Shanzai Gadgets

Tracking the products, trends and reach of China's local to global tech culture.

Friday, June 25, 2010

The thinnest, foldable, coolest iPhone speaker yet

There are dozens of portable iPhone speakers out there but believe me, this is perhaps the thinnest and most ultra-portable iPhone speaker I’ve ever seen. This white-orange colored paper thin foldable iPhone speaker is designed by a Chinese designer, Mr. Chun-Chieh Yang. No info on the price or availability yet. Read more...

Newsmy unveils color eBook reader

Newsmy has a strong of previous e-book reader products, the 6101, 6202, and 6206. Now they've announced a fourth one, the C66. Unlike their previous E-ink based models, the C66 gets a color LCD. Apart from its primary function of reading e-books, the C66 will also let you play 1080p videos. The C66 looks like a nice design. It weights only 230g. Read more...


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eclast introduces 7-inch PMP

These days every portable media player (PMP) is capable of playing 720p or 1080p high definition video, but you might wonder what the point is if the PMP only offers a small screen. Teclast’s all new PMP, theC700, comes with a 7-inch display (1024x600) and supports 1080p HD video playback.


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These days every portable media player (PMP) is capable of playing 720p or 1080p high definition video, but you might wonder what the point is if the PMP only offers a small screen. Teclast’s all new PMP, theC700, comes with a 7-inch display (1024x600) and supports 1080p HD video playback. Read more...
These days every portable media player (PMP) is capable of playing 720p or 1080p high definition video, but you might wonder what the point is if the PMP only offers a small screen. Teclast’s all new PMP, theC700, comes with a 7-inch display (1024x600) and supports 1080p HD video playback.


Read more at www.shanzai.comThese days every portable media player (PMP) is capable of playing 720p or 1080p high definition video, but you might wonder what the point is if the PMP only offers a small screen. Teclast’s all new PMP, theC700, comes with a 7-inch display (1024x600) and supports 1080p HD video playback.


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5-inch MID Turbo T5 spotted running Windows Mobile


MIDs running on Windows Mobile OS are not very common. Products like the recently spotted Turbo T5 bring some surprises. The Turbo T5 has a 5-inch resistive touchscreen display (800X480) and runs Windows Mobile 6.5. The MID is powered with a 667MHZ ... Read more...

Friday, May 28, 2010

T18 - 7-inch HD media player from RAmos

RAmos has added an all new portable media player, the T18, to their T series media players. The RAmos T18 features a 7-inch display and supports 1080p videos and HDMI output. It's powered with a 3000mAh battery so the battery life should be fairly decent. The T18 comes with an H.264 codec and supports a variety of media files including: MTK, DAT, MPG, VOB, AVI, TS, M2TS, MP4, MOV, RM, RMVB videos, and MP3, WMA, WAV, AAC, OGG, APE, FLAC, and M4A. Read more...

Stay tuned for Newsmy A39HD PMP


Do you remember the iPod touch rip-off from Newsmy, which supported almost all popular audio and video formats, and was extremely affordable at under USD 50? Newsmy has launched its successor, not an iPod clone this time, but a complete portable media player called the A39HD. The 3.6” media player has a widescreen display with an uncommon aspect ratio of 16:9 and support for high-definition 768p videos. Read more...

Monday, May 3, 2010

Ainol P810 – redefining portable

There was a time when media players were really portable, portable enough to hide them in a pocket, but now the word ‘portable’ is hardly suitable for most of the latest media players out there. For instance, the Ainol P810 media player features an 8-inch screen – almost the size of an iPad! The justification for the size is its support of 1280p resolution. Mmmm ... higher than HD!? Read more...