iRiver PMP-140 (P)Reviewed

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iRiver H320 Reviewed

iRiver H320 Reviewed 06/21/2004 09:06 AM

SorobanGeeks got their hands on one of the new iRiver H320s, the 20GB hard disk MP3 player with a color screen, USB Host capability, radio, and microphone. It looks excellent, and besides some complaints about the quality of plastic used for the casing, performs as advertised. The USB Host functionality means the H300 series devices can serve as portable hard drives for digital cameras, and I suspect that feature combined with the color screen will make these players a big hit for photographers. They do say the remote is sort of useless since it doesn't have an LCD, but I tend to disagree. Like the iPod's remote, I find that simple remotes are more than useful enough for their main purpose, which is to skip a track or two and to pause your music without pulling out the new device. On the upside, if you need an LCD remote, the units from the iHP120 (an older iRiver player) will work with the HP300 series just fine.
Read [Akiba.SorobanGeeks]

iRiver T20

iRiver T20 06/24/2005 04:03 PM

I use my Shuffle regularly, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't cheat on it with other flash players. The iRiver T20 is kind of like that cool young thing at the office, all flash and excitement. You just want to pop out its sensuous USB port again and again while the poor, morose Shuffle sits around the house waiting to yell at you when you walk through the door. "I have a lanyard," it screams to you as you hit the fridge for a beer. "I have a lanyard!"

The T20 includes an LCD screen (!!!), line-in MP3 recording, and plays Ogg files. Priced at $99 for 512MB and $139 [UPDATE - It's Pounds, baby, Pounds, not Dollars. I don't know. Multiply by two, essentially, to get dollars.] for the 1GB model, I'm thinking that if you're considering a flash player, you may want to consider one of these instead of that plain-Jane Shuffle.

iRiver gives iPod shuffle a wake-up call [T3]

iRiver T20 and T30

iRiver T20 and T30 06/22/2005 01:58 AM

In addition to the attractive U10, iRiver has also announced the T20 and T30 [pictured left and right, respectively], both of which are not anything special in the 'function' department, but have fairly unique designs. The T30, especially, looks as if it could be holding the power core that drives a giant mecha, as long as that power core was a AAA battery. The T20 happens to be the first iRiver player with a sliding USB plug, a feature of which we are fans.

iRiver U10, T20, T30 introduced in iRiver 2005 Lanching Show [MisticRiver via I4U]

iRiver IFP-790

iRiver IFP-790 07/07/2004 11:06 AM
Sympatico Jul 7 2004 3:39PM GMT

iRiver N10 First Impressions

iRiver N10 First Impressions 08/06/2004 10:01 AM

SorobanGeeks passes on some first impressions straight from Korea of iRiver's new wearable flash memory MP3 player, the N10, as well as some pictures that are probably stock photography but that I hadn't seen; this picture showing how the headphones double as a necklace was especially interesting, I thought. You guys know how I feel about flash memory players -- I like them, smaller is better, but I just hate paying so much for so little storage -- but on up side the prices for the N10 are at least somewhat more reasonable than some players in the past -- a 1GB version should sell for around $440. If that's still too painful just wait. The hardware to decode MP3s is a fraction of the cost and the price of flash memory should continue to fall for a while.

And you know what's making me come around on these flash players? Cool designs like pendants. That's what they should have been doing in the first place. If I'm going to get reamed for a 1GB, it should at least look cooler/more interesting than an hard disk player.

