14 DAY TRIAL // In case you forgot about it, I should probably remind you that Sharp announced the release of its SP700 portable media player a year ago, which is awkward.
Apparently, the portable device was especially designed for students that need a decent list of codecs in the same compact-sized gizmo. When it comes to its design, there is something weird about it, as it looks like the SUV version of the PMPs. Why? Well, it's all pitch black. There is nothing wrong with that, it's just that it could bring the gizmo aficionados down.
Regarding the player's capabilities, there is a lot of stuff this baby can do. For starters, it can deal with most of the file formats on the market, such as MP3,WMA, WAV and WMV 7/8/9, as well as DiVX, mpeg1/2/4, WMV7/8/9 and H.264 for all sorts of media content.
In addition, to make it stand out on the market, the manufacturers added a fashionable T-DMB television receiver, which will allow its users to view favorite TV shows. Not to mention there are even a bunch of electronic dictionaries that can be used to learn a foreign language.
The SP700 device is said to work with Windows CE 5.0, though there is no word about the Mac users. Even though they say nothing about the player's internal storage capacity, there is an integrated SD/MMC card slot of an extra boost.
The specs list mention something about an USB host option, which means the player can also be used for important documents transfer without having to use the PC.
All in all, I still cannot understand how Sharp plans to attract the students, as they've chosen a rather spicy price tag of 521 bucks for a single player. But I guess getting good grades or writing to Santa can also be taken as available variants.
