Cheap PMPs do not have to look and feel cheap. The Memorex TouchMP is a touchscreen PMP that though not exactly packed with features gives you pretty good video support and a touchreen UI that isn’t exactly a disaster. CNET has a thorough review of the device. Bottomline: the cheapest touchscreen PMP from a reliable [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, November 1, 2008
For those looking to own an iRiver PMP will be happy to know that they are slashing prices on their current offerings. The fancy looking SPINN is now a bit more affordable at $190 (4GB) and $230 (8GB) while the E100 and Lplayer will now retail for $70 and $100 respectively. That’s a $50 price [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 17, 2008
We spoke too soon about the Slacker G2. CNET thinks the player is important enough for a full review and they have it on site. The Slacker G2 is a video-less player but the Slacker online music support is just excellent. Yep, everybody is saying as far as WiFi-connected music service is concerned. So, is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 8, 2008
Generation MP3 wasn’t so impressed with the iRiver E100, though we thought differently and believed it was a major competitor in the PMP market. They just recently reviewed the LPlayer. This PMP isn’t even available yet. It’s no Clix 2 successor but GMP3 is confident about the iRiver Player - they think of it as [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 29, 2008
I have to admit, I have taken a liking to iRiver’s LPLayer. Yesterday’s hands-on images from Moveplayer (courtesy of our friends at GMP3) stated it rather succinctly: thin is not everything. I also love the speaker solution for this mini-PMP (see photo of it after the break). The prices top at 95 euros for the [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 28, 2008
PMP manufacturer iRiver has announced so many players for this year, we’re likely to be inundated by more tech temptations than our wallets could take. I mean, how many small, sleek and capable portable multimedia players do you need. If you only need one, the LPlayer gives you 2 inches (320 x 240 pixels) of [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 8, 2008
Though Sony may have been looking forward to having their latest PMP, the NWZ-A820, compared to the iPod or th Zune, someone in Korea had a different idea in mind. The iRiver E100 is the lowest spec’d player to have come out of iRiver’s remarkable showing at CES 2008. I know everyone is looking forward [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 13, 2008
CES 2008 will be known as the trade show that made iRier a major player in the portable market. After introducing several drool-worthy PMPs (iRiver M20, P20, Unit 2, SPINN, LPlayer) for US distribution this year, it pulled another bunny from its sleeves to oohs and ahhs from the audience. Introducing the iRiver e-book [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 11, 2008
[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=jipaR5KQYBY[/youtube] The Korean company iRiver has been the super star of CES 2008. After introducing a bunch of new models for the US market, it’s not much of a stretch to call iRiver the Nokia of the PMP industry. The new iRiver P20, SPINN, M20 and LPlayer reminds us slightly of Nokia’s Nseries phones. Closer even [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 10, 2008
Frankly, iRiver’s LPlayer makes use of its size better than the iPod Nano or any of the other PMPs in the market, including iRiver’s own Clix. Unfortunately, the LPlayer will not be using the new SPINN technology but will rock the old D-Click interface, which so far has been working brilliantly for iRiver (they’ll get [...]
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