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The Ramos iMovie personal media player being sold in China looks impressive (and it'll be even more impressive if it avoids a lawsuit from Apple).
The 4.3-inch, 480-by-272-pixel widescreen media player is essentially a beefed up video iPod. Equipped with stereo speakers and a TV-out port, the iMovie is capable of playing MP3s, photo slide shows and virtually any video format, including AVI, FLV, WMV and MPG4 (unlike Apple's video iPods, which are limited to playing MP4 videos and movies bought from the iTunes Store).
The iMovie's also priced quite reasonably for what it offers. It's available in three different models: $219 for the 32GB; $145 for the
16GB; and $102 for the 8GB. Compare this to an 8GB iPod touch, which costs $299 and sports a 3.5-inch widescreen. Then again, the iPod touch has Wi-Fi capabilities and the ever-so-valuable App Store to keep its price up.
Still a good deal nonetheless, although whenever you buy electronics in
China you have to question whether there's some sort of secret spyware installed on it...
8GB sale of 699 yuan Blue Magic iMovie-Yuet the strong sale [CNET China via PMP Today]
