An iPhone without the phone?
M8
(Credit: Engadget)A girl can dream. And, actually, the M8 is the perfect dream for me, as it's not an iPod. Supposedly, Meizu is working on a new MiniPlayer, called the M8. Despite some quirky aspects to the company's M6, I was impressed with the player on the whole, so I'm excited to see the next offering from Meizu. The new player purportedly will offer a 2.6-inch screen and come loaded with the latest Windows CE OS, something we don't often see on MP3 players. Of course, this is all fantasy at this point, but Engadget has posted an interesting image "of the product" (see left). Look familiar? Maybe sort of like a little Apple product called the iPhone? The pic, which was posted in a Meizu discussion forum, was originally found by DAPreview, but has since been removed from their thread. This is probably a good indication of just how likely it is that this is a photo of the actual product. Personally, I'm not sure how I feel about touch-screen interfaces for MP3 players--touch screens are impossible to operate without focusing your full attention and it usually means there's more screen area to damage--but, man, it sure is purty.
For more than five years, Jasmine France has covered a variety of tech products for CNET--from scanners to keyboards to GPS devices--but she's happiest where she is now: sitting atop a pile of MP3 players, "testing" every music service known to man, and jamming a variety of earbuds in every shape and color into her absurdly small ears. E-mail Jasmine. 
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Michael
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- I hope not many companies borrow Apple's idea...
- by Fil0403 January 31, 2007 10:54 AM PST
- ... of having an all-touch-screen interface only, otherwise we will have devices that won't last more than a year...
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