NTI Comodo's NP-950 DAP with in-dock VoIP and DJ functions

by Evan Blass, posted May 11th 2006 at 9:55AM

Talk about a convergence device-- not only does NTI Comodo's new NP-950 digital audio player perform the obligatory playback and recording functions, it can even act as a VoIP "handset" or broadcast tunes DJ-style over the Internet when docked in its USB cradle. Being marketed as the "Universal MP3 Player" in conjunction with OpenCast, this model is available in 512MB or 1GB flavors and supports MP3, WMA, ASF, and WAV audio tracks, WMV and AMV video files or JPEG/BMP/GIF photos on its 1.5-inch LCD, as well as English, Korean, Japanese, or Chinese eBooks. We're not really sure exactly who's being targeted with this unit -- whose price and release date are unknown -- since you can't store all that much content on it, and the chat/broadcast features seem more gimmicky than useful.

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Tags: 1.5-inch, 1gb, 512mb, amv, asf, broadcast, digital audio player, DigitalAudioPlayer, dj, ebook, lcd, mp3, np-950, nto comodo, NtoComodo, opencast, universal mp3 player, UniversalMp3Player, voip, wav, wma, wmv

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Siddharth Raja @ May 11th 2006 10:03AM

I misread that as NTT DoCoMo!

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Nukes and Candy @ May 11th 2006 10:07AM

HAHA! marketing noobs are at it again!

Buy our new NTI Comodo's NP-950 DAP complete with in-dock VoIP and DJ functions!! Now not only can you listen to your music, but you can broadcast them to nitwits and misfits so they can share with you! Yeas you heard it right!

Broadcast your favorite Vanilla Ice songs, virtually dance with others via web cam (sold separately). Meet other people as pathetic as you!

All for the comfortable price of "who-knows"! Just place money in this green box right here, and we will tell you when to stop!

Restricted availability, limit one unit per order. No regrets and no money back guarantee.

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Alexander Wunderlich

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Deluxe @ May 11th 2006 10:39AM

Raja, I thought the same thing. 'NTI Comodo' and
NTT DoCoMo' have a similar ring to them ;).

Meanwhile, it seems like a very cool device. I've not had any experience with e-books, but are they more or less .txt files with pretty formatting?

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Scabies @ May 11th 2006 10:50AM

I knew it. One step closer to MP3 player/phones (we already have phone/MP3 players)
Soon, I'm gonna have a fridge that can cook for me, and an oven that buys my groceries.

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zinsauwa @ May 11th 2006 11:09AM

cool ipods. Are they better than the originals?

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Monty @ May 11th 2006 11:11AM

what is this piece of garbage? why even try to compete with ipod? Who thinks of this stuff? Development guy: "Hey I got an idea, let's make a gadget that looks like an ipod, does the same stuff as the ipod, only isn't as good as the ipod!" Marketing manager: "By golly Jim that's an amazing idea!"
Give me a break

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PeteC @ May 11th 2006 11:58AM

No OGG. Buggar Them!

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