What if iPod nano was born in Korea? (iriver U100)

[@97nelsn]

Mmm, Korean nuggets. Hopefully there’s a lucky nugget dip full of wonderful treats in the future.

[@baoquoc3710]

A certain Aussie guy is literally watching you man😂😂this is gonna be crazeh

[@WisdomSlap]

Yes it would be nice to get a few dank pod nugget videos from different regions.

[@nguyenleucduong3446]

​@@baoquoc3710Oh shiet, a Vietnamese who know that Aussie man, what a bless founding u

[@RERM001]

Angry korean noises vs angry aussie noises. Who wins?

[@mikuoctoling]

DankPods

[@DarthDoomSlayer64]

@@mikuoctoling Ashens is angry British noises!

[@7H07sAndH03s]

Both. I like both

[@edensuky]

Why not both?

[@RadChromeDude]

everyone, really! now we tech lovers have more entertainment

[@axn2021]

I never understood why other companies simply didn't care about UI/UX responsiveness. This is one of the reasons why the iPod won.

[@austinbaccus]

"performance is a feature"

[@geovani60624]

yeah I think it gets lost in the big heads of the companies, all they know are graphics and projections, they know mp4 players sell and if the player is different it sells better but they don't know much about the in between stuff all they know is that they want to have the biggest margin and have it done in a year or less from design to development

[@cottoncandy4228]

It's a wild decision to make part of the device to look modular when it's not detachable. Reminds me of the first foldable samsung phones and the reviewers breaking their devices because someone decided to make a key component of the phone to look like the throw-away protective plastic for the screen

[@o0julek0o]

Its insane that it uses the same chip as the iPhone 3G. That was my first smartphone. It was incredible. The number of great games I played on that thing... doesn’t seem this iriver thing could’ve managed anything even remotely close. It’s nuts!

[@caviar_dreamz]

It still looks modern by today’s standards, it reminds me of my old Zune HD. I really love the design. I think iRiver bit off more than they could chew with the cpu they put in it, it looks like a lag fest. Maybe slightly faster hardware would make it more enjoyable to us. People really underestimate how ahead of the game Apple was compared to the competition in the early 2010’s, everyone was playing catchup until around 2015 when innovations started slowing down in the smartphone market. Neat video!

[@hikkamorii]

Also, back then I feel like people didn't really understand how to make touch UI properly, and what needs to be done to make it feel smoother.

[@Dizrak]

This "emotion" feature really reminds me about SensMe from Sony. Perhaps late 2000s - early 2010s was a period of "feeling" devices.

[@Kimmsito]

That's really interesting! Seems like that feature from Sony automatically analyzes music's tempo and picks it, whereas this Emotion UI requires users to pick music themselves haha.

[@Dizrak]

@@Kimmsito oh yes, it totally does. I had it on my psp and it was quite accurate. But SensMe did not integrate with psp's music player, instead it had it's own separate menu

[@JalinRio42]

2:10 Cosmo and Wanda think they are slick... Great video.! This is the second video I have seen on your channel and I gotta say I am hooked. keep it up.!

[@TheDeathmail]

Honestly, the fact that the bottom looks like it should come off annoys me... other than that... it's kinda cool....

[@justsomeone9054]

I couldn't agree more! There is so much that could be done there.

[@hyperturbotechnomike]

The partner of my sister in law is from Korea and has a nugget too, but a different one from Samsung with a little joystick and a weird interface, which looks like it is designed for a touch screen, but it doesn't have one.

[@clementpruvost8670]

New video from the Korean Dankpods? Hell yeah!

[@hikkamorii]

> 4:20 Nagatoro Ganbare Ganbare Senpai Wow, so previous owner is not just man of culture, but also presumably used this device until at least 2021! That's awesome!

[@RanenPo]

There were some kpop songs that were released in ~August 2022 (Hype Boy by Newjeans) put there by the previous owner, so it has to be even later :)

[@hikkamorii]

@@RanenPo This one I wouldn't know from the top of my head, but cool. Impressive how long that player lasted, both in terms of usability, and reliability.

[@rjsmith2007]

This seems more like a Zune competitor than iPod Nano competitor. Footprint and physical structure and home UI seem very similar.

[@owRekssjfjxjxuurrpqpqss]

Imagine trying to compete with the Zune instead of the iPod. You’re already losing if you’re trying to imitate a failure. I loved my Zune HD so much though, super ahead of its time, but this definitely looks more like the original Zune models in terms of interface and aesthetic. It’s good that Microsoft didn’t implement a touch screen onto the zunes until they nailed the responsiveness like the Zune HD did.

