Well we do understand that the best part of an UMPC is that you have all the mobility and the entertainment along with a full blown PC, but here is an alternative for someone who needs everything other the PC.
Nextar’s portable media player does everything the $999 competitors can
Nextar product-line features car stereos, mobile DVD players, MP3 players and GPS devices. I4U is reporting on the company’s newest product, the Macvision (ahem, now Nextar) MC3007 portable media player, which boasts combinations of most of those devices in a 8″ x 4.75″ x 1.3″ design.
The MC3007 allows you to play audio files which include WMA and MP3 formats, and also videos of the AVI, ASF, and MPEG4 format. The device also allows viewing JPEG, BMP, and GIF digital images which can be stored on the device’s built-in 40GB hard disk drive along with audio and video files.
Additionally, the MC3007 allows recording of up to 160 hours of video from TV, DVD, cable, or satellite sources which are not copyright protected. There is no word yet on whether a larger capacity option is available or if the stock hard drive can be upgraded, but 40GB of hard drive space is more than enough to store a few hours of video captured in the MPEG4 format. The device also has an integrated microphone for voice recording along with audio/video inputs and outputs. Connection to a PC for data transfers can be made by the USB 2.0 interface and also through SD cards.
The MC3007 has a 7″ 16:9 widescreen TFT LCD which is large enough to see a clear picture and it also gives the option to output video to a TV for larger audiences. The MC3007 is the successor to the MC1007 which featured a 20GB hard drive in a slightly smaller overall package.
Though the features may be standard compared to other portable media players the MC3007 stands out because of its price. The device can be purchased now at online retailers for as little as $389 at Buy.com.
Listed features:
- RECORD and watch up to 160 hours of video directly from a TV, DVD, cable or satellite receiver (Built in DVR for non copyrighted materials)
- Store and watch full-length movies on the large 7″ 16:9 wide-screen TFT or output them to a TV screen.
- Build-in 2.5″ 40 GB hard disk
- Digital Photo Album; store and view your photos (JPEG, BMP, GIF)
- Support playing over 10,000 songs
- AVI, ASF, WMA, MP3, MPEG4
- Support MPEG4 files
- USB 2.0 supported
- Integrated voice recorder
- SD card expansion slot
- AV in/out supported
- Removable, rechargeable lithium battery pack
- Super powerful sound effects
- Convenient file operation function
Source [DailyTech]
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Hey but wait. This is just 5.8″. So is there a chance that we get them at much lesser prices than the other ones? Origami Portal pointed out the Product pages of the Mo-Bits which has this 
The device is pretty exciting, but too bulky to be an iPod rival. But Asus knows that and says that the product will be a “killer�? for portable media players (PMPs) that can playback music and videos, because UMPC is basically a small form-factor tablet PC without keyboard, which may allow to use much more functions compared to the PMP, being not more expensive compared to them: typical PMPs cost starting from $500, whereas a UMPC price should begin with $600, or just a little more. Generally, Asustek’s R2H complies to the guidelines set by Microsoft Corp. and features built-in web-cam, Bluetooth, WLAN, etc.
