Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Oh poor little Bestlink Electronics BL 3280. You look just like the HTC Touch, but you have no phone, no touchscreen, and your casing appear to be made from reconstituted Batman action figures. Sure, they say that you can play MPEG4, MP3, WMA, WMV, ASF and WAV files, and that you’re no slouch at viewing e-books or JPEGs, but does that help you get to sleep at night? You can boast about your “dynamic GUI” all you want, or flaunt your FM radio and “gaming functionality” (though we’re not sure how that works with your lack of buttons), but deep down you’re just another, shoddy knock-off — and we know it. Hey, at least you’re not called the Pouch. Price and availability unknown — we guess cheap and soon.
[Via PMPToday]
 
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Original post by Joshua Topolsky

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Look, we know how you feel — rumor mongering over the Google Phone (or OS) and its supposed appearance (in a multitude of forms, with an avalanche of partners) has reached the tipping point where it goes from exciting to annoying. That said, when the Wall Street Journal (amongst others) mentions a date or a place, you tend to pay attention. The stock-market rag is now reporting that the infamous GPhone will be making its official appearance on Monday. On the flip side, some say the story is that Google-partner Android will deliver news of an SDK for a new mobile OS — a “complete software stack” based on Linux. Of course, we’re not going to be placing any bets on said activity (nor should you), because with the way things have been playing out thus far, it seems pretty unwise to make wagers — unless they’re on [...]

Original post by Joshua Topolsky