12 September 2008

Cool Karaoke PMP Sings Along With ARM

Cool-Idea Technology,  founded in Kaohsiung, Taiwan in 2005, has shed a whole new light on the Personal Media Player (PMP) by adding Karaoke.

The device, dubbed Cool-Karoke, is being marketed as the “smallest Karaoke/recording studio on the planet”. The 11.3 x 5.3 x 2 cm device incorporates an ARM9 processor, 4GB and up of NAND Flash and a 2.2-inch, TFT LCD, 320x240 (Height x Width), 65,536 colours display.

As well as Karoke, the Cool-Karoke, includes MP3 and video support. It supports MPG, AVI, FLV video formats and MP3, OGG, WAV, FLAC audio formats. Music playback time is up to 10 hours, according to the company, and video playback up to five hours.

The device includes a neat hardware mixer feature which lets the user mix their voice with the background music in real-time, so you can listen to yourself mixed with your favourite artiste through the earphones!

Aside from working on being the next American Idol, the device is also ideal for learning languages, according to Cool-Idea Technology.