Kingston player takes on Apple's iPod
updated 12:20 pm EDT, Wed August 2, 2006
Kingston takes on Apple
Kingston Technology today entered the personal media player market as it unveiled the K-PEX 100 personal media player that offers support for audio, video, photo viewing, multi-region FM radio, and video games. The new players stand to compete with Apple's video-capable fifth-generation iPod, which also plays audio and video but cannot play video games or FM radio. The new Kingston player features 1GB and 2GB capacities with a miniSD slot for easy transfer of video, music, and photos from digital cameras and other peripherals. The device ships with a USB 2.0 cable, USB host cable, line-in cable, earphones, a transcoder software CD, a protective cover, a lanyard, a user manual, and a quick-start guide for $130 (1GB) or $180 (2GB).
The new player boasts a super-slim, lightweight design with a high resolution 2-inch color LCD. Measuring 3.7 x 1.8 x .57-inches and weighing 2.2 ounces, the new K-PEX Personal Media Player supports MP3, WMA, OGG and WAV audio; MPEG 1&2, AVI, WMV and ASF video, JPEG image formats, and TXT documents.
Kingston has also announced that it will ship the first 4,000 2GB players with a free miniSD card.
"K-PEX allows us to leverage our reputation in the memory business while maximizing established relationships with NAND suppliers which ultimately results in a high quality, multi-functional multimedia player for consumers," said Jean Wong, Flash product manager, Kingston. "By adding an expandable card slot to the K-PEX, we offer today's consumer a high quality product with the flexibility to expand media libraries at an affordable price."
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that's nothin'
my Tapwave Zodiac has support for audio, video, photo viewing and video games. it also runs most Palm OS software. look at how well THAT company did, and they didn't take on the iPod....