Two leading MP5 manufacturers have been on the forefront of this new generation of MP5 players with dual boot capabilites: Ramos and Benss. Both companies have had extensive experience in the design and development of media players and are two of the most well-established media player manufacturers in the Asia-Pacific region, with avid followers within the region and around the world.

While the development of MP5 players in this direction comes with little surprise, the quality of these first generation of dual-booting MP5 players is really a thing to behold. Between the two manufacturers, 5 new dual-booting MP5 players are currently out on the market.

Ramos is the clear winner when it comes to the number of models it has released that are capable of dual-booting between the HD media player operating system and Android OS 2.1 Eclair. Ramos’ selection of dual-booting MP5 players includes the T8Pro, the T11Pro, the V70Pro, and the T20. The Ramos line feature MP5 players of varying specifications and prices. When purchasing the dual-booting Mp5 players from online wholesalers, Ramos starts with the 4.3-inch T8Pro pricing in at $65.65 at the lowest end of the line and finishes off at $130.09 for the 7-inch T20 at the highest end of the food chain.

Benss has decided to take a more conservative path by releasing only one dual-booting MP5 player, however, it has shown its desire to be competitive in this new area by releasing its modestly priced $49.25 B3 with Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread instead.

All 5 Mp5 players share several things in common. First, instead of having the Android OS installed directly onto the hardware, booting into the Android operating system is instead accomplished by inserting an SD card loaded with Android into the SD card slot and selecting the OS of choice at the start-up screen.

Second, although capable of booting into Android OS, none of the 5 MP5 players are tablets in the true sense of the term. All 5 dual-booting MP5 players do not have WiFi capabilities, so installing any software is once again done via the SD card slot and some basic rooting. All 5 MP5 players also do not have the sensors that come standard with almost any tablet at the moment, like an accelerometer or G-sensor, so games and applications requiring this won’t work as expected.

Ramos had released a more advanced version of the T11, called the T11AD, with WiFi capabilities, an accelerometer, G-sensor, compass, and other more tablet-like hardware specifications, however, this is dual-booting MP5 player is more correctly classified as a tablet rather than a true MP5 player by both users, critics, and Ramos themselves alike.

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There is no doubt that travelers simply enjoy traveling, but even for seasoned and experienced travelers like me, there are just times when the journey can get a little boring. Sometimes you become so overwhelmed, or underwhelmed, by where you are, what you’re doing, and what you’re experiencing that you simply just want to withdraw yourself from everything. It’s at times like these that you wish you were at home in front your 32″ television watching your favorite movie.

This is where the value of bringing some sort of travel entertainment becomes evident. Watching a movie, playing a video game, listening to some music, or connecting to the internet are all great ways of withdrawing yourself from the journey and immersing yourself in another world altogether.

My personal favorite in travel entertainment is the MP5 Player. They’re small enough to bring anywhere. They hold enough movies to keep you entertained for the most part of a day (if you’ll really be spending that much more time on it than actually travelling). They also play music files. Many of them have built in games. And they read e-books, too. And still others are built with the ability to connect to the internet.

It’s really a total package, and the only thing that’s really keeping it from becoming a phone is the ability to make and answer calls, and send and receive messages. Well, you ask, “Why don’t you just get a good a good phone that can do all that?” Simple! MP5 players are usually much cheaper than a phone with the same abilities it sports. And well, I do own a phone that’s capable of all of these things, but when you’re travelling, you just don’t know what you might come up against.

Truth be told, I don’t really rely on cell phones once I get to wherever I’d planned to go to in the first place for several reasons. First, it just gets in the way – people will call and text while I’m trying to talk to the locals. Second, there’s no way I’m risking my $600 cell phone out on the tightly packed streets of Kolkata – with my MP5 player, I don’t have to worry too much about the cost (I even gave one away while in Thailand).

Of course, even tourists would benefit from a good MP5 player. It might just be me, but in-flight movies never seem to appeal to me. Of course, I can easily find other things to do, but not every tourist has the skill set of a traveler.

The best MP5 players are made in China where they were also first developed. If you’re a traveler you can always drop by China and get one for yourself at a wholesale electronics store there, but if you’re the everyday, run-of-the-mill tourist (now wanting to turn traveler?) then you’d best get them from a respectable China wholesale website.

