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Product Specifications
Brand NameLatte Communications
Operating SystemPC
Number of Items1
Technical Details
- 16 GB capacity for storing about 4,000 songs
- 15 hours of audio or 4 hours of video on a single charge
- 3-inch, 262,000-color TFT LCD touchscreen with 420 x 240 pixel resolution and haptic feedback
- Supports MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC, APE, and OGG audio formats; AVI, RM/RMVB, FLV, WMV, 3GP, MPG, DAT, and MP4 video formats; JPG, BMP
- 1-year limited warranty
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Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description Latte's Espresso portable media player may charm with its elegant gun-metal finish and sleek form factor, but it's what's under the hood that counts. Featuring an 16 GB capacity, a 3-inch touchscreen with haptic technology, wide audio and video format support, an FM transceiver that allows you to tune any radio to your device, voice recorder, and plenty more, it's the perfect way to free your media from the confines of your PC.
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3-inch LCD Touchscreen
Enjoy your favorite videos or pictures and navigate with ease on the Espresso's 3-inch touchscreen display with 420 x 240 pixel resolution.
The screen also features haptic technology, so you get tactile response to your touch, making for a more natural feel than a standard touchscreen.
G-Sensor
G-Sensor technology enables the screen display to rotate based on the player's position. The player can adjust/rotate the screen display (except for the video play) to any direction when you flip the player.
Audio Player
While some devices limit you with their skimpy format support, the Espresso will play MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC, APE, and OGG music formats for about 15 hours on a single charge. Standard play modes like repeat and shuffle are included, along with A-B repeat play for repeating a specific section of a file.
And of course the Espresso supports ID3 tages (versions 1 and 2) for displaying song info while you listen. If you're a lyrics obsessive, you'll appreciate the LRC file support for displaying the words to your favorite tunes.
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Finally, you can dial in your sound with the on-baord EQ, featuring seven settings: Normal, Rock, Pop, Classic, Bass, Jazz, MS Play-FX.
Video Player
Take your favorite videos with you and enjoy them anywhere with the Espresso's brilliant screen. You'll get about four hours of video playback on a single charge.
Once again, the Espresso delivers on format support: AVI, RM/RMVB, FLV, WMV, 3GP, MPG, DAT, and MP4 formats are all supported, so you can enjoy more video with less conversion.
Picture and Text Viewer
Browse and view your favorite images in JPEG, BMP and GIF formats. Zoom in and out or play a slideshow for friends.
The Espresso's text viewer lets you change fonts/colors, set and recall bookmarks, and even auto-browse through multiple files in the interval you set.
Naturally, you can keep the tunes rolling while you enjoy these features.
FM Transceiver
The Espresso boasts an FM Transceiver, meaning you can both transmit and receive FM radio. This means you can play your favorite songs and tune in the nearest radio (in your living room, car, etc.) to your Espresso.
As for standard FM radio, you're also covered, complete with user station presets and FM recording--record your favorite show for later enjoyment.
Voice Recorder
Record voice memos, meetings, lectures, or anything else you decide to point the built-in microphone at directly to your espresso in WAV format.
Easy File Transfer and Portable Storage
Enjoy transfer speeds of up to 4MB/S thanks to the Espresso's USB 2 interface. Windows2000/XP/Vista are all supported, and no driver is necessary for the latter two.
You can also use the Espresso as a USB storage drive for taking a few choice files with you.
What's in the Box
Latte Espresso 16 GB Touch Screen PMP Player, Manual, Warranty card, USB cable, Earphones
Product Description
Memory: 16GB Size: 3 inches Touch ScreenHaptic Technology G-Sensor: Auto rotating screen Resolution: 420 X 240 Size: 3.3 X 1.8 X 0.4 inch Weight: 0.13 lb Tag display: ID3 V1.0,ID3 V2.0 Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, and more Menu system: Image menu and Text menu Audio file support: MP3, WMA, FLAC, AAC, APE, OGG Video file support: AVI, RM/RMVB, FLV, WMV, 3GP, DAT, MPEG4 Voice Record Picture Viewer: JPEG, BMP, GIF Battery capacity: 3.7V/860mAH Polymer Li-ion cell Video playing time: up to 4 hours Audio playing time: up to 15 hours MP3 bit rate: 64Kbps ~ 320Kbps WMA bit rate: 64Kbps ~ 192Kbps Frequency response: 30HZ~18KHZ ± 3dB SNR: ≥85dB Support Memory Play: Play from the last scene that was stopped Music Favorites List Built in EQ: Normal, Rock, Pop, Classic, User-defined, Bass, Jazz, Play-FX Texts Read: TXT（Support bookmark, Auto Scroll) Pictures function: (Support thumbnail preview, Picture rotate and zoom) Clock Stop-watch Calendar Package Include: Espresso Device, User Manual, Earphone, USB Cable
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
92 of 97 people found the following review helpful
Have been using Latte Espresso for 2 months now
Here are some of findings which might help other people's buying decision. Anyway, I am satisfied with this purchase and would recommend this to anyone who wants to use MP3 in daily life.
