Acer's MP-500 PMP gets official
By Paul Miller 
posted June 15th 2006 3:04PM
posted June 15th 2006 3:04PM
It doesn't really look a whole bunch like those concept renders of a touchscreen MP-500 rumored from Acer back in February, but a 3.5-inch screened device of the same name does seem to be coming soon from the company. Besides that 3.5-inch QVGA screen, the device has pretty hefty format support, including DivX, XviD, MPEG-2/4, WMV9, MP3, WMA and JPEG. Along with video and audio out there appears to be a video in source, since the unit records both audio and video. You can get about 4 hours of video or 8 hours of audio out of the replaceable Li-ion battery. There's a 20GB 1.8-inch HDD, along with an SD card slot, but the device manages to measure less than an inch thick. Really, not bad specs for this Acer offering, but we're not sure what here could entice a user already flooded with PMP offerings. The $440 MSRP isn't going to do it.[Via dapreview]
When are we going to see some of these with VGA screens? The Creative Zen Vision had one...is it really that much of a technical hurdle or does it not look much better than Quarter VGA at 3.5 inches. QVGA looks perfectly acceptable on my 5g iPod, its just that I have to squint to see it!
Those people on the screen seem a little too excited....
WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THAT WITH THEM ANYWHERE EVER? IT'S SO FREAKING UGLY AND BIG. IT DOES NOTHING.
Bobadillo