While we were all snickering at this
Tomato brand and its associated DAP aspirations, it looks like the fruit / vegetable-themed company has been busy with another player, its well-screened U7. Along with the 1.8-inch LCD, which ain't too shabby given the size of this DAP, Tomato has packed in MP4 and WMV video playback, along with all the usual audio suspects and flash capacities of 512MB, 1GB and 2GB. There's also a rechargeable battery, along with FM / voice recording, photo albums, ebooks and games. At 0.5-inches thick and 2.5-inches long, we've surely seen smaller, but it ain't bad at all for for the price: 89,900 won, about $96 USD, for the 2 gigger.
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posted Feb 7th 2007 5:02PM
Nice.
Pretty nice.
Grrrrr somebody needs to sell these to the U.S. customers.
I would love to get my hands on this, among other things.
why do all the companies always copy design, but never interface (not saying this design is necessarily copied)? The interface they make for these cheap MP3 players are terrible, they could at least steal that instead of the look.
Isn't the picture for the article upside down?
LOL.. yeah Engadget doesn't know what the heck they're doing.. so they posted an upside down picture.
The device looks pretty cool though, even if the Samsung YP-T9 has a better and cooler design.
for that storage-to-price ratio, i'd buy one for camping, but get rid of the tomato logo to save myself humiliation. but i'm sure i can get a 2GB NAND player for even cheaper than that if i REALLY look hard, video playback doesn't matter to me.
Their own website does not claim MP4 compatability, though MP4 is in the name of the product... that's confusing.
I actually don't mind the look of this. It supports Ogg for all my music and if it were available in the states, I think I might have to buy one. Unfortunately, I don't read Korean, so importing is out of the deal.
Wow, great player for the size and price. I wish they'd bring State-side a few of the many sweet DAPs we see coming from Korea.
I'd go dizzy trying to read that screen. Maybe useful downunder?
I wouldn't buy a DAP with an upside-down screen. Get 'em to change it and maybe I'll take a look.