Philips has announced an update to its Philips GoGear Spark MP3 Player appropriately named the Philips GoGear Spark 2. The “revamped” player brings a number of exciting changes. One notable difference is that the Spark 2 now offers ‘wearability’.

The device packs a smallish 1.5-inch TFT LCD screen with a more intuitive user-interface. These improvements in user-interaction are amplified by a new rocker button situated on the edge of the player making track selection just that much easier.

File support is improved with the intro of FLAC and APE support amongst the previously supported MP3 and WMA formats.  The built-in lithium loses 5 hours of battery life over its predecessor offering 22 hours of continuous audio playback on a single charge. Audio playback is purportedly improved with the new FullSound Acoustic which is intended to make lossy audio codecs sound like CD quality.

The Spark 2 sees the much-needed inclusion of an FM radio with 20 presets. Carrying on the tradition of its former, the device still offers a voice recorder and photo viewer.

In a growing trend seen in other Philips’ players like the Activa, the players pumped out by the Dutch manufacturer are not only becoming smaller but now more wearable. The Spark 2 features a removable clip which makes it convenient, accessible, and easy to attach to clothes and bags.

[via IMP3]

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