That’s just a short list of what’s available. Download and see for yourself, then report back with anything else new/better you find. [GDGT]

Here’s what we know: Not much. The leaked sheet contains no image, no real specs and no launch date. The tablet speculation only arrives once you consider Cowon’s MO, paired with Atom. Yeah, definitely a stretch, but an interesting one to consider on this lazy, post-Halloween Sunday afternoon. [DAP Review via Engadget]

For about $US122, the HD8800 will play back your media in glorious HD on its 4.3-in. screen. Or on a TV, where you can boost the portable’s 800×480 image all the way up to true 1920×1080 HD.

The player supports *deep breath* RMVB, MOV, AVI, VOB, MKV, MP4, WMV, TS, TP, MPG, Flash, and can play MP3, WMA, FLAC and APE music files. [Ownta via PMP Today]

I’m hoping the screen is OLED, though I can’t find any evidence of that anywhere. Rather than use a touchscreen, the device uses a retro dial to control the user interface. According to the Korean site it will play back your tunes for up to 20 hours and your assortment of video files for eight. Chances of it coming here are slim, but I’m always one to appreciate a nice piece of PMP. [Lisse via Geeky Gadgets ]

There’s also an mp3 player, movie player and an FM radio receiver. The video out is also intact, meaning this little guy can be used to play on the big screen.

Games in action below:

To answer your question, yes, this mod is very similar to one we’ve featured before. This one is cleaner, boasts more features, and plays Game Boy games too, so it gets the nod today. Nice work.

Oh, and the answer to the headline question, by the way, is unicorns. They would exist. [Ben Heck Forums via technabob]

The hardware on the Archos 5 is “well built” and “very pocketable,” says T3. But it really comes down to the fact that the Archos 5 uses a mobile operating system, but doesn’t have the ingredients of a mobile phone, including 3G. They were able to tether a phone to the device, but we all know that’s usually more annoying than screaming kids on an aeroplane.

The second major downer is the missing Marketplace. Because it doesn’t have a camera or compass, Google wouldn’t approve it being included and Archos had to come up with its very own App Labs. While it comes with a few preloaded applications (including Twitroid, ebuddy and Craigsphone), it just doesn’t have the same volume as the official Android store. Good news for Archos is that they should be able to fix these two major issues with the phone they have planned to release in early 2010. [T3]

AU: Sorry folks, this is a US-only product. _-EH

The hardware, made by HTC, is pretty run of the mill. The 4.4 x 3.0 x 5.0 inch, 140-gram device didn’t feel all to heavy in my hand. And I quite liked channel surfing with a finger on the capacitive touchscreen. My favourite part of the device? It has a kickstand on its back so you can prop it up on a table (none of this having to hang it with a case stuff).

The television service on the FLO TV PTV runs smoothly (it is the same thing as Verizon’s VCAST, etc). And you get a ton of channels, including ESPN, Comedy Central, MTV, NBC and Nickelodeon. What you cannot do with the PTV is watch live programming on a plane or train. You also cannot record any of your shows, even though it does have 4GB of on board storage for your music or movies. So yeah, it is a bit of a dead gadget when there is no service around. And while it has a 3.5mm headphone jack, there is no video out. Balls! No chance of hooking this baby up to your monitor or HDTV.

The device itself has a suggested retail price of $US250, but the buck doesn’t stop there. You also have to pay the monthly $US9 subscription fee for the service. I guess I see it being worthwhile for those that watch so much FLO TV on smaller screened mobile phones. But it seems like quite a load of money to drop on strictly a TV device, considering you can snag a phone for the same price or lower (like the new HTC Imagio which actually has the FLO TV service) or even a dedicated mobile internet device like the Android Archos 5. Though, I do see it being useful for keeping the kids quiet during a meal and oddly for watching TV in the bathroom. [FLO TV]

Now, whether that “something” lasts for the long run—especially with a definitive lack of apps—is another thing, but for now Zune HD lovers can head on over to eBay for what amounts to a ludicrous price for a super rare, unreleased colour and get their bid in before the auction ends in about two days.

The eBay user conveniently lives in Washington, and said they procured this rare kit from a friend. Now they’re selling it for cash and are set to make a small fortune off what amounts to a regular old Zune HD with a nifty little paint job.

Now, will this model eventually be released en masse to the public at the usual Zune HD price? Sure, it probably will. But, if this wacky series of tubes has taught me anything, it’s that there are plenty of people who’d love to win this auction and yell “FIRST!” to the rest of us.

Update: Yeah, this thing is getting all sort of lame and suspicious. Crazy bidding, sketchy seller — everyone with half a brain proceed with caution. Maybe just watch the insanity take place from afar. [eBay via Anything But iPod via Engadget]

Apparently the Zune software source files had those four pictures hidden along with their corresponding names: pink, magenta, purple and atomic. It’s anyone’s guess what other colour options might be lurking in the code. I’m hoping for Burning the Midnight Oil Blue. [Cruel World's Lifestream via Engadget]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but yeah, we’re talking about the iPod touch model: It’s about platforms. That run apps. That people can develop awesome little programs for. In other words, a good PMP won’t just have great codec support and be able to push HD video, it’ll get you on Twitter or Facebook or tell you what’s good to eat nearby.

Not convinced? Check out the new Archos 5, which dumps the old OS for Android. Or the Creative Zii, also allegedly launching with Android. If you’re in the second tier, grabbing a popular app-friendly platform is not a bad way to compete.

Apple itself noted that old-school iPods were on a death march—so the company added a video camera to the nano, to keep it alive for a generation or two more. True, Sony’s X-Series appears to be keeping on keeping on, but it feels like an anachronism, albeit with a nice screen—no extendibility, and a horrible internet browser.

The argument really comes down to the Zune HD, launching this week. It finds itself in an awkward position, essentially because of the effective limbo Microsoft’s mobile OS is in—in other words you can’t easily develop apps for both Zune HD and Windows Mobile, which Zune’s Brian Seitz basically admitted to the Seattle Times: “What we didn’t want to do was build two parallel app store experiences that didn’t work together.”

So there’s no open app store, but in the meantime, Microsoft’s providing the apps with a handful of chosen developers, so we’re stuck with games, and soon a Twitter and Facebook app. But what is clear is that Zune is a platform that people can develop for. And it seems inevitable that’ll be common with the next version of Windows Mobile, or the mysterious project Pink, if that is something else—at least, if Microsoft’s actually serious about the Zune having a future.

In other words, it’s startlingly clear now that the traditional PMP is history, replaced by PMPs powered by mobile platforms. They’re smartphones without the “phone,” and even lacking that major element, they’re surprisingly valuable, more pocket computer—with internet and apps—than glorified video player.