Tired of pale gadget offerings? Live in South Korea? If "yes" on both counts you may want to keep your eyes open for what looks to be a special edition of the tiny CE-powered
Mintpad MID. It not only offers the rich, ebony exterior that its pasty predecessor could only dream of, but also adds DMB functionality for capturing all the digitally broadcasted media floating through the Asian aether. The announcement page for the Mintpad DMB was hastily pulled after fans picked up on it, but this tease proves to be true look for the dark device to sell for ₩239,000, about $180, or a $30 premium over the vanilla version -- of which we're still waiting on that
promised domestic release.
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posted Apr 13th 2009 8:48AM
I'm probably the only one, but I saw the guitar and for a second thought Dave Matthews Band.
My first thought as well.
I figured they weren't talking about Dave Matthews Band but I didn't know what DMB was before I looked it up. The post does explain what DMB does.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Multimedia_Broadcasting
It not only offers the rich, ebony exterior that its pasty predecessor could only dream of, but also adds Dave Matthews Band functionality for capturing all the digitally broadcasted media floating through the Asian aether
Man... There's more English than Korean on that page it seems lol
Add SDK.
Repackage as Chumby Portable.
Done and Done.
They will start testing DMB in Norway end of this month.
Yeah, I live in South Korea. But does this thing have a non-Hangul UI? ...which is exactly the reason why I am selling my gorgeous Samsung T240HD.
I contacted the guys who make the Mintpass and they said they are currently in the process of releasing an English-language model Mintpass. I've already requested he hold onto one for me as they won't be sold in South Korea. If you want one I'd suggest you do the same.
All that said, I've been looking all over Seoul and I can't find where the hell they even sell these things. Technomart - no. Yongsan market - no. Lotte Department Store - no. Are they internet sales only?