TrekStor announces Vibez audio players
It looks like it's still in concept / mockup phase right yet, but quality portable audio company TrekStor (who?) is announcing vibez at IFA. Yes, that logo, the shape of the device, that suggestive title, it's all enough to put the wrong idea into one's head; this player's all about the 20 hour battery life, 8-15GB capacity (wait, do they even make 15GB 0.85-inch drives?), great audio codec support (MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC, and PlaysForSure), in addition to its color 176 x 132 display, remote, and 105 x 50 x 18mm (4.1 x 1.9 x 0.7-inch) body. We're still a little unsure about how that interface is supposed to work, but it sounds like come November we'll have a chance to discover ourselves for the princely sum of €199.00 ($255) for the 8GB player or €229 ($293) for the, um, 15GB version.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bill @ Aug 30th 2006 9:06AM
The manufacturer also offers a docking station with battery charger and infrared remote control which can be used to connect the gadget to separate speakers or a hi-fi system.
Jim @ Aug 30th 2006 9:37AM
The "manufacturer" of, uh, mock product??
PEZ @ Aug 30th 2006 1:05PM
Don't worry about it Jim.
vince @ Aug 30th 2006 6:06PM
This is more interesting than it looks. It's essentially a rebodied, smaller capacity version of what would have been the successor to the Rio Karma, awesome features and all. The press release mentions that they worked with Sigmatel, who bought Rio's code among other things. If you look closely, you'll note that the interface is exactly the same as that of the Karma, except in color. The main control is described as a mechanical scroll wheel. It's probably similar to the scroll wheel we saw on the 30 gig Carbon C and is on the back of the Canon PowerShot S80.
Squee @ Nov 10th 2006 10:41AM
I know this arctical has been out for a while but its nearing Xmas now and i want one. Im impressed with the stats but one thing i havnt been able to figure out is whether its a harddrive or flash. Maybe i just missed something obvious but i cant see it anywhere.
Please post here if you can tell me!
Terall @ Nov 23rd 2006 8:56PM
It's a 1" Harddrive. Here's a Link to the company and the player, with all features. http://trekstor-fileserver.de/www/en/products/detail_mp3.php?pid=66&language=de
Video und FM-Cards will be available soon, as well as extra batteries, a cable-remote, bags, pouches and a docking station.