Meizu working on a WinCE-powered MiniPlayer followup?

Chinese DAP manufacturer Meizu has seen quite a lot of interest in its M6 MiniPlayer -- so much so that it recently became available Stateside -- and now word on the street (and by street, we mean overseas internet forums) has the company poised to release an updated version. At this point details are still very sketchy -- all the more so because of the nature of machine translation -- but from what we can tell, the upcoming M8 will sport a 533MHz Samsung ARM processor, 2.6-inch VGA screen (compared to the M6's 2.4-inch QVGA display), and the latest Windows CE OS, but not, unfortunately, memory card support nor a user-replaceable battery. There's also no word yet on what capacities this model will come in, though we've heard rumors that Meizu is trying to break through the 4GB ceiling of the original MiniPlayer. That's all we've got for now, and please bear in mind, the pic you see above is simply one fan's fantasy and probably won't bear much of a resemblance to the final product.

[Via Engadget Chinese]

[marcelo1251 @ Sep 11th 2006 4:09PM]

Meizu has not officially announced something about a new miniplayer, in fact the current M6 has a long road in front, so we cannot expect for a new one soon.

Meizu's MiniPlayer has a lot of extra features if you compare it with the "everyone has it" ipod.

[miniplayer @ Sep 11th 2006 5:16PM]

Something is coming but we were told to "keep it in your pocket".

Lets all revisit this topic in 6 months!