Dcube: Portable Audio With Ogg And A Scroll Wheel

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.)

Comments

OGG? What is that about?

[Anonymous Coward]

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?

Amazingly bad copy

[elliotj]

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.

Apple patented the wheel?

[gst]

Ha! Apple should be happy if they aren't sued because of patent infringement. The australians patented the wheel before them.

Babelfish Translation of the Korean Product page

[rcastro0]

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)

Dcube vs iPod

[tarzan353]

As regards portable music playback devices, don't compare apples and ogg ranges.

WTF?

[thatguywhoiam]

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!

:)

the REAL winners in the mp3 player wars

[sbma44]

are going to be models with gigantic hands

Howard Dean on Ogg

[sulli]

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!!

$1

[SengirV]

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