Philips Luxe MP3 player works also as a Bluetooth 2.1
Philips is back in the groove where MP3 players are concerned with the GoGear Luxe from its GoGear portable audio player range. Pay a little bit of attention to this device, because you might be fooled, at a first glance, into thinking that this is a miniature Nokia Prism handset from afar. Upon closer inspection, you’ll eventually realize that you can only use it to playback your favorite MP3 tunes only.
The sparkly, diamond-esque Philips Luxe MP3 player is a tale of contradictions, being something like a double agent. On the one hand, it’s an MP3 player with a mere 2GB of memory, 10 hours of battery life and a one-line LCD screen. On the other hand, it’s a feature-packed Bluetooth 2.1 handset, providing 100 hours of standby time, an FM radio, an excellent sound quality and built-in dual microphone to answer any incoming calls with active noise cancelling.
The music will automatically stop when a call comes in, so be careful about shouting out loud your System of a Down favorite song when your grandfather wants to hear your voice after a long time, because you didn’t bother to give him a call. Lucky you, the one-line LCD allows you to view the caller’s number at a glimpse, so you’ll have the time to stop your performance before answering the phone. In addition, the Luxe packs Philips’s proprietary FullSound for CD-quality of digitally compressed tracks; in other words, the technology cleans up audio compression artifacts.
The jewel-like outside of the player comes in red, silver and a likely future chromed shell, all of which help keep the player discreet when not in immediate use. Singapore will be the first country in Asia Pacific to get the Luxe next month, followed by Thailanda, Malaysia, India, China and Southeast Asia. Prices are set at the equivalent of about $94. No mention has been made of a North American release.
(Source gizmodo.com)
