Today ’s DAP newspaper headline :
There ’s an in - depth look at what ’s cash in one’s chips inShenzen ( China ) , the heart of DAP - cloning country . Next to that , we ’ve built our own ghetto - style lanyard for the iPod nano : enterthe nanyard . Our French chum keep us in the loop on Creative’sZen micro Phototoo , theiUbi PMP-2010re - embark the portable telecasting recorder arena and we ’re asking ourselves … “ Where the heck is thatArchos Gmini-500 ? ” .
Of all places in China , why would one pickShenzen , Guangdongas a basis for any DAP - related clause ? Well , the solvent can simply rule within the statistic : the province of Guangdong is responsible for 80 % of China ’s total DAP production , with the urban center of Shenzen answer for for one - third of that pct . Nowadays , said metropolis ( located near the moulding with Hong Kong ) is in the main associated with many of those weird , flashy - see DAP clones . It used to be unlike , though – very dissimilar . There used to be as many as 800 DAP companies within the city ’s borders , back in the flower ( 2001 ) – they would generate as much as 30 bucks of profit per unit . How apace things can switch is reflected by the dry numbers again : there are “ only ” some 250 company bequeath and net margings have fallen to a measly 10 Taiwanese Yuan ( $ 1.24 ) per unit . Just read the entirearticleif you know more .
One way of “ wearing ” the iPod nano is by attaching it to a lanyard – allow one to procure it around while not losing one ’s earphone . trouble being : the lanyard as put on video display in the Apple store is hella - expensive plus you ’ll have to make do with the received earphones . Because we care the conception of “ being able to choose ” and “ save up money ” , we got up and moved over to the DAPreview workbench . A drill , some spray paint , the occasional hammer , knife and pieces of tape as well as some new curse words ( among others ) did the put-on . The solvent : a $ 7ghetto - style laniard , also jazz as “ the nanyard ” . Dig it .
Creative gets its common slice of the DAP Delights Proto-Indo European , because our French colleagues over at GenerationMP3 managed to obtain one of the first8 GB Zen Micro Photosout there . There ’s also some tidings on a few of Creative ’s newfangled portable docking stations ( TravelDock and TravelSound serial publication ) , as well as the final word on “ the Zen Neeon cause it to Europe ” – it ’s not going to happen .
Our apparently random - PVR - of - the - day is iUbi’sPMP-2010 . A dumb name for this particular machine , given the fact that its ( rather unsatisfying ) predecessor was dubbed “ PMP-2020 ” – plus the fact that “ PMP ” abide for “ Portable Multimedia Player ” , while the 2010 clearly indorse video recording as well . Anyway , despite the rather weird design ( there ’s that bellying battery compartiment ) and stiff ( approaching ) competition , the PMP-2010 is no lost yet . We had the modification to represent around with it some calendar month ago , and that 4 - in concealment looked absolutely delightful .
Now , if you really insist on call something a PMP , there ’s your typicalArchos Gmini-500(dubbed “ not so mini anymore ” ) by many ) . This affair looks about on the button the same as its older sibling , the AV500 series , but Archos scratch the picture recording functionality to cut back on toll . Only thing is – what has become of the Gmini-500 ?
Ok , that ’s DAP Delights for today – see you again tomorrow !
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