The iPhone and iPod Touch have been very stiff competition for all other mobile developers. It seems over the last few months every mobile phone or music device has been compared the iPhone and iPod Touch because of their massive features and abilities.

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Given the large number of look-a-like designs intended to, ahem, play homage to the iPod Touch’s stylings, we normally wouldn’t feature something so bland as RAmos’ V80.  However, while the 2GB, 1.3-megapixel camera-toting PMP may not shatter any expectations with its feature set, the Windows CE 6.0 OS does have one significant addition: it’s called WindTouch, and it’s Microsoft’s attempt to bring some of the intuitive gestures of the iPod Touch and iPhone to a traditional touchscreen.

See the RAmos V80’s WindTouch UI in action after the cut

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Various sites are jumping on this review of Sony’s Ultraslim PMX-M70 - currently on sale as a China-only PMP - and discussing it as a potential rival for the iPod Touch.  Sony have certainly spend some time on the device’s appearance, with it measuring 74.4 x 16.7 x 12.7mm and weighing just 129g, but many are reporting the M70 has an iPod-competing touchscreen whereas in fact all control is done by a small joypad on the right-hand side.  Nonetheless, held up against the iPod Touch the 4.3-inch screen is pleasantly spacious, although a resolution of just 480 x 272 is disappointing.

Check out the video review, after the cut 

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