Spyker switches gears, brands its own electronics

Spyker certainly won't go down as the first auto maker to dabble in consumer electronics, but it is making the leap in a big way. Rolling out, er, branding no fewer than three mobiles, five PMPs, and two USB flash drives, Spyker owners / fans now have lots of accessories to spend their wages on that are completely unrelated to their vehicle. Among the devices now available is a four-inch PMP with a rather antiquated design scheme, support for a slew of file formats, a 1.3-megapixel camera, FM tuner, AV input, and a promised boost of 10-horsepower (ahem) for €249 ($348). For the rest of the crew, be sure and hit the read link. [Warning: PDF read link]

[Via Autoblog]

[ScOObyDoo @ Sep 22nd 2007 8:57AM]

Looks like a cheap Chinese ripoff of an Archos player.

[E71 @ Sep 22nd 2007 10:49AM]

I was gonna say it looks like the old Archos AV500.

[Geoff @ Sep 22nd 2007 11:03AM]

Nash was making refrigerators in the 1950's. Nothing new here ;)

[i luv nose candy @ Sep 22nd 2007 1:20PM]

This IS a old Archos AV500. I had one. By buying the production rights to a dis-continued product, you can have your name on a product relatively cheap.
This guy produced the case out of plastic instead of metal like Archos did! And he took out the hard drive! You can buy an "still-in-shrinkwrap" AV500 on eBay for less than what this recycler wants for his version...

[JohnTitor @ Sep 22nd 2007 2:29PM]

Yeah the AV500 just popped into my head looking at this. The AV500 is 2 Generations old no way is this worth it against the current gen 605WiFi

[mikemcauley @ Sep 23rd 2007 12:45AM]

I am currently holding my AV500 and it looks similar, but this product is NOT an av500...sorry.

[Martijn van der Maas @ Oct 23rd 2007 1:42PM]

For two 'live' pics and a short movie see:
http://www.portablegear.nl/nieuws/1/108/7321/Exclusieve_beelden_Spyker_telefoon.htm

The phone had a good and solid metal housing. The display was a little bit poor however.