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Oracom's UB-1000 packs DAB, headed for Europe
You know how were were saying when we spotted the UB-890 that you'll probably never see it out of Korea? Well, we were half right. The UB-890 never did make it off those shores, but its quite similar successor, the UB-1000, is at least headed for Europe this October. The main addition seems to be the DAB capability, making it one of the smaller players around to support the standard, though the UB-1000 still manages MP3, WMA, OGG, WAV, MPEG, AVI, WMV and ASF support. There's also FM in case you can't quite find the right smooth jazz station on the DAB spectrum, along with a 1.8-inch 160 x 128 screen, line-in recording and flash memory ranging from 512MB to 4GB in capacity. No word on price, and we suppose some Stateside action would be too much to ask?[Via MobileWhack]
New Oracom UB-890 DAP
Yeah, we've never heard of them either, but apparently Oracom has a successor to their UB-880 DAP of yore. This new UB-890 is quite the looker, and manages a good bit of color screen for a player this size. It looks about twice as thick as a nano, but beyond that we're really at a loss for tech specs. Just suffice it to know that wherever you are, it will never come to your country, and it will never support your codecs, and it probably smells funny. Feel better now? No? Well, its predecessor, the UB-880, was a flash based number with fairly decent codec support, capacities ranging from 512MB-2GB, video support, FM and voice recording and 16 hours of battery. So along those lines, the UB-890 will probably hit 4GB and hold onto the rest. No word on price or availability, but that probably won't matter unless you're living in Korea.
