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Commodore Is Back With MP3/Video Player

by Tim Stevens on August 7, 2007 at 04:43 PM

Commodore Announces Gravel C200For anyone who was alive in the '70s or early '80s, the name Commodore probably brings back memories of classic gaming through clunky brown boxes. These days, of course, the brand has been reborn and slapped onto a variety of things, from high-end gaming PCs (natch) to a selection of portable media players, like the recently-announced Gravel C200.

Befitting its name, the Gravel bears a small, rounded shape not altogether unlike othergadgets with similarly earthy-names. The screen is a 1.8'-inch crisp, colorful, and compact OLED, meaning the device itself will be easily pocketable. The Gravel's 18 hours of playback per charge, plus compatibility with most audio and video formats (even Divx and Xvid), means this thing has the potential to one of the handiest of the ultra-portable-media-player category. But with a maximum memory of just two-gigabytes (2GB), at a price of around $170, the Gravel is not such a great deal. It seems some may be placing a bit too high a value on that classic Commodore name.

The C200 is available now for pre-order in Europe, but there's no word on any Stateside debut.

From Tech Digest

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