GoGear Connect: Android Media Player From Phillips Coming In July

• Rob Jackson
• 15 years ago

First of all, yes – there are portable media players besides the iPod. Second of all, Phillips is the manufacturer of some devices in this class, most recently the GoGear Muse. At a media event, the company just announced that it would make an Android version of this media player called the GoGear Connect and it should be launching in July 2010.

The above images is of the non-Android Muse, but company officials claim the GoGear Connect will be a very similar form factor but have GPS and Wi-Fi tacked on. Some expected specs:

• 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen
• Haptic feedback
• Bluetooth
• microSD card slot
• 8GB internal memory
• TV-out port
• GPS & Wi-Fi as stated above
• Full Android Market

That last one especially floats my boat. I’m a bit surprised a manufacturer hasn’t already launched, or attempted to launch, a main stream and ultra-affordable Android media player. Could the GoGear Connect be it?

[Via Pocket-Lint]