Tiny Player: iRiver T8

iRiver just announced the T8 in Korea. The small mp3 player/usb key features 8GB, an FM tuner, and comes in 8 colors.

The iriver T8 supports MP3, WMA, ASF, APE, FLAC, and OGG audio formats.

[Le Journal du Geek]

Rock On: Rockbox 3.0 Firmware Replacement

Back when mp3 players couldn't do a whole lot more than play MP3s, Rockbox was there to add Gameboy emulators, additional codecs and other homebrew features. The new version 3.0 now supports a whole lot more of them for squeezing a few more months of life out of an older player. It also now comes with a handy bundled installer.

The firmware is compatible with the following mp3 players:

• Apple: 1st through 5.5th generation iPod, iPod Mini and 1st generation iPod Nano (not the Shuffle, 2nd/3rd gen Nano, Classic or Touch)


• Archos: Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM Recorder, Recorder V2 and Ondio
  
• Cowon: iAudio X5, X5V, X5L, M5, and M5L


• iriver: H100, H300 and H10 series


• Olympus: M:Robe 100


• SanDisk: Sansa c200, e200 and e200R series (not the v2 models)


• Toshiba: Gigabeat X and F series (not the S series)

[Rockbox via gizmodo]

The Real iPod Killer? iRiver SPINN

Engadget had a chance to use the iriver SPINN which features a 3.3-inch 480 x 272 pixel AMOLED touchscreen, motion touch system, 4GB or 8GB of storage, video and music playback, voice recording, photo viewer, DMB-T, FM radio, and Flash game.

The video illustrates one-handed operation. Unfortunately for lefties, right-hand only.

Check out Engadget's video here

IFA 2008 Preview: iRiver P20 PMP and M3 Portable GPS

iRiver will be unveiling its iRiver P20 pmp which features a 4.1-inch AMOLED touch-screen, 80GB or 120GB of storage, music/video player, and DMB TV. It looks like it also features a SPINN UI if the thumbwheel is any indication.

Also at IFA 2008, iRiver will be introducing the M3 portable GPS navigator/media player. It features a 3.5-inch LCD touchscreen. More details are expected on Friday when IFA commences.

[iriverfans via Engadget]

Analog Controls with Digital Content: iRiver Spinn

Reigncom launched its latest portable media player iriver Spinn adopting a new analog "Spinn Wheel", which combines warmth of analog controls with digital content.

Featuring a 3.3-inch 480 x 272 pixel AMOLED touchscreen and haptic feedback feature, FM radio, flash game, Bluetooth 2.0, photo/text viewer, voice recording, and T-DMB.

It supports various MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC and ASF audio; and MPEG4, WM9 and WMA video.

[AVING]

One Hand Convenience: iRiver P.ple P10 PMP

Reigncom launched the iRiver PMP 'P.ple P10' in Korea. The P.ple P10 features a 4.3-inch 800 x 480 pixel touchscreen TFT LCD, TV-out, eDictionary, 33GB HDD, microphone, and built-in speaker. The P.ple runs Windows CE 5.0 Core on a 600MHz processor RMI AU1250 and measures 4.25 x 2.89 x 0.76 inches.

It supports MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC, WAV audio; AVI, WMV, MPG, XviD video; DOC, TEXT, XLS, PPT, PDF, HWP, CSD files; and JPEG, BMP and SMI images.

[gmp3]

iPod shuffle Killers: Floral Titi, Mplayer, and Cube3

Here are three very cute alternatives to the iPod shuffle.

The Floral Titi from GDIS (a Korean company) comes with 1GB or 2GB of memory and is compatible with WMA and MP3 files. It's available in 9 colors and measures 1.81 x 1.69 x 0.35 inches.

The iRiver Mplayer features a Mickey Mouse design, an indicator LED, and 1GB of memory. It's available in 10 colors.

The MobiBLU Cube3 is a 2GB player like it's predecessor, the Cube2. The screen is OLED. It plays MP3 and WMA and has a built-in FM tuner. It’s compatible with Microsoft PlayForSure. It comes in 6 colors and measures 1.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 inches.

[akihabara, iRiver, MobiBLU]

Akihabara Review: iRiver E100 MP3 Player

As reported last week, Akihabara had an iRiver E100 in hand to review. Well, Akihabara have the results of the review now and they were most impressed.

To summarize:

Pluses:
+ Excellent audio quality
+ D-Click system
+ MicroSD port
+ MTP/UMS (the player is detected as an external drive)
+ Price to quality ratio
+ All around player (audio, video, photo, text, FM radio, and voice recorder)
+ Design

Minuses:
- No Bluetooth
- Autonomy in Video mode
- D-Click sometimes lacks reactivity

Check out the full review here.

All In One: iRiver E100 MP3 Player

Akihabara reports that they have an iRiver E100 in hand (review next week). The iRiver E100 features a 2.4-inch screen, miniSD port, speakers, and comes with 2GB, 4GB, or 8GB of memory. The UI is similar to the D-click interface.

The E100 supports MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, and FLAC audio; MPEG4, WMV9, and XVID video; and JPEG, BMP, PNG and GIF images. It comes in white, black, pink, light blue, and chocolate. Yum!

[Akihabara]

The Next Simplicity: iRiver Unit2

The iRiver Unit2 will only be available early next year (in the U.S.) but check out the features on this multimedia home networking system. It features a 60GB hard drive, built-in WiFi, built-in SIM card slot, and the remote doubles as a keypad and an IP phone! The handheld monitor can be charged from the Unit2 or on a separate docking station.

The handheld monitor features a 7-inch 800 x 480 pixel (16:9) screen. It allows access to music (mp3 player), video (mp4 player), DVD (streamed DVDs from the Unit2 via Wi-Fi), Internet, video chat, and streamed TV (from the Unit2 via Wi-Fi).

Check out the video:

[Engadget]

Rollin' on the iRiver: iRiver Past and Future

The Past: This is a comparison chart of the iRiver Clix pmps (click to view actual size).



The Future: iRiver introduced three new pmps that caught my eye at CES 2008 this week.

The iRiver LPlayer appears poised to compete with the iPod nano. It's a tiny device with a 2 inch TFT screen that includes a video player, a music player, a photo viewer, an FM Tuner, a text viewer, recording and D-Click user interface. The iRiver LPlayer will come with 2GB, 4GB or 8GB.

The iRiver Spinn features a Spinn System Toggle Wheel and plays music and videos, displays photos, and has an FM Tuner, recording capability, DMB, Flash 2.0, a Text Viewer, and an e-Dictionary. The Spinn features a 3.2 inch TFT-LCD screen, Bluetooth 2.0. It will come with 4GB, 8GB or 16GB.

The iRiver P20 pmp has a 4.1-inch AMOLED screen and comes with 120GB or 160GB storage capacity. The P20 features a T-DMB TV, a video player, a music player, a text viewer, an FM radio and video recorder and it features iRiver's new SPINN interface.

Check out iRiver products in the webstore.