Read - N-10 En Direct de Seoul ! [Akiba.Soroban]

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iRiver N10 OLED Flash Player [Gizmodo]

iRiver H10 Official

iRiver H10 Official 12/19/2004 03:01 PM

iRiver officially unveiled the H10 today in Korea, the 5GB hard disk-based player that looks a lot like a mini Creative Zen Touch (or Zen Micro, even). It's got pretty much the same specs as everything else in this segment, except notably the 1.5-inch screen. It'll be available on the 22nd in Korea for around $340. If they want to make it in the American market, let's hope they drop the price a little before it gets here.

iRiver H10 is out! [DAPreview]

New iRiver PMC-100 Pictures

New iRiver PMC-100 Pictures 07/29/2004 01:10 PM

DAPreview found some new hi-resolution shots of the upcoming iRiver PMC-100, the Microsoft-based Portable Media Center that is the cousin to the non-Microsoft PMP-120/140. It looks considerably different than the original, more slab-like mockup we'd shown you, but it does look a lot more practical to use. It also looks like it is probably just a remolded bit of plastic that fits over the same hardware that powers the PMP-1xx series players.

I still like the old design better, but I also know which one I'd rather hold in my hands for two hours at a time.

Read - Fresh pics of the iRiver PMC-100 [DAPreview]

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More iRiver PMP and PMC Details [Gizmodo]

iRiver IHP toolkit 0.3.0

iRiver IHP toolkit 0.3.0 04/20/2004 04:54 PM
A utility for the iRiver IHP series.

More Hands-On With the iRiver PMC-100

More Hands-On With the iRiver PMC-100 09/02/2004 08:03 AM

SorobanGeeks got their hands on the iRiver PMC-100 series, the Microsoft Portable Media Center player that's expected any day now in stores. They also had a short sit down with the Vice President of iRiver's parent company, who seems to have a real hard on for Microsoft in the upcoming portable player wars, because the "PMC OS will work in total harmony with the future operating systems of Microsoft." I suppose that's true in a sense, but I still think that until someone can provide plug-and-play functionality, be it Big M or someone else, none of these players are going to be widely adopted. They're just too big of a pain to use.

You know who should make a portable media player? TiVo.

Read - iRIVER Press Conference... 1่res photos live de leur PMC !!! [Akiba.SorobanGeeks]

More iRiver PMP and PMC Details

More iRiver PMP and PMC Details 05/19/2004 10:42 AM
Ignoring the fact that the squared-off iRiver PMC-140 has a better looking case than the PMP-140, why would you ever want to purchase one? Here's the formats the PMP-140 plays: AVI, ASF, MP4, MPG / DivX 3.x, DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, XviD, MPEG4 SP, Advanced SP, MPEG1. Here are the...

iRiver H10 Review Excerpts

iRiver H10 Review Excerpts 12/22/2004 01:36 AM

The first review I've seen of the iRiver H10 has popped up at Club iRiver, a site which, for all its positives, happens to be in Korean. For those of us that don't speak that tongue, Mistic River has excerpted a few of the highlights from the review, including word that the front area of the H10 is "nearly about the size of a business card." I can get with that, especially with a lovely color screen.

iRiver H10 - First Look [MisticRiver]

iRiver iFP180T @ XtremeNews

iRiver iFP180T @ XtremeNews 07/12/2004 04:05 PM

iRiver U10 Poses with CEO, Model

iRiver U10 Poses with CEO, Model 06/22/2005 01:57 AM

It's either feast or famine. New shots of the U10 prove that it is much cooler than originally thought. This little bugger plays video and is about as small as a package of playing cards. It is so cool, in fact, that it might just be my lust item for the next week or so until someone comes out with the combo Hello Kitty/beer maker/LCD video player/back massager. That would then become my favorite item in the world.

Images [Aving via i4u]

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iRiver U10 with D-Click System

iRiver U10 with D-Click System

iRiver U10 with D-Click System 06/22/2005 01:58 AM

iRiver is showing off new products, including this U10, with a very interesting "touchscreen" interface. I put the "touchscreen" in "quotes" because the D-Click system is not a traditional one like a PDA, but instead a screen over some buttons, which can be clicked by pressing down. So really, it's less advanced than an actual touchscreen, but I still like the idea, even with the inevitable finger grease.

