OPPO Blast PMP is blowing up your FLVs

OPPO, a PMP maker we've come to expect some interesting designs from (see the guitar-shaped DAP and the pendant player), is bringing something a little more tame to market. The 6.9mm thick Blast sports a 2.4-inch TFT screen, takes microSD cards, and can play back all the standards, like MP3, WMA, MP4, AVI, XVID, and FLAC, which is all well and good, though we've seen a million of these and counting. What's different in this case -- at least a little -- is that the Blast can supposedly play back FLV files, which gives it a certain modern flavor, and suggests that even mass-produced China-ware is getting caught up in the YouTube game. Not available anywhere even close to the US, price unknown.

[Via PMP Today]

[loci @ Jul 25th 2007 7:15AM]

"hey guyz"

weirdo

[Robotochan @ Jul 25th 2007 7:58AM]

Going by OPPOs other PMPs it should come out at about £50 - £60... which is nice

[ssuk @ Jul 25th 2007 8:42AM]

And us Flash developers rejoice as our learning of flash might pay off eventually.

[Chokko @ Jul 25th 2007 9:38AM]

Eventually?? Uh, Flash developers are in very high demand right now here in NYC, especially for video. If you know Flash and you aren't working, you must have a screw loose.

[Chokko @ Jul 25th 2007 9:40AM]

Let me add, I get requests from all over the US for work. Seems that Flash/Flex is popular with most businesses with an online project.

[Constable Odo @ Jul 25th 2007 9:48AM]

Nice device. It would be nicer if it could take standard AA batteries (unlikely). I wish they made them so they wouldn't have to be constantly tethered to rechargers. If you forget to recharge or there's a power outage, you're screwed. No matter. We'll never see the device here in the States.

[PDubNYC @ Jul 25th 2007 10:38AM]

That thing looks thinner than a AA battery.

On second thought, I shouldn't even reply to your comment, as we clearly value different things in PMPs and thank god things like this do not take big old batteries.

[jaalin @ Jul 25th 2007 11:27AM]

seems like an upgraded meizu miniplayer - nice footsteps to follow