Nextar T30 PMP Touts 3.5" Screen, $99 Price
June 18, 2008 | by Geoff Duncan
The Nextar T30 portable media player will do video, photos, music, and FM radio, brings a 3.5-inch LCD display, and carries only a $99 price tag.
Sometimes it seems silly to pay $69 for a display-free music player that has to be completely configured using desktop software—especially when a few dollars more will get you a media player that can display photos and video plus pull in your favorite FM stations. The Nextar T30 is just such a beat, offering 4 GB of onboard memory (and an SD slot for another 2 GB of storage), an integrated FM tuner, a voice reorder, and a 3.5-inch 320 by 240-pixel LCD display.
"Users will find our new T30 portable media player [..] the perfect solution for enjoying their favorite movies, music, and memories virtually anywhere they want," said Nextar founder Eddy Zheng, in a statement. "Its slim size of just half an inch in depth and light weight of just 3.7 ounces allows this player to go virtually anywhere with you."
The T30 runs off a rechargeable lithium ion battery and can provide eight hours of music or four hours of video playback on a single charge. On the audio front, the T30 supports MP3 and WMA, and WMA DRM9 media; the unit can also display JPEG and and BMP images, but video has to be converted to AVI (Nextar offers WIndows-only software to do the trick) before it can be played back on the T30.
But the most appealing aspect of the T30 might just be its price: $99, available now at retailers like Wal-mart, BonTon, DBL, and Seventh Ave.
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Sam L on Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:07 AM:
Really cool that they have a decent sized screen with good resolution, and that it plays so many different formats
Christy in LA on Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:08 AM:
Im amazed they added a slot for more memory ,it's about time someone did.
Loren2859 on Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:11 AM:
I would pay $100.00 just for the convenience in size, but since it plays so many formats, including music...it's cheaper than my old Sansa MP3 player, and does more.
Gulley21 on Jun 18th, 2008 at 1:47 PM:
I wonder if its like the Archos and offers a slot to use external battery power for longer trips.
Bartl on Jun 18th, 2008 at 1:57 PM:
I've had one of their GPS units for a whiile and have been happy with it, better than my old audiovox.
Jason Howard on Jun 18th, 2008 at 2:26 PM:
Great for kids!
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Corey on Jun 18th, 2008 at 11:06 AM:
Digital Trends-get one of these in for review!