I'm not looking forward to the capacity, though, as the U10 is listed to be available in sizes only up to 1GB. That's a shame mostly because the U10 will also support MPEG4 and Flate Lite, as well as audio files. It's pretty, though, but that might just be my love of test patterns shining through.

iRiver U10, T20, T30 introduced in iRiver 2005 Lanching Show [MisticRiver via I4U]

iRiver IFP-790T - 2 Thumbs down!

iRiver IFP-790T - 2 Thumbs down! 12/24/2004 12:46 PM

I am using the iRiver IFP-790T as a backup recording device when recording the Geek News Central Podcast. Of the 18 shows produced we lost 1 due to a PC crash and I vowed that would never happen again. So as I record the show on the PC the iRiver MP3 player which doubles as a voice recorder is my failsafe mechanism.

Today on the Daily Source Code with Adam Curry he mentioned he owns nearly the same device, and drew some of the same conclusions I did. The thing sucks. It's a great recorder but you have to use iRiver's proprietary interface that has DRM management to get files on and off it. Windows does not recognize it as a external drive and it records in some proprietary format.

I really wonder who these companies have on staff testing their products, don't they have a clue on how the real world works. I guess that is why the Apple iPod is as popular. Someone just needs to figure out how to record at a high bit rate on the iPod. [iRiver]< /p>

iRiver PMP-120 Shipping in July

iRiver PMP-120 Shipping in July 05/26/2004 12:20 PM
IGN has a write-up on the PMP-120, the portable video/media device from iRiver. Apparently, its sister product, the Windows Media Center PMC-120 won't be out until later this year, but the Linux-based PMP-120 is expected to be out fairly soon....

Combo CD-A/V Player Unveiled By TI,
iRiver

Combo CD-A/V Player Unveiled By TI,
iRiver 09/07/2004 12:01 PM
TechWeb Sep 7 2004 4:01PM GMT

Two Nice New Players from iRiver:
iFP-900 and H300

Two Nice New Players from iRiver:
iFP-900 and H300 05/18/2004 07:31 AM
iRiver has two new music players coming up, both of which sport nice looking color LCD displays. The silver iFP-900 has a 1.2-inch LCD (the two units in the pictures probably definitely aren't to scale), 40 hour play time with a rechargeable battery, real time MP3 encoding from line-in, integrated...

iRiver H320 (Almost) Hits The Market

iRiver H320 (Almost) Hits The Market 09/22/2004 10:30 AM

iRiver PMP-100 Series On Sale (Maybe?
Soon? We Hope?)

iRiver PMP-100 Series On Sale (Maybe?
Soon? We Hope?) 08/03/2004 10:50 AM

iRiver's PMP-100 series portable media players have gone on sale today via the iRiver e-store, with other online retailers to follow later in the week. Two models are available for now: the PMP-120, with a 20GB hard drive; and the PMP-140, with an eight-million amazing awesomes drive (or 40GB, if you want to get all technical). Prices are $500 and $600, respectively (ouch!).

For the record, if portable video is in your sights, these are the units from iRiver you probably want. Instead of being tied to Windows Media Center (that's the PMC-100 series), they'll pretty much play whatever you decide to throw at them without a pesky transcoding. Of course, now that I've written this, I still don't see them available for purchase on the e-store, no matter what iRiver's press release might say.

Read - Press Release [MobileMag]
Read - e-Store Page [iRiverAmerica]

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New iRiver PMC-100 Pictures [Gizmodo]
iRiver PMP-140 (P)Reviewed [Gizmodo]

Update: So MobileMag informs me that iRiver informed them that the PMPs are quite literally stuck on a slow boat from China. Maybe you should have held back on the press release then, huh?

iRiver N10 OLED Flash Player

iRiver N10 OLED Flash Player 07/23/2004 09:21 AM

Korean MP3 fabricator iRiver has announced a new flash-memory-based pendant-style player with a 16-shade OLED display. Dubbed the N10 (INTENZ!), the unit will be offered in 128MB, 256MB, and 512MB options. Apparently, the N10 already sells in Europe for around $360 (yeah, no way, right?). Flash players are extremely neat in function and size, but pricing like that is just painful.

