Full FeedMintpad slips under PMP radar
PMP (personal media players) are becoming increasingly popular for their versatility and array of features, but less so for their often over exuberant price tag. So when the new Mintpad from mintpass was unveiled (after a long enough delay for us to wonder where it had gone) for a reported price of around $160 people were instantly interested.
Not only does the price tag attract attention, but the interesting shape and design also draws eyes. Looking like a modern electronic version of a Post-it, it it operated by stylus which instantly creates attractions and problems. But beside that, on the physical side it is incredibly competitive, with a small sleek design that looks suspiciously like a blend between the Nintendo DS and a square Apple iPod Touch.
Features wise it is packed full of them, which considering the small size and price, is surprising. It (obviously) plays various music and video files as well as pictures; it is also Wi-Fi enabled, which means you can use the inbuilt chat function as well as the blog and Internet equivalents.
A couple of problems here though: the chat can only be used with other Mintpad users, a number which will probably be very small. Regarding the Internet, not only do you have the normal Wi-Fi Internet problems, but also the QVGA sub 3” screen is inadequate for surfing longer than about 5 minutes.
It also has a notes function (not surprising considering what it looks like) and a little camera with 1.3 megapixels as well as a small microphone and speaker… better than the iPod touch in that respect. For the more practical of you, a 30 hour battery life for music should satisfy, although only 5 hours for videos isn’t as good; also it has a 4GB hard drive with a microSD slot supporting up to 8GB.
In conclusion it looks pretty awesome, and I can’t wait to get my hands on it… and that is the problem. It is currently only available in Korea and there is no news whatsoever as to when it will be crossing the Pacific, never mind the Atlantic, so don’t hold your breath. But apart from that? I want!
Source [Pocketables]
Product [Mintpass]
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The MintPad I had one sent over from South Korea to the US. It is now my favorite toy. It is the best thing for writing quick notes. The note writer is the smoothest I have ever seen and I have used a lot of PDA’s and Tablets to write notes for more than 15 years. The music player is very good but you have to use a browser based application to install music and video. Slower than it need to be by the time you search and upload the files. More like uploading them to the internet. The 4gb drive and the flash card shows up as drives but even if you drag songs or video to them they will not show up on the tablet. The tablet keep a database file of what was uploaded and that is all you will see. There is no type of file management software.
on November 25, 2008 at 01:56 AM - LINKI was able to figure out most of it even though I can not read Korean text (characters). I even updated the firmware.
My Daughter also love it very much. Also I do not think is have a 4GB hard drive it is 4GB of flash memory.