Hitachi's HMP-G1 DAP: does not amuse

Hitachi brings another trundling DAP to the game this morning with their HMP-G1. While it doesn't look half-bad, the most interesting thing about the player is the continuation of the absurd, non-googleable, unreadable i.μ's (Eye Muse) moniker. That is, unless you find 1GB of flash, a 128x64, 2-color OLED display, 12-hour battery, and support for MP3/WMA (DRM, too) and WAV voice recording, interesting. How about a price tag of ¥12,000 or about $104. No, didn't think so.

Update: Well, well, Hitachi and Philips sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g. It's just a rebadged SA177 GoGear after all. Thanks Michiel, Marcus, and all who pointed this out in comments.

[Via Impress]

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2006 10:12AM]

So THAT's how you pronounce it. Why- why must some companies insert strange symbols into product names that must be explained to be pronounced?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2006 10:20AM]

HUH??

I have that exact one, but mine is called Philips?!?

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2006 10:56AM]

it's the greek letter mu


meeyoooo

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2006 11:49AM]

no, not your way. you pronounced it the english way. the correct way is the greek way ant that is "m�" not "meeyoooo"

and yes, I wondered myself too, mine is also called Philips but only has 512 MB

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2006 11:32AM]

All you have to do to google it is go to your character map and find the "μ" symbol and then copy it and then paste it into google - how hard is that? It's like you want convenience or ease of use or something like that. Hitachi is just so sure of its product that it doesn't care if most people can't find or pronounce their product.

Here's the link to my google search: http://www.google.com/search?as_q=&hl=en&num=10&btnG=Google+Search&as_epq=i+%CE%BC%27s&as_oq=&as_eq=&lr=lang_en&as_ft=i&as_filetype=&as_qdr=all&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&as_occt=any&as_dt=i&as_sitesearch=&as_rights=&safe=active

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2006 12:39PM]

I have a 1GB Philips, and if it weren't for the color, it would be equal... strange!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2006 2:29PM]

hmm, yeah it is the philips gogear SA 179 from july last year
a review with images (german)
http://www.netzwelt.de/news/71640-mp3playertest-philips-gogear-sa-177.html

amazon.de
http://www.amazon.de/Philips-SA-179-Tragbarer-MP3-Player/dp/B000AYSIB4/