Memorex TouchMP PMP gets reviewed: not bad for $99
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 14th 2009 7:34PM
posted May 14th 2009 7:34PM
Memorex's TouchMP MP3 player may not exactly do much to stand out from the pack of PMPs, but it does only cost $99, which is no doubt enough to earn it some serious consideration from at least some potential customers. According to the folks at CNET, however, while they likely won't find themselves too disappointed by the player, they also shouldn't expect something that rivals ones costing twice as much. On the upside, while the touchscreen interface isn't much to look at, it apparently does get the job done fairly effectively, and the player itself boasts a pretty impressive battery life of 50 hours for music or 3 hours for video. Then again, while the PalmPilot-esque design is nice enough, CNET says that the player "feels as cheap as its price," and that its sound and video quality is merely "acceptable." Hit up the read link below for the complete rundown, plus a quick video overview of the player.
[Via PMP Today]
[Via PMP Today]
I don't understand how a company can make the music last 50 hours while video lasts for only 3.
Sort of like if you had a car battery in an iphone, and the back lighting was 4 incandescent bulbs. Do you get it?
/facepalm
Thats because you are stupid...
this is really great.. i just wish they had 16 GB for 99 bucks, and i would be sold... :P
Given it's feature set I'm really not seeing any compelling advantage that a touchscreen would provide over hardware controls and lots of potential disadvantages.
Is there any reason for the touchscreen other then high-end players that have them to efficiently control their significantly broader feature sets have them, thus, it is "cool"?
CNET is the best.
"they also shouldn't expect something that rivals ones costing twice as much."
Bwah?
good deal for the price. i never use the video aspect of my iPod. Just bought that model for maximum storage space. something like this is worthy of consideration.