Crapgadget CES edition, round 13: e-paper display actually paper

Real screws, real buttons, real paper "screen" affixed to the face with real scotch tape. We ordered 1,000 -- for us and everyone we know.

[Xenoterranos @ Jan 11th 2008 4:56PM]

That's the crappiest thing I've ever seen. It looks like someone taped a picture to the back of an old RFID badge.

Wow.

[Neoprimal @ Jan 11th 2008 8:47PM]

It's a credit card sized mp3 player. Why does everyong keep referring to e-paper?

[KC @ Jan 11th 2008 10:10PM]

@Neoprimal, yeah, I just don't understand why no one else can see that it is a credit card sized DAP.

[ozzzy @ Jan 17th 2008 6:30PM]

Better yet an e-paper sized DAP. The business card is taped on for a size comparison.

[Jewel Wanting @ Jan 11th 2008 4:56PM]

Thumb ring or not, this one you can knock!

[waiownsyou @ Jan 11th 2008 4:56PM]

lmao!

[Dave B @ Jan 11th 2008 4:58PM]

Really? HA! That's some hilarity right there. Maybe it comes with rub-on letters to display which song you're 'listening' to.

[superfresh @ Jan 11th 2008 4:58PM]

I'm buying one for the "unusual degree space function" and "switch-off memory."

I've seen this before, though. Isn't it the iSuck?

[Dave B @ Jan 11th 2008 4:58PM]

Really? HA! That's some hilarity right there. Maybe it comes with rub-on letters to display which song you're 'listening' to.

[Technex @ Jan 11th 2008 4:59PM]

Crapgadget indeed.

[Xenoterranos @ Jan 11th 2008 5:01PM]

FINALLY! A player that supports MP1, 2 AND 3 files!

Fess up guys, did you find this one in a toilet?

[Dave B @ Jan 11th 2008 5:00PM]

PS Sorry for the spam, never know if the thing still goes thru after displaying a 'connection error' page. alas.

[John @ Jan 11th 2008 5:11PM]

thank god it supports those wmv music files I've got.

[Andir3.0 @ Jan 11th 2008 5:26PM]

If you used an open standard to encode your files, you wouldn't have to worry about it.

[Fernando @ Jan 11th 2008 5:32PM]

lol, fail @ Andir3.0

[ethana2 @ Jan 11th 2008 8:16PM]

no. The industry failed. ogg ftw!

[Brad @ Jan 12th 2008 3:51AM]

Hah! Andir3.0 can't spot sarcasm when it slaps him in his apple-polishing face.

And just because a standard is "open" doesn't mean it's "adopted by everyone". Be less of a tool, Andir.

[Dustin @ Jan 14th 2008 2:28AM]

You all missed the goddamned point. WMV isn't audio, it's video!

[Ethan @ Jan 11th 2008 5:12PM]

Why would they present this to the scrutiny of the press when blatantly all it's good for is fobbing it of to those who don't know better.

[Ray @ Jan 11th 2008 5:15PM]

I think they just made this up to redeem themselves after repeatedly posting things people would actually like under crapgadget.

[MearWolf @ Jan 11th 2008 5:29PM]

i want one, it's all papery!

[Fernando @ Jan 11th 2008 5:31PM]

Yay, a sensible crapgadget news item!

[fuma @ Jan 11th 2008 5:40PM]

do want!

[pete @ Jan 11th 2008 5:42PM]

omg,the best news ever. does it play doom, by the way?

[fuma @ Jan 11th 2008 5:41PM]

WHOA... "unusual degree space function"!!!

MOAR DO WANT!!!

[antscary @ Jan 11th 2008 5:44PM]

Wow, yeah, that's pretty cheeseball. I agree with the comment that it looks just like an RFID card with a picture taped to it.

[CynisterSix @ Jan 11th 2008 5:45PM]

they missed the feature that the screen can flip over so you can write notes on the back of it.

[John @ Jan 11th 2008 5:46PM]

It also comes with a paper flipbook for watching videos.

[michas_pi @ Jan 11th 2008 7:30PM]

Your comment is drenched in winsauce.

[Randhir19882002 @ Jan 11th 2008 5:48PM]

yes

[m.laan @ Jan 11th 2008 5:51PM]

i made something very similar in the 3rd grade. they will be hearing from my lawyers

[Ken Laninga @ Jan 11th 2008 6:09PM]

Well, lads, you DO KNOW ME, right?

And I love paper!

[Sam Zebian @ Jan 11th 2008 6:16PM]

Finally!! Epaper that looks like real paper!!! Now the Amazon Kindle Version 2 will be way better, and in color!!! (hold on a second) I have just been informed by my sibling that I'm a dumbass for thinking this is real e-paper. awaiting Engadget's response on the validity on this accusation.

(I know it's fake)

[Sam Winter @ Jan 13th 2008 8:43PM]

tool.

[Sam Zebian @ Jan 13th 2008 8:47PM]

Screw you

[DR PEPPER @ Jan 11th 2008 6:42PM]

Introducing the new iPod Paper!

[Russell @ Jan 11th 2008 6:45PM]

Gets good battery life though.

[computer.dude.28 @ Jan 11th 2008 6:59PM]

I like how it supports WMV

[crscheid @ Jan 11th 2008 7:00PM]

"Depending on your printer quality, resolution may vary."

[Good_Bytes @ Jan 11th 2008 7:12PM]

No MP4 support! This sucks, all my musics are in MP4

[DarkLightConnection @ Jan 11th 2008 8:37PM]

Isn't MP4 a video format?

[Toon @ Jan 18th 2008 6:18AM]

As is WMV.

[Julian @ Jan 11th 2008 9:04PM]

Love it! Where can I get one?!

[Hamilton International Productions @ Jan 14th 2008 12:05PM]

I couldn't tell from the "spec sheet" on the gadget's website if this supports 14.4kbs modems for dial up handshaking to the internets? I've already ordered one through my aol account. I guess I can just hope and
pray. I also couldn't tell if this was "Made in the U.S.A." but I'm assuming it is. You know, judging from its quality construction.

Video Productions Las Vegas town
http://www.hiproductions.com

[Hamilton International Productions @ Jan 14th 2008 12:04PM]

I couldn't tell from the "spec sheet" on the gadget's website if this supports 14.4kbs modems for dial up handshaking to the internets? I've already ordered one through my aol account. I guess I can just hope and
pray. I also couldn't tell if this was "Made in the U.S.A." but I'm assuming it is. You know, judging from its quality construction.

Video Productions Las Vegas town
http://www.hiproductions.com

[DarkLightConnection @ Jan 17th 2008 11:35PM]

LOL whoever is running a 1993-dated spambot: You need to update it man

[richwheeler @ Jan 11th 2008 9:24PM]

These pages smell like a latrine at halftime. Most of you loafers poo-poo the crapgadget and swish right by the flushwriting. What is this excrement called? Who excreted it? What market do they intend to drop it into? How many yuen are they straining to squeeze out of it? Has it passed into production runs, or is it a prototype that has yet to be squeezed into its consumer form? You can't tell from one picture and a glib comment whether a product is going to sink or float. Don't eliminate the crapgadgets yet -- they could start some real movements!

[Fall-Apart @ Jan 11th 2008 9:07PM]

It emulates GameCube so you can play Paper Mario...

[muyiwa @ Jan 11th 2008 9:42PM]

mehn... what does it take to get a booth at CES cos I need to get on engadget real bad..seems like everyones doing it.
seriously tho' WTF?!?

[gamerpunk15468 @ Jan 11th 2008 9:50PM]

But what happens when we go to "rip" our songs onto the thing?