Video Without Boundaries, Inc. an American based company has announced the development of the MediaREADY Flyboy Personal Media Player an ultra-slim portable MPEG4 media player and recorder capable of carrying hours of video and music and thousands of pictures. Chait reports the Flyboy will be released early 2005 and will go for just around $350, so while VWB does not have the Microsoft name to push the player, the solid features and the price should make this a good contender in the market place.

The LINUX-based MediaREADY Flyboy Portable Media Player features include a 3.5" inch LCD screen, 40GB hard drive, USB 2.0 interface, MPEG4 Video Player/Recorder(Supports RealOne player), MP3 support, Digital Picture Storage at 1600x1200 pixels, Digital Voice Recorder (microphone) and built-in Speaker and Earphone output. The Flyboy allows you to record up to 80 hours of video, store over 200,000 digital pictures, or hold up to 740 hours of music on its hard drive

The product will be on display at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas being held January 6th -- 9th, 2005.