Archos Beware? Sony M70 flash-based PMP is after you
by at July 26, 2007 2:26 pm
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At first glance the new M70 PMP-series from Sony seems good value (8GB $358, 4GB $294 and the 2GB $256), but with the same screen as a PSP (16:9 480×271) which costs $169 + $150 for a 8GB MS Duo, what is the actual point of it?
In fact the PSP has the additional advantage of streaming media over WiFi and of course runs over 200 games, and they both support virtually the same array of video and audio formats including AAC2, AVC, MP3, WMA etc.
It is only when you get to the part where they say that it is “a portable DVR” that the light starts to go on, although it is a very dim light as the details regards implementation are very limited to say the least. It does say that the recordings are saved in MPEG-4 SP QVGA in 1.3Mbps at 30fps.
The provision of a MS Duo will help when storage runs out and it doubles as a USB host device for importing pics from DSCs. It looks like the flash-based Sony M70 is possibly going after Archos PMPs, except the latter use primarily hard drives.
Via [Everything USB]
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