Thanko Announce Eco-Friendly Solar Powered Digital Audio Player [Uninspiring Solar Panel DAP]

Thanko have announced a new mini DAP which, thanks to coming with integrated flip-out solar panel, offers the facility to listen to your favourite tunes on the move courtesy of free ‘green’ energy – though the device can also be charged via the device’s USB port should you live in the UK where you’ll probably get to charge this device via its integrated solar panel twice per year (if you’re lucky).

Boasting looks that could kill (and we don’t mean in a nice way) the device offers MP3, WMA and WAV audio and AVI, RM, VOB, DAT, RMVB video file format compatibility though watching videos on the devices somewhat paltry 1.8” 220 x 176 resolution screen will undoubtedly prove to be a rather frustrating, and eminently forgettable experience.

Supplied with 4GB of internal storage capacity which can be supplemented thanks to a built-in miniSD card slot, there’s no word concerning unit pricing at the time of writing though, being a Thanko product, its safe to assume that it will be extremely competitively priced.

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