Portable video

Cowon O2 unboxing and hands on

November 21, 2008, 5:40 pm by Ben Sillis Leave your comment

Filed under Portable video Tags: Apple, cowon, iPod, O2, PMP, video

We brought you news earlier this month of Cowon’s new O2 PMP, packing a 4.3 inch touchscreen and a staggering 32GB of storage, but now one’s turned up in the flesh on our doorstep. We welcomed it in, gave it a hot drink and then ripped it open after gaining its trust - check out all the pics right here.

Archos 7 Internet-capable PMP in shops now

November 21, 2008, 1:00 pm by Sam Kieldsen Leave your comment

Filed under Portable video Tags: Archos, archos 7

Want a web surfin’, video playin’, touchscreen havin’ device that has a much bigger screen than an iPod touch? Then get ready to be happy, because the Archos 7 is finally on sale.

Cowon O2: 32GB PMP on the cheap?

November 4, 2008, 5:03 pm by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Portable video Tags: cowon, O2, Personal Media Player, sound

What’s this? Cowon has done the impossible and combined high capacity flash memory into one astoundingly affordable media player. Spendthrifts, meet the Cowon O2.

PoP digital media vending machines on the way

October 31, 2008, 5:00 pm by Sam Kieldsen Leave your comment

Filed under Portable video Tags: PoP, Sony, universal

Sony and Universal have teamed up to offer an entirely new form of vending machine - one that sells digital media content rather than snacks or drinks. Pick a film, album or whatever and the PoP machine will speedily download it onto your memory card, USB device or PMP.

Details are fairly sketchy at the moment, and to be honest it seems like a bit of a recipe for disaster - we can imagine sticking in our USB stick only to find it comes out with only half a movie on it, while our bank account ends up £15 lighter.

Optoma Pico Pocket Projector: video hands-on

October 21, 2008, 11:30 am by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Portable video Tags: Mobile, optoma, pico, Projector

We’ve just wrapped our oversized paws around the smallest projector in the world: The Optoma Pico Pocket Projector. Come and get a close-up look at the world’s tiniest movie machine!

BBC opens iPlayer to MP3 players and PMPs

October 9, 2008, 3:30 pm by James Holland Leave your comment

Filed under Portable video Tags: BBC, iPlayer, mp3 player, PMP, Radio, TV

The BBC’s iPlayer might have been available on the iPhone, iPod touch and Nokia N96 for a while, but now it’s branching out, welcoming Windows Media devices and PMPs.

Sega to launch Vision PMP in 2009

October 3, 2008, 5:00 pm by Sam Kieldsen 1 comment

Filed under Portable video Tags: Sega, sega vision

Sega’s back in the hardware business! But the games firm isn’t launching a home console to take on its old enemies Sony and Nintendo - it’s just pulled the wraps off a portable media player that’ll offer games as a bonus function.

HBO shows hit iTunes

September 16, 2008, 3:00 pm by Sam Kieldsen Leave your comment

Filed under Apple, Portable video Tags: Apple, HBO, iTunes

Want The Sopranos on your iPod? Well, get ready to be happy: Apple and US cable TV broadcaster HBO have just inked a deal that sees five top shows hit the iTunes Store.