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iriver D25 due out later this month
comment: 22 | Wednesday, August 23 (2006) 12:49PM | Posted by Lone
There was a bit of info on iriver's "next-gen" dictionary a while back, and now Popco.net has the scoop. The D25 is at its heart, a portable dictionary, but of course knowing iriver you knew there'd be more packed in there, because quite frankly, sometimes a dictionary just ain't enough.


  • 4.3", 260K color LCD
  • 1.3 GB flash memory, SD/MMC slot
  • MP3 playback, FM radio, Voice recorder
  • Games, Image viewing, e-book functionality, Text-to-speech
  • 16 hours of battery life (using the dictionary function?)
  • Dimensions:135 ×94.3 ×19.7mm

Release date in Korea is set for August 28th (I guess that's next week already, geez this summer went by fast).

Semi-via Misticriver (Thanks, designfabulous)
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undesign

Comments: 786
 		Aug 23 (2006) 02:51PM  

....i donno, looks like a mini laptop. of course it will cost a fraction of an OQO, id rather put my moneys worth on the OQO than a dictionary/mp3 player and get a fully working portable computer.



Lacene
Location: Standing Here, Confused By Your
Comments: 827
 		Aug 23 (2006) 03:19PM  

hmmmm...puurrty!

the D25 looks Ok, too........



pdream

Comments: 65
 		Aug 23 (2006) 03:38PM  

D cup 25? Isn't that a bit low?



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Aug 23 (2006) 03:47PM  

Most, actualy every student in Korea owns an electroinic dictionary. The D20 has been quite popular. The electronic dictionary market is expanding and I predict that the D25 will do pretty well.

I want this.... I'm still stuck with a crapy D10...
[ edited Aug 23 (2006) 03:48PM ]



Lacene
Location: Standing Here, Confused By Your
Comments: 827
 		Aug 23 (2006) 03:54PM  

designfabulous wrote ...

Most, actualy every student in Korea owns an electroinic dictionary. The D20 has been quite popular. The electronic dictionary market is expanding and I predict that the D25 will do pretty well.

I want this.... I'm still stuck with a crapy D10...



obviously, the D10 is crappy, design...I strongly advise in you upgrading to the D25!!

just joshin' ya...you ought to see me type in Korean!!



[ edited Aug 23 (2006) 03:57PM ]



Lone

Comments: 973
 		Aug 23 (2006) 04:26PM  

I must admit that before I had my own computer I owned a little electronic dictionary for handwriting papers (I think it was made by Franklin). 'Twas very useful for the thesaurus especially, much quicker than grabbing a paper copy and thumbing through dozens of pages. Of course now I have dictionary.com bookmarked on my toolbar and it takes all of two seconds to get that info.



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Aug 23 (2006) 04:30PM  

I was going to post this later today

When the thing is closed it looks like an overgrown DS Lite. I can't believe reigncom said they're shifting towards these types of products. Is there really that much of a market for them?



TOMREM!X

Comments: 56
 		Aug 23 (2006) 04:31PM  

1.3gb?



Saijin_Naib
Location: Warren, NJ
Comments: 893
 		Aug 23 (2006) 04:31PM  

if it plays music/videos too, Id love one!



Saijin_Naib
Location: Warren, NJ
Comments: 893
 		Aug 23 (2006) 04:46PM  

probably 1.5gb internal memory formatted capacity.



Peacemaker636

Comments: 104
 		Aug 23 (2006) 05:23PM  

You took the words out of my mouth michael, the swivel part with the two lights in the middle is especially DS Lite esque (which, by the way, is an awesome device).



Three
Location: Tampa Bay
Comments: 92
 		Aug 23 (2006) 05:47PM  

Haha, yeah. Remember when iRiver used to make DAPs? Me too.
[ edited Aug 23 (2006) 05:49PM ]



bloodycape

Comments: 705
 		Aug 23 (2006) 06:06PM  

Yeah I can account for these items being big sellers. Everytime I was in the library in college I would always see the Asian student have these cool little dictonaries that translate words, and could speak them too. I dunno what else their items could do but I know it did those for sure.



Mike631

Comments: 43
 		Aug 23 (2006) 06:18PM  

Wow it looks like Super size DS lite.



Allen
Location: Dub Vee Ooo
Comments: 1511
 		Aug 23 (2006) 08:15PM  

Looks nice... but I dont have a use for it... 1.3 gigs? Ouch..



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Aug 23 (2006) 10:30PM  

Three, like iriver doesn't make DAP's any more.




Three
Location: Tampa Bay
Comments: 92
 		Aug 23 (2006) 11:13PM  

It was an exaggeration.



Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
 		Aug 24 (2006) 01:11AM  

Design, you know what's funny about your last comment? You were the one that was saying the N20 was not even coming out because iriver wasn't making DAP's anymore. How things have changed.

Just look at what you wrote here:

This is complete rubish.... These sketches are fake. iriver is not producing anymore DAP's. They are making PMPs now.

[ edited Aug 24 (2006) 01:13AM ]



enigman

Comments: 216
 		Aug 24 (2006) 02:30AM  

to be exact, I heard that they're focusing on Flash DAPs and gaming devices. They're drop their hdd daps.



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Aug 24 (2006) 04:40AM  

Yes, how things have changed... I believe it was Cnet that said that iriver was never going to produce DAP's. iriver actually said that they were not going to focus on DAP's. But iriver has been rolling out all these DAP's lately. Ever since iriver has moved to the earlyadopter design team, their future is very clouded.



Gene
Location: Sydney
Comments: 26
 		Aug 24 (2006) 11:41AM  

iriver is dead...



Design Fabulous

Comments: 1038
 		Aug 24 (2006) 08:19PM  

^ In America yes. In Asia, no.



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