Video and fashion on the move

Recent research by the Consumer Electronics Association, organiser of CES, has suggested that women make up 57% of the consumer electronics market.

Women want good performance, no fuss, and stylish design in their products, research suggests, and also like to be able to personalise and customise their gadgets to fit in with their lives.

``Women are an important customer of computers and electronics today yet very few companies directly address their needs head-on,`` said Rex Wong, MSI chief.

MSI`s Mega View, which made its fashion statement debut at the show, is a lightweight Linux-based device which plays and records in MPEG4 from any video source.

It also plays MP3/Windows Media music files and stores photos.

It also plays DivX video and claims to be the first portable media centre that is certified for the video format.

It comes with 20GB on-board, and has an SD card slot. The display is a good-sized 3.5-inch (8.9 cm) TFT LCD.

The face plates can be removed and swapped from grey to pink, red, and other colours.

It comes out in the UK at the end of the first quarter of this year. It was a finalist in the G4Tech video-to-go category.

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