[@s4intgermain]

iriver's mp3 players were my favorite ones :D i had s10 which has survived the fall into water even. i adored his small size and data-jack 3.5mm which i had never seen anywhere after. i suppose i had e100, however i don't really remember the proper model name. irver had a good support of metadata tags, which not every player had, especially for cyrillic script.

[@hetside]

Doctor: Korean DankPods doesn't exist, it can't hurt you. Korean DankPods:

[@엊달]

9:16 that's my baby!! 아이리버 초록색 판매자입니다! 안에 벌레는 덤이예요❤

[@DaringKatyusha]

I love bonus bugs! Neon green is a great color choice!

[@hikkamorii]

What a nice seller, including snacks with their item!

[@htmlisprograminglanguage]

벌레까지 서비스로 주시다니ㄷㄷ

[@sikachukuning2473]

This show why iPod was the king of music player back in the day. Anyway, iriver is the same company that release that expensive Astell & Kern?

[@Kimmsito]

Yes, Astell&Kern is from the same company who made iriver!

[@TheNewBruno69]

Oh man im so happy to see new content from time to time, please keep up with the vids they’re great

[@Kayneth93]

I spend my childhood in China and iriver players are rather famous among audiophiles. I had one when I was in middle or highshool, but I forgot the exact model. Such a nostalgic episode for me.

[@koobs4549]

I worked at a major electronics retailer in the US during the iPod craze. We used to carry iRiver products but not a lot of their mp3 players. What they seemed to excel at was the portable media players for video. I loved those but they didn’t last too long, once the iPod touch came out all those media players disappeared over night

[@iO-Sci]

I don't have clue this MP3 player was possibly serene and amazing in my viewpoint.

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

Yes, rebuilding the database is a thing, I've needed to do it on my hacked Vita to get it working

[@simplyalonso]

my dad used to own an iriver t10, which he apparently got back in Christmas 2005. he gave it to me in 2019, and based on my experience of shoving as many mp3s as the internal 1gb could hold and then just going on bike rides with it, I would say it was pretty good. looks like iriver didn't fare well after the iPhone came out. ouch.

[@Hezy]

Was the thinnest Apple device until today haha

[@Kimmsito]

It was really nice to see the nano at the event today!

[@Hezy]

@@Kimmsito it was good to hear it be recognized haha

[@JayOfSpade]

the design reminds me a lot of a switch with a single joycon attached, especially since the purple and green look so similar to the Splatoon 2 joycons

[@KiKaraage]

TIL iriver was what transformed into Dreamus??? Whoa

[@mauri-mattiaslaanesaar5305]

Great video! I have to say, while the device itself is unresponsive, slow, and buggy, the colorful bit underneath does look gorgeous. I can see why it won design awards.

[@NovaDNG]

Oh my this emotion ui looks like Samsung‘s yp touchscreen interface and Zune HD‘s metroUI had a baby and I love it to dead 3:00

[@tristan6509]

that UI reminds me of the microsoft zune, it was still sold back when this thing was released.

[@vinulajayaweera6200]

I never heard of iriver and thought they were a bootleg apple brand But they seem to one of the greatest brands in Korea 😅

[@caviar_dreamz]

My friend had an iRiver it was a really good mp3 player. It was just a simple square with a clickable screen to navigate, I thought that was really cool. They also made a really good iPod classic competitor, I almost bought one but bought an iPod 5g instead.

[@drill_fiend1097]

They were pretty much dominating portable music players until the iPod came out.

[@Kazz7420]

I mean, iriver did give us Astell & Kern so....

[@Pleyer7575lol]

2:57 EMOTIONAL DAMAGE UI🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@modables]

cringieet comment ever made

[@evandeniloneto944]

The design reminded my late Sony Xperia U

[@_tomch]

Your pacing, script, bg music and topics so far have been so, so good

[@bpruszczyk]

thank you, oh youtube algorithm, for discovering such a fantastic channel

[@Kazz7420]

May your light shine down on the souls of the brave KZbinrs, who gave their time and health in service to your will and the viewers

[@dudesk099]

I never had an iriver device but I have had a cowon since they were popular among audiophile community even in the west. The design of this iriver is really sharp

[@Hypertropes]

This is such a cool concept for a channel.

[@sarahaeee]

dankpods for aussie, kimmsito for korean letsgoooo

[@codix__]

Can you stop making good contents ? You are broking the KZbin algorythm. Thanks ❤❤ These tech is insane as your work.

[@mousey796]

I used to be obsessed with the river iHP-100 but could never afford one 😅. It’s so hard to find high quality videos of it now for nostalgia.

