Someone please tell me this: do these players really exist? If so, where? In North America, obviously there are very limited choices in retail outlets. But even with online retailers, you will hardly find anything that’s too out there.

The Vibez (what sort of a name is that?) from Trekstor (who in the world is Trekstor?) will come in 8GB and 15GB storage options, 176x132 TFT color screen, OGG Vorbis and Flac audio support, DRM9/10 compliance, picture viewer (JPEG), crossfading functionality, playlists-on-the-go, removable battery with lifespan of 20 hours per charge, a wired remote (what are they thinking?) and an FM tuner card (is this thing even real?) for radio capabilities. The company is also working on a docking station.

The Trekstor Vibez is expected to hit retail shelves starting November 2006 for 199 Euro and 229 Euro, respectively.

Seriously, this is ridiculous. Some of the features that I pointed out above are suspicious enough for me to question whether this company is even legit. It seems like launching products is so easy these days, anyone with a few hundred dollars can do it. What’s up with that?

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