Pros
1. Design: Very simple. No buttons, Good quality case.
2. Touch Screen: Very responsive. Especially, the unit vibrates when I touch the screen, so I know if I touch it correctly or not. Response rate is very good compared to other cheap touch players (I owned cheap touch screen mp4 from other company,,,, it was so hard to touch the item that I wanted)
3. Rotating Screen: The screen rotates as I rotate the unit. I do not have to try to hold it in one direction. Any direction will show correct display. (it actually rotates 360 degree)
4. FM Radio and Transmitter: This is the feature I like the most. Now I can use my player in the car without buying an expensive FM transmitter ($$$$$). Very clear sound throught your car FM radio. You need to plug the ear phone since it will be used as antena
5. Music and Video: supports various formats. Quality is superb. Many of videos need to be resized to be directly played in the player. No problem. There are tons of free conversion software on the net.
6. In-ear metal headphone: WOW... by itselt, it looks so expensive. I found the same one at Fry's at $19.95.. Excellect Noise isolating headphone
7. Drag and Drop: No software needed. Just copy all files from your PC and paste into the player. It will automatically be sorted by the player (Music, Video, pictures, etc)
Cons
1. Even the screen is 3", it is still small for users like me to touch menu correctly with fingers. But Acceptable because it has up and down icons on each menu screen.
2. No accessories other than styus. Could not find protection cover yet.
3. Will update this when I find more bad things about the players
4. No external memory slot.
Try one for yourself. It is a pretty solid player. I am satisfied.
Here are some of findings which might help other people's buying decision. Anyway, I am satisfied with this purchase and would recommend this to anyone who wants to use MP3 in daily life.
Pros
1. Design: Very simple. No buttons, Good quality case.
2. Touch Screen: Very responsive. Especially, the unit vibrates when I touch the screen, so I know if I touch it correctly or not. Response rate is very good compared to other cheap touch players (I owned cheap touch screen mp4 from other company,,,, it was so hard to touch the item that I wanted)
3. Rotating Screen: The screen rotates as I rotate the unit. I do not have to try to hold it in one direction. Any direction will show correct display. (it actually rotates 360 degree)
4. FM Radio and Transmitter: This is the feature I like the most. Now I can use my player in the car without buying an expensive FM transmitter ($$$$$). Very clear sound throught your car FM radio. You need to plug the ear phone since it will be used as antena
5. Music and Video: supports various formats. Quality is superb. Many of videos need to be resized to be directly played in the player. No problem. There are tons of free conversion software on the net.
6. In-ear metal headphone: WOW... by itselt, it looks so expensive. I found the same one at Fry's at $19.95.. Excellect Noise isolating headphone
7. Drag and Drop: No software needed. Just copy all files from your PC and paste into the player. It will automatically be sorted by the player (Music, Video, pictures, etc)
Cons
1. Even the screen is 3", it is still small for users like me to touch menu correctly with fingers. But Acceptable because it has up and down icons on each menu screen.
2. No accessories other than styus. Could not find protection cover yet.
3. Will update this when I find more bad things about the players
4. No external memory slot.
Try one for yourself. It is a pretty solid player. I am satisfied.
35 of 39 people found the following review helpful
I bought this player to upgrade from my 4gb iRiver LPlayer, which is also a good player, just wanted more gb.
A previous review mentioned the pros and cons I've also found, so I won't repeat.
