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  • The JXD V3 does gaming, plays media, takes 5MP pics, gets the ladies

    The JXD V3 does gaming, plays media, takes 5MP pics, gets the ladies

    Posted on February 4, 2010 | No Comments
    How come Japan always gets all the fun toys? Like this JXD V3. It can play most modern roms along with nearly every video and audio format. One look at it and you know that it will bring you some serious geek cred in your computer science classes. Thank goodness it’s available for worldwide shipping. Supported [...]

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  • AV Bank Dodeka: Thanko’s pretty decent looking 7-inch media player

    AV Bank Dodeka: Thanko’s pretty decent looking 7-inch media player

    Posted on December 16, 2009 | No Comments
    Tokyo-based crap USB gadget vendor Thanko does roll out devices from time to time that are not that crappy. And their so-called AV Bank Dodeka [JP], a media player that boasts a 7-inch screen (iPhone: 3.5 inches), seems to be one of those. It's a major upgrade to the AV Bank Thanko started selling just last month. The Dodeka's LTPS screen has a 800×480 resolution and can double as a digital picture frame. It features 8GB of internal memory but also supports microSD/SDHC cards (up to 16GB). Videos can be viewed in AVI/MPEG/FLV/MP4/MOV/PMP/DAT/VOB/RM/ or RMVB format. The player also plays MP3s and displays JPEG/GIF/ and BMP photo files.

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  • Thanko sells inexpensive portable media player (but closed the English store)

    Thanko sells inexpensive portable media player (but closed the English store)

    Posted on November 2, 2009 | No Comments
    Following the GPS watch introduced last week, Tokyo-based USB gadget maker Thanko is selling another product that actually makes sense. The so-called AV Bank [JP] is being marketed as a versatile media player that can be used as a music player, photo frame, video player and voice recorder. And it's relatively cheap, too.

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  • Thanko rolls out non-crappy portable multimedia player with built-in camera

    Thanko rolls out non-crappy portable multimedia player with built-in camera

    Posted on September 30, 2009 | No Comments
    Japan's No. 1 crap gadget maker Thanko surprisingly announced a new device today that doesn't look too crappy: The DIGITAL MP4 AudioPlayer AV [JP], a portable media player that houses a digital camera. The device comes with 8GB of built-in memory (miniSD cards are supported and works only with Windows XP/Vista.

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  • SundaySky automates the multimedia e-commerce experience

    SundaySky automates the multimedia e-commerce experience

    Posted on September 23, 2009 | No Comments
    When I was in Israel two weeks ago I sat down with the guys at SundaySky. I need you to bear with me here because the service doesn't sound cool outright but once you realize the power for commerce sites it becomes amazing. Here's how it works: e-commerce sites have lots of products. Take cameras, for example. You have a few set attributes - zoom, megapixels, etc. - and the rest of the incidental information could fit in a paragraph. So SundaySky creates a video using a product image and audio from a pre-recorded pool of preset phrases ("This W camera has X and Y built-in and includes a Zx zoom lens", where all the variables are pre-recorded as well). The rest of the info appears as text in the video. That way you could talk fairly convincingly about an Olympus camera with a set of data from a pre-recorded pool and then add the small stuff as a visual. In this way you can make video out of every single item in your store.

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  • Speaker with 4.5-inch LCD looks cool, but features are sketchy

    Speaker with 4.5-inch LCD looks cool, but features are sketchy

    Posted on September 9, 2009 | No Comments
    BrandoBehold! A small step forward in multimedia speakers! This one has a built-in 4.5-inch LCD screen and it only costs $99. According to the product description, the screen is a "high definition color display." According to me, that's dead wrong. But who cares? It's a screen built into a speaker! Hurray!

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