Toshiba, 60GB gigabeat Portable AV / Toshiba Posted by zmcnulty on Sep 27, 2004 - 05:03 PM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pricey, but these are pretty nice. Some features include a "+" sign touch sensor, industry's first 60GB capacity, and 2.2" color QVGA screen. Toshiba Corporation will release new models of the "gigabeat" audio player series featuring 1.8" hard drives beginning in the middle of November. The lineup includes the 10GB "F10," 20GB "F20," and 60GB "F60." The F10 will be available in white, aqua blue, and rose pink colors, the F20 in silver, aqua blue, and rose pink colors, while the F60 will be available only in silver. Prices are Open Price, and those that appear below are as listed on Toshiba's direct sale website. Furthermore, these are the successor to the gigabeat G series.
The units feature a 2.2" 240 x 320 dot (32,768 color) TFT color low-temp polysilicon LCD. It not only uses the new operation + shape "Plus Touch" sensor, the guide displayed on the LCD has been completely revamped. on the sides of the unit are power, menu, and volume buttons, as well as equalizer settings - but the new "A" button can be assigned for any function. Also, the F10/20 use an anodized aluminium body, while the F60 uses a white pearl coated aluminium casing - the weight of the F10/20 is 160g, and the F60 is 170g. The "strap remote controller" included with gigabeat models in the past is now an option; the F60 however includes a wired remote controller. The wired remote's shape has not been changed, and only the color is different. In addition to the 28 equalizer settings that exist on current models, presets can now be set by the user, and 3D headphone surround is now supported thanks to SRS WOW functions. Supported formats are WMA, MP3, WMA, and now Windows Media DRM. The battery life is about 11 hours. Connection with a PC is done by USB, and it can be recharged by USB. Also, a USB cradle will be made available (included with the F60), and the cradle features both line-out (stereo mini) and AC adapter jacks. Furthermore, although the player can be connected to USB wireless LAN adapters and wired LAN adapters via its USB Host function, it cannot be connected to digital cameras for reading images. Also, the cradle features both "Sync" and "RipRec" buttons on the front. When the "Sync" button is pressed, audio data will be synchronized between the PC and gigabeat. When the "RipRec" button is pressed, a CD will be ripped to PC, encoded, and transferred to the gigabeat all in one touch. on the rear is a USB and line-out switch, so even when the cradle is connected to the PC via USB, the player can still be used as a player without moving it from PC connection mode. The included software has been changed to the newly developed "gigabeat room." While the software up until now had basically specialized in only transferring, gigabeat room also supports ripping, encoding, and the CDDB. Also, personal images and album art can be transferred to the gigabeat, particularly for its color screen. Current players cannot use gigabeat room.     Inspired by: http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20040927/toshiba1.htm [1] Press Release: http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2004_09/pr_j2701.htm [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This article is from TechJapan http://www.techjapan.com/ The URL for this story is: http://www.techjapan.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=531 Links in this article [1] http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20040927/toshiba1.htm [2] http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2004_09/pr_j2701.htm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||