Philips Activa looks to make a stateside release

written by Gavin Smith on Apr 3rd, 2010

This looks like another case of Amazon getting a bit ahead of themselves – the Philips Activa MP3 Player has made a premature appearance on the online behemoth.

Unveiled at CES 2010, the Activa hasn’t earned much publicity since. Initially expected to make a UK/Germany appearance first, it appears that Americans will be the first to embrace the player.

The good news is that speculation of a $130 price tag was pretty much on the money (pun intended) being just a penny shy of the $129.99 price tag. Although Amazon are claiming a “temporarily out of stock” status, we don’t believe that they’ve received their first batch just yet. After all, Philips don’t even have a product page properly dedicated to the new workout MP3 player.

Recall that the Philips Activa Workout MP3 Player features:

TempoMusic which will the adjust style of music according to the pace of your workout
Real-time vocal feedback on your performance
Workout tracking which will record the progress of your exercise routine.

The device has dimensions of 1.8 x 0.6 x 1.8 inches and weighs in at only 136 grams. For a better explanation of the player, checkout a video of the Activa published by Philips themselves.