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The Onda VX585HD 4.3 inch MP5 player has an OTG HDMI 720p and an 8GB memory capacity.  This revolutionary MP5 player is a new addition to the latest on-the-go technology which can fully function with the absence of a host device such as a personal computer for doing data transfers between devices.  It has the capability to share and copy multimedia files from and into any mobile hard drive, U disk, digital camera and other multimedia devices.

Some of its main features include a 4.3 inch 18 million color 800 x 480 high definition display, support for MP3, WAV, WMA, FLAC, and MP5 files for playback, HD video play, USB 2.0 data transfer, and support for OTG functions.

Aside from the music formats mentioned above, this device also supports synchronized lyrics display which would greatly benefit those who are music lovers and like to sing along as they listen to their music.

The Onda VX585HD MP5 player supports video formats such as direct plays RM, RMVB, AVI, FLV, ASF, MP4, MPG, MOV, WMA, and 3GP movies.  Picture formats that it supports are JPG, BMP, and PNG which can be viewed conveniently with its auto play function.

Other functions include TV-out, an E-book reader, firmware update functions, built-in HDMI output, built-in speaker, built-in MIC, micro SD card extension, OTG connection, and support for exFAT disk formats.  It has a music playback time of up to 28 hours and a video playback time of up to 6 hours.  You can enjoy viewing and listening to your media files for quite a long time.

This MP5 player uses a hardware and software collaborative multimedia processing technology.  This device has high synergy and scalability with relatively low power consumption, less technical difficulty and low cost.  This has brought great advantage to consumers as well as contributes to the development of the entertainment technology industry.

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So why get caught up in this Apple system, which either overcharges you for an absurd amount of GBs, or simply overcharges you for a product with a touch screen?  You can get a 16GB, touch screen MP5 player with the same performance for half the price.  You can also get a smaller MP5 player (2-8GB) for around $50.  Given the pace of technology, and the disposable nature of portable media players today, I’d say a budget MP5 player is the way to go.

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Thinking about getting a new iPod?  Why is that?  Did your old one break, causing you to stumble upon the poor customer service at Apple?  Chances are, your iPod conveniently broke just after the 1 year warranty expired.  Darn!  Why didn’t you upgrade to the 2 year warranty?? Well, because it cost $60 and I thought the stupid thing was going to keep working longer than a year.  Yeah, we all did.  Well, that one is gone, and it’s time to get a new one.  Hopefully you backed up your music, photos, and videos on your computer.

So the question is, are you going to stick with Apple?   I mean, if the product is going to break in a year anyway, maybe you should spring for a competitor’s product that is significantly cheaper.

One of these alternatives is the Taidian M66 HD MP5 Player.  This product plays MP3, WMA, APE, and FLAC audio files, and RM, RMVB, FLV, AVI(compatible with DIXV, XVID, and MPEG4) DAT, WMV, and MPG video formats.  It also comes with a USB port and cable that allows high speed data transfer from your computer to your new MP5 player.  This means, assuming you did backup your music and video library, it will be accessible on your Taidian MP5 player almost immediately.  This player features a 5.0″, high resolution, color screen, and 8GB memory capacity that is competitive with the iPod touch.  In addition, it comes with a TV-out cable that allows you to view stored videos on your TV screen.  Was your iPod able to do that?

This product comes with the same 1 year warranty that your iPod did.  However, it costs just over $100 brand new.  Rather than submitting to the strangle hold that Apple has on the portable player market, consider the benefits offered by competitors.  You might be surprised by what you find.

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We greeted each other as we boarded the plane, and I told him the predicament I was in.

“Oh, don’t worry man, I brought my MP5 player.  Just downloaded a bunch of movies on it too.”

I returned the box of Nyquil to my carry-on bag and a wave of relief washed over me.

“Awesome!” I said, “do you have split headphones?”

“Sure do,” he said.

As the flight attendant got on the intercom and announced that the in-flight movie would be High School Musical 3 I chuckled to myself, pitying the poor passengers without other forms of entertainment.  My friend’s MP5 player had excellent picture quality too.  The 5.0-inch high-definition screen was big enough for both of us to enjoy, and his movie selection was impressive.  After finding out that it was actually a Chinese import that cost less than my MP3 player, I decided it was time for an upgrade.  Soon I’ll never have to worry about in-flight movies again…assuming that I don’t forget my MP5 player at home.

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