Yoto T-21 offers portable media playback for $50
In the states, fifty dollars won't get you much in the way of a portable media player, so try not to feel too envious when you see the 1GB, 399 Chinese Yuan (approx. $50) Yoto T-21, a Chinese PMP that has a similar feature set to the iRiver Clix, but at a quarter of the price. Featuring a 2-inch QVGA screen, the T-21 is even capable of AVI playback at up to 30fps, which bests both the Clix and its real fake counterpart. It'll also let you play your MP3s, Flash movies, browse photos and text, and has a built-in FM tuner. As usual, there's no word on whether the device will be available outside of Asia, but we'd advise that you don't get your hopes up: these kind of unbelievably great value players have a habit of sitting just across the Pacific, perpetually taunting us with their low price tags.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mastershake916 @ Aug 28th 2006 5:00AM
Damnit damnit damnit I'd take any of these in a heartbeat.
blue_boy @ Aug 28th 2006 5:03AM
How can these Asian players be released for so cheap, are they really bad quality or what? $50 is nothing.
PEZ @ Aug 28th 2006 6:09AM
They are made in asian sweatshops, there are no export costs, no import costs, and every component is made next door.
Thats how.
Hank Williams @ Aug 28th 2006 7:45AM
If you link through to the original article, it talks about a chip it uses from a company called rockchip. But I can find no website for this company. Does anybody know anything about this company?
Kamalot @ Aug 28th 2006 10:47AM
Where can we import?
Naked Gord @ Sep 1st 2006 3:19AM
For those who think this could never sell for that price in North America.
I ordered a *quite* similar MP4 player off ebay from China and it came in shipping included for $70 CDN total (about $65 USD).
Differences: Only 256 internal memory but with an open SD slot, 2.5" screen instead of 2", lacking a FM radio but with the ability to line out and playback or record from TV at VCD quality.
There are some *quite* cheap Chinese portable video players off ebay. The trick is just to research to find what's out there, what's crap and what featues you want.