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Philips GoGear Connect Android media player unleashed

The Dutch are jumping the gun on IFA, sliding out details of their new MP3 player, the Philips Go Gear Connect

Philips has blown away any doubt about its IFA plans today with the casual announcement of an Android media player, the GoGear Connect.

The 3.2in touchscreen player claims to offer “the full Android experience,” including unfettered access to apps in the Android Market. There’s a built-in camera, microSD support and – presumably – an accelerometer and compass to qualify for the bona fide Google app store.

So far, we’re working off a blog post on Philips’ site, but we’ll be catching up with them, and all their new kit, at IFA this week. Stay tuned…

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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