Philips has introduced a new line of super-compact portable multimedia player Philips GoGear Spark. Everyone has the dimensions 41 x 41 x 15 mm and a small 1.46-inch OLED display with a resolution of 128 x 128 pixels, and the differences between the models lie in the amount of internal memory. While Philips presented a model with 2, 4 and 8 gigabytes of memory.
Representatives of Philips GoGear Spark audiformatov can play files of MP3, WMA and WAV, and also images in JPEG. But players will not play video, which is not critical, given the size of the display. In addition, new items are equipped with a microphone that allows you to use them as a voice recorder, and an optional FM radio.
Synchronization with the PC through a USB cable, while the player is defined as a standard Mass Storage Device, and does not require drivers. According to the manufacturer Philips GoGear Spark able to work about 27 without an additional battery.
Cost of 2-GB version in Europe at $ 56, 4-GB of about $ 70, and 8-GB – $ 85. The presence of FM radio will increase the cost of each model by $ 7.
Portable MP3 Player GoGear Muse was introduced on IFA 2009, equipped with 16 gigabytes of internal memory, 3-inch display with a resolution 400h240. Player weighs 95 grams and is able to record voice or radio broadcasts in MP3.
Frankly speaking, is to recognize that portable mp3 players Philips, to put it mildly, not very common in our market. The point rather is that they do not have the charisma of iPod, the price, for example, Transcend, and opportunities iriver and Cowon. The company has always focused on quality sound, while ignoring all other factors.
Is difficult to say Philips loses from such a strategy or not, but it is recognized that this brand has a very loyal audience. Among my acquaintances there is a couple of people who unconditionally trusted Philips so that they are ready to buy anything that company produces.
But back to our subject – Portable MP3 Player GoGear Muse was introduced on IFA 2009, equipped with 16 gigabytes of internal memory, 3-inch display with a resolution 400h240. Player weighs 95 grams and is able to record voice or radio broadcasts in MP3. Lithium-polymer battery capacity of 750 mAh provides up to 25 hours of music playback or up to 5 hours – video.
But the main feature of novelty, of course, is not charging from USB (anyone surprised by it today?) Did not record in MP3, and headphones with noise-canceling AY3831. Audio formats supported up to Ogg Vorbis and FLAC, but the video is limited only AVI and WMV codec with MPEG4 or H.264. To understand the competitiveness of the player can only learn its price.
