Nikon announces Media Port UP300x head-mounted PMP

Just when we were getting used to having most Nikon announcements thoroughly preceded by a flood of leaks, the company's managed to totally surprise us by introducing a new head-mounted display with PMP features -- and it actually looks pretty sweet. The WiFi-enabled 8GB Media Port UP UP300x has a .44-inch 640 x 480 screen that appears to be the equivalent of a 50-inch image viewed from about 10 feet away, and includes a motion sensor that allows media functions to be controlled through head movements. (There's also a "basic" 4GB UP300 that omits the motion control features.) Codec support is pretty slim, but there's a browser app and a new UP media store that allows for direct downloads. Two AA batteries will last for two hours of video or 270 minutes of audio, which should be enough time for you to look thoroughly like a dork, but we won't lie -- we'd buy one of these in a heartbeat if they ever make it out of Japan.

[Via Akihabara News]

[Evan @ Oct 7th 2008 10:10AM]

wat.

[BANANA @ Oct 7th 2008 10:19AM]

YES!

Now I can watch porn on the plane in peace.

[Rogue_Genius @ Oct 7th 2008 3:49PM]

Hey banana, "objects in PMP are smaller than they appear"

[BigD145 @ Oct 7th 2008 11:54AM]

If there's turbulence the head motion sensor will fast forward past all the good parts.

[Asha @ Oct 7th 2008 12:08PM]

*Hi-Five*

[y3k.nik @ Oct 7th 2008 10:22AM]

So, its the Solid Eye, which can play songs? If only Konami thought of that instead of making me carry an iPod to all my missions. Might have sneaked past a couple more Gekkos.

[Josh @ Oct 7th 2008 11:37AM]

Doesn't that mean you have to have one eye shut when you watch a film? that could be annoying :P

[Derwin @ Oct 7th 2008 10:33AM]

I hate to be one of those "I thought of this!" people, but...

Those with the resources, you know?

[Bad Beaver @ Oct 7th 2008 10:28AM]

Nuckin futs! How much is it? Off to read the specs to see... yes, you can hook up external sources. Rad.

[PunkInDrublic @ Oct 7th 2008 10:36AM]

Reminds me of the scanners in dragonball z.

Hopefully it's not over ($)9000!!!!!!

[konshuss @ Oct 7th 2008 10:31AM]

so in Universal Soldier they were just watching porn? nice.

[Kenneth Tan @ Oct 7th 2008 10:44AM]

I only want to know if I can connect this wireless to my new HTC HD and I'm in business!

[Byron Jacob @ Oct 7th 2008 10:46AM]

Well what else are you gonna use this for other than the good old XXX Theatre works?

Thats all the internet is there for ^_^

[Byron Jacob @ Oct 7th 2008 10:47AM]

Well what else are you gonna use this for other than the good old XXX Theatre works?

Thats all the internet is there for ^_^

[PunkInDrublic @ Oct 7th 2008 10:59AM]

That, and double posting.

[Bjsfreaked @ Oct 7th 2008 11:09AM]

yeah - rubbish comp at work - whooops

[David @ Oct 7th 2008 11:15AM]

mmmmm 50 inch standard definition image. lurrvley

[fredwifi @ Oct 7th 2008 11:19AM]

Son, are you watching dirty movies on that gizmo?! The boy shakes his head thus activating the external speaker. Owned.

[johnzilla @ Oct 7th 2008 11:51AM]

Stuff like this reminds me of Navin Johnson's Opti-Grab. I can see the lawsuits now.

[DirtyVegas @ Oct 7th 2008 12:03PM]

What they're not telling you is about the mind control chip. Soon we'll be 1 big mass of zombies waiting for orders from the "supreme being"

[FrogVomit @ Oct 7th 2008 12:18PM]

50-inch screen equivalent at 10 feet! Wow!
That's the same as a 1000-inch screen at 200 feet!
Or a 20-inch screen at 4 feet.

Or a crummy 10-inch VGA screen at 2 feet.

[Ed @ Oct 7th 2008 2:38PM]

Mpeg2 but no mpeg4 support?

What alternate universe is this thing from?

[Ian @ Oct 7th 2008 6:43PM]

And I thought guys who walked out with their bluetooth headsets on all day were douchebags. A guy who wears this around would trump that.

[linuxamp @ Oct 7th 2008 7:24PM]

The title says Nikon so at first I thought this was a remote viewfinder. Come to think of it, why didn't someone create a remote (wired or wireless) viewfinder.

[Nihility @ Oct 8th 2008 12:04AM]

Because that would be too awesome.

[CJ @ Oct 8th 2008 1:14AM]

Oh man, if you could integrate this with the new (live view) DSLRs that Nikon are briging out, that would be awesome. Imagine having your view, huge, right there in front of you.

It would be even better than all those Digicams with the flip-out-and-rotate-around screens!

[yode @ Oct 8th 2008 6:57AM]

Vegeta, what does the scanner say?