Emtec offers up 2GB C230 portable media player

Try not to yawn too hard on this one, but Emtec has loosed a fairly boring PMP that does manage to do a so-so job in the attractivity department. This 2GB unit sports a 2.2-inch color display, an SD / MMC expansion slot in case a couple gigabytes aren't enough, support for all modern flavors of Windows, USB connectivity, and compatibility with AVI, WMV, MPEG4, MP3, and JPEG file formats. Additionally, you'll find a headphone jack and a rechargeable Li-ion battery, and those who don't mind picking up just the basics can look Amazon's way when depositing their £55.28 ($110).

[Via TechDigest]

[Fernando @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:35PM]

Emtec makes PMPs?

[kyle allen @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:55PM]

does it play d... id better not say it.

[Bryan @ Aug 23rd 2007 7:58PM]

Why engadget, WHY? Why report on crappy items for the sake of saying "Look at this crappy think you'll never buy?"

[Homeboy @ Aug 23rd 2007 8:17PM]

Meh! Many of us who have been gadget freaks since before Christ, recorded movies and songs on Emtec video and cassette tapes during the 90s.

With that being said Emtec do deserve some space and love here at Engadget.

[Chris @ Aug 23rd 2007 10:55PM]

You make it sound like the 90s was a long time ago.

[Dahk @ Aug 23rd 2007 9:29PM]

I think it'd actually look half decent were it not for the blatant EMTEC badge and the advertising of TWO GB!

I kinda like the Menu and the Hotkey button.

... but meh.

[realistic thinker @ Aug 23rd 2007 10:26PM]

This sux compared to my PS3.

[sam @ Aug 23rd 2007 10:58PM]

why the hate? a pretty decent product at a nice price.

[Alexeon @ Aug 24th 2007 1:34AM]

Your comments: Yeah, having variety is nice. In fact, it might be a superior MP3 player if it has a file browser for finding files instead of having to use the craptastic idea of premade playlists... why cant I just drop my music in folders on the root of the device and just find the songs I want to play through the menu?

[Alexeon @ Aug 24th 2007 1:36AM]

Hehe, I misspelled something on the first version of the message, copied the copy of it sent to me, did not confirm it, pasted it on this page again, resubmited it, accepted that one, and forgot to delete the "Your Message:" part of the email. Fix one stupid spelling error and make a worse error. LOL

[qwert @ Aug 24th 2007 3:29AM]

if it werent for the giantic emtec logo, this device would actually look very nice.
and the two gb are not much in terms of storage, but apart from this ... oh, and its not just an ipod clone, like so many other devices out there.