Read - Product Page (Korean) [iRiverKR via I4U]

iRiver H300 Series Player Pricing

iRiver H300 Series Player Pricing 05/28/2004 11:00 AM

DPReview has a little more information about iRiver's upcoming H300 series players, with much of the same information we reported previously, but this time with a price: ¥47,800 (~$430) for the H320 20 GB version and ¥59,800 (~$540) for the H340 40GB version. That's more expensive than the iPod, even, but you get a color screen, 16 hour battery life, and a device that meets the USB On The Go specification (USB Host, basically) so that you can connect almost any USB device to the unit and transfer files back and forth without a computer. (Thanks, Junki!)
Rea d [DPReview]

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Two Nice New Players from iRiver: iFP-900 and H300 [Gizmodo]

iRiver iFP-190TC 256MB MP3 Player Review
at 3DX

iRiver iFP-190TC 256MB MP3 Player Review
at 3DX 07/13/2004 08:24 AM

Cry Me An iRiver: Firmware Delays Upset
Fans

Cry Me An iRiver: Firmware Delays Upset
Fans 07/07/2004 02:41 PM

There's a rumbling in the iRiver support forums, and depending on who you ask, it's either the overblown groaning of a few dissatisfied customers, or the sound of thousands of unhappy users forsaking iRiver for the likes of Archos, Creative, and (lord help them), Apple. The issue is one of firmware, and a lack of updates for the H Series (specifically the iHP-100) line of hard disk players. In April, iRiver promised firmware fixes for the players, like on-the-fly file deletion and playlists, as well as a fixed shuffle mode and gapless playback. But then in May, the firmware was delayed< /a>, and since the original June release date for a second firmware release has come and gone, some users are getting very upset.

iRiver exec: Apple can keep 'iPod crown'

iRiver exec: Apple can keep 'iPod crown' 05/03/2004 12:26 PM
iRiver president Jonathan Sasse told TechNewsWorld that "Apple can keep the iPod crown...

iRiver PMP-100 offers portable video
playback

iRiver PMP-100 offers portable video
playback 08/03/2004 09:26 AM
iRiver on Tuesday announced plans to ship its PMP-100 this August. Short for Portable Media Player, the PMP-100 features a 3.5-inch color display and the ability to play back AVI, MPEG-4, MP3, WMA, WAV, ASF and JPEG files, and is available in 20GB and 40GB capacities. It's compatible with Macs and PCs. The PMP-100 sports a USB 2.0 interface, a line-in jack, TV-out port, built-in speakers, FM tuner and integrated voice recorder. It also comes with a rechargeable and replaceable Lithium-Ion battery. The PMP-100 measures 5.47 x 3.31 x 1.25 inches (139 x 85 x 31.7 mm) and weighs 9.88 ounces (280 g). The PMP-100 costs US$499.99 for the 20GB model and $599.99 for the 40GB model. The Web site had not been updated with information about the PMP-100 as MacCentral posted this article.

iRiver Adds Ogg To Audio Player Firmware

iRiver Adds Ogg To Audio Player Firmware 12/24/2003 09:18 PM
Sesse writes "iRiver has just released firmware updates for its iFP-300T and iFP-500T flash memory-based audio player series. According to a news story on ...

iRiver ships HD-based 40GB MP3 player

iRiver ships HD-based 40GB MP3 player 05/19/2004 10:37 AM
iRiver America has introduced the H140, a 40GB hard drive-based music player that's compatible with MP3, WMA, WAV and OGG file formats. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery is good for up to 16 hours of use, and it features an FM tuner, a backlit remote control, voice recording capabilities, optical audio input and output, USB 2.0 connectivity and more. In addition, it can hold non-music files and double as a portable hard drive. The H140 is available now for US$429.99 and it's compatible with Mac OS X v10.2, although its database feature doesn't work on the Mac OS, which means that searching for songs by title, artist or genre isn't possible.

