AOC launches ultrathin V500 portable media player

Christmas Eve just wouldn't be complete without yet another Chinese PMP surfacing, and this time we're looking at AOC's uber-sleek, ultrathin V500. Just marginally thicker than Apple's latest nano, this unit features a 2.4-inch QVGA LCD, an oh-so-shiny silver enclosure, USB 2.0 connectivity, and handles its fair share of media playing duties. On the audio side, it plays nice with MP3, WMA, and WAV, while you can enjoy those resized versions of Jack Frost and Yule Log (or any Keira Knightley film, obviously) in MPEG4 or AVI formats on the video front. Additionally, it doubles as a JPEG viewer, but doesn't rock any fancy gaming options like many of its competitors. Nevertheless, the V500 should be hitting the Chinese streets soon for an undisclosed price, with versions ranging from 128MB to 2GB in capacity.

[Via Engadget Chinese]

[DWells55 @ Dec 24th 2006 10:10PM]

Come on, Engadget, "ultrathin" doesn't mean that much. Should've included the actual 9.8mm spec in this article - that's an impressive number. Looks pretty cool - it's a shame these things aren't in 4GB or 8GB capacities.

Now, as much as I like Keira Knightley, they definitely could have picked a better picture than that one.

[morcheeba @ Dec 24th 2006 10:31PM]

I guess ultra thin means 50% thicker than the nano (6.6 mm). It's also twice the volume of the nano.
Nice screen size, but really really bizarre button placement.

[Mark @ Dec 24th 2006 11:57PM]

Wow, wish I'd found this blog BEFORE I went shopping all over the place looking for "deals."

I'll have to check in next time before going back out.

Mark of www.regimeofterror.com

[marcelo @ Dec 25th 2006 2:10AM]

C'mon... another Meizu Miniplayer copy, look at it and replace those weird buttons with the touchstrip...

[Steve @ Dec 25th 2006 12:09PM]

Damn who cares about buttons and touchstrips. . . who is that FOXY white chick? I love white chicks. . .

[Tommy Mang @ Dec 25th 2006 12:40PM]

Why is Keira Knightley on the display?

By the way Merry Christmas !

[Giltronic @ Dec 25th 2006 2:58PM]

well steve if you read the article you would know its keira knightley. ya, shes pretty bangin.
its probobly one of the hottest things on this camera

[klew @ Dec 25th 2006 3:34PM]

Because they're trying to imply that Miss Knightley is ultrathin.

[JRA219psu @ Dec 26th 2006 2:37AM]

or maybe they're trying to imply that ultrathin is Ms. Knightley

[srizah @ Jan 28th 2007 1:29PM]

I want this !