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Hanbit Xdrum 501D - feature-laden DAP-beast
comment: 5 | Monday, February 28 (2005) 06:14PM | Posted by Robert Sinke
Wow. Talk about a diversity of features - this player combines some rather weird gimmicks for sure. The Hanbit Xdrum 501D comes with 700mW (what?) 3D surround speakers, for instance. These are located at the back of the unit, by the way.

Furthermore, there's a *flash light* to be found at one side of the unit. Yep, has been done before, but still.

The basic capacity already is quite impressive - up to 2GB of built-in flash memory; the train doesn't stop there, though. Through using a (rather uncommon) Mini-SDC memory card, one can upgrade to a maximum amount of 3GB. That's pretty cool for a flash player.

Still some relative uniqueness to be found - there's also an FM transmitter. Might prove difficult for European distribution though (it's formally illegal in the EU to broadcast on the FM band using similar devices), but it's supposedly an "option". And yes, it has two outputs for headphones as well - when does the feature-rage stop?

More widespread is the swivel-type USB pen - no cables are required to enable the Mass Storage functionality. The 4-line OLED looks okay and supposedly supports stuff like calendar and text viewers. Battery life is some 25 hours per charge through a built-in Li-ion battery
600mA (rechargeable through USB Port). FM radio, line-in encoding (MP3, WMA and WAV), voice recording, ASF&Ogg support and a 7-band user equalizer complete the wealthy specification set. There's also software-technical stuff (all kind of locks to prevent people from doing whatever)... but really, it's impressive enough already!

All of this measures some 75 × 30 ×16.2mm (including speakers) and weighs 35 grams. The exact release window isn't known, nor is the suggested retail price... but Hanbit has been releasing very affordable players last year; the damage should be bearable.

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Comments

t_bizz

Comments: 198
Feb 28 (2005) 06:36PM  

if only it had a tooth pic and tweezers




Robert Sinke

Comments: 1221
Feb 28 (2005) 06:38PM  

maybe optional... expansion pack from "regular flash light" to "Men in Black memory eraser" still under development, sadly enough.




Hyper_Noodle

Comments: 226
Feb 28 (2005) 07:15PM  

Woah.... I think that actually looks pretty cool. Alas, I'm not really in the market for a flash-based DAP.




peziswonderful

Comments: 42
Feb 28 (2005) 07:47PM  

That looks freaking amaing.




Ublis

Comments: 36
Feb 28 (2005) 11:36PM  

It even has Alram:
[Linky]

Neat little thing.




Ublis

Comments: 36
Feb 28 (2005) 11:38PM  

That link came out a bit weird: [Linky]




blubb

Comments: 1
Mar 01 (2005) 12:38AM  

What does that mean?!
"2 Color OLED and wide four-line display
Users can view things on the LCD at night with OLED’s lighting function. By adopting two colors
and four-line LCD, more information is displayed on the wide LCD."
@ [Linky]




IpodH8R

Comments: 53
Mar 01 (2005) 07:36AM  

Nice looking dap... gotta get one !D




jblock

Comments: 77
Mar 02 (2005) 12:13PM  

All I can say is wow! This looks like the flash dap I've been waiting for. Checked the korean web site and it claims to support M3U playlists. To me that's critical for a device with 2-3GB; trying to set up a playlist with the onboard controls is really impractical. Love the built-in radio transmitter. The bult-in speakers are really intriguing, but who knows how they sound. Notice the dimensions? This sucker is small, even with the speakers and mem slot. With so much in a tiny package, you gotta figure it's gonna' be very expensive. Their current line up is pretty pricy already, even more expensive than iops, which I consider a pretty high-end (korean) line. Any idea when this will be available in the US?




jblock

Comments: 77
Mar 08 (2005) 08:48AM  

You can now pre-order at the xdrum site. 2GB version is $329.99. Difficult to know how that will play against hd players; i mean, a 5GB ipod is just $299! But hey, everyone's got one of those, right




wizdom75

Comments: 2
Apr 08 (2005) 12:08AM  

All Europe customers can now order at .This is some serious bit of kit.




wizdom75

Comments: 2
Apr 08 (2005) 12:09AM  

All Europe customers can now order at [Linky] This is some serious bit of kit.




ashish2202

Comments: 1
May 12 (2005) 06:39AM  

This is treuly an excellent MP3 player.....
[Linky]

Good place to buy from




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