“Don’t dismiss every MP3 player out of China as a copycat. This one from SmartQ has its own individuality.” From John Chan—Senior Writer of Cnet Asia 

SmartQ T5-II PMP is a new-generation Portable Media Player. Powered by ADI Blackfin BF547 DSP Processor & Wolfson WM8987 Audio Chipset (same as Apple Ipod), SmartQ T5-II is an innovative high-end product that includes audio and video playback with very high quality TV output and gaming support. By using the Blackfin BF547 processor with power consumption as low as 0.16 mW/MHz, the SmartQ T5-II also extends battery life to 8 hours for video and 22 hours for audio playback. Blackfin’s 533 MHz performance makes possible smooth TV-out video in real-time, and the BF547 peripheral set (SDIO, USB, PPI, LCD, DDR DRAM) enables glueless interconnect to key system components and SDHC expansion.

Using the Blackfin BF547 processor, the SmartQ T5-II handles MP3, OGG, WMA, FLAC, APE, AAC, PCM, ADPCM, WAV, Cue, AVI, XviD, DivX, MPEG, and MP4 audio, decodes RMVB video at up to 1024 X 576, and emulates NEO GEO, GBA, NES, and SNES game titles. The SmartQT5-II comes with a six-band equalizer, SD memory capacity up to 4GB, a 12 MegaPixel photo mode, E-Book reader, calendar, clock, FM radio and voice recorder.

The SmartQ PMP uses the uClinux operating system, and was designed using the USB-ICE and Visual DSP++ software development tools, utilizing codecs and functions from HHCN and open source libraries.

Analog Devices’ Blackfin processor family provides a competitive edge to Beijing Smart Devices’ through its combination of high performance, low-power consumption, ease of development and competitive pricing, and its converged architecture, which simplifies the design by handling digital signal processing and control processing in the same processor.

Play Smart Singapore is very proud to bring this powerful gadget to Singapore and very happy to see many happy local customers!

If you want to know more about SmartQ T5-II PMP. There are many topics about it. Feel Free to read it!

01. Technical Specifications

02. A SmartQ T5-II On the Inside (many pictures about components inside)

03. Review by CNET Asia Review Lab

04. Review by LianHe Zaobao Friday Weekly (联合早报之星期五周报）

05. Review by Different Media

06. Review by customers

07. Review by Omy.sg