Newman's janky Windows CE PMP does it all

Newman's been known to crank out a few less than beautiful devices in its time, but the interestingly styled vx1000 certainly ups the ante. This handheld conglomerate manages to wear an awful lot of hats, as it features a built-in media player, four-inch 480 x 272 widescreen panel, an image / text viewer, FM radio, WiFi, gaming functions, and Windows CE at the helm. Of course, we'd be sure to give this thing a whirl before confidently snapping up such a chintzy looking piece, but those willing to take the risk can pick one up in China for 1,999CNY ($264).

[Via PMPToday]

[Paul @ Aug 9th 2007 12:42AM]

yes, but can it play doom?

[strider_mt2k @ Aug 9th 2007 1:07AM]

Hello...Newman.

(hey, somebody was gonna)

[norris07 @ Aug 9th 2007 1:20AM]

Is that windows 95?

[Ceralor @ Aug 9th 2007 1:25AM]

That is most definitely XP. Check out the tray design, start button design, and a lot of tray icons.

[BigD @ Aug 9th 2007 1:29AM]

more likely a winxp skin since the title clearly denotes this thing running WinCE.

[anthropoid @ Aug 9th 2007 2:13AM]

As I commented in in the Nani article:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/06/sophia-mobiles-nani-to-rock-windows-ce-6/comments/6594877/

WinCE actually does look like that. I wonder how many folks actually remember "embedded Windows" before WinMobile? Maybe I'm just old. 8-)

[ZSX @ Aug 9th 2007 4:20AM]

I do! I'm still using my Handheld PCs and my Palm-size PCs. I don't get this new fangled optimized for one-handed use business. Give me a start button any time! ;-)

[Bernhard @ Aug 9th 2007 1:41AM]

Must be coming with a pirated version of windows for that price

[anthropoid @ Aug 9th 2007 2:16AM]

Huh? WinCE doesn't cost that much:

http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/02/microsoft-launches-windows-ce-6-0-now-with-added-embeddedness/

Also see:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mikehall/archive/2007/01/17/windows-mobile-and-windows-embedded-ce-what-s-the-difference.aspx

for a run-down on the difference between WinMobile (what most folks seem to be familiar with) and WinCE.

[Russell @ Aug 9th 2007 3:11AM]

exactly, I loved my Compaq C140 Wince 1.1 handheld computer... 2 aa batteries and a couple days of instant on use.... nice low power but readable monochrome screen and a real qwerty keyboard!

[Bernhard @ Aug 9th 2007 2:23AM]

Well, it could just be a repackaged PSP with custom OS and FM radio pushed in.

[Fang Bian Mian @ Aug 10th 2007 2:04AM]

To pull something like this off at that price, manjor props to Newman.

China's pushing things forward with the consumers needs squarely in their crosshairs. The world should be thankful that these proactive companies exist.

[roc ingersol @ Aug 9th 2007 11:07AM]

4" screen at 480x272? Man that's all sorts of ugly.

[peter @ Aug 9th 2007 11:49AM]

know of any that are around 200 bucks that are better?

[Peter @ Feb 12th 2008 4:45PM]

Where can i get one of these, i cant find it anywhere?

[Richard Lai @ Aug 9th 2007 4:18PM]

No TV?

[eric @ Aug 20th 2007 7:25PM]

Ya seriously, where can I get one. I cant find any trace of an online store that sells one.