SAFA intros "Casiopea" portable media player
Korea's SAFA sure seems to be keeping up a steady pace with its PMPs as of late, with the company now following up its recently introduced DIA and 3one players with its new "Casiopea" model. Of course, it's a bit easier to churn these out when you don't offer that many distinguishing features between 'em, a tradition that the Casiopea looks to continue. As with those earlier players, this one boasts a 2.4-inch display, along with an FM radio, a voice recorder, a miniSD slot for expansion, and four pre-loaded games (including Tetris). From the looks of it, however, your choices of capacities are a bit more limited, with only 1GB and 2GB versions available for 139,000 and 159,000 won, respectively (or roughly $150 and $170).
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gizmo @ Aug 20th 2007 5:23PM
I bought a clone of the older "ipod" look version for $50 in new zealand!!! sounds like a rip-off!
Spyvie @ Aug 20th 2007 5:50PM
I'm pretty sure Casio owns the Casiopia name, may be spelled different.
Truth hurts @ Aug 21st 2007 1:13AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation)
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Cassiopeia is a northern constellation which Greek mythology considered to represent a vain queen who boasted about her unrivaled beauty. It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 listed by Ptolemy.
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LJKelley @ Aug 20th 2007 5:58PM
Casio sure does own Cassiopea. I owned there EM500 model PocketPC back in the day. It was the first PDA to ever use MMC & SD when everyone else one using CompactFlash.
And yes Casio's version is with two letter 's'.
Truth Hurts @ Aug 21st 2007 1:43AM
How the heck can they claim the copyright to something they didn't create? No one owns the Casiopea name, which can be a "northern constellation", "queen of Aethiopia", "genus of the 'upside-down' jellyfish", "series of pocket PC/PMPs", "jazz fusion group", "TV character from Battlestar Galactica", "tortoise featured in Michael Ende's fantasy book 'Momo'", and so on...
aron @ Aug 21st 2007 1:01AM
Man that thing sucks. And it rips off Casio's name (with the wrong spelling). Why doesn't this get a "fake" tag? Oh RIGHT, it's Korean.
Cain @ Aug 21st 2007 5:33AM
Looks like a Rockchip kind of PMP. Which means the 2GB model won't cost more than $85 in China. SAFA definitely knows how to market.