Apple iPod touch: Technological Innovation Design of the Year
Many people casually refer to it as an iPhone without phone functionality, but we believe that the iPod touch is a truly groundbreaking portable audio-video player of our time. Its creative and fun Multi-touch interface, 3D-style menu, drag-and-drop buttons, and the mesmerizing Cover Flow feature allow users to effortlessly switch through beautiful images or album covers with just a light swipe of their fingers. The Safari browser offers excellent web page visualization on its 3.5-inch, light-sensing screen. While manufacturers worldwide are racking their brains to produce portable media players with various appearances, the iPod Touch has captivated the world with just one design. It makes users feel like they have a unique product tailored specifically for them because of its distinct content—unique music preferences, unique movies, and unique network settings. We believe that besides innovative technology applications, the iPod Touch also brings us a more forward-thinking product philosophy.
Sony NW-A800 Video Player: Best Sound Quality Video Player of the Year
We believe that an excellent video player should also possess superior sound quality, especially for portable players. The A810 is Sony's first portable video player, naturally infused with all of Sony's expertise in audio technology. This series of products adopts four high-definition audio technologies, compensating or restoring the high-frequency signal losses in compressed music sources. It enhances bass while ensuring no distortion in sound quality, reproducing clear and solid low tones, replacing the previously muffled and sluggish MP3 sound quality. At the same time, it regenerates natural and authentic playback results close to the original sound.
Meizu MiniPlayer SL
If there’s one domestic portable audio-video manufacturer that resembles Apple, it must be Meizu. The launch of MiniPlayer and Music Card tells us that there are still domestic manufacturers who stick to the premium route amidst fierce price wars, winning consumer favor with fashionable designs and outstanding audio-video performance rather than price. As the upgraded model of the best-selling MiniPlayer over two years, the MiniPlayer SL retains the classic stylish appearance of the original MiniPlayer and further reduces its thickness to 7.3mm. The front still features a robust and aesthetically pleasing dual-material injection molding process, making it appear even more luxurious and textured. In addition to improvements in appearance, the MiniPlayer SL, with updated chips, has kept up with the times by adding support for three lossless compression audio formats: APE, FLAC, and WMAlossless, further enhancing the product's audio quality. We award the MiniPlayer SL not only for its achievements but also as a commendation for Meizu's commitment to the premium route. Because we firmly believe that domestic portable audio-video manufacturers can only escape the quagmire of price wars by adhering to high-quality and more fashionable routes.