Onda's VX888 PMP gets its shine on

Onda's not exactly known for its originality, and even though the VX888 doesn't do much to buck the trend, it's not a half bad media player on paper. Aside from featuring an oh-so-trendy chrome backside, a glossy face and a strange connection with Absolut, this unit boasts a two-inch LCD, 1GB of storage, an FM tuner, photo viewer, built-in equalizer and support for XviD / AVI / FLV / APE / FLAC / WMA / MP3 files. Additionally, this player reportedly utilizes Microsoft's PlayFX for 3D headphone effects and volume normalizing, but we're not entirely sure we believe the claim. Nevertheless, those in China can press their luck for just 299 CNY ($40).

[Via PMPToday]

[rob @ Nov 4th 2007 12:46AM]

I was expecting another KIRF article and the inevitable comparison to iSomething.

Seriously, you people have no clue, Onda players can be easily purchased online and you don't have to be in China. And they're decent players too. I have a touchscreen Honey and it's nice enough. Seems to me Onda's trying to be a cut above other Chinese MP3 manufacturers that go by generic names and have no web presence. Check out their website and inform yourselves before babbling the usual crap about Chinese products.

[Invisiblemoose @ Nov 4th 2007 12:51AM]

Could you give me a link? I can't seem to find Onda's site...

[hurricane @ Nov 4th 2007 2:12AM]

http://www.ondacommunication.com/

When in doubt, use Wikipedia!

[hurricane @ Nov 4th 2007 2:13AM]

You probably want the English version though...

http://www.ondacommunication.com/index.php?lg=en

[Reader @ Nov 4th 2007 5:18AM]

Yeah, they're definitely "trying to be a cut above other Chinese MP3 manufacturers" ...

http://www.onda.cn/pro/product/product.jsp?Id=11418

[Ebeeto @ Mar 8th 2008 8:34AM]

All this bashing is all a case of "oh, crap, I paid too much for stuff I don't need" syndrome.

When you're sitting there with your $300 iPod, you realize that other people can do basically all the stuff you use your player for, but for a fraction of the prize and you start with the hate crimes.

I've been there, but now I'm actually using an Onda VX878 and everything's honky dory. Don't beat yourselves up...

[chengdude @ Nov 4th 2007 4:34AM]

...or better yet, "when in doubt" use your Chinese language skills as Wikipedia is liable to point you to an Italian mobile phone provider rather than the Chinese DAP maker in question:

http://www.onda.cn/pro/product/productlistall.jsp?CLASS_ID=201#ID202

If you're interested and can't make it over to the Motherland, this place sells Onda players and is frequently cited by DAP aficionados:

http://www.houseofdap.com/

(never used them; know nothing of their business practices)

[rav97 @ Nov 4th 2007 5:50AM]

One more phone targeting the lucrative market of fingerprint-less people!

[Sirocco @ Nov 5th 2007 12:12AM]

Keep the 1 gig pmp's coming, as we travel back through time, victoriously.

[Miroo @ Jan 18th 2008 12:08AM]

to chengdude
houseofdap has very few models.
i bought a honey or vx878 from http://www.allpmp.com
they have good prices and all the models of onda.