Iriver's D5 electronic dictionary makes us want to learn Korean

Damn if iriver can't build'em some sexy. Meet the D5, the Brad to the NV's Angelina. As we heard last week, the D5 is an electronic dictionary... but also so much more. At just 14.9-mm thick closed, the D5 Dicple packs a 3.0-inch, 480 x 272 pixel TFT display for all your flash and MPEG-4 video while sporting an FM radio (with voice and FM recording skills) as well as MP3, WMA, OGG audio. It even packs a 52-key QWERTY into this shirt-pocketable device. Sadly, as an eDic, it won't be escaping Asia for a Stateside stay so you'll have to satiate your lust in the gallery for now.

Gallery: Iriver's D5 electronic dictionary makes us want to learn Korean

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[Brian @ Jun 19th 2007 1:50AM]

Damn that's sexy looking. Unfortunately when it comes down to what it actually does, i have no use or interest in it.

[Rjay @ Jun 19th 2007 2:00AM]

Oh cut the crap and add the phone features already.

[skaht @ Jun 19th 2007 2:42AM]

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.

[blip @ Jun 19th 2007 4:17AM]

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?

[blip @ Jun 19th 2007 4:21AM]

I think my post below does it for spelling/grammar errors for today... My Swedish brain fails me sometimes.

[noisia @ Jun 19th 2007 7:53AM]

you better get a new job instead of complaining on a tech blog.

[Jeremy @ Jul 29th 2007 2:01AM]

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).

[Kaminix @ Jun 19th 2007 4:24AM]

Meh, I think it's kind of ugly. My Casio Japanese dictionary is much sexier.
This design looks kind of old to me.

[FermitTheKrog @ Jun 19th 2007 8:35AM]

..and look at those sharp knees. I would so not hit.

[lwing @ Jun 19th 2007 5:39AM]

Just learn Korean. I'm Korean:). All I Need Dicple http://www.iriver.co.kr/event/2007/SEK2007/c_event.asp?mode=2

[周鹏 @ Jun 19th 2007 7:24AM]

It is so cool!I think this product will be sold in high level.

~~~so the price～

[Nate @ Jun 19th 2007 8:45AM]

Say if I actually did want to learn Korean, would this device help out? Does anyone here have any experience using these dictionaries?

[Grindboy @ Jun 19th 2007 9:21AM]

How long do you think it will take for someone to stick linux on this thing?

[johnzilla @ Jun 19th 2007 9:34AM]

Am I missing something? If this is only for the Korean market, why are all the keys marked with English characters?

[Jamar @ Jun 19th 2007 10:33AM]

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).

[Gustavo Yasuda @ Jun 19th 2007 9:57AM]

The future design of UMPCs?

[TIMMAH! @ Jun 19th 2007 1:44PM]

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.)

[trancer @ Jun 19th 2007 9:38PM]

Any word on storage capacity? expandable with a flash card?

[Aaron @ Jun 19th 2007 10:15PM]

Give me a Via based UMPC in this design with WLAN and wifi and you have the perfect travel companion.

[Fordi @ Jun 21st 2007 3:18AM]

Anbody dare to compare this to the Palm Foleo?

[KoreanBoy @ Jun 22nd 2007 10:49AM]

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.

[Jeremy @ Jul 29th 2007 2:11AM]

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.

[Jeremy @ Jul 29th 2007 9:27AM]

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.

[Rosie Ryder @ Aug 20th 2007 8:43PM]

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.

[JP @ Aug 28th 2007 4:03AM]

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