After the iRiver B30, it’s time for the iRiver E200 to come out for its own photo-op. The disappointing feature is the design, which doesn’t stray at all from the E100 design. The buttons are now touch-sensitive hardware, instead of the clunky old directional pad. The screen has also been increased to 2.8 inches. It [...]
Continue reading...11. June 2009
The 4.3-inch touchscreen and WiFi-enabled iRiver P35 PMP finally has a 32GB version available. It features the SPINN control and the delightful Magazine UI. For about $389 in Korea, looks likely to be distributed in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. With the additional microSD supporting up to 16GB cards, it’s a pretty good [...]
Continue reading...9. June 2009
The new user interface dubbed “Magazine” by iRiver will have another hardware showcasing it. The iRiver NV Classic seems unperturbed by the new iPhone 3G S, which features a built-in compass and turn-by-turn navigation. Theoretically, an all-in-one computer like the iPhone can drive a device like the iRiver Classic out of business, but perhaps drivers [...]
Continue reading...4. June 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...26. May 2009
Besides the Zune HD, the iRiver P35 will come this fall to U.S. customers. Not nearly as interesting as Zune HD, but the touchscreen P35 will have WiFi and a web browser, and the 4.3-inch screen supports touch control that will go with the SPINN control. The 16GB may not be the biggest one could [...]
Continue reading...26. May 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...22. May 2009
So the leaked photo was genuine. The iRiver B30 has now officially surfaced. The B30 succeeds the B20, a PMP with mobile TV so expect that the antenna on this one is a permanent fixture. It looks like a sleek device but one would expect a bigger screen for a mobile TV. Instead, we only [...]
Continue reading...15. May 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...9. May 2009
Some iRiver watchers think they have spotted the E200 and B30. These models are just speculation for now but photographic evidence has us wondering if a refresh of a relatively old model and a relatively new model is coming soon. The iRiver B30 will succeed the B20, which was a PMP and portable TV. No [...]
Continue reading...29. April 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 [...]
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4. July 2009
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