iriver teases with D27

No details were provided, just this, a new splash image on iriver's Korean home page. That "D" in the model number, however, likely stands for dictionary like the D5 before it. We're also expecting a QWERTY beneath that hinged surface. Color up, contents up? WiFi, HSDPA... who knows. Really, who knows?

[Steven @ Nov 16th 2007 8:59AM]

Jeez, how exciting, it looks like a black DS (or dark purple, can't tell which).

[Smiley @ Nov 16th 2007 10:07AM]

Probably a D26 with the D5's features set. I'd be surprised to see anything more than a half-VGA screen an a few GB of storage.

I've been tempted by the D26's form factor some time ago because of its almost-touch-type-able keyboard. But however good it may be, don't count on getting one: even if you can switch the keyboard to latin characters, you will have some troubles keying in these thing that don't exist in the Hangul alphabet called "punctuation", plus the whole interface is in Korean only. I doubt this will change for the D27.

[Redbeard @ Nov 16th 2007 10:19AM]

iRiver has not really 'teased' me with a new product in years. Their tend towards closed/proprietary transfer protocols (MTP) and piss-poor device management options (WM Player) left me with a bad taste in my mouth long ago.

[Mark @ Nov 16th 2007 5:44PM]

Dumbass.

iriver hasn't spelled their name "iRiver" in at least a year. iriver's newest and most popular player is both MTP and MSC compatible.

[Henry @ Nov 16th 2007 5:47PM]

Mark, get a life iRiver/iriver who cares? Go rub one out already!

[Henry @ Nov 16th 2007 5:47PM]

Thats a slimmer looking dictionary then what is currently out. Without a doubt a dictionary, given the times and sharps recent dictionary's I would guess iRiver threw video into this one.
I own the D25, really sleek looking, comes with color screen, and mp3... only problem is the software on it is terrible, the dictionary priced at around $300 was worse then a $99 sharp dictionary. Good for looks, terrible functionality.

[nxtiak @ Nov 16th 2007 8:20PM]

Is this the new Nintendo DS Lite Lite?