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Gigabeat X30... slimmer, trimmer
comment: 25 | Tuesday, September 20 (2005) 09:02AM | Posted by Austin Vaughan
AV Watch Japan has the scoop on a new player from Toshiba, the Gigabeat X30. This one is very similiar to the current line of Gigabeats (F10/F20/F40/F60), with the same design and the same features, but they managed to shrink the X30 by 20% compared to the F20. It's lighter too - the X30 (30g) weighs in at 134g, while the F20 (20gb) was 160g.

Other than size, the only difference we can find is that the X30 will support WMA10 DRM for music subscription services (according to AV Watch - not listed among the specs), and the LCD spec was upped from 2.2 inches to 2.4 inches. Screen resolution remains at 320x240 pixels.

Price is expected to be 37k Yen ($ 330 USD) and it will be available in 3 colors - red, silver, and black. No mention yet of an X10/20/40 or X60.

More pics at AV Watch, see HERE.

Press release is HERE. (translated)

Comments

debilio

Comments: 192
 		Sep 20 (2005) 10:08AM  

Now that's a screen!



JrezIN

Comments: 70
 		Sep 20 (2005) 10:18AM  

I can see a standard USB type B connection... is it USB host only (so, slower) or can I actually use the player with it?

Will it support MSC?
If so, looks nice... Just needs good atention with the player's internal software... =]



genr8r

Comments: 2
 		Sep 20 (2005) 10:20AM  

I have to say that from the pictures, it looks like they improved the Plus Touch by raising it above the player. The older Gigabeat has it recessed which really sucked having to push your fingertip into the groove if you as me. The cradle also looks better. I still wish it was a mass storage device. That is the only reason I would never buy one myself.



Morwan

Comments: 70
 		Sep 20 (2005) 10:21AM  

Until they fix the SAT encryption (and by fix, I mean remove), it's just going to be an amazing piece of hardware with lots of wasted potential. Kind of like the PSP before homebrew.



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Sep 20 (2005) 10:30AM  

all i like about this POS is the screen, otherwise its just an ugly bulky heavy POS, it would probably make a very good paperweight for sebs memoirs



genr8r

Comments: 2
 		Sep 20 (2005) 10:36AM  

I just popped over to Engagdet and the it is "capable of playing MP3, WMA, and WAV files, and supports the USB Mass Storage class making file transfers completely painless." I f that is indeed true, well I have found a new mp3 player. I am assuming that it won't convert to SAT now. Fingers crossed...



Dominic
Location: Ireland.
Comments: 2396
 		Sep 20 (2005) 10:45AM  

better hope it playsback those files transfered through MSC



Lone

Comments: 973
 		Sep 20 (2005) 11:29AM  

Probably only USB mass storage for data files. So is this the perpendicular drive version?



watergrave

Comments: 287
 		Sep 20 (2005) 12:00PM  

pretty littile creature... great screen... i hope... my X5's screen are as big as this one...



t10

Comments: 3
 		Sep 20 (2005) 12:55PM  

Lone, no this is not a perpendicular tech drive.
Perpendicular drives are MK4007GAL (5mm) and MK8007GAH (8mm) (40 and 80 GB)


30gig verison, is oldschool, MK3006GAL.


debilio

Comments: 192
 		Sep 20 (2005) 01:17PM  

Too bad it doesn't do video. Would be an nice extra feature with a screen like that.



Dougiec29

Comments: 23
 		Sep 20 (2005) 01:36PM  

it's ~87% the volume of the ipod MINI, and smaller in every dimension. that's pretty sweet but personally I want 8 and 10 gig flash players, not more 20-60gig.



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Sep 20 (2005) 01:58PM  

It still looks fairly thick. Unfortunately they didn't add any features to it even though they had ample time to do so. Add an fm radio, video capabilties, UMS store, file formats and a longer batter life and this thing would be perfect. That beautiful screen feels like a waste without all of this.



Dan6971

Comments: 40
 		Sep 20 (2005) 02:44PM  

What ever happened to the F41 & F61?

Oh well - this is nicer. Will there be newer, smaller cases for these?

When can I expect to get one, in the US?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I really wanna get this player. I waited for the first Gigabeats & the day they were released, Japan announced plans for a newer model (F41).

Now this is announced. When can I get it?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Sep 20 (2005) 03:42PM  

not you again...



vince

Comments: 115
 		Sep 20 (2005) 03:51PM  

Given the button layout, this might benefit from Sony's "follow turn" thing they have on the HD5.



AFD
Location: Northeastern, U.S.
Comments: 166
 		Sep 20 (2005) 05:03PM  

Looks nice.. if they ditch the SAT encryption.



Hyper_Noodle

Comments: 226
 		Sep 20 (2005) 07:09PM  

So... why does the yellow one not have color all the way to the edge, but the red and brown one do?

BTW, IMHO, these are kinda blah-looking, especially compared to the F-series. And what's this SAT encryption? Is it a proprietary file-type that your music gets convered to before being put on the player? (that's as near as I can guess from the comments here) If so, does it change sound quality?



vince

Comments: 115
 		Sep 20 (2005) 07:49PM  

Yellow one is the F series. SAT essentially makes it so that you can't remove tracks from the player and still be able to play them. It doesn't compress.



chicubs

Comments: 915
 		Sep 20 (2005) 08:05PM  

Design-wise, its still not really a "looker", but its size to feature ratio is pretty damn nice. Screen size is amazing as well. If they iron out the bugs.....



enCORe_XTG

Comments: 317
 		Sep 20 (2005) 09:35PM  

minimalist design along nice large screen...

but quite hard to found this model



YpoCaramel

Comments: 169
 		Sep 21 (2005) 12:45AM  

The lack of USB-Host is truly a shame for that beautiful screen, but if the specs are not mistaken, it is the size of the old ipod Mini! NW-HD5 with a color screen but with the battery life? Count me in!



Dan6971

Comments: 40
 		Sep 21 (2005) 03:07PM  

Maybe the large screen eats the battery life. Hey - 16 hours is a long time to go between charges...

(PS - ssjmichael: Please suck me sideways...)



Radical Conformist

Comments: 148
 		Sep 25 (2005) 05:49PM  

Maybe they should drop the whole "plus-touch" thing in favor of traditional buttons.



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