There was just one area I had trouble with, and that was reading text. The manual states they have to be txt ANSI format, but the player would only display a few pages and not the entire document. After much trial and error, I found that the text file needs to be in Unicode format instead. To convert, I simply opened the text doc in Notepad and saved as txt Unicode. I found no information anywhere ref others with this same problem. Edit 092409: I found that I must turn off the screen rotation while reading text. When the screen rotated, the document went back to the beginning.
The FM transmitter is as good as stated in a previous review. It works great, definitely a benefit.
The unit vibrates when you touch a button, which is cool, but that function can be turned off. The screen rotation can be turned off also. It also offers different "desktop" backgrounds, but you cannot use your own photo as the background.
I was able to load my .avi movies right onto the player without converting them. You may want to make them a smaller file, if you're concerned about space. (My iRiver came with conversion software that makes the movies 320x240. This size worked pretty well on the Espresso, too.)
I would definitely recommend this product.
A previous review mentioned the pros and cons I've also found, so I won't repeat.
There was just one area I had trouble with, and that was reading text. The manual states they have to be txt ANSI format, but the player would only display a few pages and not the entire document. After much trial and error, I found that the text file needs to be in Unicode format instead. To convert, I simply opened the text doc in Notepad and saved as txt Unicode. I found no information anywhere ref others with this same problem. Edit 092409: I found that I must turn off the screen rotation while reading text. When the screen rotated, the document went back to the beginning.
The FM transmitter is as good as stated in a previous review. It works great, definitely a benefit.
The unit vibrates when you touch a button, which is cool, but that function can be turned off. The screen rotation can be turned off also. It also offers different "desktop" backgrounds, but you cannot use your own photo as the background.
I was able to load my .avi movies right onto the player without converting them. You may want to make them a smaller file, if you're concerned about space. (My iRiver came with conversion software that makes the movies 320x240. This size worked pretty well on the Espresso, too.)
I would definitely recommend this product.
31 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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First disappointment - battery life is NOT 15 hours as stated in the specs, according to the MANUAL it is only 8-9 hours for audio and 3-4 hours video. This seems about right based on my day of testing.
Second disappointment - There was no USB cigarette lighter plug in the box. Not a big deal for me, but be warned. I bought this player at the time Target was the Amazon vendor, not sure if that made the difference.
Other than that, it is an ok player. Everything else works as the specs state. I was able to play DIVX movies encoded at multiple resolutions. The FM transmitter is OK but not the clearest and you HAVE to have the headphones plugged in to transmit to even the closest radio. Also, FM radio reception is dismal like any other MP3 player I've tried with a built-in radio. Some of the buttons and menu options are fairly small on the 3" touch screen, I wish I had a stylus sometimes. Brightness levels and haptic feedback also good.
Second disappointment - There was no USB cigarette lighter plug in the box. Not a big deal for me, but be warned. I bought this player at the time Target was the Amazon vendor, not sure if that made the difference.
Other than that, it is an ok player. Everything else works as the specs state. I was able to play DIVX movies encoded at multiple resolutions. The FM transmitter is OK but not the clearest and you HAVE to have the headphones plugged in to transmit to even the closest radio. Also, FM radio reception is dismal like any other MP3 player I've tried with a built-in radio. Some of the buttons and menu options are fairly small on the 3" touch screen, I wish I had a stylus sometimes. Brightness levels and haptic feedback also good.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Published 1 month ago by GPMP3
DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY OR TIME ON THIS!
This mp3 player is CRAP. I bought it to see if was any good but nope, I should have listened to the other reviews. The Sensor that rotates the screen is crap. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Z. Fisher
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I found this product to be overpriced and a waste of money. It cannot play music from iTunes and freezes all the time. I would not ever recommend this product.
Published 2 months ago by Jessie
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I DON'T LIKE HOW IT WORKS, CAN'T SEARCH THE SONG THAT I WANT TO LISTEN FAST, IS NOT EASY TO NAVIGATE WITH THE TOUCH SCREEN, VERY DISSAPOINTED. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Olga L. Jhon
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I bought this as a gift for my 14 yr old son who is very hard on his electronics. Using the player is easy & downloading music to it is very easy also. Read more
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ordered this unit to consolidate my CD collection on this one unit. 16 gigs I thought no problem. I could not fit all of the Cd's on the player but have managed to fit I would say... Read more
Published 3 months ago by recordingman1
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