The SN-M700 from Japanese manufacturer Signeo is a very compact Media Player. It comes in 3 memory varaints 512 MB, 1 GB and 2 GB. It has a bright 10 line (160 x 128 pixels), 2,60,000 color display. It can play MPEG 4 files at 15 fps max. The SN-M700 can also play MP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis and WAV files. It can also read text files which are displayed on it’s large 10 line display. In addition to onboard memory it has a SD card slot for memory expansion, music and image files can be opened via the SD card. It has a built in sliding USB connector using which you can connect it directly to the PC without any cables. It’s Lithium Polymer battery provides continuous playback upto 18 hours, the battery can be charged via AC adapter or USB. It can record directly from an Audio CD player or Audio equipment in WMA format without a PC.

The SN-M700 also includes a FM tuner, FM broadcasts can be recorded in MP3 format. A sensitive microphone is also built in. To top it all the SN-M700 also has an infrared port using which you can control TV etc. It measures 34 x 20 x 75mm and weighs only 50 grams. The Signeo SN-M700 will be available from December 3rd. The 512 MB version will be available for 22,800 Yen ($ 190), 1 GB for 27,800 Yen ($ 230) and 2 GB for 32,800 Yen ($ 275).

Remote Control function

Onboard sliding USB connector