Philips to launch Android-based GoGear Connect

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Philips to launch Android-based GoGear Connect

24 February 2010 0:36 GMT / By Dan Sung

Philips has given journalists some info, at the company's Winter Media 2010 event, of an Android-based media player that will be hitting the markets in July 2010.

The GoGear Connect will have very much the same form factor as the newly announced GoGear Muse except it will be both GPS and Wi-Fi-enabled, as well as featuring a 3.2-inch HVGA touchscreen.

The display will have haptic feedback, there'll be Bluetooth, a microSD card slot for extending the 8GB internal memory by up to a further 32GB and a TV-out port - presumably in the same form as the 720p competent HDMI-out as featured in the latest Muse.

There will be full Android Market support, including a raft of interesting apps, with Spotify among them, for an added kick to the Philips portable music player offering.

Naturally, no prices as yet but expect more on this at IFA 2010.

 


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  • So does this device take up to 32GB SD cards? Or, as you state, can you only expand to 32GB over the 8GB, which doesn't make that much sense?

    Also, not sure what this is meant to mean "same form as the 720p >competent< HDMI-out "

    And, "there'll Bluetooth" should have "be" in there right?
    Posted by Matthew, UK
  • @Matthew, I'll edit to make it clearer. Thank you for pointing out the ambiguity. The answer is that you can expand a further 32GB beyond the internal storage and I wanted to highlight that the HDMI-out would bit be at a full 1080p resolution. Posted by Dan Sung, United Kingdom
  • Thanks Dan, much clearer now. Posted by Matthew, UK
  • can this mp3 player be connected to computer or a dock with speakers Posted by Jane, UK

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