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5th-generation PMP appeared in Korea

Oct 30, 2008 09:26

A 5th-generation PMP? Yes, Korea's leading PMP manufacturer Digital-Cube will be releasing its upcoming i-station-branded PMP T5 yesterday through its product Web site. It seems the company's named it as a 5th-generation PMP with an integrated 3G HSDPA module inside mainly. Actually, there's more than just HSDPA onboard. Digital-Cube has also described that the T5 will have a new main chipset and high-performance 3D feature in response to user requests.
 

Here are some really brief specs on the iStation T5.

• New chipset (maybe Nvidia's Tegra?... since it's used Alchemy earlier and the TI's Davinci isn't a new one to use now)


• HSDPA integrated


• 3D UI design


• 4.8-inch WVGA display (should be 800 x 480 resolution)

The iStation currently holds about 30-40 percent of the PMP market share in Korea and is facing tough challenges lately from Cowon's new PMPs.

The T5 will be out in Korea soon, but not overseas if Digital-Cube keeps focusing on the local market as is usual. Maybe the situation coudl change since Digital-Cube has been bought by Telson, the company which manufactures mobile handsets to export. This mean that Digital-Cube now has overseas distribution channels via Telson, so the former might have a more established international presence overseas come 2009.

As far as I know, Digital-Cube exported its products to Hong Kong under the JNC brand a few years ago but wasn't successful.

By the way, Digital-Cube has included a small teaser picture of another upcoming PMP at the bottom of the T5 product page. I remember the CEO of Digital-Cube announcing earlier that it would release a PMP and mobile phone in 1Q 2009 through SK Telecom's network when Digital-Cube was bought by Telson. Telson has technology related to mobile phones and Digital-Cube has PMPs. So they've merged their strengths.

Below is a picture of that upcoming PMP and mobile device, but it's really too small to make out details or see the differences between those PMPs which we can find it in the market now.



Let's see what kind of feedback it gets from customers. By the way, Archos has also released the Archos 5 which integrates HSDPA via SFR in France, so the T5 isn't the first PMP to label itself a 5th-generation PMP.

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