Newman attempts to revolutionize DAP controls on MOMO-X2

For Newman, it wasn't enough to knock off an iPod nano from years past. Oh no, it had to replace Apple's iconic click-wheel with a prominent "N" on its MOMO-X2, just so it's absolutely clear what PMP is being aped. In all seriousness, we reckon that letter has more to do with the company's name than anything else, but it's fun to pretend every now and then. On to specs, you'll find a 1.5-inch display (176 x 132 resolution), a still-very-familiar opaque white / chrome motif, support for MP3 / WMA files, Microsoft's PlayFX capabilities, a FM tuner, text / photo viewer, USB 2.0 connectivity and 2GB of internal storage space. On paper, we'd say that's not too shabby for 399CNY ($57), but the street cred you'd lose from toting this around would be far, far more costly.

[Via PMPToday]

[fanthem @ Apr 28th 2008 3:22PM]

Made for the Zorro in you.

[Farris @ Apr 28th 2008 3:33PM]

Wouldn't that be "Norro?"

[TomTom2007 @ Apr 28th 2008 4:10PM]

heck, why not made for the "Newman" in you...

[Yuipsj @ Apr 28th 2008 11:15PM]

well they have another knock off, but of the meizu m6:
http://mp4nation.net/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_35&products_id=117

[Brent @ Apr 28th 2008 3:24PM]

At least this makes more sense than the big "O" that is on all of the iPods...shouldn't it be a big "i" ??

[Rowdehaj @ Apr 28th 2008 3:27PM]

Pure comedy, man.

[Joe O'Reilly @ Aug 21st 2008 5:48AM]

Lovin' the aqua wallpaper.

[PaulPaul @ Apr 28th 2008 3:37PM]

[N]o.

[Mike @ Apr 28th 2008 5:05PM]

[H]ardOCP called, they want their brackets back.

[IT-Accountant @ Apr 28th 2008 3:37PM]

check out the totally-not-copied-from-apple background on the screen.

lol, these characters can't even think up their own background image...

[Kev @ Apr 28th 2008 3:38PM]

I want to see a photo of this right next to an iPod, with the iPod on the right

[joe23521 @ Apr 28th 2008 5:13PM]

NO.

[Phil Ringsmuth @ Apr 28th 2008 3:38PM]

Boo-urns.

[Garst @ Apr 29th 2008 6:00AM]

What does "The Simpson" or that quote have to do with this?

[telepheedian @ Apr 28th 2008 3:39PM]

What is PlayFX and why is it in all of these cheap mp3 players?

[BrianB @ Apr 28th 2008 5:27PM]

Short explanation: 3D sound, autovolume, automatic sound normalization (when you download music sometimes volumes are different for each file).

http://www.pmptoday.com/2007/10/18/jwd-pmp-6500-upgrades-to-playfx/

[Stem $ell @ Apr 28th 2008 3:40PM]

That name will forever invoke the image of Seinfeld's arch nemesis, Newman, the super-sized postal worker... guess the sound'll be, er, robust!

[StrangeBum @ Apr 28th 2008 5:16PM]

Muwhaha...Helloo .. Jerry!

[roberto luongo @ Apr 28th 2008 6:51PM]

damn! u beat me 2 the 'newman' thing from sienfeld. they should all come together to make one episode about this where newman has taken over the world with his n-pod and it is up to jerry and the gang to stop him! or not.

NEWMAN!

felt good to get that outta my system

[BigD145 @ Apr 28th 2008 3:45PM]

Any letter of the alphabet is fair game fr such stupidity.

[For2itous @ Apr 28th 2008 3:51PM]

Nix! Nyet! Nein! No! Nada! Null! Naj! ... the list is eNdless...

[Robert @ Apr 28th 2008 3:55PM]

Does crap like this actually sell.

[Ray @ Apr 28th 2008 4:05PM]

any explanation for why there is a big N on the front? this thing deserves an L on it

[devilsh @ Apr 28th 2008 4:36PM]

It belongs to Doctor Neo Cortex! Careful Crash!

[kadajawi @ Apr 28th 2008 4:10PM]

Sorry, but I think they rather had the Meizu M3 in mind... Newman is known for knocking off Meizu products.

[crow610 @ Apr 28th 2008 4:36PM]

Was just gonna comment on the M3ness of this. That big N is clearly an attempt to make it not look like the M3, not a "oh..wouldn't it be cool to have a big N on the front??"

[wpyh @ Apr 29th 2008 6:08AM]

Yeah, the first thing that came into mind was Meizu M3. Not the Nano.

[Zombie Ned Flanders @ Apr 28th 2008 4:12PM]

Hello, Newman.
...

NEWMAN!

[[e-mail] @ Apr 28th 2008 4:31PM]

If you put an iPod next to it it will spell "NO"

Now if Toshiba, Hitachi, Akai, Kenwood and Sony all made similar MP3 players my point would really come across because then it would spell,

"NO THANKS"

[DaCheez @ Apr 28th 2008 5:14PM]

Actually, it would spell "NO THAKS." You're missing an 'N'

[lonecow12 @ Apr 28th 2008 5:26PM]

I would just use another Newman for the other N....

[Andrew Campbell @ Apr 28th 2008 5:27PM]

@DaCheez - That's what a second MOMO-X2 is for.

[Jim @ Apr 28th 2008 4:43PM]

Actually that stands for Nebraska :) Go Huskers ! ;)

[9bit @ Apr 28th 2008 4:54PM]

In the advertisements for the Zen Touch, creative claimed that their linear touch pad was better than Apple's circular one, because "the shortest distance between two points is a line".
So it's obvious what's happened here. Newman has discovered some non-Euclidian geometry in which the shortest distance between two points is an N.

[mobilelawyer @ Apr 28th 2008 5:05PM]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

[Eric Law @ Apr 28th 2008 5:10PM]

Wow... the Netscape Throbber of yore becomes REAL!

[Andrew Campbell @ Apr 28th 2008 5:28PM]

That's what she said.

[Newman @ Apr 28th 2008 5:30PM]

I have got to get one of these. Ultra-personalized gagdetry made easy! Plus, saying "Newman Momo" aloud makes me giggle like a wee giggly-girl.

[Andrew Campbell @ Apr 28th 2008 5:32PM]

Your avatar makes me giggle like a wee giggly-girl.

[indiecognition @ Apr 28th 2008 7:09PM]

You make fun of devices like this one that look a lot like the iPod or iPhone, yet the similarities between new UMPC designs like the MSI Wind to the shockingly successful and well-established Asus Eee go unpunished on Engadget. What's the deal...when you're talking American market no-names, is MSI really any higher quality than Newman?

If you're going to poke fun at the companies that are "keepin' it fake," at least show some journalistic consistency by noting what the companies you respect more have done to earn that consideration. Oh, and if your answer is that I can look back at your archived posts...my follow-up is that your in-line text links rely on tags instead of actually linking to a useful article or article index. Look at www.dcist.com for a better example of linking using both tags (at the bottom of each post near the permalink row) and direct article links (in the text body of the articles).

Sorry to pile on the rants, but I've had them building up for a while...you mentioned "Engadget Style" in a post a while back announcing openings to work with Engadget, so I just wanted to put in my suggestions to keep your writing snazzy and street-credible:P