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Some nice looking compact MP3 players on the way from Korean manufacturer Safa next month. The SR range has four models, the 128mb M800F , 256mb M820F , 512mb M850F and the 1GB capacity M890F . The players are available in four colours, blue, red, black and silver.

On the up side they will play Ogg Vorbis, WMA and MP3 formats have a 1.5inch color screen, FM tuner and are a compact 41mm x 76.2mm x 17mm, on the downside they only come with USB 1.1. The units also come with built in stereo speakers. The models will be available in the UK next month with the 1GB coming in at a hefty $365 (189 UK pounds) . Hard to see where their market is aiming at with the 20gb Apple iPod retailing in the UK for just another 30 pounds. More details will be announced at the Las Vegas CES 2005 in January.