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Vosonic's VP5700 shames the PMP acronym
After careful deliberation, we can only assume Vosonic's VP5700 is some form of portable media player, but considering just how unsightly it is, the actual nomenclature is probably a non-issue. Nevertheless, this unit features a 3.5-inch display, way too much plastic, a bizarre looking control scheme, a multicard reader and support for a slew of image, audio and video files. Mum's the word on a price / release date (again, not like you care, right? Right.), but those flash cards sure look as if they're entering the device mighty hastily, wouldn't you say?[Thanks, Yoav]Update: Seems this thing may actually be a photo backup device -- thanks Almus!
Vosonic's VP8360
It's certainly nothing we've never seen in the past manufactured a variety of other ways by other companies, but Vosonic's got a new one due, the VP8360. It uses a 2.5-inch laptop drive, which means more storage (up to 120GB as of right now), but it also means more space and juice consumed by the device, which supports MP3, WMA, AAC, MOV, MPEG-4. Still, there isn't really an abundance of media reading photo banks out, and this one will take most anything you can throw at it (CF, SD, Memory Stick) and play some Tetris while you're waiting for your files to transfer.[Via Josh B and DAPreview]
