Greenhouse Kana GT DAP sports voice recorder, FM transmitter

We've watched Greenhouse's wee Kana grow up from its early Kana-SD stages and evolve into the entirely more mature Kana D, and now the next logical growth spurt is in order as the device makes the leap to include a voice recorder and FM transmitting capabilities. The Kana GT packs the same 1GB of internal memory that was seen in its predecessor, still lasts just seven hours on a full charge, handles MP3 and WMA files, and connects to your PC via USB 2.0. This iteration, however, also includes an OLED display, up to 140 hours of voice recording potential, a built-in FM tuner and FM transmitter, a dedicated antenna, and even a car cigarette USB charger to keep the music flowin' on lengthy road trips. The newest Kana will come in black, red, and silver motifs, and should land in mid-June for an estimated ¥7,980 ($66).

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[Santiago Leon @ May 29th 2007 11:29AM]

its a good price

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[strider_mt2k @ May 29th 2007 12:38PM]

Built-in FM transmitter is the hotness.

They're more useful than an FM receiver in a player nowadays.

[strider_mt2k @ May 29th 2007 12:38PM]

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[Lewis @ May 29th 2007 12:39PM]

We carried this exact product (unbranded- direct from the manufacturer) on our site for a while but had issues with the supplier so they got pulled. However, this was a really cool product just for the built-in FM transmitter function which actually works really well (you just have to keep the headphones plugged in and not use the included antenna, they use the same port). The biggest drawback? It's got a retractable USB plug that slips and tries to go back into the device when you try to plug it in. You have to fidget with it for a while to actually plug it into a USB port. Just a head's up in case anyone's already booked their ticket to Tokyo to get one.

[Webmasterguy @ May 29th 2007 1:24PM]

What I really want is something like that I can dictate into and has some kind of speech to text so I can blog it easy

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[bombos @ May 29th 2007 2:11PM]

DOES it have SD expansion slots in addition to the 1GB of internal??

[AlanJC @ May 30th 2007 6:52AM]

I have one of these purchased from Maplin in the UK for £25.

It's branded as a Maplin ProSound "1gb MP3 Player with FM Transmitter"

[Jonnie @ May 31st 2007 12:01AM]

I have one of these for 2 years now. Manufacturer ships it for US$73.00

Very happy with it...

http://www.tielectronics.com/MPR-19H.asp