Ainol rolls out NES-playing V1000 portable media player

Emulation-packed PMPs are becoming a dime a dozen these days, but Ainol's V1000 manages to add a few impressive touches to the media-playing side of this two-faced device. The landscape oriented unit sports a sleek, silver enclosure with a simple five button control layout, and boasts a 2.5-inch QVGA display, 400MHz ADI Blackfin processor, and the ability to give every retro gamer his / her fill of NES emulation. Aside from the obvious Mario love, it supports AVI / MP4 video playback at 30 frames per second, and plays nice with MP3, WMA, and FLAC audio formats on the musical side. Handling all those audiophile-approved lossless files is the 512MB / 1GB of internal storage, while the addition of an SD slot ensures room for that bulging ROM collection. Although details concerning battery life, availability, connectivity, and price aren't yet available, we're sure these handy all-in-ones will be popping up in China's gadget shops real soon.

[Via The MP3 Players]

[Dave Pevsner @ Oct 16th 2006 9:38AM]

PSP homebrewing lets you emulate NES for free if you already own a psp, and looks 4363645247854735x geekier. I say this thing's only good for its small, sleek form factor.

[kadajawi @ Oct 16th 2006 9:47AM]

Mh... yeah, but it will probably be cheaper than a PSP.

[0_0 @ Oct 16th 2006 12:48PM]

"Mh... yeah, but it will probably be cheaper than a PSP."

Yeah, and you don't have to h4xx0rz and d0wngr4d0rz teh firmware.

I, for one, welcome our NES-emulating chinese gadget overlords.

[Steven @ Oct 16th 2006 10:16AM]

I'll still stick to playing NES ROMs on my Treo.

[Tim @ Oct 16th 2006 2:14PM]

Can anyone recommend a good site where one could purchase and import this device when it becomes available? Any good sites for browsing products like these? I have to say, these NES emulating mp3 players have definetly grabbed my attention.

[softgun @ Oct 16th 2006 2:14PM]

Ainol = pronounced like Anal?

[Otter @ Oct 16th 2006 2:52PM]

Can they *please* change the unsavory sounding name of the company..please!