[@Kazz7420]

Damn, I didn't expect this unknown device to have a Wolfson DAC.... For those uninitiated, back in the early 2010s Wolfson DACs were all the rage for audiophiles back then, due to its good output sound quality on smartphones for the time. People do forget this brand pretty quickly though as TWS starts becoming popular....and also because of LG taking all the spotlight with their Quad-DAC solution, which adds a proper amp in addition to a dedicated higher-end DAC solution - making them actually capable of running power-hungry headphones. If I'm correct, the Samsung Galaxy S6 was the last Android phone to come with a Wolfson DAC. Fwiw I owned one myself, and while 3.5mm still sounds good (with 24-bit audio file playback using Poweramp) the lack of a proper amp really harms it bad time with power-hungry IEMs.

[@Zephyrus88PL]

Oh, yes. The Iriver. At some point the iriver took a turn for the worse. This was most visible around 2010. A lot of shitty devices were created with their logo, the quality of which was terribly different from older models. The first such player was the X20 model from 2007, which was produced by a completely different company with the Iriver logo added.

[@Kazz7420]

Also holy fuck, if not for the end section of your video here, I'd never know that Astell & Kern was founded by iRiver of all the possible random Korean companies... It's probably the oddest-yet-cool thing that I've heard in a while.

[@zumuvtuber]

That's a pretty cool looking nugget! Too bad about the performance 😭(On a side note, my 7th gen nano looks exactly like yours 👀)

[@thesvengallideck]

You're videos are excellent. No notes. I can't wait to see more

[@rafannibal]

I just love the content? I came for the vintage tech and stayed for the sassiness and also the history mingled with cultural lessosn!! keep up with the good work!!

[@eventualpine]

This channel is 100% gonna succeed.

[@ellabise]

That FFS display fits this device considering how laggy it is 😭

[@uiopuiop3472]

the korea designer was going some looksmaxxing

[@JasperinHawaii]

Thanks for reminding me of iriver, I had the iFP895 growing up. It’s hard to remember what life was like before Apple 😅. The reason you might still be seeing old owner’s music still on the device is you might need to go into your computers trash file and delete the files again.

[@cyphre]

God I miss classic MP3 player design. My go to was the Sansa Fuse, because it just did everything all the big names weren't doing at the time. All in a super tiny package.

[@Igorooooleynikov]

I had an iriver player, it was very nice to use.

[@tristan6509]

btw reddot design awards are not really awards, companies can pay to get their products featured...

[@yotaiji012]

I lived in korea during those years. I have so many mp3 players. I have the rare Seo Taiji one.

[@Cristian.Carlos92]

What kind of DankPods is this?

[@gizem6058]

New kind

[@Devil935]

Don't know if someone has said it already but its probably lagging because the hard drive might be at its end. maybe replacing it would improve the overall experience to when it was new?

[@bangerheadboy]

His magic little fish will grant his every wish

[@samyud1819]

I like the novelty of this design, but I thought the colorful block at the end was detachable. There was potential for this to do more

[@d3formedRBLX]

what will it look like if you modify the system or tweak some stuff in it?

[@may21136]

Zune had the best UI for an mp3 player.

[@Igorooooleynikov]

I also had cowon s9, very unusual device, touch function wasn't as laggy.

[@christianpaasa4652]

I discovered your channel, and it seems interesting❤️

[@itssomeguyyoudontknow]

Astel & Kern was iriver?? Damn those were sick

[@Kazz7420]

Same here! I didn't expect a random company with crappy MP3 players, to go on making cool DAPs.

[@NickdeBey]

Now there is an iPad thinner than this iPod. (5.1mm vs 5.4mm)

[@Tziemtzi]

korean dankpods

[@acetrainerace6560]

your videos are great! im shocked you dont have more subs

[@KhoaNguyen-xd3er]

where is the emotional damage option?

[@pendantblade6361]

You need to send these nuggets to Dankpods.

[@KrispyKrustyKrab]

imagine my surprise that i get to binge this channel - 2 videos already!!! ❤❤ edit: _this channel is an Elemental fan!!!_

[@Jushwa]

2:35 🤣🤣 got me

[@HuyBui-no5vu]

Can you do content on MP3 players like the Cowon X9 and Cowon D20 ? I swear that shit was my dream device back then

[@Kimmsito]

Got it, I will try to cover those Cowon devices in the future as well!

[@mirsoli866]

WOW i liked your content!

