Digital Cube busts out i-station UDIC electronic dictionary for Korea

It looks like Digital Cube's i-station brand knows no bounds, with it emblazoning everything from UMPCs to PMPs to GPS/PMP/DMB combos, and now even the ever-popular and slightly perplexing "electronic dictionary." That latest entry comes in the form of the i-station UDIC which, like most electronic dictionaries, does a good deal more than just defining and translating, something that should come as no surprise given the device's 60GB hard drive, 4.3-inch touch screen (which can be flipped around), and other decidedly non-dictionary features. No word on a price, but you know where you'll have to go if you want to get your hands on one.

[Via Tech Digest]

[blade417 @ Jan 29th 2008 4:37PM]

lol.... UDIC

[Shadowise @ Jan 29th 2008 4:41PM]

That's it! I'm moving to Korea!

[mike @ Jan 29th 2008 4:43PM]

Please take me with you!

[Brandon Shin @ Jan 29th 2008 4:57PM]

Yea... move to Korea and pay $40K for Hyundai Azera. or.. you can always opt for BMW 328i for $100K

[Jamar @ Jan 29th 2008 7:09PM]

Or use those things attached to your legs called "feet".

[TMF @ Jan 29th 2008 11:04PM]

Are you saying that knowing the majority of the country gets around fine with public transportation?

[Jamar @ Jan 29th 2008 11:14PM]

Korea- yes.

[Daren @ Jan 29th 2008 5:02PM]

i still dont see how there a market for these things.
but what do i know, im a American...

[aoeu00 @ Jan 29th 2008 5:18PM]

For the "right price", there's always a market.

[Miles @ Jan 29th 2008 7:59PM]

They are quite popular with exchange students coming to English countries.
In my Freshman year of high school we had a Korean Exchange student who had an electronic dictionary, she was fluent in English, but not at a high school level, so it came in handy for her.

[Ryan Pierce @ Jan 29th 2008 5:38PM]

What did that thing just call me?!?

[BigD145 @ Jan 29th 2008 5:59PM]

The keyboard layout is looking quite a bit like the mockups of Pandora; flat and square.

[Constable Odo @ Jan 29th 2008 6:13PM]

I wish they had something like that for Japanese-English usage.

[Todd in Sonoma @ Jan 29th 2008 7:37PM]

TRS-80

[Chris @ Jan 29th 2008 8:40PM]

Why do they even report on this crap? Engadget should have a crap gadgets section just for this Korean junk.

[Jamar @ Jan 30th 2008 7:50PM]

Junk? I take it you've never used one before. Handy when you're lost and don't understand the signs around you.

[skulldriveshaft @ Jan 29th 2008 9:05PM]

gimme that UDIC - funny as hell

anyways, good to see something riding the wave of UBUNTU?

win for non-english :]

[Loonie @ Jan 29th 2008 10:23PM]

Lord... won't ya git me... a UMPC that looks even half as good as that...

[ganab @ Jan 29th 2008 11:27PM]

i'm in korea right now, and those things are popular for a reason. every school kid need to take at least 6 years of english. and then once they leave school, most jobs require at least a basic level of english, including a lot of written work in english.

that said, most people just use them on the subway as PMPs.

[skaht @ Jan 30th 2008 1:23AM]

Really? I just got done teaching high school freshmen (well, first year students) and half only had English for a year or two. That'd make them all fall short of those six years (unless it is some new regulation).

Most of these dictionaries are horrible and give the worst translations. As well as having games and other things built it is is perfect for the students to screw around and just use "cunning"(cheat) for the tests.

[Balzac2m @ Jan 30th 2008 7:51AM]

Hey U, DIC U using a dictionary?