The iRiver B30: Live In The UK

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Alright, iRiver might not be as big a name as Apple, and their new B30 PMP sure doesn't have all the glitz and glamor of the Zune HD, but it's still a solid-looking media player. Engadget reports that it's about to go on sale for £139 over in the UK.

For that price, you get a DAB radio with RPG recording, a 2.8" QVGA touchscreen, a microSD slot, and a battery that delivers an estimated 40 hours of audio, or 6 hours of video. There are two sizes to choose from; 8 GB at the price listed above, or 16 GB. The pricing on the larger model has not been released yet.

Posted on Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:40:15 CDT | by Robert Evans

iRiver NV Mini Bike Edition

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Cyclists get lost too. That's why iRiver, traditionally a media player manufacturer, has released a bicycle edition of their navigation system. Slashgear reports that this revamp to the iRiver NV comes with a smaller size, no integrated DMB TV tuner, and a scaled-up touchscreen UI designed to accomodate gloved fingers.

The NV runs on Windows CE 5.0, and comes with an SDHC card slot and integrated speakers, plus a 3.5mm headphone jack. This system comes packed with an in-car mount, but you'll have to pay extra if you want to get a handlebar mount for your bicycle. The NV itself runs about $156 USD, which is a great price for a solid touchscreen navigation system.

Posted on Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:11:01 CDT | by Robert Evans

iRiver E-Reader, Pictures+Details

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iRiver knows what's up. They took a look at the Kindle and had the same problems with it as I did. 'Sure' they went, 'it can act like a book. But it doesn't have a cover, there's no opening or closing it. That's just not as satisfying.'

The new 'Story' e-reader from iRiver (via Gizmodo) was built with us old die-hard traditionalists in mind. The e-reader, which is slim, white, and packs a QWERTY keyboard, much like the Kindle, comes sandwiched within a thin case that can seal sort of like a ziplock. This e-reader can't do wireless downloads, but it supports SDHC cards and can handle PDF, E-Pub, txt, e-comic, and Microsoft Office files. That makes it substantially more versatile than the Kindle.

Posted on Tue, 1 Sep 2009 10:04:08 CDT | by Robert Evans

Watch Movies Effortlessly with iriver P7

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Today iriver launched its latest portable media player (PMP) offering, the P7, billed as the “ultimate movie viewing handheld device,” according to the release.

In addition to the 4.3” LCD touch screen and award-winning product design, iriver is touting the built-in media converter that allows viewing on the fly, eliminating the lengthy conversion process that marred other PMP movie-playing capabilities.

The P7 offers full CODEC support, including MPEG, DivX, RM, RMVB and H.264, and also manages most music file types, including MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, FLAC, APE, and WAV. Also included is an FM receiver.

Posted on Wed, 8 Apr 2009 21:15:00 CDT | by James Douglas

iRiver P35, P7, UNIT-2S, D50N, and Wave unveiled at CES 2009

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There have been so many CES 2009 News that we totally missed the new iRiver product announcements. Last year iRiver made it a bit more exciting revealing their new CES 2008 announcements one by one on their Korean site. This year they just issued two press-releases and briefed press before hand on the new products. I had them stored on my HDD weeks before the CES. Well look what happened, I forgot about them.
Anyway here are now the new iRiver CES 2009 announcements. Read more

Posted on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:06:36 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver Wave Wi-Fi Phone and Media Player announed

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iRiver is launching a touch-screen Wi-Fi VOIP, media and internet device dubbed iRiver Wave in Korea.
The Wi-Fi enabled media player supports voice calls and SMS via Wi-Fi hotspots. A music service called Bugs music lets iRiver Wave users download music directly onto the device.
KT provides the network services for the iRiver Wave, which is comparable to the Nokia Tablets. Read more

Posted on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver Spinn Review

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We already picked the iRiver Spinn as a Top 100 Holiday Gift Tip as it is one of the few interesting iPod alternatives. Engadget has now published a review of the iRiver Spinn giving it a thumbs up for the X-Factor, but a thumbs down for everyday usability.

Quote from the review: "The music player is just a little disappointing for a device of this stature. Everything is there like on-the-go playlist creation, EQ, and even some fancy options under the hood like altering playback speed, but actually interfacing with the thing requires a lot of drilling into categories and then backing back out, something the player just seems particularly unsuited to do with either its physical controls or the touchscreen. It's great scrolling through long lists with the spin wheel, but that's just not enough. Read more

Posted on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver Spinn is I4U Top 100 Gift Tip #45

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iRiver is offering a very cool and stylish alternative to the dominating iPod music players in the United States as of this week. The iRiver Spinn puts a twist on the user interface of a portable media player.
By turning (spinning) a wheel you can navigate through the nicely animated user interface.

Feature highlights of the iRiver SPINN include 3.3 inch color OLED display with 480 x 372px, Bluetooth 2.0, 25h music playback on single charge, and FM Tuner. The iRiver SPINN supports all kinds of video and music formats including WMA, MP3, OGG, and AVI. Read more

Posted on Fri, 3 Oct 2008 05:54:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver SPINN ships October 3rd

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iRiver will start shipping the unique iRiver SPINN media player in the United States on October 3rd.
The SPINN was already unveiled at CES 2008 earlier this year, but is now finally making its way to customers.
The real killer feature of the Spinn is the user interface with the same name. By turning (spinning) a wheel you can navigate through the nicely animated user interface. Read more

Posted on Tue, 30 Sep 2008 09:38:49 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver Domino

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iRiver unveiled stylish USB flash memory sticks with the iRiver Domino.

