Korean PMP maker iRiver is readying new flagship PMPs. How about touchscreen with WiFi in an iRiver branded device? Nothing’s official yet but the iRiver K1 (a.k.a P50) looks to be a 3.5-inch touchscreen PMP with WiFi. A successor, the iRiver K2, will run on Google Android, presumably, with at least the same specs. If you [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 9, 2009
I wouldn’t call it a Kindle clone just yet, pending official price announcements. there are differences to the keyboard. The iRiver Story supports txt, PDF and EPUB files as well as DOC, Excel and PowerPoint. It also features a Comic Viewer with Zip file support. It can view in JPG, GIF and BMP. It plays [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 4, 2009
O.K., we understand portable TVs are necessarily bulky cousins of PMPs but we were really hoping the iRiver B30 will be an exception. Still, you have to appreciate the sleek user interface. Dapreview thinks it’s comparable to the P.ple P7 Magazine UI.
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 26, 2009
The promo video for the iRiver B30 kinda reminds me of the iPod ads a couple of years back. The iRiver version could be cooler, but then the iPod could’ve digital TV. The video also does quite a bit of demonstration for UI control (I didn’t know it has shake control). It’s a really simple [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
We’ve been waiting for a formal tech review* of the iRiver P7 PMP. The touted “Magazine touch user interface” is fairly intriguing. What else can iRiver contribute to user-friendly interface that Apple hasn’t already (iriver P.ple P7 specs here)? It plays RM/RMVB, AVI, WMV, MP4, DAT/MPG, 3GP/K3G and FLV as well as MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 29, 2009
The new iRiver D7 (from the Dicple line of e-Dictionaries) is a smaller device of the same form factor as the D50n announced last CES. The D7 has a 3-inch 480 x 272 touchscreen, PMP and e-dic functionality as well as optional DMB. It looks like a great video and music player with 30fps video [...]
Continue reading...Friday, March 27, 2009
First it’s the Wave Home, the P7 then the P35 and now its the D50N, completing iRiver’s January announcements. The D50N is the latest in iRiver’s Dicple line of eDictionaries. It’s meant to be a portable networking device with WiFi connectivity included in the usual laundry list of eDic and media playback features. The screen [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
More cheap electronics from iRiver. The E150 succeeds the E100, which last we heard was selling for $59 for the 8GB version. Both the E100 and the E100 Season 2 have been reorted to have sold rather briskly in Korea but what iRiver will be looking for in the E150 is US and European success. The [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Mintpass, a division of Reigncom (iRiver), has slated the Minpass PMP + PDA for release outside Korea this April. If this is the first time you’ve heard of the Mintpass, it’s a WiFi-enabled PMP with PDA function. Besides supporting a host of video and music files, the mintpass is also a scheduler, portable instant messaging [...]
Continue reading...Monday, March 23, 2009
They are now for sale, two of iRiver’s newest media players. The iRiver P35 will set you back about $286 for the 16GB. This is the WiFi- and DMB-enabled P35, though there is a non-WiFi and DMB version, which will be significantly cheaper. The P35 is a 4.3-inch player with 8 hours of battery life playing [...]
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Friday, October 9, 2009
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