I’m not sure how many people are interested in purchasing groundbreaking portable media players, now when people have at their disposal a wide range of devices that allow them to store and play digital media, but there are more and more people who give attention to the environment, therefore to eco-friendly devices.
Shiro Corporation is a subsidiary fully owned by the Aztech Systems Ltd, a Singapore-based company, and came up with an innovative device that is meant to make you become conscious about the environment, or at least more than you already are. The Shiro SQ-S PMP helps you experience a better audio experience that is so lightweight that is what you could call a pocket-friendly device. The MP4 digital audio player allows you to download music, as much as you want, or to use it as a voice recorder.
As far as the main features are concerned, they include a 1.8-inch CSTN 65K colors, compatibility with a variety of format files, including MP3, audio WMA, WAV, M4A, APE and OGG for music, SMV for videos and BMP, JPG, GIF for pictures. There are also an integrated microphone that enables digital voice recording, FM radio equipped with FM recording and RDS, a feature that displays lyrics while you’re listening to your favorite music, USB 2.0. The bad thing is that you’ll have to content yourself with the internal memory of the device, as there is no expansion card slot. When it comes to the power supply, the SQ-S PMP works with a Lithium polymer battery for music listening, USB bus powered between 4.0 to 5.0V (this is for accessing data and charging) and solar cell for charging.
Therefore, the characteristic that distinguishes the Shiro PMP from other similar music players is the large solar cell that is placed on the entire back of the device which gives you the possibility to charge the internal battery with the help of the sun, for those moments when you can’t do it via USB. The charging duration is up to 4 hours (via USB bus) and up to 6 hours (via solar cell when the sun is full).
Making its way in the realm of the solar-powered devices, the SQ-S PMP weighs 40 grams with the battery included and measures 11 x 42 x 86 millimeters (with the solar cell) and 9.8 x 42 x 86 millimeters (without it).
There is no information on the price and the availability date for this brand new device, but I’m sure it will completely change the PMP market.
