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Meizu Mini Player, the unofficial iPod video
comment: 54 | Monday, April 24 (2006) 02:29PM | Posted by Robert Sinke
Meizu, one of the more reputable DAP manufacturers in China (seeing as how some of their models, like the X6, made it e.g. Sweden and whatnot) recently pimped their newest device, the "Mini Player" during some trade fair. Chinese IT technology website IT.com.cn was invited to take a better look at the concept... which does bear some resemblances to iPodesque stuff.


Some features : 79 x 48 x 10mm, 2.4-inch QVGA screen, built-in voice recorder, FM tuner, video playback supported, Ogg Vorbis supported. Prices according to a Meizu representative - 512MB: 699 Yuan, 1GB: 850 Yuan, 2GB: 1099 Yuan and 4GB:1599 Yuan (70, 85, 110, & 160 Euro).

LINK & LINK (also see Meizu's website)

Interesting to look at: the initial circuit board + a very... original kind of graphical user interface: click (yes, we know - it might just be a sticker or a piece of paper instead of a real working GUI).

Thanks, Mr_Anderson
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Lacene
Location: Standing Here, Confused By Your
Comments: 827
 		Apr 24 (2006) 02:44PM  

haha, I guess if they're going to get copyright lawsuits, they might as well get everybody involved....

altho with this player not incorporating a touch screen interface, or only having up to 4GB, I doubt that apple would be worried about this.

I'm starting to see more upcoming DAP's supporting Ogg....



undesign

Comments: 786
 		Apr 24 (2006) 02:47PM  

if the battery is removable on the go and lasts more than 20 hours, i'll buy it.



Robert Sinke

Comments: 1221
 		Apr 24 (2006) 02:59PM  

Battery lasts for 20 hours and it's probably not removable.



debilio

Comments: 192
 		Apr 24 (2006) 03:09PM  

Meizu says: "If we're (also) gonna rip of the iPod then let's do it good!" Ooh yeah



debilio

Comments: 192
 		Apr 24 (2006) 03:11PM  

Are we talking about flash here? I mean, what's up with the cheap prices?



Robert Sinke

Comments: 1221
 		Apr 24 (2006) 03:17PM  

Prices in China aren't half bad... normally, I'd be inclined to say "but this reflects in the quality of their hardware"; yet Meizu is a pretty ok company afaik.



Utew
Location: Oregon USA
Comments: 351
 		Apr 24 (2006) 03:28PM  

Now that's pretty damn nice.. better usage of real estate for the screen.. me likey... I would pick this up in a heartbeat..

.. or if iRiver would just release a U10 with some decent storage space.. it would be a tough decision between the two..



Allen
Location: Dub Vee Ooo
Comments: 1511
 		Apr 24 (2006) 03:47PM  

ahh a shame about it only being flash up to four gigs...



undesign

Comments: 786
 		Apr 24 (2006) 03:55PM  

4gb is good enough for me, but a non-removable battery is unforgiveable.



HipHopScribe

Comments: 126
 		Apr 24 (2006) 04:49PM  

That actually looks nice, and it has OGG. Wonder what kind of video it supports.



Hyper_Noodle

Comments: 226
 		Apr 24 (2006) 04:58PM  

I like the look of this one. Has a nice look of quality, at least. Any chances on a review, guys?



koppite1

Comments: 248
 		Apr 24 (2006) 05:02PM  

undesign...how often would you be away from a AC wall socket for more than 20 hours? Unless you're telling me you're a trans-atlantic businessman



undesign

Comments: 786
 		Apr 24 (2006) 05:08PM  

koppite: thats not the issue, im around one enough, but i will not allow myself to worry about "gotta make sure i plug it in to recharge for tomorrows trip" even if it lasts 20 hours. the point is: less hassle.

and long lasting removable batteries are a LOT less hassle.



