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Haier America Rolls Out With New Rhapsody Ibiza MP3 Players

Andi Wang — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:13:13 +0000

In what may seem like a late start to the iPod race, Haier America is updating their Rhapsody Ibiza line with 2 new MP3 players: the Mini and the Touch. Sound familiar?

Both the Ibiza Rhapsody Mini and Ibiza Rhapsody Touch are equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities for content browsing and instant downloading. While they are still working on getting YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter accessibility, the Mini and Touch are already set to go with Rhapsody, Flick, Audible, and Internet radio.

Although both MP3 players will be 8.9×5.1×1.0cm—and will come in sizes ranging from 8GB-32GB—the Mini has a 2.2-inch colour screen with a four way d-pad and supports MP3, AAC and WMA, while the Touch is equipped with a 2.8-inch touch screen, Bluetooth connectivity, and is able to play MPEG-4, H.264, VC-1 and DiVX 3/4/5, and stream stereo audio.

Stay tuned as there is still no word on pricing or release date. [CNet]

Rhapsody and Haier Go PC-Free with Ibiza Wi-Fi Music Player

Wilson Rothman — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:17:36 +0000

Today Rhapsody and Haier launched the Ibiza Wi-Fi music player, which lets you download Rhapsody tracks via Wi-Fi without connecting to a PC first. This is really good news for Rhapsody users, until now there was no true portable device for managing tracks, though Apple, Microsoft and SanDisk (with Yahoo) have launched similar products. The question is, how good will Chinese-electronics maker Haier be at entering a game both Apple and Microsoft have approached only gingerly? Here’s a look at the ambitious initial hardware, Haier’s first US-destined DAP:

First, there’s a $330 unit available in four colors, with 30GB hard drive and Bluetooth for wireless headphones and A2DP streaming. It will also have an FM radio and “custom skinning” for a personalised UI. Next up, in the “near future” will be a $230 4GB flash-based model, and a $250 8GB one. Neither of those will have Bluetooth. Prices don’t include Rhapsody portable subscription, which at last check was $15 per month.

In addition to browsing all of Rhapsody’s content, you can pick up free AOL Video clips, subscribe to podcasts directly from the device, and update firmware without going to a PC. [Rhapsody and Haier via Electronista]

Haier Sterling Available Unlocked for $199 this Summer

Seamus Byrne — Mon, 14 May 2007 11:23:45 +0000

Haier’s sister phone to its Elegance (aka the Black Pearl) will be available from July. The Haier Sterling is another beautifully designed teeny-weeny phone (it measures 3.8 x 1.6 x 0.6 inches) and for $199 you get MP3 and MP4 players, full WAP and Web access, 1.3 megapixel camera, 1.8-inch color screen, micro SD card slot and Bluetooth. It’s available from July 7â€”which, trivia fans might like to know, is Ringo Starr’s birthday. And mine. â€“ Ad Dugdale

Haier Sterling tiny mirrored phone coming [i4u.com]

Haier Releases Black Pearl as Elegance

Seamus Byrne — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:30:24 +0000

Remember that incredibly tiny Haier Black Pearl we reviewed last year? It looks like they’ve gone and re-dubbed it the Elegance. It still has the same features we saw in our reviewâ€”OLED display, FM radio, MP3 player, and Bluetoothâ€”but we’re not sure if any of the problems we encountered were fixed.

Hop on over to our review to see what we thought of it. â€“ Jason Chen

Miniscule MP3 phone [T3]