Handheld mp4 video player

Japanese firm System Talks has a fairly neat, compact-looking mp4 video player coming out on June 1. You can record direct from a TV or from a PC via USB2.0, and there are a variety of storage options including CompactFlash cards, a 20GB 1.8-inch hard disk that clips onto the rear, or Microdrives of up to 4GB. It's also possible to play back mp3s and display JPEG images. The life of the internal lithium-ion battery is a touch disappointing at 2.5 hours using a CF card or 1.5 using a hard drive--it would have been nice to get enough to watch one movie, at least. Price should be around Y35,000, though it looks like the 1.8-inch hard disk attachment will cost you an unspecified amount on top of that.

[Via Ascii24 (Japanese)]