• Media Keg: Kenwood Japan Announces New Music Player

    Serkan Toto

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    Thursday, May 26th, 2011

    Kenwood is making portable music players, too. The company announced [JP] the so-called Media Keg MG-G608 for the Japanese market today, the newest addition to their Media Keg series of DAPs.

    The device has the following features:

    • 8GB internal memory
    • formats supported: MP3, WMA, AAC, WAV, JPEG, BMP
    • Bluetooth Ver.2.0 + EDR
    • USB 2.0 port
    • microSD card slot
    • bilingual UI
    • W46.5×H98.5×D13.5mm, weight: 55g
    • Windows XP/Vista/7 support

    Kenwood plans to start selling the Media Keg MG-G608 in Japan next month for $183.