It will be interesting to see what Apple unvails, thats for sure. My worry is the scratching/damaging of the screen. You know as well as any ipod owner that ipods scratch (just like any player), but yah know....you wanna keep it perfect. Especially the LCD, and especially for video. For the older b/w ipods, i could care less. Lets just hope they do it right (also avoiding the slew of pointless lawsuits).]]>Feb 23rd 2006 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
crying out...

crying...]]>Feb 24th 2006 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Thanks for proving my previous point that fanboys will post useless info.



Matt E, I read your post and you've shown obvious iPod fanboy traits.

Example:
"This, in turn, brings me to the upcoming touch-screen video iPod. Anyone think a similar stylus will be included with it? I sure as hell hope so, because I wouldnt want my hands touching that LCD 24/7!. I'm not saying Apple should build the stylus holder into the ipod..."

You start off with a comment about Acer's product, then go into some long hogwash about a video iPod. Most of your posts are about a video iPod. You aren't a fanboy, right Matt E? This is from the person who's second line is "Yes, I'm too much of an iPod freak.)" Nice try dumbass fanboy.]]>Feb 24th 2006 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
....and....


**** off fanboys.

This is a thread for the the Acer MP 500. Not anything else. If you're going off about something else and asking questions/talking about another product entirely, you're a fanboy. So, to reiterate:

**** off fanboys. Thanks.]]>Feb 24th 2006 3:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 24th 2006 3:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
how about stop turning this into a place where you can have playschool type arguments for the hell of it. Now
if you have a look at this picture at http://www.infosyncworld.com/eu/video/media_viewers/acer_personal_media_player_mp-500.html
it in fact looks very different to the picture in the article. Much less sexy. The sloping sides remind me of one of the large vaios]]>Feb 24th 2006 4:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
how old are you people? and why do you really care what portable music/video/other player somebody else uses? and is saying fuck [expletive inserted] off fanboys any more mature than says OMFG BUT IT'S NOT AN IPOD! IT TEH SUXX0RZ!

--

anyhow, about the cable, I'm wondering if it could even be a flash card slot that has been modified to accept a cable connection as well. it's hard to get an idea of scale, but the connector on the cable certainly looks like an attempt to accomodate that form factor. CompactFlash maybe?

that would be cool, if rather useless...]]>Feb 24th 2006 4:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
This looks like cross between a PDA and PMP, hope it could run homebrew. Is that a camera at the back that would be nice. Need more specs.
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I think the dock connector on the bottom is a panel for jacks for video-out etc.

For the rest of the comments I am really impressed by what Steve have done, he's created his own religion and no matter with what shit (iPod Shuffle) and what rumour (mysterious Video iPod) he comes up with there comes the hysterical scream of the Apple plebs... it's so low and sad.
The true fanbois (silent ones) do see the both sides of Steve: the genius'n'visioneer and the accountant (merchandiser).
"Screamers" don't count at all, they just make the $ flow and Steve doesn't respect them above the "$" matter.

P.S. To all those "You STFU": I am long-term Apple's stuff user. I use PowerMac G5-PowerBook G4-iPod G4 combination 24/7 and I am impressed by them but still I can see the dark sides of some of them.
I know that there is literally lots to do for Apple to become an ultimate entertainment God as far for now it's just popularity.]]>Feb 24th 2006 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
Why so much hate, Engadget readers? Sure, the comments may be littered with drooling idiocy, but why do you let it get to you? If you see a dumb comment, where it's obvious that talking to the poster will change nothing, then just accept it and move on.

None of this stuff is important enough to fight about. We all just want our gadget news, right? Where's the love?]]>Feb 24th 2006 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 24th 2006 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 24th 2006 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 24th 2006 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 24th 2006 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
Bitter, ignorant morons. Go buy your inferior, forgettable generic devices and spare us your senseless rhetoric. This Acer thing will sell about 1,000 units, be on store shelves for 2 whole months, and then disappear into obscurity. Deal with it. At least you'll be able to get a killer deal on it in a few months. Woof!]]>Feb 24th 2006 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 24th 2006 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/]]>Feb 24th 2006 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/
Sony, Acer, Samsung, Panasonic, Philips, Casio, Kenwood, Pioneer, Sharp, Toshiba, Mitsubishi, Pioneer, LG, Philips, Hitachi...YOUR ALL FUCKING WORTHLESS!!!!!!!!]]>Feb 25th 2006 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 25th 2006 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/23/acer-mp-500-touchscreen-portable-media/Feb 26th 2006 6:37PM