Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel

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Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel

Posted by timothy on Wednesday January 21, 2004 @05:00AM from the big-in-korea dept.

Slowtreme writes "There have been many attempts recently to cash in on Apple's iPod success. Napster, Dell, and others have made iPod clones. This Korean Dcube looks like they are going all out. With 1.5 gig, Ogg and MP3 support, grey scale display, USB2.0, wireless, FM radio, it looks like a nice device. Most noticeable however is the scroll wheel, Apple holds patents (pending) on scroll wheel design. How much noise will this make?" (The Napster-branded one is actually a Samsung product; Samsung, too, is supporting Ogg Vorbis in some models, though not in that one.)

21 of 556 comments (clear)

OGG? What is that about? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-21 05:03 · Score: 4, Funny

When I hear OGG, I immeidately think that it must be whack, but slashbots constantly say that won't buy something unless it supports OGG. Is it like 220V power or USB something? What is it? good or whack?
Apple has a patent on 3-button mouse by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-21 05:05 · Score: 0, Funny

They consider those to be a derivative of their single button patent 3 times over.
Amazingly bad copy by elliotj · 2004-01-21 05:05 · Score: 5, Funny

I never fail to be amazed at how often companies try to copy Apple's design only to produce a product that looks similar but is noticably uglier.

It's like on Charles in Charge where one of the sisters was noticeably hotter than the other one, and yet in one episode the ugly sister won a beauty contest just to show that there's more to a person than looks but that didn't change the fact that everybody still would rather jump the hotter sister.
1. Re:Amazingly bad copy by gregarican · 2004-01-21 05:12 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Then the hotter sister (Nicole Eggert) moved on to "Baywatch." Moral of the story - keep an eye on hotter sister.
Apple patented the wheel? by gst · 2004-01-21 05:06 · Score: 5, Funny

Ha! Apple should be happy if they aren't sued because of patent infringement. The australians patented the wheel before them.
Re:Rio Karma supports Ogg and FLAC with 20gb for $ by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-21 05:07 · Score: 0, Funny

You forgot to call them "Apple iPod clones," because hey, Apple was the first company ever to come up with a portable MP3 player.
Look at that dude's hand! by mr_luc · 2004-01-21 05:07 · Score: 2, Funny

http://www.nextway.co.kr/images/products/temp.jpg

On the DCude site. It looks like their hand model must be having a heart attack off-camera; if the picture gets slashdotted, just imagine a hand with fingers contorted into a clawed husk, with the nice little dCube in the center of the hand.

Looks very freaky.
Babelfish Translation of the Korean Product page by rcastro0 · 2004-01-21 05:08 · Score: 5, Funny

Easier if you can't read Korean:
Babelfish Translation of the Korean Product page

However don't set your expectations too high, it seems they still need to work a bit on their Korean translation engine:

The NHD-150D supports a next generation digital sound cause OGG VORBIS file format (ogg) . The MP3 the sound quality and the enemy who jump over a file 500Kbps until it will be able to remake the ogg file which is proud a dosage from the NHD-150D. (sic)

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Dcube vs iPod by tarzan353 · 2004-01-21 05:10 · Score: 5, Funny

As regards portable music playback devices, don't compare apples and ogg ranges.
Re:OOG? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-21 05:13 · Score: 2, Funny

iPod no got OOG, so OOG no good. Me go ask Apple what good.

Me get free karma now?
WTF? by thatguywhoiam · 2004-01-21 05:16 · Score: 4, Funny

If this is cheap enough, I'll definitely buy it. The one thing still preventing me from buying a portable audio player is the price... I don't need 20GB of music in my pocket, 1,5GB is more than enough for me.
NO! Nonononono. Dude. Come on.
This is Slashdot. "I don't need 20 GB of music".. of course you don't need it. But you will demand it. As a... nerd, or something.
Now suck it up, and demand a 1 ounce 50GB overmediaplayer with a folding plasma screen and support for Ogg Stupidname. For $50. It is your goddammed right!
:)

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If Jesus wants me it knows where to find me.
Re:so NOw the question is by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-21 05:19 · Score: 1, Funny

nevermind the ACC, what about the Big East?
the REAL winners in the mp3 player wars by sbma44 · 2004-01-21 05:26 · Score: 4, Funny

are going to be models with gigantic hands
Howard Dean on Ogg by sulli · 2004-01-21 05:29 · Score: 3, Funny

We shall take Ogg Vorbis to New Hampshire! And South Carolina! And New Mexico! And California! And then we'll take it to Washington, DC! AND TAKE BACK THE IPODS AND WINAMP JUKEBOXES IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!

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sulli
RTFJ.
1. Re:Howard Dean on Ogg by Blahbbs · 2004-01-21 05:41 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  We shall take Ogg Vorbis to New Hampshire! And South Carolina! And New Mexico! And California! And then we'll take it to Washington, DC! AND TAKE BACK THE IPODS AND WINAMP JUKEBOXES IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!
  
  You forgot something:
  
  YeeeeeAARRrrRRGGGHHH!
  
  Thank you.
Re:Apple Music by beady · 2004-01-21 05:35 · Score: 2, Funny

There is a lot of friction between Apple, and Apple because of Apple joining the "music business", something which Apple didn't like because the felt people might confuse Apple and Apple!
What kind of fool could do that?!
Oops, I was wrong... by tweakt · 2004-01-21 05:38 · Score: 2, Funny

Sorry, I was mistaken... it has both FM Reception, Recording, *AND* Transmitter. NICE!
And here is what babelfish thinks it says about "FMT":
FMT (Wireless)
Only me small FM broadcasting station! Bold the Wireless MP3 which throws away the line! The NHD-150D the FM thu it will be able to apply a lance meter function with the remote control. The FMT when it selects a mode, what kind of machinery and tools (car audio, groove audio, the groove shear to sprout there is a possibility which the MP3 of sensitivity, the general FM radio back) which is the FM radio it will lead and with the radio it will enjoy. (The outside market to be supported with remote control style, with option star every plan)
$1 by SengirV · 2004-01-21 05:43 · Score: 4, Funny

I wish I had $1 for every iPod killer MP3 player that has been released to date. I could then afford an iPod.

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Name by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-21 05:46 · Score: 1, Funny

Sounds like a rapper
Hey, wait! by karmaflux · 2004-01-21 05:54 · Score: 2, Funny

THAT'S NO CUBE

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Ogg? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-01-21 06:07 · Score: 1, Funny

Ogg is dead! Does anyone still use it?