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Venzero adds lilOne to the "One" collective
comment: 8 | Sunday, July 09 (2006) 12:55PM | Posted by Robert Sinke
So you think the 8GB Venzero One is too bulky and/or expensive (289 Euro)? Not quite satisfied with the MiniOne's price point (119-169 Euro) or capacity range (1 and 2GB)? Well, apparently Venzero has you covered on this one too.

They've sneaked a 6GB micro-hdd player in between their already-announced (yet not-yet available) models; it's called the lilOne. That's lots of One's already, but more choice = cool to us.

Not much is known about the rectangular thingy right now (it's not even on their own official site as we speak), other than that it's "probably (one of) the smallest HDD players" out there, able to play music/video & display photos through a 1.5-inch, 262k color screen. Hmm... small... small color screen... videos... Cowon iAudio 6, anyone? Oh right... this one is 6GB... iriver E10, anyone? Heh, it's probably going to be a bit of a hybrid between those two units, then .

The lilOne also comes with a feature called "MusicMarker", allowing you to track down/download songs you've heard on the radio. It should run for about 20 hours per charge, plays MP3/WMA (DRM'ed stuff too) and costs some 199 Euro. All in all, Venzero has thought there line-up through pretty cleverly, and it seems as if they're getting ready to output the whole lot in the next few weeks & days. Great - that gives them more time to come up with 4GB (and possibly 6GB) flash DAPs and a 30/60GB DAP/PMP hybrid, while topping things off with a ncie slender-looking 30-100GB dedicated PMP. A man has to have his pipe dreams, no?

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Comments

enigman

Comments: 216
Jul 09 (2006) 01:38PM  

Actual unit, veizero...

and we'll see whether your price's point is going to be acceptable or not.




Lone

Comments: 973
Jul 09 (2006) 01:57PM  

Yeah, these concepts look interesting but right now they all just look like Photoshop jobs.




shiftis
Location: Canada
Comments: 369
Jul 09 (2006) 03:20PM  

Those directional controls look really bad.




timmins

Comments: 270
Jul 09 (2006) 11:38PM  

If it is a micro hdd why wouldn't it have 10 GIGs like the zen micro photo (I think it had ten), at only 5 gigs this better be .85 , if it isn't this thing is behind the times.






Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
Jul 10 (2006) 01:48AM  

The max for the ZMP is at 8gb right now, which I think is the max for microdrives atm.
[ edited Jul 10 (2006) 01:48AM ]




Lacene
Location: Standing Here, Confused By Your
Comments: 827
Jul 10 (2006) 03:24AM  

Seagate has come out with a 12GB 1" HDD, I believe...supposedly slotted for mobile phones, but also for "media players"......hmmmmmm....


the 1" HDD (or 1.2" - 3.0cm) ......and the 1.5" (1.4" - 3.6cm)


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[ edited Jul 10 (2006) 03:29AM ]




vladmoney

Comments: 18
Jul 10 (2006) 11:38AM  

i think i might buy it just so i could sue them when i get mad arthritis in my fingers from the horribly looking controls.




chicubs

Comments: 915
Jul 10 (2006) 01:24PM  

sounds like vaporware.




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