Lacene
Location: Standing Here, Confused By Your
Comments: 827
 		Apr 24 (2006) 05:17PM  

I would'nt mind the slim lithium ion batteries over typical alkaline AA-AAA batteries, or even the rechargeble li-Ion AA-AAA batteries, as long as there is an access to the battery, & the battery that's used is available from 3rd party suppliers into the future.

I still have my Sony Walkman WM-20 casstte tape player from back in 1983, & all I have to do is drop a AA battery into it, & it still works fine.

A lot of today's DAP's are built as if they are intended to be disposable: when the built-in li-Ion battery starts to die out 3-5 years from now, even if you can pry into the player without breaking it, it will probably be very difficult to find a compatible battery that will work for your player, even tho your player would still work great if it had a new battery.

The idea is to just go out and buy a new DAP for $250-$300, & sell your old DAP on ebay for parts.....



Lone

Comments: 973
 		Apr 24 (2006) 05:59PM  

Aside from the obvious iPod/Zen similarities, this thing looks pretty sweet.



Deano

Comments: 123
 		Apr 24 (2006) 06:03PM  

I understand the removable battery part, different people want different things. Why people have to state it over and over again is a different thing entirely...

[/off topic]

As for the player itself, I am still failing to see why companies are making small flash VIDEO players. 512mb for video? Yes, I could understand that you could get several well compressed movies into 4gb... but not a 512mb device. Seems stupid to me.


undesign

Comments: 786
 		Apr 24 (2006) 06:10PM  

WHOA!

I translated the page with the circuit board to english, heres what its got:

"2nd, about M6 power supply plan: In M6 uses sets at the lithium battery way. But simultaneously provides the transparent fine ingenious battery box to be possible to choose the add-on component, may admits at the same time the AAA battery and the entire machine. Like this sets at in the lithium radio electricity situation to be allowed to charge or also to use. "

AAA battery add on pack! BOOYA! Just like on my old sony minidiscs. This is great! Im definately keeping my eye out on this baby



Hyper_Noodle

Comments: 226
 		Apr 24 (2006) 07:51PM  

Just noticed one of the images (on the Meizu website) says "dual core technique". What do you think the chances are that it's dual processor like the Karma? Possible gapless in this thing?



Robert Sinke

Comments: 1221
 		Apr 24 (2006) 08:40PM  

seems to be some sort of buzz word these days... Dual core DAPs (Teclast also had some of these things recently). Have yet to see if it's going to be of any use.



Utew
Location: Oregon USA
Comments: 351
 		Apr 24 (2006) 09:08PM  

How long before we see an "iCore" branded player? heh...

.. that would make it an Apple iCore.. geddit? yuk yuk



Cr4wford

Comments: 10
 		Apr 24 (2006) 09:26PM  

this looks pretty damn sweet. any chance it'll make it to the US...at all? maybe i should befriend the chinese foreign exchange student at my school....
[ edited Apr 24 (2006) 10:22PM ]



Thebassness
Location: In a crappy little place called duluth,ga
Comments: 168
 		Apr 24 (2006) 10:35PM  

Yea this looks decent. any chance of it goin stateside?



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Apr 24 (2006) 11:00PM  

Looks pretty good for a Chinese DAP. I like it!



n00b

Comments: 62
 		Apr 24 (2006) 11:04PM  

Wow, this thing looks great. I needed a flash player with ogg, video and decent battery life, and its slimness is a welcome bonus. 200 USD for 4gb no? Correct me if I'm wrong, it doesn't seem right..



kuhla

Comments: 46
 		Apr 24 (2006) 11:11PM  

I agree! this looks pretty kewl. There is now a runner-up to the Cowon iAudio 6 in my search for a new DAP.

Any info on:

UMS vs MTP?
Supported video formats and fps rate?
Coming to the US?
Meizu's history on sound quality?
Meizu's history on GUIs/Interfaces?
[ edited Apr 24 (2006) 11:16PM ]



law1004

Comments: 55
 		Apr 24 (2006) 11:20PM  

ok, yea, this looks sweet. saw this on a chinese dap site few weeks back. pics didn't look all that hot.. but wow,. this looks great. where do I get one?



painkiller

Comments: 109
 		Apr 25 (2006) 12:31AM  

Design looks excellent, but I have to agree with Deano. 512 and 1 GB can barely fit a few highly compressed movies. Pretty pointless if you ask me.



Intelli

Comments: 125
 		Apr 25 (2006) 12:48AM  

This thing looks quite awesome! Small, slim and a LOT cheaper then U10 !? Meizu DAP's has very good sound quality, good enough to battle iAudio.

Since i'm in Shanghai atm i feel obligated to go look up a retailer... The prices seems great and you seem to get a lot more then when you're buying a nano...

Keep you're eyes on this one please DAPreview!? A review would be schmoooooooot!



rumos

Comments: 74
 		Apr 25 (2006) 01:12AM  

the previous models of meizu were pretty much iaudio ripoffs, but fortunately of the better kind, meaning that both the user gui and the sound quality r close to iaduio levels.



ilh

Comments: 168
 		Apr 25 (2006) 04:31AM  

Woa, Ł111 for 4Gb...plus a half decent player to go with it, not bad, not bad at all.



Mr_Anderson

Comments: 43
 		Apr 25 (2006) 04:55AM  

to kuhla:

UMS

Video:Xvid(SP) 15 FPS (same as iriver U10,because of same main CPU,Samsung 300Mhz,for video playback,and a sub-CPU(from Philips) for audio playback,guess:a PNX0101 or PNX0102).

TO US: NOT in the near future

Sound quality: WORTH its price or even more

UI: Once copied iAudio's,and now the iPod's



nizzon

Comments: 41
 		Apr 25 (2006) 06:06AM  

Sweeet! Too bad it only has 4gb max.



Thebassness
Location: In a crappy little place called duluth,ga
Comments: 168
 		Apr 25 (2006) 06:13AM  

U.s available?!



Mr_Anderson

Comments: 43
 		Apr 25 (2006) 07:02AM  

Maybe OEM



HipHopScribe

Comments: 126
 		Apr 25 (2006) 08:41AM  

Not coming to the US anytime soon? Maybe available on Ebay?



Flid

Comments: 262
 		Apr 25 (2006) 02:00PM  

Nice. Very nice. Huge screen for a flash DAP (or any DAP for that matter).
Looks like it takes standard USB connector and probably charges via this aswell. Good moves. No proprietary connections.
Just a little comment on video / flash mem. Considering the capabilities of chips these days, video isn't difficult to achieve. Also, taking into account the size of the colour screen... if they didn't support video... they would be criticised for it. It's a novelty on flash players... but a nice novelty. Just enjoy the huge screen for easy clear browsing.

Then again... with 4GB... you could get a few divx movies on there, as well as a bunch of music... just to get you through a long journey. Not much "choice", but if you planned ahead, it could be sufficient.

[sarcasm] battery add-on pack! Now there's a new concept [/sarcasm]



Kamalot

Comments: 13
 		Apr 25 (2006) 02:21PM  

I used to be REALLY into having a removable battery. Honestly though, I don't ever find myself using them. Both my Treo 650 and Canon camerra have removable batteries. The only time I remove one from the Canon is to recharge it.

The only time I would require a remoavable battery is if it has terrible battery life. Frankly, I'd rather have an internal battery with a great life instead of a removable one I need to swap.



Gadgeteer
Location: London, UK
Comments: 10
 		Apr 25 (2006) 06:33PM  

Yeah - this looks slick.
Would definately give iPod a run for the money, given the same kind of marketing and endorsements

Agree with Flid; bigger screen should mean clearer menus, easer browsing. Though 2.4" is impressive.

Actually, I think an AA battery add-on is a great idea - gives you the option if you know you might not be able to recharge in time (like on holiday).

USB-mini should be the defacto for all DAPs (for non-OTG or USB-Key type
[ edited Apr 25 (2006) 06:40PM ]



madmaxx890

Comments: 15
 		Apr 26 (2006) 09:40AM  

i agree with kamalot. Bought an av500, the battery being a big motivation, but i'v never actually used the replaceable battery option for anything.



Breakdown

Comments: 228
 		Apr 26 (2006) 09:30PM  

Anything looks like an Ipod to Engadget. I can't believe they called this an Ipod rip-off, and compared to the other DAPs out there, I'm sure Meizu wasn't trying to trick people into thinking this was an Ipod.

I'm with you guys, this is one of those few Chinese DAPs that made me take a look at it a few times.



MEIZU

Comments: 4
 		Apr 26 (2006) 10:26PM  

Yeah - this looks slick.I like it~!!
I will buy it!



Mr_Anderson

Comments: 43
 		Apr 26 (2006) 11:18PM  

to Breakdown

…… I'm sure Meizu wasn't trying to trick people into thinking this was an Ipod.

You are right,it wasn't,shouldn't,wouldn't.couldn't,nobody fool.

but I still think iPod gives the market to such as this, indeed.



Mr_Anderson

Comments: 43
 		Apr 26 (2006) 11:31PM  

Two more pics,compare size with credit card.


timmins

Comments: 270
 		Apr 27 (2006) 01:26AM  

I'm no apple fanboy (closer to a hater) but these guys definately tooks some hints from the ipods design, to say the least.



MEIZU

Comments: 4
 		Apr 27 (2006) 01:36AM  

you can find more pictrues in here:

[Linky]


Breakdown

Comments: 228
 		Apr 27 (2006) 01:43AM  

Mr Anderson I didn't say Meizu didn't take any hints from the Ipod. My post just said that Engadget screams "rip-off!" everytime a company holds a butter knife to the Ipod's soft shell.



Mr_Anderson

Comments: 43
 		Apr 27 (2006) 04:17AM  

Got it.

But the fact is, iPod leechs the world's money off(sorry to fans),those who can't exceed it,copy it.
[ edited Apr 27 (2006) 04:21AM ]



Mr_Anderson

Comments: 43
 		Apr 27 (2006) 04:18AM  






from here



Mr_Anderson

Comments: 43
 		Apr 27 (2006) 04:48AM  

11 pics more, here or here ,same,maybe slow.

[ edited Apr 27 (2006) 04:58AM ]



glitzmo

Comments: 2
 		Apr 30 (2006) 08:29AM  

Here's some info I got on this player:

Flash Portable Media Player (MP4 Player)/OTG with 2.4" 260K-Color TFT-LCD and Touch Keypad

Key Specifications/Special Features:

Easy access with dynamic GUI and touch keypad
2.4-inch 260,000-color QVGA 320 x 240 TFT-LCD screen
512MB/1GB/2GB flash memory capacity optional
Supports MP3, MP2, WMA, OGG audio files
Supports SRS, WOW, TruBass, 3D surround sound effects
FM radio with FM EQ and FM/voice recording
Supports OTG (USB host) function
Photo album + slide show: BMP, JPG, GIF formats
Movie player: AVI format
Game and calculator
Text viewer
Optional external AAA battery case
Alarm with real-time clock
USB 2.0 ultra fast data transfer
Supports Microsoft MTP
Built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery, plays up to 20 hours
Supports button song
Software upgradable
Dimensions: 79 x 48.2 x 10mm
Weight: 57g




-Stevie K
Location: Sydney - Australia
Comments: 1
 		May 02 (2006) 04:39AM  

I know it's a long shot but the mini player looks great, would love to get my hands on it...

Does anyone know whether this will be available in Australia ?? Will it ever be possible or will i have to head over to China to get my hands on one of these ??

............Someone help !!!! Thanks....



mc60

Comments: 1
 		Jun 03 (2006) 12:37AM  

I like it very much.I want to have one this year even if 1599 yuan is not cheap for me,a student in China.Maybe it's very cheap for you in western area,although it isn't costliness in fact.



rainbow

Comments: 1
 		Dec 20 (2006) 11:20PM  

i've got one! RMB699 only 1G...


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