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Kingston to Join the MP3 Player Fray
Monday, June 5th, 2006 at 4:00 PM - by Jeff Gamet
Kingston announced at the Computex trade show in Taiwan on Tuesday that it plans to throw its hat into the MP3 player ring with its K-PEX multimedia device. The K-PEX is a Flash-based player will be available in 1GB and 2GB capacities, and includes a 2-inch color display, USB 2.0 interface, voice recorder and speakers, and a Mini SD card slot.
The 3.7 x 1.8 x .6-inch unit will play AVI, MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, Windows Media Video, ASF, MP3, Windows Media Audio, Ogg, JPEG, and WAV file formats, and supports Microsoft’s digital rights management technology. The K-PEX is designed to be compatible with most of the Internet-based music download services.
Currently, the portable media player market is dominated by Apple’s iPod. Any company that hopes to chip away at that needs to offer a player that stands out from the competition along with a download service that rivals the iTunes Music Store.
Kingston is known for its memory products, and this will be the company’s first attempt at a portable music and movie player.
According to PCWorld, Kingston will introduce the K-PEX in Asia this August, and then eventually expand to the United States. The 1GB model will be priced around US$120 to $130, and the 2GB model will be about $170 to $180.
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