The iRiver Domino measures 15.8x31.5x4.3mm and comes in 2GB and 4GB memory configurations.
Available colors include white, pink, black, chocolate, and coralpink. Read more

Posted on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver Volcano T7 Review

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iRiver launched the USB stick style Volcano T7 DAP a week ago in Korea. Pocketables has published a review of the iRiver Volcano T7 imported from Asia.

Quote from the review: "The iriver T7 (Volcano/Stix) is an unconventional offering from a company renowned for its sleek and stylish players, but it's nice to see iriver broadening its product line to include affordable low-end devices aimed at consumers looking for a DAP to keep in their gym bag or at the office. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver Volcano T7 ships

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iRiver premiered the Volcano T7 DAP at the CES 2008.

Now the Volcano T7 is on sale in Korea.
Features of the USB Stick style iRiver Volcano music player include 1 inch OLED display with 64x128px resolution, USB 2.0, SRS WOW HD, MP3, WMA, OGG and ASF format support. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Weekly Top 10: Asus Eee 1000, Dell mini, iRiver LPlayer, 3G iPhone

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This week Phoenix landed on Mars and already sent us some photos, but no Martians found yet. 3G iPhone rumors gat crazy this week with leaked 3rd party case molds and container shipment spying.
Dell has a low-cost Asus Eee competitor in the works and Asus will show the Asus Eee PC 1000 and Eee 901 at the Computex 2008 next week.

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Posted on Sun, 1 Jun 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New iRiver LPlayer features the coolest Speaker Dock

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During CES 2008 in January iRiver already unveiled some details about the LPlayer. iRiver has now fully launched the Lplayer (L-Player) in Korea.

iRiver gave the Lplayer a very clean look and because the Lplayer features the d-click user interface, there are not many visible buttons to disturb the clean look.
The designers at iRiver really topped themselves with the very cool transparent speaker dock for the Lplayer. See a photo of it below. Read more

Posted on Thu, 29 May 2008 01:04:19 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver E100 ships

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iRiver brought their budget mp3 player iRiver E100 to the United States.
The 8G iRiver E100 sells for $159.99 and the 4GB iRiver E100 sells for $109.99 on Amazon.com. The 8GB Zune sells for $165.51 on Amazon.com, which is only slightly more, but the 8GB Apple iPod nano is quite a bit more expensive with $189.99. Read more

Posted on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:33:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver W7 review

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Pocketables published a review of the iRiver W7 Windows CE PMP.

Quote from the review: "The iRiver W7 is not yet available in the US but can be imported. It's a bit pricey for an 8GB flash player ($332, including charging cradle), but a certain kind of consumer may find it worthwhile. Read more

Posted on Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:20:18 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver NV Life

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iRiver introduces an new portable navigation and media player device dubbed NV Life in Korea.

The iRiver NV Life features iRiver's 'Simple & Easy' user interface that sure looks nice on its 7 inch WVGA (800x480px) screen.

Other feature highlights of the iRiver NV Life include DMB TV, MP3, OGG and WMA music player, MPEG, WMV video player, MagicEye MMSP2 and Dual Core CPU. Read more

Posted on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 01:48:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver E100 Review

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iRiver amongst tons of other devices introduced the E100 at the CES 2008. Pocketables has gotten their hands on the iRiver E100 and published a detailed review. The iRiver E100 is expected to be available in April in the United States.

Quote from the review: "In addition to being the company's first device to natively support FLAC, the E100 has built-in stereo speakers, line-in recording capabilities, and a microSD card slot. Read more

Posted on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:35:20 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver Unit II more Photos and Details revealed

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We already reported that iRiver demonstrated the Unit2 all-in-one home media center at the CES 2008. Today the media player company revealed lots of new stunning photos of the iRiver Unit II showing it's cool style and extreme versatility.

The iRiver UNIT II combines hifi audio, DVD player, TV tuner, Wifi access and a detachable display. The display is actually a full fledged PMP with SD card slot that also can be used as a calendar and news display in a stand. Read more

Posted on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver M20 GPS PMP revealed

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iRiver unveiled the iRiver M20 Navigation PMP on their special CES 2008 'reveal a gadget' a day site.

The iRiver M20 seems to replace the iRiver NV navigation device iRiver introduced last Summer.
iRiver got rid of the big navigation wheel prominently featured in the NV. Details are very scarce on the iRiver M20 so far. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jan 2008 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

iRiver D30 unveiled

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iRiver continued to reveal yet another stylish gadget during CES 2008. This time it is the iRiver D30 portable dictionary gadget.

The new iRiver D30 dictionary is of course more than just a language tool. It is also a media player and features a full QWERTY keyboard. I cannot confirm all features of the D3 as all the text in the image is in Korean making it impossible for me to translate. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jan 2008 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr