Many of you DAP-philes will remember the Korean company MPIO. They've never reached the level of their fellow countrymen iriver, or Cowon, but their lineup was pretty Solid. And then, they sort of fell off the face of the earth. No goodbye letter, or anything! Just as they left, they have returned and have brought a couple new players with them. One of the most interesting is the MG300 shown here:



They debuted at this year's IFA event, but it fell under our radar. As you'll surely notice, the control scheme for this player is a bit of an oddity. Rather than using a single D-pad to navigate like most other players, they've decided that two would be better. A scheme that I shall call "Double-D-pads". We don't have the full specs for this player yet, but so far it's looking good.

• 2. 4, or 8GB Capacity plus SDHC expansion
• 2.4" Display (320 x 240)
• Audio: MP3, WMA, APE, and FLAC
• Video: AVI
• FM Tuner, Voice Recorder, and Text Viewer

Unfortunately they won't have the global presence of their former self. They'll only be releasing their players in Korea for the foreseeable future. We'll bring you up to date, when more info is released.

MG300 Preview (via our forums)

Thanks designfabulous