KNC M-700, Nokia 5310′s evil PMP half brother

May 1 could be the date of arrival of this sleek new PMP from KNC called the M-700, which is going to be released to commemorate the (presumably) Chinese Ching Ming Festival. Underneath the plasticky black and blue exterior lies a Swiss-RK2706 core chip running at 400Mhz, 4GB of built-in storage, support for USB 2.0, and Microsoft PLAYFX sound. The supported file formats are RM, RMVB, FLV, AVI, DivX, and XviD encoded AVI. It has a 2.6-inch screen that can play movies in 16:9 widescreen format, so it would be a great travel companion for watching short clips of your favorite TV shows. And while I’m liking the looks of the M-700, I’m constantly reminded by the blue highlights of another mobile device, although it belongs to another category. I won’t pretend, I really think they “borrowed” design cues from Nokia’s 5310 XpressMusic phone for this one. So now the Nokia knock-offs aren’t just closed out to rival mobile phones, but to stand-alone media players as well? What do you think, was the KNC M-700 PMP inspired by the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic phone or what?

Via [PMP Today]