Lipljan's YDPG69 PMP has an identity crisis

Make no mistake about it, we've no qualms with a single gizmo handling more than a few tasks, but something about Lipljan Digital Technology's YDPG69 just screams intrapsychic conflict. At first glance, the device resembles a knockoff gaming unit, but upon closer inspection, you see just how hard this little fellow is trying to be a grown-up UMPC. Unfortunately, it doesn't really excel at being either, so you're left with a questionably designed PMP that runs Windows CE 5.0 and supports JPEG, BMP, GIF, MP3, MP4, DivX, XviD, AVI, ASF, MPEG4 and WMV files. Also, you'll find a 3-inch QVGA display and twin D-pads, but we can't imagine the on-screen keyboard being all that useful unless this thing opens up even wider. Granted, it seems that this unit is still a concept, so hopefully things will shake themselves out in the final version.

[Via PMPToday]

[Leonard Nimrod @ Dec 2nd 2007 1:32PM]

Note to self: Never ever buy anything from Lipljan.

[Eriloman @ Dec 3rd 2007 8:34AM]

another pmp that is using windows CE but is touch screen, the Ramos V80, supposed to have a microsoft version of cover flow:

http://www.mp4nation.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=457#3882

[jaalin @ Dec 2nd 2007 1:39PM]

well it seems like you'll at least be able to type the letters A, B, X, Y

[BigD145 @ Dec 2nd 2007 1:43PM]

Oh, hey, would you look at that. It's the precursor to Windows Vista. All the power used to run and navigate the OS with nothing left to use actual programs.

[Constable Odo @ Dec 2nd 2007 7:10PM]

How can you compare this product to Windows Vista? You've got some gall. If you ran Vista on this plastic crap, it would melt. You should realize Vista uses twice the amount of resources and processing power of Windows XP and still runs slower than XP. Geez.

[michael @ Dec 2nd 2007 7:58PM]

@Constable Odo:

I use Vista on my Sony Vaio, and it isn't slow at all.

So I don't know what you're talking about. Twice is a bit of an exaggeration.

[Kalen @ Dec 2nd 2007 2:10PM]

This is quite possibly the most ill-conceived product I have ever seen.

[Macha88 @ Dec 2nd 2007 2:23PM]

INSERT TEH USBZ!

[Naegling @ Dec 2nd 2007 2:37PM]

>>This is quite possibly the most ill-conceived product I have ever seen.

[Neil @ Dec 2nd 2007 2:49PM]

Knocking a product on it works before it's anything more than an image seems a bit stupid to me....

[murray @ Dec 2nd 2007 3:52PM]

If you read the translation it says it's a touch screen, so obviously a keyboard would be implemented virtually. For users whose primary interests are playing games and viewing media, this is actually a pretty practical design.

[Eric @ Dec 2nd 2007 4:03PM]

Perhaps the keyboard can be replaced ala the z-board? Pop out the keyboard, pop in dual control pads? Nah, they couldn't be that smart. ;)

[Invisiblemoose @ Dec 2nd 2007 4:30PM]

If that cost under $80, and had R and L buttons (for SNES emulation), it'd be an instant buy.

[Smilesaurus @ Dec 3rd 2007 2:27AM]

I agree. This device is going in the right direction - a few more tweaks and, even without bigtime advertising and name prestige, it would still be a very good product that would be worth investing in software (emulators or orignals) for.

For example, a not-so-pricey Jasjar formfactor device (without the bulky screen camera, and + L & R buttons)

[sracer @ Dec 2nd 2007 4:59PM]

Did anyone consider that maybe... just maybe that screen can fold completely back on itself and be used in "portrait" orientation with the touchscreen?

[Reader @ Dec 2nd 2007 6:02PM]

No.

[Alex Sessler @ Dec 2nd 2007 11:41PM]

"No"


Ha.

[lalala @ Dec 3rd 2007 1:29AM]

The website actually says it has "touchscreen"

[Psychav @ Dec 3rd 2007 9:53AM]

up up down down left right left right b a b a --> Excel lauched! Fun, fun, fun!