iubi’s WiFi-enabled PMP-1480 does GPS / DMB on video

By Darren Murph | March 24, 2007

Filed under: GPS, Handhelds, Portable Audio, Portable Video

It’s not everyday that you can sneak a peek at the latest and greatest Korea has to offer on video, but PMPToday snagged a lengthy video of the iubi’s forthcoming PMP-1480 on camera, and we’re duly impressed. The “mock-up” on display looked mighty fine, and although it was a tad on the large side, it’s hard to cram a 4.3-inch WVGA (yeah, that’s 800 x 480) touchscreen into anything much smaller. The innards consist of a TMS320 DM6441 processor, 64MB of Flash ROM, 128MB of RAM, a 1.8-inch hard drive in the 30/40/60GB varieties, rechargeable battery pack, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR, WiFi, GPS, USB, and composite / S-Video / component video outputs to boot. Aside from the impressive hardware list, this Windows CE-powered device will also play nice with just about every format imaginable, including XviD, DivX, MPEG1/2/4, AVI, WMV, JPEG, BMP, and MP3, and the optional HSDPA dongle should keep users connected when hotspots are too far away . Sadly, we Americans aren’t likely to see this beauty (click on through for the vid) without going through the appropriate import channels, but Korean dwellers can look forward to throwing down a currently undisclosed amount in the May timeframe.