TakaraTomy Nano Channel digital audio player
By Marc Perton 
posted Mar 22nd 2006 11:47AM
posted Mar 22nd 2006 11:47AM
If you're not up on the Japanese
toy biz, you may not have realized that rivals Takara and Tomy merged recently. And rather than using their partnership
to show off what happens when you combine, say, Takara's Bowlingual dog translator with Tomy's canine camera,
they've come up with something that, well, shows they want to be another me-too electronics company. The TakaraTomy
Nano Channel, one of the first new products from the combined company, is a fairly average digital audio player,
available in capacities from 128MB to 1GB, with MP3 and WMA compatibility, along with MPEG-1 and 2 video playback on
its 1.2-inch display. The 1GB version is expected to sell for ¥17,000 (about $145),
which isn't a bad price, but we still feel cheated. Given the combined heritage of these two companies, this thing
should at least be totally kawaii, or have some bizarre gimmick like 3D video that can only be seen by cats.
Oh, well. At least we still have Thanko.
First Post: How many 1GB players are there now? When will the world learn that 1GB players are useless, we need bigger devices with more storage, anything less than 1GB is going backwards not forwards (like installing Winodws on a Mac). Unless it supports ATRAC, whichit won't do as it's nota sony, than it's not worth buying for 1GB of storage.
Chrisleydon your remark reaks of self importance. Everyone does not use their MP3 player in the same ways you do. Not everyone has the need for 12 days of music. There is a space on the market for a range of products.. Think outside the box buddy.
There is a similar player manufactured in China. It does not support that many formats, but it does support .mp3 for audio and .amv for video (which to my understanding is a flavor of .mp4). It's REALLY small. Check the link to see the pictures and the features. The page is in spanish, if I get enough hits I'll make a version in english.
Do they bundle a microscope or do they come in pairs and you are supposed to mount them on your sunglasses for a "head mounted display" experience?