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We have not heard from Zune or did we expect the Zune Guy do be in the mood for announcement at this time but, apparently, he is. Here’s what he has to say:

I am done. I have had the Zune since day 1 and have noticed little improvement. I have tried my best to support them every step of the way but the recent Xbox Live announcement at E3 made me lose it. To not include Zune Marketplace or the ability to load videos from Xbox Live to your Zune made me finally give up. I am in the works of figuring the best way to get a new tattoo to cover the logo on my arm. Thanks for all the harsh comments and you will see very little of me anymore.

mszunefan, as he calls himself in the Zunescene forum might want to take at least the rest of the year off to think about covering his Zune-related tattoos. Microsoft may just come up with a really nice update on the Zune. Hm, you haven’t heard of a any Zune rumors either? Well, all I’m saying is that if I’d wait if before I’d cover up those tattoos with more tattoos because I’d be wondering what made me put those tattoos anyway and would immediately conclude that it might be best to seek professional advise.

[zunescene via engadget]

Twenty-two more countries will receive their iPhone 3G starting August 22. Apple COO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer announced the date but forgot to mention which 20 countries will finally have their iPhones. Despite some supply strains the Apple execs expect Q3 to be their best selling iPhone quarter ever. Better than Q2? With iPhone 3G already selling twice as fast as iPhone EDGE, Q3 is definitely one for the record books.

With a price ($199 + contract) that rocks, availability of third-party apps at the App Store, and at least one jailbreak software already out for additional third-party apps, the iPhone is one tech product that will remain in the fixation of contemporary civilization for a while.

Btw, our most popular post these days has been this iPhone 2.0 jailbreak post from March. A related post (on the iPhone jailbreak) has become our most popular post with a poll. Right now, 93% ofour poll takers say they want to jailbreak their iPhone.This despite the App Store receiving over 25 million download requests. Wow!

[via mobilecrunch]

Don’t know why no one told us about this 4.5mm-thick MP4 player. This beats Brando’s screenless customizable MP3 player as Chinavasion’s 4GB CVSJ-1304 plays ASF videos in addition to audio files. The former thinnest PMP (plays videos and audio files) we’ve featured is a full 1mm thicker. Just how thin is Chinavasion’s world’s thinnest MP4 player? Take four credit card and stack them up one on top of another and you’d get the idea. Other features include FM tuner and USB 2.0.

The MP4 player is available retail ($39.55) and wholesale with discounts.

Full specs and video after the break.

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An animated Star Wars movie is coming to a movie near you real soon and to mark the occasion, we have a Star Wars-inspired MP3 player for you. It seems to be an official release with official license from George Lukas’ company. It’s sold on Amazon UK for about $80 USD, though Amazon UK is out of stock right now. It only plays audio and onboard memory is only 512MB. Pretty much a throwback to the 80s version of Star Wars and they only have the Dart Vader. Think of it as a tiny lunch box that plays music.

[amazon via digg and gmp3]

You can’t get more luxurious in the PMP world than COWON’s new 5-inch iAudio P5. It’s a 800×480-pixel touchscreen player with UI support for Widget and Haptics, T-DMB and Bluetooth. No WiFi, though, and for Koreans this is not a problem but it does allow USB WiFi. It’s an HDD player with 40GB, 60GB and 80GB versions available. File support includes  WMV, MPG, OGM, DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, WMV9, AVI, ASF, MP3, WMA, AC3 and with the RMI Alchemy AU1250 700Mhz CPU, you won;t have any problem playing video files perfectly on the P5. It comes in black, platinum and red and will be released July 29 in Korea.

Other specs: AVdic + Dictionary, plays 9 hours of video and hairline metal body should feel fantastic to the hands.

[cowon via i4u]

I’m really impressed with Dell’s E lineup of sub-notebooks. Screen sizes range from the 8.9-inch 1024 x 600 Dell E Classic to the 12.1-inch Dell E Slim. The Dell E Classic, priced at $299 will come with a 1.6GHz D-ville processor and 512 DDR2 RAM. You only have the 4GB option for the classic and there is no camera. The Dell E Video will give you that camera and 8GB of flash memory and also 1GB of RAM. Dell E Video+ has similar specs plus Bluetooth and with 12GB of flash storage. Dell E Slim has a 12.1-inch WXGA screen and together with the Dell E Slim+ have an SLT processor HDD storage with the Slim + having an additional 20GB of space, Bluetooth and gigabyte of RAM. We’re assuming all models have Windows XP as an option.

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We couldn’t quite believe our eyes but there it is on the specs list: 1,Amazing Keyboard! (italics and exclamation point mine). I mean, they can’t be serious. They really decided to make one? But of course they did:

There are so few appearance of low-end phones like GF-W168 to move me, the crystal-blue on the surface seems to be natural. In order to prevent wearing the keyboard, the keyboard is placed under a piece of thin special material; And coupled with faint blue color from the keyboard lights it is so pure and attractive, so that it will be have so many people loving ”color” could not keep out its charm. The increased the metal frame and watch-shaped metal keyboard and ornament of speakers prevent its ”soft” personality and let it show the beauty of masculine! For the functions, the added single standby dual card, Bluetooth…

The GF-W168 has a 2.2 TFT screen, 2 MP camera, 3D sound and support for MP3 and MP4. It’s kinda like this phone but only with an AMAZING KEYBOARD.

[via alibaba]

It’s not everyday we post a photo of a sketch of a Chinese gadget here at PMP Today, which makes Teclast’s latest PMP that much more interesting. From what I can gather from the Mandarin lettering, the M31 has a completely seamless metal body but despite that, Teclast has managed to put in all the connectors like a USB port, 3.5 mm audio jack and several buttons. Teclast claims the display has a 178-degree viewing angle, which sounds remarkable. It has touch-sensitive buttons similar to its predecessor instead of a touch screen, though volume controls tempting you to touch them show up on landscape mode. It has TV Out and plays RMVB, RM, FLV, AVI, WMV, DAT.I have a feeling the M31 is going to be at least as popular as the M26.

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Gemei has an exciting new PMP that is about to be released. The serial number comes after this gaming PMP, but the X780 has little in common with the X760. The X780 also represents Gemei’s first dip into the iPhone cloning business. The company has been specializing in PMP-emulation devices like the X900 and the X590 among others and had little time to join the Apple-imitation bandwagon until now. Their first try is a boxy 3-inch WQVGA PMP with TV out, FM tuner and support for multiple files:

Music: MP3, WMA, WAV, APE, FLAC
Video: RM, RMVB, FLV, AVI, MPG, MPEG, DAT , ASF, WMV, VOB, 3PG, MP4
Photo: JPG, BMP, GIF, PNG

Apparently, this one has no gaming support. The price is not available yet. More photos after the break (see how boxy it is).

[via gmp3]
Available now:

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We apologize for the downtime we experienced yesterday. Our site’s traffic has tripled these past two weeks, a bounty we have not been prepared for. Fortunately, there weren’t a lot happening in the portable media player industry news during the downtime so our readers have not missed much.