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Panasonic D-Snap SV-SD870N Has 100 Hour Battery Life

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Battery life of MP3 players has been greatly increased the last years, with companies such as Cowon and Sony leading the way with up to 60 hours of music playback. The record is now broken, as Panasonic intros an MP3 player with a whopping 100 hours of music playback.

The internal battery will take about 3 hours to charge, which is substantially less than one would think for such a long battery life. The player don't have any internal memory, and relies solely on SD(HC) cards, with 2GB bundled with the player. SDHC supports means you can use 16GB cards now and 32GB in a few months, and with 16GB cards selling for as low as $60 it's not necessarily a bad choice.

Another nice feature the SV-SD870N has is noise reduction, like the Sony S710. Panasonic claims to reduce ambient noise with as much as 83% in the 300Hz area, which should prove useful for travelers. Other features include line-in recording and AAC support. The player will launch in Japan on April 18th, no word yet on when or if it will be available in the rest of the world.

[ Press Release via Ubergizmo | I4U News ]

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Comments

Kilar Ezan on March 18, 2008 11:30 AM

"The record is now broken, as Panasonic intros an MP3 player with a whopping 100 hours of music playback."
What about Mobiblu 153?

dragnandy on March 18, 2008 7:27 PM

looks great, and its a great that its relies on SDHC, since 16gb is a lot for an average user. but the GUI is terrible! the screen is small and theres no color and such. i guess this would only be great for music listeners ONLY.

Lawrence on March 18, 2008 8:29 PM

if the ipod touch or samsumg p2 removed its internal memory and relied solely on sd(HC) cards, it would be cheaper to make and alot more popular, as long as the GUI and stuff stayed the same.. this company's going in the right direction, but the visual aspect is very important and the screen doesn't do much justice for me

ahrel on March 19, 2008 7:13 AM

I could deal with the lack of a pretty screen -- they do take up a lot of juice (not as much as the internal hard drives though on the iPod).

So long as the interface is intuitive and works much like any other (music > artist / album > track selection tree).

I only want a portable audio player....I have a PSP to play vids on if I really want to play movies. But even with that I would be outputting to a television anyway.

Keep these types of players coming -- I still want Sony to catch on to this though. For some reason I just like the walkman brand and Sony products in general.

shahid on March 20, 2008 6:51 PM

i really like the look of this and i like panasonics idea of memory card mp3 players. Is ths a japan only model? Does anybody know any online retailers that stock panasonic mp3 and ship to uk? its hard finding info on the web about panasonic mp3s.

david wayne osedach on March 26, 2008 7:43 PM

i have been waiting for panasonic to be the best mp3 player; i am 57 years old and grew up on their (bestest- as compared to any sony 'soundwise') cd players.

sony is second in comparison. pls. pls. pls. tell me how to nuy one...

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