08/09/05

PQI mPack P600 Portable Multimedia Player

At IFA Exhibition (Messe Berlin Exhibition Center, Germany, 2nd - 7th September, 2005), Power Quotient International Co., Ltd (PQI) has displayed its range of portable multimedia players namely the mPacks. The topic of this exhibition is Future Digital Lifestyle, focusing on portability, convenience and entertainment. The mPack P600, mPack P400 and the mTrix has been featured, together with the mPack P800 which is already selling in the market. As of 9th August 2005 PQI's portable multimedia player product line are officially Dolby approved by the Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
The mPack P600 is a power pocket multimedia player with wide screen embedded with a 4W build-in Stereo Speaker. It also comes with a earphone of 70mW for the purest of 3D sound quality in videos, music and movies. This ‘Clam Shell’ shape design protects the in-built 4” Wide Screen LCD, 16.7M colors, 480 x 272 (WQVGA) as well as minimizes power consumption while listening to music. This device has a playtime of 4 hours video (640 x 480, 24fps, AVI files) and 7 hours of audio time. You can share movies, photos, and music directly to a TV through the mPackP600.Besides supporting general Composite TV output, this device also supports full 480i/480P/720P/1080i screen (HDTV via a YprPb component), with a maximum playback resolution of over 800 x 576. As for sound quality, it is as good as its predecessor the P800 as the mPack P600 is fully designed to support 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround (SPDIF 5.1 Channel Surround Optical output). The mPack P600 can also be enhanced with an optional GPS & Navigation function.
Being offered with a 20GB or 30GB hard disk, the mPack P600 supports multiple video, audio and image files. For video files the mPack P600 supports MPEG1/2/4, AVI (XviD), MPG/DAT/VOB/MOD without converting, and ASF/WMV-with the support of converting software. As for audio files, it plays MP3 CBR/VBR, WMA, OGG, AC3, WAV, and MA4 files. As for images, the mPack P600 supports JPEG/GIF/BMP/PNG & various DSC RAW image file formats. Additionally this devices supports text files such as Plain Text Viewer.Through its USB OTG (On-The-Go) features, the mPack P600 enables you to direct access to other appliances for example a camcorder or digital camera without the help of a PC (compatibility list will be uploaded to our website in advanced). In addition to that, it has USB 2.0/1.1 interface which you can connect directly to your PC. These features are necessary for the downloading or uploading of data for the mPack P600.
The retail price position of mPack P600 is estimated between 430 - 480 euros (with import duty, without local taxes and without GPS functions). Additionally, this device is equipped with a User Friendly Graphic User Interface, Detachable and Rechargeable Battery (device also rechargeable through USB connections), Calendar, IrDA Remote Control, Clock, Address Book and Games.
For more PQI news and product details you can also visit PQI Europe at http://www.pqieurope.com/ and PQI Taiwan at http://www.pqi.com.tw/
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