iriver's D50N MID gets its own site, closer to our hearts

iriver came clean with its D50N e-dictionary / MID back at CES, but it's taken until now for the company to host up a proper teaser site with all the details (in Korean, naturally). The beautiful handheld boasts a 4.8-inch 800 x 480 resolution display, 16GB of internal storage space, 802.11b/g WiFi, support for a whole litany of files, a microSD expansion slot, full QWERTY keyboard and a battery good for up to 16 hours of music playback (or 8 hours of video). Reportedly, the price on this one is pegged at around $370, but we're no closer to finding out when it'll ship to the states.

[Via PMP Today]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:27PM]

chunky, and the speakers look old school ugly...
just my opinion.

[Gad Get Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:56PM]

Just my opinion too.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 2:31AM]

yeah... makes me love my DS lite even more...

[TMC Posted Mar 29th 2009 9:46AM]

And mine. Might work better in black though.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:43PM]

What's with the big bezel?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:47PM]

for god's sake it's 4.8 inches

[the counterfeit comedian Posted Mar 28th 2009 9:50PM]

it`s a nice little........thing. im noy sure what i would use it for unless it had usb ports and could be used to do car ecu programming, then it would be totally sweet

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 12:25AM]

two jay zee no shitttttttttttttttttt

[Radukk Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:03PM]

Its target is Korean highschool students, not computer geeks. Just wifi added e-dictionary.

[JeremyBenthem Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:20PM]

openPandora > this

[eviltwin Posted Mar 29th 2009 6:04AM]

Looks a bit like Pandora, sans the game controls and SD slots, doesn't it, even the LCD's res is the same ...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:24PM]

This $380 or iPod touch about $200. I mean who would trust iriver hardware over apple hardware , guaranteed to fail here in USA. Add to guaranteed to fail product list. Remember engadgeters voted iPod touch best pmp over all other brands , unanimously.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:36PM]

ipod touch is a piece of shit compared to a nokia n810

ipod
-480x320 screen
-no qwerty
-crappy apple OS
-no gps
-no mic
-crappy speakers
-no flash
$200

n810
-800x480 screen
-qwerty
-linux
-gps
-mic
-good stereo speakers
-amazing battery life and removable battery
-flash plugin
$200

[Menos Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:56PM]

i wouldnt derogate it as you have, seightan... but as an n810 owner i very much agree it's a lot more productive than an ipod touch considering its feature set.

by the way, shank... i, for one,did not vote the touch as best pmp. doing so wouldnt have been accurate as i have never owned an apple device.

[Oli D Posted Mar 29th 2009 6:04AM]

Seightan, you sabotaged your own argument by including your opinion.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 10:47AM]

I've read many reviews on the nokia n810 and there are many problems with it. The gps sucks/slow and you have to pay a monthly service charge for voice directions. Linux is not the must simple thing to use for the common consumer (might be alright for a good amount of people reading tech blogs but not the gen public). Flash doesn't work with everything. Buttons are small and a bit hard to use. Zoom fuctions for internet browsing are awkward to use. That's probably why nokia cancelled they're internet tablet business.

While I'm not advocating the ipod touch I wouldn't say that the n810 is vastly superior. They both have their pros and cons

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 28th 2009 10:31PM]

So many dumb comments....

This is E-DICITONARY, not PMP. PMP is just an addition, but not its main function.

If u r studying language buy this over ipod anytime, but obviously its not the best

PMP out there idiots

[Streetfights Posted Mar 29th 2009 3:17AM]

You know they just call them that so kids in japan and korea can use them in school and not get in trouble?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 12:12AM]

I even don't know IRIVER have a E-DICT...
The high resolution screen is awesome.:)

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 7:58AM]

I like the concept of a nimbler but reasonably powerful netbook as opposed to the blurring of netbook/notebook and the ever growing eee. Portability is where it's at. I have a N810 now but i'll love to have an Atom / 1-2 mem / 16-32 ssd type machine in that size factor. Right now the M1 looks sweeter than this one though.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 2:16AM]

You called it a PMP in your linked CES article and now you call it a MID. Which is it?

Anyway, this will go for $330:

http://openpandora.org/

[Oli D Posted Mar 29th 2009 6:06AM]

apparently it runs XP or Vista....

I wouldnt call this a PMP

[Radukk Posted Mar 29th 2009 3:03AM]

Well, this is ELECTRONIC DICTIONARY which has 15 English-English, English-Korean, Korean-English, Korean-Korean, Korean-Japanese, Japanese-Korean, Japanese-Japanese, Korean-Chinese, Chinese-Korean, and more licensed dictionaries inside. And DICTIONARY is main purpose of this gadget, OBVIOUSLY target is aimed to KOREAN STUDENT, not overseas NETBOOK fanboys, and it WILL NOT SHIP to the US. So please don't compare with ipod touch or other MID products.

Student-targeting E-dictionary and PMP market is FXXKING HUGH in South Korea, and companies keep putting crazy expansive functions that even can be obstacle for study to get consumers interest.

[Keivy Posted Mar 29th 2009 4:12AM]

totally agree.
what on earth do students need all those functions if they are only to study?

[Oli D Posted Mar 29th 2009 6:05AM]

Processor?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2009 5:25PM]

Did anyone notice number keys? Why cant all small netbooks have this keyboard, give importance to type and get rid of the cap locks! So much wasted space try to put in keys no one uses anymore.