Newman L1200, half PMP, half digital camera

Newman has released another half PMP, half Digital Camera. It’s the Newman L1200.

The Newman player incorporates a 12 megapixel camera into it’s design an 8X digital zoom, but doesn’t have optical zoom. The camera is located at one end of the PMP and should be rotatable up to 180 degrees

The 3-inch QVGA screen supports 260k colors.
The L1200 can also connect to a TV and actually record directly to the unit.
It also has a built-in USB 2.0 and SD/MMC card slot for more storage, you may need it because the device is only available at 2GB.

As a PMP it supports AVI videos with up to 24fps playback and MP3 audio files with JPEG and TXT support.

Personally I was expecting more from Newman. It’s cool to have a PMP with a 12MP camera, but it’s no so cool to have a camera with 12MP but without optical zoom and some PMP functions..
Anyway it is pretty cheap so you can use it to be the be a freaky flashy in your neighbourhood, but don’t expect it becomes your favourite player. It just cost 132 U$D, but I guess it only will be sold on Asia, so contact me if you need help to import it :)

CONCLUSION: Don’t expect amazing pictures from a PMP, or don’t expect a camera with good PMP functions.