mobiBLU's Cubisto does that whole cube thing on a budget

We never really figured out the appeal behind a cube-shaped pendant DAP, mainly due to the fact that it would hurt like crazy if we took a flying kick to chest, and with some of these aggressive PR types at tradeshows these days, us Engadget editors can never be too careful. Still, the form factor seems to be doing plenty well for mobiBLU, which just released the Cubisto that swaps out the Cube2's color screen for a monochrome one while shaving a few bucks off the pricetag. The player supports the usual codec suspects like WMA and PlaysForSure, and comes in 1GB ($89.99) and 2GB (109.99) flavors. Unfortunately, the battery life has been shaved to 8 hours from the Cube2's 10, and the prices are only $10 less than that of their color-screened equivalents. No word yet on launch date in the US or Europe.

[Via dapreview]

[Chase M. @ Dec 21st 2006 9:00PM]

With them being just $10 apart, what's the point?

[LukeA @ Dec 21st 2006 9:11PM]

What about at $20 apart?

[LukeA @ Dec 21st 2006 9:12PM]

I should have read the post better.

[Deluxe @ Dec 21st 2006 9:27PM]

ZOMG!! NOBODY CARES!!!

[Alcaron @ Dec 21st 2006 9:31PM]

lol my first thought was "I cannot imagine why anyone would want to give PM a flying kick to the chest..." lol

[bsm0f0 @ Dec 21st 2006 10:44PM]

lol i thought the one on the right was some sort of washing machine! I thought "wow, that's the gayest washing/drying machine combo i've ever seen ..."

[Sam @ Dec 22nd 2006 1:47AM]

Wouldn't a flying kick to chest hurt regardless?

[PEZ @ Dec 22nd 2006 10:25AM]

I stopped reading at "flying kick to the chest" becauee I spit out my coffee and ruined my LCD monitor from laughing.

[v_dogg @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:17AM]

the point is to UPgrade the player while keeping the price the same or even lowering the price.

[cjrenaud @ Dec 22nd 2006 11:57PM]

So what makes the Cubisto different than the first-gen Cube? That was monochrome (blue OLED) and had better battery life. It just looks like a minor cosmetic overhaul of the first Cube...