REVIEW: Ramos 5” Android portable media player

The Ramos T11RK is a 5” portable media player featuring an 800x480 touchscreen, 8GB of on-board storage and smooth output of up to 720p video to a TV. Read on for a more detailed look at this Google Android-based device, which is available now for just under USD 150.

The T11RK is powered by the Rockchip RK2806 chip (an ARM-based processor from a Chinese company) and enables 720p resolution playback of  AVI, RMVB, MKV and FLV files at rates of up to 25 fps. It can encode H.264, Mpeg2/4, Xvid, and DivX videos and as you’ll see from the video below, the playback performance is clearly the stand-out feature of the device.



Audio-wise, the product supports a number of formats including Mp3, wma, wav, aac, and ac3 and delivered a pretty good sound through the earphones that come bundled with it.

Other key features include eReader functionality with support for TXT and IRC (lyrics) files, as well as image support for JPEG, BMP, and GIF pictures that can be displayed as a small picture preview or slide show.

Feature Highlights:
•    Operation via touchscreeen and remote control
•    Android 1.5 OS
•    Internal microphone
•    Integrated speaker on the back of the player
•    Rechargeable battery
•    3.5mm headphone jack
•    3.5mm TV-out connector (video only, audio via headphone jack)
•    Clock function support
•    Interface USB 2.0 High Speed
•    Display System tab displays ID3 V1.0, ID3 V2.0
•    Total recording time of up to 140 hours
•    Voice recording sample rate 8K/16K
•    FM radio built in
•    Stopwatch function support
•    Calendar function Support
•    Infrared Remote Control

Pros:
We played around with this for about a day and without a doubt the most impressive feature of the device is its video playback, which is very smooth and responsive. The screen size is big enough to let you comfortably watch movies, yet the device can still fit easily into your back pocket. Also impressive was the almost instant-on boot time and intuitive Android interface, along with the ease of transferring files to and from the unit.



Cons:
The touchscreen seemed a bit hit-and miss and scrolling was a little frustrating at times, but it has to be said that this improved after we calibrated the device (always a good idea). We also had trouble fully charging the unit via USB and so weren’t able to fully test battery life. And if someone works out how to change the date, let me know!

For USD 155 this is a pretty cool product. It looks stylish and simple with a nice textured looking finish on the back and is a perfect size to carry about while still being large enough to be able to watch video with needing to use a magnifying glass. At a pinch you could use this as an eReader, but what it’s really designed for is as a super portable video and picture viewer, and it does that job very well.

Check out the video below for a more hands-on look:



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