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Mpio's new line-up includes 8GB HD(D)-400 micro-hdd player
comment: 8 | Monday, February 28 (2005) 07:00AM | Posted by Robert Sinke
Seems that source on the Mpio "One" was pretty reliable. More stuff from Mpio is coming our way somewhere in 2005, and this includes the following units:

Mpio "One" (or "1", see THIS news item as well)

  • Supports MP3/WMA/ASF/ogg, WMA DRM
  • Capacity: 128M/256M/512M/1GB/2GB
  • Screen:11 line (1.8”)TFT Color LCD
  • FM tuner & recorder
  • Supports Motion Picture
  • Compatible with usb2.0 OTG
  • Battery life:15 hours
  • Max output:13mw + 13mw
"Mpio Two" (or "2", pictured)

  • As above but, up to 1GB & 2GB
  • LCD:11 line (1.8”)TFT Color LCD

The Mpio FY-500 & 550 aren't too special - just ordinary USB2.0 flash players (up to 1GB)., operating for 16 hours on one AAA battery. DRM WMA's also supported. Then there's the FY-600, which looks a bit the same as the 500-series, but comes with a rather exclusive headphone (neckband type). More interesting would have to be the following two units.

Mpio HD(D)-400 (pictured on top)

  • Supports MP3/WMA/ASF/ogg, Janus DRM
  • Capacity: 5GB/8GB
  • Screen: 11 line (1.8”)TFT 260k Color LCD
  • FM tuner & recorder
  • Supports Motion Picture
  • Compatible with usb2.0
  • Battery life:12 hours
  • Max output:18mw + 18mw
Mpio HD(D)-500 (pictured at the bottom)

As above, but with:

  • Capacity: 20/40GB
  • Screen: 13 line (2.0”)TFT 260k Color LCD
  • Compatible with usb2.0 & 1.1 OTG
Not too shabby, especially the HDD-400 with its 8GB micro-hdd. Looks like the HD-500 has been inspired by the Zen Micro & Touch, as well as the HD-300. Now if they'd only implement some additional video gimmicks, right?

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Comments

Robert Sinke

Comments: 1221
Feb 28 (2005) 09:22AM  

Anyone noticed the bottom pic, showing the top of the HD-500... it actually says "line-in" at the USB port... A bit sloppy - or is it?




Fender13

Comments: 67
Feb 28 (2005) 09:58AM  

Also notice the bottom pic of the HD-500. That player looks like it was inspired from the m:robe 100.




plan17

Comments: 91
Feb 28 (2005) 09:59AM  

the hd 500 is pretty hideous... look at all those ugly bubble buttons yech...




mmss99

Comments: 103
Feb 28 (2005) 05:08PM  

agree with plan....sry but i don't really like button-ny stuff




MrCoffea

Comments: 9
Feb 28 (2005) 05:26PM  

does motion picture = movie files, or animated gif?




Robert Sinke

Comments: 1221
Feb 28 (2005) 05:33PM  

I think it's street-lingo for Motion JPEG, so no dice on the real movie playback... would be a bummer




MrTnT

Guest
Jul 18 (2005) 02:53PM  

Mpio should be upfront right now about the limitations of the new MP3s players, such as not holding 256 files per directory, or lack of a find feature for scrolling through hundreds of directories like with the HD-300 etc.




Bart

Guest
Sep 03 (2005) 05:35AM  

Hmmm I found an other pic of the Hd-500, looks much better if you ask me.....






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