Iriver's D5 electronic dictionary makes us want to learn Korean
By Thomas Ricker 
posted Jun 19th 2007 1:16AM
posted Jun 19th 2007 1:16AM
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Which website can I go to get English menu ?
I brought D5 2 weeks ago but it's in Korean so I spent much time reading the menu but do not fully understand.
how to change the language of iriver dicple D5
Damn that's sexy looking. Unfortunately when it comes down to what it actually does, i have no use or interest in it.
Oh cut the crap and add the phone features already.
As a teacher in Korea, I have to say this sucks. It is hard enough trying to edutain Korean prince and princesses, now we have to compete with this stuff.
"Teach-uh!! No errer (porno)! Englishee!! I Englishee!!"
Oh, and usually these dictionaries are full of errors, much like my spelling.
That's too bad (about the errors). I really want for learning Korean, though I'd be learning via Japanese since that is much more straight forward so a jap-kor one would be fab (though my wallet says no). Electronic dictinaries as a concept for those learning a language or as a tool for profrssional uses is a great. That is, *if* you're an english speaker, I think I dare say, since *I* probably have more use of my elec dictionary than the average native Japanese speaker. Ironic, I know. :P My jap-eng SII dictionary i fantastic for looking up things, serious stuff. Maybe when your students get a better hang of pronunciation and don't rely on the dictionary for that, but rather to learn and look up words etc?
I think my post below does it for spelling/grammar errors for today... My Swedish brain fails me sometimes.
you better get a new job instead of complaining on a tech blog.
I teach English in Korea, too, and so far, the students that use these have used them just for their intended purpose. It's great, especially because of the fact that I don't know Korean, except for a few words, and the students can look up words that they don't know with it. Of course, it's better for me to explain it to them, which I do, but.. it's just a study aid. Now if only I could get one to help me with my Korean... I've found them in the shops around here and they seem to cost about $100 to $300 (for this type of device).
Any word on storage capacity? expandable with a flash card?
Meh, I think it's kind of ugly. My Casio Japanese dictionary is much sexier.
This design looks kind of old to me.
..and look at those sharp knees. I would so not hit.
Just learn Korean. I'm Korean:). All I Need Dicple http://www.iriver.co.kr/event/2007/SEK2007/c_event.asp?mode=2
It is so cool!I think this product will be sold in high level.
~~~so the price～
Say if I actually did want to learn Korean, would this device help out? Does anyone here have any experience using these dictionaries?
How long do you think it will take for someone to stick linux on this thing?
Am I missing something? If this is only for the Korean market, why are all the keys marked with English characters?
I dunno... maybe because it has an *English*-Korean dictionary built in? I'll buy one, though- half my school population is Korean and it'd be fun to see just what's written on those notes that they pass to each other (they write in Korean in case the teacher catches them).
The future design of UMPCs?
Give me a Via based UMPC in this design with WLAN and wifi and you have the perfect travel companion.
Wow that's cool. Throw a couple of dark grey keys in there and you'd swear it was designed by HP. (Looks like some of their original calculator products.)
Anbody dare to compare this to the Palm Foleo?
Hmmm. Actually, This producdt is only for Korean.
coz it's menus and dic guides, and notes....
iriver tagetted korean users. not you...
And it has English, Korean keyboard guy..
irivet said that this product is cheap and D30 is going to be reavealed in this autumn or winter.
D5 is alternative for no-money customeers.
By the way, it's sort of disparaging to come to Asia and see all the neat electronic devices they have. I spent about $400 on a Dell Axim Pocket PC, and then I come here and see something about the same size as this iRiver, with a similar miniature keyboard, that's running real (not mobile) Windows, for about $375. Of course, the OS is in Korean, but the keyboard supports English characters (like the D5's), and I'm almost certain that one could change the OS's language to English.
I don't know for certain about this one, but I know that some of the similar devices that I've seen have SD storage slots.
I want one! Does anyone know if they have an English menu though? I'm another English teacher in South Korea, wanting to learn Korean. Might not be worth it if the only thing in English is the dictionary though.
This model has English menu.
But for Korean leaners, CX200 of Sharp would be better.
D5 is too expensive now and hard to get it outside of Korea.
You can find one on ebay.com