iRiver to ship third 'video iPod' in
July

iRiver to ship third 'video iPod' in
July 06/11/2004 06:25 AM
Reg Kit Watch This one runs Linux

iRiver H300 Series Officially Announced

iRiver H300 Series Officially Announced 09/22/2004 04:24 PM

We mentioned the new iRiver H300 series launch a little bit earlier today (just a link), but we thought we'd give them a big US welcome with this healthy, near life-sized image. With the launch of these new 20GB and 40GB players with color screens, 16 hour battery life, and the ability to played both free and restricted WMA music (and OGG Vorbis, nerds!), plus all the usual iRiver tricks, like a built-in FM receiver and real-time MP3 encoding, well... things are finally starting to look up in the hard disk player market, and we're glad to see it.

The H300 players should be available for purchase both on iRiver's site and retail in early October for $329 (20GB) or $429 (40GB).

Press release after the jump.

iRIVER release Firmware Upgrade which
makes it a USB Drive

iRIVER release Firmware Upgrade which
makes it a USB Drive 02/01/2005 09:43 PM

This is one of the smartest moves that iRiver has made in a very long time. No longer will you by default have to use their proprietary application to get media onto the device. This opens the way for the iRiver MP3 players to be used easily with Windows Media Player. I know several Podcasters are jumping for joy.

I was able to sync my Podcast subscriptions very easily with Windows Media player. The following link takes you to the IFP-700 series firmware download page. [iRIVER Firmware Upgrade 700 Series]

iRiver Preps Linux-based Media Player

iRiver Preps Linux-based Media Player 06/11/2004 07:21 PM

iRiver introduces new flash-memory music
players

iRiver introduces new flash-memory music
players 05/04/2004 07:55 AM
iRiver today announced the unveiling of its iFP-700 and iFP-800 series flash-memory music players, the latest addition to the company's line of portable audio devices...

IRiver pitches specs and style for music
players

IRiver pitches specs and style for music
players 03/19/2005 03:15 AM
In the digital music player market things are getting more competitive by the day. At last week's Cebit show in Hanover, Germany, there was no shortage of new music or multimedia players from companies from around the world each hoping that their product is the "iPod killer."

iRiver Announces 40G Player &
Previews 2004 Line

iRiver Announces 40G Player &
Previews 2004 Line 01/07/2004 05:36 PM

iRiver readies 'PC-free' colour music,
photo player

iRiver readies 'PC-free' colour music,
photo player 05/28/2004 06:18 AM
Reg Kit Watch H300 is its own USB host

Jessica Simpson, Owen Wilson Momentarily
Distracted By iRiver PMP

Jessica Simpson, Owen Wilson Momentarily
Distracted By iRiver PMP 08/31/2004 03:07 PM

Look, it's Hollywood stars expressing mild interest in the new iRiver PMP! I'm sure their good experience with the product for five minutes will travel on to their other famous friends, all of will sit down each night and reencode their favorite television programs from raw MPEG streams to watch when they are away from home.

Or they will be sort of confused and hand it back to the iRiver rep, as I have illustrated in this three-frame montage.

Read - VMA Picture Gallery [WireImage]

Rockbox Plans Open Source Firmware For
iRiver Gear

Rockbox Plans Open Source Firmware For
iRiver Gear 09/08/2004 03:45 AM

ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 Reviewed

ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 Reviewed 09/01/2004 12:01 PM

ViperLair reviews the ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0, a sort of low-rent option for those you want to add a TV tuner or video-in to their machines, but would prefer an outboard piece of equipment instead of cracking open their case and dropping in a daughter board. Don't expect huge features out of the $100 brick, though, as the inputs are limited to coax, s-video, and composite - the higher-quality component video is not to be found. On the upside, the inclusion of USB 2.0 in this new model allows it to transfer encoded video to your computer with far less compression than earlier, USB 1.1 models, meaning your signal will travel from outside to your hard drive relatively unscathed, analog warts and all.

For a quick solution, especially for something like a laptop that can't even get a better quality bit of hardware, it's probably worth taking a look at. A "Pro" version should be out soon that includes a remote.

Read - ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0 [ViperLair]

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