M-Bird's XZ-22 flash media player

by Ryan Block, posted Apr 2nd 2006 at 11:01AM

It's been a while since we last heard from M-Bird, but it looks like maybe, just maybe, they've shed their egregiously awful stylings for a milder, more Cingular 8125-ish looking enclosure. Their XZ-22 media player features 2.2-inch 260k color display, USB On-The-Go, and 512MB / 1 / 2GB capacities in 1.9 x 3.5 x 0.6-inch body. Nothing mind blowing, but it's an aesthetic step forward for one of the worst habitual offenders of taste in the audio player world, that's for sure.

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Tags: dap, digital audio, DigitalAudio, flash, m-bird, mp3, mp3 player, Mp3Player, portable video, PortableVideo

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mathjew @ Apr 2nd 2006 11:16AM

Seems like too much of a coincidence for this to be called an M-Bird, and for the man displayed on the screen to be flipping the bird. . . .

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tino @ Apr 2nd 2006 11:17AM

How come the Korean media player has tons of Cinese characters on the screen, instead on hot Korean girls in sweaters?

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Kevin @ Apr 2nd 2006 11:52AM

to #2:

You see Chinese characters because in Korea they still teach them. They are called Hanja, in Korea.

Why there are no girls in sweaters? I don't know.

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BLACKOUT @ Apr 2nd 2006 12:37PM

it looks like it was inspired by the psp.

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bigstax @ Apr 2nd 2006 2:54PM

WUT?!?!, that Chinese dude is flicking us off!

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DA @ Apr 2nd 2006 4:34PM

Confucious on a cell phone. There's got to be something wrong with that. I don't know what, but something.

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DA @ Apr 2nd 2006 4:54PM

Opps. On a media player that is.

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Manchucka @ Apr 2nd 2006 9:10PM

That's the first entry from the of Confucius. It goes like this:

"Studying and reviewing it from time to time, is this not joyous? Having a friend come from afar, is this not a pleasure? When others do not appreciate you and yet you do not resent them, is this not the mark of the Gentleman?"

neato

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sines~ @ Apr 2nd 2006 10:38PM

left-hand controls... strange

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pbase @ Apr 3rd 2006 1:31AM

Is Leslie Nielsen really qualified to teach chinese?

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