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M-bird XT-21 flash player

Juniper Foo | Aug 27, 2004

It's Neo meets the cyberpunkish M-Bird XT-21, looking like the digital audio half of Samsung's SPH-N270 Matrix phone. Coincidentally, both are Korean made, which goes to show how far the Koreans have caught up in terms of pushing the design envelope. In the overly crowded MP3 space, this gizmo distinguishes itself with built-in stereo speakers blasting a very decent 90dB, 100mW output, an inverted LED screen supporting 125 colors, built-in USB plug for Memory Stick expandability, voice recording and FM tuner. Who cares if you'll spend the better half of the day figuring out what all those odd knobs and buttons do. This one's so weird, it's cool.

Price: N.A.
Availability: Korea for now
Device: MP3 flash player
Basic specs: 256MB and 1GB versions, supports MP3 and WMA, built-in speakers, direct encoding, voice recording, FM tuner, 86.7 x 38.6 x 18.7mm, 65g, 700mAh rechargeable Li-polymer battery

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Oregon Scientific MP100

Juniper Foo | Aug 19, 2004

Oregon Scientific, the fellows behind the weather and projection clocks, have apparently gone into the digital audio space. New out is the MP100, which aims for bragging rights as the world's smallest MP3 player with an LCD screen. Though by the time this gets read, some Taiwan or Korean company would have contested that claim, given how everyone's downsizing their gizmos. At 28g, however, the MP100 is certainly lightweight; as is everything else. Batteries are an Achilles heel here at 2 hours of MP3s or 4 hours of WMA files, while memory is fixed at a paltry 128MB.

Price: £80 (US$146)
Availability: Europe
Device: MP3 flash player
Basic specs: 128MB flash memory, earpieces which double as neck cord, choice of four colors (orange, blue, black and titanium)