[@JessicaFEREM]

Its a shame because i think if iriver put lile 10% more effort into the internals they could be another Samsung. Samsung also released toms of Bad UIs amd eventually straightened their act.

[@quxng]

When did the last owner use this thing because ISTG I just saw IVE's Love Dive and NewJeans' Hype Boy 😭

[@Kimmsito]

I bought the pink one second hand earlier this year. Probably the previous owner tried to use this thing last year until they thought it wasn't a good idea and decided to sell it haha. It's in mint condition though!

[@匿名的-1]

Korean dankpods?

[@LarkSS]

Great video. Curious if your unit has a hardware issue responsible for the freezing. I've never had an offline device fail at playing/stopping music before, but it's never too late to be surprised.

[@JessicaFEREM]

Yeah it's possible the flash is failing. Many Samsung phones around this time died due to a bad batch of flash chips.

[@Kimmsito]

It could be the reason that the hardware was failing, I read a post on online that this model has a common problem of cold solder joint occurring at the chipset.

[@Lilly_PK]

i clicked on the video thinking a new music player came out

[@neysu4529]

and that's why you need to optimize stuff when you make them

[@vingevigur9202]

1:17 those throws were clean, you got them in one shot?

[@zy2239]

Like your videos dude !

[@victortio]

I loved the industrial design on the iriver and cowon products, and people were amazed when they looked at me using them but all of them had the same problem, the software, always the software, a shame really if they put the same care on the inside as they did on the outside, they wouldn't have lost the market to apple.

[@Kristoff2005]

Curious if it's capable of flashing another firmware. Highly doubt it'll improve performance though...

[@Kimmsito]

It might be possible, considering how the firmware upgrade mechanism works on this model. Placing a firmware in the root of the storage and turning on the device will automatically flash a new firmware, so cracking the structure of the firmware and bootloader may open a way to port another operating system like Rockbox.

[@Kristoff2005]

@@Kimmsito oohh, nice! Thanks for the input

[@tjeremiah9747]

I had one of those when I was in school. I thought I was so cool with that thing😂

[@rws91942]

I didn't know that iriver still exists. ( Kind of.).

[@justsomeone9054]

Do they make any budget stuff anymore or is all A&K now?

[@Kimmsito]

T70 Season2 is the latest budget MP3 player from iriver, which was released in mid 2020. They seem to be focusing on Astell&Kern when it comes to portable music players.

[@justsomeone9054]

@@Kimmsito I just checked it! It's a cute looking device but it just doesn't seem to be a fit for devices today. It's understandable they focus more on A&K as that's probably where they'll make a good profit. The cost of those things are crazy! Lol

[@BlazingKhioneus]

How did this win a design award with a design that will lead people with just little enough awareness to decapitate their u100 trying to remove the "accessory"

[@davidwave4]

Reminds me of the Zune HD.

[@ankalagonchik]

Where is green ipad? Oh, wait, wrong channel...

[@bobbypadlock]

i had two of those ipods so good

[@luxpulvis]

This looks like the FiiO X7 with the sectioned bottom.

[@aruce9]

Finally i found out Korean dankpods. Now fight to see who's the real king of the nuggets

[@zzoinks]

Wow! I am surprised Bluetooth was not common on iPod.

[@prodbypo_]

wow that design is nice, its a shame the OS is so bad

[@JessicaFEREM]

Ive lost 2 of those ipod nanos Theyre a tad too small

[@robertpeck6620]

To the thumbnail...I see you Cosmo and Wanda...I see you...

[@Omar-Asim]

Can it run Doom?

[@AndreVictorGoncalves]

Cosmo and Wanda turned into mp3 players

[@Zorusky]

Hahahaahahaha, I died laughing with the part about of, this need the emotion of anger 😠.... Sadly I didn't have this kind of Mp3 in my hands.. But I can see that it was the beginning for smartphones to be born and yes, many parents had that.. This kind of technology can make us addicted 😅. And I see you are a fan of Elemental.... Uh? 😏... I love that movie 😌❤️... About the headphones yes, I find those annoying too, that's why I prefer others that hang on the ears and don't hurt. For my part, good video 👍👍👍👍.

[@biska131]

Ah, sweet era of gimmicky garbage, love it! Today everything is just so boring. Great and informative video. Thx.

[@qeqsiquemechanical9041]

4 workers of the factory disliked the video

[@hn1f]

i have one funny question, will you ever review tech from the north side of korea (yes that one korea not the south one)

[@Kimmsito]

Not planned, but I think it would be unlikely in the future as well. Getting North Korean things in South Korea can be even harder than anywhere else, especially when it comes to national security laws haha. Thanks for asking though!