By CNET Asia Staff, 4 August 2003 04:18
NEWS Two Korean firms have unveiled a featherweight MP3 player that's so small it could easily be mistaken for a sliver coin. Jointly developed by local gadget makers Station Z and Eratech, EMP-Z measures 42mm in diameter and 10 mm in thickness, the Korea Herald reported. The companies claim the new device, which weighs a mere 15 grams and comes with 128MB of non-expandable memory, is the smallest and lightest MP3 player in the world. Excluding the built-in rechargeable batteries, the EMP-Z is half the weight of the lightest models available in the market today, the companies said. To miniaturise the device, Station Z and Eratech did away with functions such as voice recording and combined the earphone and USB slots into one, the report said. Using a USB adapter, users can now transfer songs from their computers to the EMP-Z thought a standard headphone jack. The two firms said the new portable music player will cost around $120 and mass production is scheduled for later this month.
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