Compal Intro APA00 & APA01 Wi-Fi Touchscreen PMPs [DVB-T, 1080p HD Video Support]

Compal Electronic have introduced two new portable media players
offering 1080p HD video support, integrated DVB-T digital TV and FM
tuners and 7 WVGA (800 x 480 resolution) touchscreen displays in the
form of the Compal APA00 and APA01 PMPs.Powered by ARM-based Sigma
Design EM8622L SoCs and running uCLinux operating systems with custom
touchscreen GUIs, both the Compal APA00 and APA01 PMPs come with
integrated 1.8″ hard disks offering from 20GB to 80GB capacities,
the aforementioned DVB-T digital TV and FM tuners with recording
capabilities, 1080pHD native support and, in terms of file format
compatibility, will play ball with MPEG 1/2/4, Xvid, WMV9, H.264 video
and MP3, WMA, MPEG1/2- Layer 1,2 /WAV(PCM) audio file formats as well as
offering compatibility with JEPG, GIF, PNG, BMP image formats.

In terms of input/outputs both the Compal APA00 and APA01 PMPs come with
USB 2.0 ports, dual TV-out (YPbPr and Composite) ports, headphone and
audio out (though both models sport integrated stereo speakers), and IR
for use with remote controls.Measuring in at 203.5 x 132 x 22mm and
weighing 590g, there’s no word concerning either pricing or
availability at the time of writing, however, with Compal Electronic
primarily serving as an OEM provider we suspect that we’ll have to
wait to see which companies pick the devices up - possibly to set
against the likes of Archos’s range of Internet Media Tablets -
before we can gain specific pricing or availability information.

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