SmartQ is a pretty cool little company in Beijing; along with Meizu, they're about the only Chinese DAP/PMP maker that "gets it"...as in firmware that looks good, actually works, and is meaningfully updated with regularity. They're also rather unique as, up to now, their players have never had memory built in; the firmware and all your media are loaded onto SD cards and you just swap them out at your choosing.
The stylus/pen here does make sense in one regard: SmartQ has indicated "Chinese character input method" as one feature of this little device and if that means handwriting recognition, it's obviously a whole lot easier to write Chinese characters with a stylus than with your finger.
If SmartQ holds to form, this device will use an ADI Blackfin processor and probably a Wolfson codec to handle the audio.
For those looking for a device strictly for reading, the new Kobo is a nice little option. It's small enough to slip into a pocket, can do more with a PDF than the competition, and at $129, it's $10 cheaper than both the Nook and Kindle WiFi.
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SmartQ is a pretty cool little company in Beijing; along with Meizu, they're about the only Chinese DAP/PMP maker that "gets it"...as in firmware that looks good, actually works, and is meaningfully updated with regularity. They're also rather unique as, up to now, their players have never had memory built in; the firmware and all your media are loaded onto SD cards and you just swap them out at your choosing.
The stylus/pen here does make sense in one regard: SmartQ has indicated "Chinese character input method" as one feature of this little device and if that means handwriting recognition, it's obviously a whole lot easier to write Chinese characters with a stylus than with your finger.
If SmartQ holds to form, this device will use an ADI Blackfin processor and probably a Wolfson codec to handle the audio.