Newsmy A8HD probably looks better than it really is

After the lustrous ManMan and retro Cool Man, Newsmy has now surprised us with a straight-laced number in the form of the 8GB 4.3-inch A8HD. Packing a pair of serious-looking speakers and a "high definition" microphone, this has all the intent in the world to break away from the cheap knockoff label, but you already know what you're gonna get: a shiny pretty paintjob outside and someone's leftover parts on the inside. Common audio and video formats are supported, and there's even a rather dubious claim of 720p playback. Maybe once the price and release date are cleared up, we'll saunter over to China and check it out for ourselves. Or not.

[Via Akihabara News]

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2009 3:42AM]

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[One Love Posted Aug 14th 2009 11:05AM]

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[gerrrg Posted Aug 14th 2009 3:58AM]

Ugly. Butt ugly, actually.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2009 8:08AM]

Why do you have to criticize it before you test it? Just give it a chance, it might be good.

[htd Posted Aug 14th 2009 8:19AM]

Newsmy A8HD probably is better than it looks

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2009 8:55AM]

Its these articles that annoy me about engadget, quite a few mp4s from china have had 720p output for a while ( only certain file types but still)

They should do actual reviews on these things.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2009 10:22AM]

How do you know it's "a shiny pretty paintjob outside and someone's leftover parts on the inside" when you haven't even "saunter over to China and check it out" for yourself? Newsmy is hardly known as a KIRF manufacturer.

On the other hand, the exterior design is the perfect definition of a bag of hurt.

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2009 10:40AM]

I don't think its to bad, just not pretty.

Kind of thing you might put in the bathroom... looks water resistant haha

[(Unverified) Posted Aug 14th 2009 10:49AM]

It aint so ugly...except that's a very bad design. The speaker is exactly where your hand would be if you were to hold it to operate it.