Formerly dubbed the iRiver K1, the recently announced Smart HD should be a real alternative to the iPod Touch and the ZuneHD. The touchscreen of the Smart HD is quite responsive and the vuilt-in accelerometer has a few user interface tricks: you can tilt to browse. You can multitask as well by minimizing the player [...]
Continue reading...19. January 2010
This just in as far as we can tell: iRiver has announced a new MKV-supporting touchscreen PMP. Dubbed the iRiver Smart HD, it’s a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 multitouch-(yes, multitouch-) screen with MKV HD video support. This PMP was previously announced as iRiver K1 last year but apparently iRiver has bigger plans for it. We’re not [...]
Continue reading...17. January 2010
When iRiver announced the E30, we didn’t xpect it to make waves around the world. The iRiver E30 would only be a China-only launch
Continue reading...13. December 2009
It’s for the Chinese only for now for the iRiver E30. It’s a basic PMP and doesn’t hide it with its arrestingly bland where-the-buttons looks. The 2GB will set you back $66 in Chinese yuan. I’d love to have this iRiver on sale in my area. It’s an incredibly smart design that gives me the [...]
Continue reading...7. December 2009
We have no idea what prompted iRiver tocome out with a Hello Kitty DAP just before Christmas. The actual date availability is a little too close for comfort for generous Christmas gift giver: December 18th! Available only in Japan, it’s an elegant piece of accessory that just happens to play music. Available in 2GB and [...]
Continue reading...7. November 2009
The Reigncom Domino flash drives is one of the sleekest flash drives in the market when they were introduced. Now they look like Chiclet gums in various colors. Fully the iRiver Domino Inflate is available in 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB versions, color coded in nice, gummy colors. Price starts at 34,900 yuan ($30) for [...]
Continue reading...9. October 2009
Details of the iRiver N20 has come out. The innovative pendant MP3 player from iRiver boasts a 120 x 56 PMOLED (passive matrix OLED) screen with four lines of data that should be good enough for text and simple icon displays. It measures 26 × 55.5 × 13mm and weighs at 35 grams. It can [...]
Continue reading...9. October 2009
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...29. September 2009
The United Kingdom will enjoy DAB radio service on the portable iRiver B30. Available in 8GB and 16GB versions, the iRiver B30 is a 2.8-inch QVGA PMP and also plays video files and features touch-sensitive controls and haptics feedback. Battery life is pretty good at 40 hours for audio and 6 hours for video. Take [...]
Continue reading...27. September 2009
There’s a new pendant MP3 player from the iRiver N series that’s got the Chinese blogs buzzing. The iRiver N20, former vaporware, may actually be real after 3 years in the oven. previously rumored to be the smallest DAP with a screen in 2006, the N20 may go screenless but in a more fashionable shape. [...]
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25. January 2010
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