Hallods [ site here ] released its 4.3-inch PMP F43 in Japan market, which is compatible Windows Me/2000/XP/Vista/7 OS. Equipped with built-in microphone and speaker, the F43 features 8GB memory, microSD/SDHC slot, music/video playback, photo viewer and voice recorder functions. Measuring 75×113×13mm at 140g, it offers up to 4 hours of video playing and 10 hours of music playing time. Suggested price is 18,900 JPY, with the remote controller and earphones included.

Pretty much “yet another PMP”.

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Apparently CNET’s UK division got their hands on the impressive looking iRiver Spinn MP3 and PMP player with the unique AMOLED – Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode, feel free to read more about that technology from here.

Anyway, CNET’s description has me drooling even more over this player:

Rather than only giving the unbelievably crisp 84mm AMOLED screen superb touch-sensitive navigation, iRiver has innovated a new type of input method in the form of a mechanical scroll wheel in the top-right corner. Spinning this — hence the name — scrolls through menu items, both horizontally and vertically depending on the menu you’re in, and can be clicked down to select.

It works well, although at times it’s a little touch sensitive, and it takes a short while to get used to. We actually found that we did half our navigation with the wheel, and half with our finger on the touch-screen.

And never have we seen a screen so crisp and so bright. Images are stunning; videos are smooth and sharp. In fact, in the video menus, moving thumbnails are used to illustrate listed videos, and there’s enough detail given by the screen to make this look damn impressive.

While it’s not perfect – comments about the touch being too sensitive, it’s definitely something that has me wanting to get one ASAP.

Read and see more over at Crave/CNET UK.