Panasonic is staying in a trend, which started with many  DVD players getting DivX functionality. The latest DivX Certified Panasonic Blu-ray disc player, the BD30K, will be available in Europe and Russia starting this month. The DMP-BD 30K enables users to enjoy high-quality DivX video playback, media experience that includes reliable video playback, excellent visual quality, and interoperability with other DivX Certified digital devices. Panasonic continues to recognize DivX quality and because DivX became a de-facto standard on existing DVD players they will satisfy theirs costumers and repeat success in the Blu-ray category. For those who forgot, DivX is a digital media company that enables consumers to enjoy a high-quality video experience across any kind of device. DivX creates, distributes and licenses digital video technologies that span the “three screens” comprising today’s consumer media environment - the PC, the television and mobile devices.

The MPIO V10 Personal Media Player seems to be equipped with pretty much anything you have dreamed about and it looks incredibly with it’s metallic design. It has the 3″ 480×272 pixel touch screen, which is nice seeing there aren’t many players in that class at the moment. The codec support is very extensive and impressive, with support for AVI, WMV, ASF, MP4, DivX, DAT, VOB, TS, XviD, MPG / MPEG, MP3, WMA, AAC , OGG, PCM (WAV), JPEG, BMP, GIF, PNG, SMI, TXT. Along with the extensive codes support, it has a FM tuner, dictionary, and TV out. The bad thing is only 8GB of internal memory, but a SD slot helps a lot - especially if its SDHC with cards up to 16GB right now and 32GB in a few months. No pricing is known yet.

While poking around the ASUS booth this morning we had a chance to witness the world premier unveiling of the ZX1 Lamborghini. We even took a few shots before it went under the glass. However, the real treat is the UI based on a Windows Mobile 6.1 core running special ASUS tweaks. It’s “just like the iPhone” according to our friendly ASUS guide. The device is expected to fetch an unsubsidized €1,000 ($1,500) price tag when this 3G world-phone launches in Europe this May. Maybe you’ll think it’s worth it when we get back to you in a few with a video of the GUI albeit sans all that Lamborghini theme nonsense. Continue reading »