Sharp returns to carabiner form with MP-S700/S800 DAPs

by Paul Miller, posted Aug 9th 2006 at 1:38PM

Ah yes, the carabiner, most carabiner-ee of all audio player forms. These new ones from Sharp, a followup to their similar MP-S200/S300 DAPs of last year, don't really have a lot more going for them, but we'll give you the break down just for old time's sake. The capacities are the same measly 512MB (MP-S700) and 1GB (MP-S800) of last time, and the mini-display seems fairly identical. There's also the natural MP3/WMA support, along with WMA DRM9 for PlaysForSure enjoyment. The main switch-up is that the new players feature an FM transmitter instead of a tuner, which can come in handy for those road trips, but that 512MB playlist of showtunes is going to get repetitive real fast, believe you us.

[Via Impress]

Filed under: Portable Audio

Tags: dap, mp-s700, mp-s800, mp3, playsforsure, sharp

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JEEBS @ Aug 9th 2006 1:41PM

It looks like a bottle opener

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Eric M @ Aug 9th 2006 1:59PM

OK, some companies aren't even trying to beat the ipod anymore...

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DM @ Aug 9th 2006 2:01PM

@jeebs -
maybe it does do that as well... heheh

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DM @ Aug 9th 2006 2:02PM

@ eric
I would buy this anyday over an ipod shuffle as long as it is priced reasonably

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Spyvie @ Aug 9th 2006 2:12PM

I think it looks pretty cool, kind of a retro transistor radio dial thing going on.

Needs to be more than 512 though

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tekdroid @ Aug 9th 2006 2:35PM

it seems there are so many companies making the same old cookie-cutter mp3 players. As far as I know, there are no Japanese companies supporting FLAC and Ogg Vorbis in their players? At least differentiate somewhat. I don't think any of these companies are serious about innovation in this market.

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