South Korea’s Cydle, which builds in-car multimedia systems, promises to introduce its newest handheld entertainment device. The Cydle P29A is a multimedia player that also integrates subscription-free Mobile DTV and an HD Radio tuner. The device will be one of the first to bring the ATSC-created standard to the US in a non-phone device.
The P29 will display video on its 2.9″ touchscreen. Its processor is an ARM9 CPU and it is expected to be available in 4GB and 8GB versions when it is released in the Spring.
Cydle is looking to sell these things for $199. The P29 has an accelerometer to allow you to re-orient for landscape viewing, and the 480 MHz processor runs on something called the Nucleus OS. It has stereo Bluetooth, so you’ll be able to set this thing up in your car and control it with your mobile phone. The P29 will come with some preloaded software, including a world clock, alarm, stopwatch, voice recorder, mic, and calculator.
