When we brought news of the concept MP3-playing Mint Cube, with its retro-styled dials and pocket-unfriendly shape, some of you loved it and some really hated it. So we have good news or bad, depending on your tastes: Korean manufacturer Dodona has popped out its own cube-shaped player, and it is actually a real, buyable product.
For “just” $170, you get a 4GB, 2×2×2-inch box with an FM radio and a digital – not analog – OLED display, capable of playing MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA and FLAC tracks. There is also a microphone for voice recording and a speaker on the back so you can “entertain” your friends. In short, it does everything a dollar-store MP3 player would do, only it costs almost as much as a video-shooting, movie-playing iPod Nano with four-times the capacity.
The one analog part that might be found on the superior (and non-existent) Mint Cube is the volume switch, although rather than being a satisfyingly hefty knob is is just a little, twistable plastic nubbin. This is probably one to avoid, unless you want a tiny, tinny clock radio beside your bed.
Cube product page [Dodona]
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