well the main industry in heading over to android now, even making PMP with android without wifi - why bother making your own stunted and frankly crap system when one is made for you and yes, you are right, you wont see much coming to help with development, far to overprotective .. but willing to take from anyone else they can

hey makd you just hit 1000 posts and became a valued member!

I've been looking for a basic Android PMP. know any names?

Looked on mp4nation and all I can see are tablets, I'm looking for something smaller, not bothered about wi-fi, just a small fairly cheap Android PMP I can tinker with.:cool:

ramos have a few, dual boot based on novotek chipset, ainol, teclast - named smart PMP
raz wont be selling them as he does not see a market for pmp without wifi
there are loads in china, there was a splurge about a few weeks back and they were releasing them by the bucket load

these are a few
Where to Buy cheapest Onda-4GB-VX570R-Intelligent-MP4-Player Onda VX570R Intelligent Touch MP4 Player with Android2.1 OS and OTG Function - 4GB from china Onda mp4 mp5 player wholesaler and dropshipper
Where to Buy cheapest Onda-8GB-VX590R-Intelligent-MP4-Player Onda VX590R Intelligent Touch MP4 Player with Android OS and G-sensor Function - 8GB from china Onda mp4 mp5 player wholesaler and dropshipper
Where to Buy cheapest Onda-8GB-VX580R-Intelligent-MP4-Player Onda VX580R Intelligent MP4 Player with 5.0 inch Touch Screen and Android 2.1 System - 8GB from china Onda mp4 mp5 player wholesaler and dropshipper
those above are all i think based of rockchips 2818 series, somewhat let down by only 256mb ram which is a pain for android - they could be 2816 too .. cant remember but 2816 suffers from using slower ram and thus multi tasking becomes a pain - research needed

i think thersde are the dual boot novotek
Where to buy cheap Teclast TL-C520I Smart MP4 Player From china Teclast TL-C520I MP4 MP5 player wholesaler and dropshipper
Buy cheap Window-N3-MP5-PMP-Player Window N3 MP5 PMP Player with Android 2.1 System and OTG Function - 4GB from china Window Player wholesaler and dropshipper
Focalprice.com offers Onda VX580R 8GB 5.0" HD TFT Touch Screen MP5 Player with Google Android System/G-Sensor/eBook/Mp4/Mp3 (White) ,discount Onda VX580R 8GB 5.0" HD TFT Touch Screen MP5 Player with Google Android System/G-Sensor/eBook/Mp4/Mp3 (White
Where to buy cheapest Ramos-V65-Touch-MP5-Player buy cheap Ramos V65 MP5 Player from China Ramos V65 MP5 Player wholesaler and dropshipper
this one above only 65$ but low screen res

Where to buy cheapest Window-N3 NET-Tablet-PC buy cheapest Window N3 NET Tablet PC with Android 2.1 System and WiFi/3G Function - 8GB from china Window Player wholesaler and dropshipper

so there is a few to go with - they seem to be selling well in china and they are currently aiming for the magic 299yuan price tag that seems to be popular .. mainly for the students, they have not really taken off over the water though and also dont expect android source code from these companies

Hey knob,

I'm in the same boat as you. I'm looking at getting into the Androids myself, esp that it's open source. I hope to start up a seperate section for it on MyMPx.org forums. Do you and makd care to join me?

Makd,

Congratulations for getting over 1000 posts and being a Valued Member as well!

Thanks for all your hard work and contribution to the site.

thankyou - didnt even realise i had so many posts on here

as for android section - yep why not but there sis one thing that a definite - there are almost as many android based blog/forum sites as there are people :)

the china PMP industry has taken android to heart as its a ready made3 system and makes expandable players but again let down somewhat by bad implantation in many cases - finding source could be a problem though - why rule out WIFI knob, raz has the ainol novo5 small screen tab with wifi, just makes the tab more interesting with wifi and more opportunities for modding and creating interesting wifi enabled apps, for eg there are the new tabs based on VIA newer chipset that are goign for around 90$ - 7" screens wifi etc and work is also going on re development so at least youll have a starting point

knob - take a look here for good range of smart PMP - shop is genuine and fine to use
Android MP4 Player : JTSHOP Online
as many are based of same stock reference board you MAY be able to interchange firmwares .. but who knows

This has got me all excited now! Thanks makd for taking the trouble to post all those links.

yes admin. please set up a seperate section for android PMP. I will post my findings in it as soon as I get my hands on one, might take some time for me to take a decision though,but I think I will go for 4.3" screen as it seems to be the smallest available.

4.3 is the smallest screen available so far - at least from china, they really have slowed down on the smaller screen players (apart from all the generic crap still lying about) for a while now all the big names in china have been all about big screen video players, and now of course android

well looking forward to seeing what you get, BTW WINDOW are a very nice brand to get, stylish and well made players

I think we should start a seperate post about the Android PMP players.

Android is the future I feel.
I can only see good things in the future for Android devices.
It's Open Source and there are more likely to be updatable and customisable than the clone MP4 players from China.

Android smart phones have already taking a huge market and in such quick time as well.
I can see it also taking over the PMP market as well, it's just a matter of time........................

I'm actually in talks wth JT Shop about them coming onboard and sponsoring a player for us to review and also to perhaps use as a prize for another competition. So lets keep our fingers cross for that.