iRiver Japan today unveiled a new photo frame, which comes in two designs (“Minnie Style” and “Micky Style”) and is officially licensed by Disney. → Read More
Digital picture frames aren’t exactly the hottest gadget item anymore, but maybe iriver can somewhat breath new life in the totally overproduced niche item. The 7-inch Framee-L has a bit of understated art deco look, while at the same time sport’n the standard fare of digiframe features. It has a 720 x 480 resolution display, 1GB of internal memory, a full array of memory card slots, a USB port, and can handle just about every video file. Japanese peeps can get their hands on the frame starting on December 20t at an estimated price of 17,800 yen ($198). AV Watch via SG → Read More
Well would you look at this? Seems iRiver’s getting into the cell phone game – in Korea, at least. The maker of pretty-slick MP3 players does plenty of business over here, though, so it wouldn’t be a total shock to see one or more of the phones picked up by domestic carriers. The first handset is set to hit the Korean market in March and will be available on the KTF network. According to Electronista, the phone will have a large touchscreen with handwriting recognition along with a Wi-Fi connection, but little else is known. Here’s to hoping that the finished version will be cooler-looking than it is in the above photo. iRiver makes some nice portables so it’ll be fun to see what it can do with a phone. → Read More
There’s a small sale on iRiver doodads that might interest you, especially with the holiday shopping season coming. From November 1 to December 31, the iRiver Spinn, Lplayer and E100 are all getting their prices slashed anywhere from $30-$60. For example, you can grab the 8GB model of the E100 for $99. If you’re looking for something a little more flexible, the 8GB Spinn is now $229. Why would you want an iRiver instead of, say, an iPod? • You realize being seen with an iPod stopped being impressive by early 2004 • You encode your own music in formats like FLAC and Ogg Non-sequitor: Anyone else think the name iRiver is a little on the silly side? → Read More
We saw this thing last week and it looked sweet, but it’s so hard to tell about an interface without seeing it in action. Looks to me like the touchscreen works well, and although the interface doesn’t look as clean as other players, iRiver gadgets have historically done more stuff out of the box. I really can’t wait to get a hands-on with one of these things — hint hint, iRiver. [via iRiverfans forum] → Read More
I’ve always liked iRiver’s stuff, and even though the iPod Touch gets all the love these days, iRiver is still mighty popular on the other side of the Pacific and I wish I had more chances to check out there gear here in the states. This Spinn has been lurking for some time (since CES) and just really dropped today; like most iRiver stuff it supports every format under the sun, though at the moment it is limited to 8GB of storage. Interface looks pretty — and weird. Prices are in Won and Euros, but it looks like the 8GB will run you somewhere under $300 and the 4GB about $250. I’d say that thing is easily $300 worth of sexy. → Read More
Indie cool iRiver is now showing off (in Korea) the L Player, using message board cool Muse’s likeness to promote it. The portable media player has 2-inch LCD, and works with all the dumb file formats you’re likely to find on The Pirate Bay or whatever, including MPEG-4, XVID and FLAC. There’s even OGG support—that must be great news for, like, nine of you. SRS Wow HD, too. She comes in 2, 4 and 8GB sizes, at around $150 for the 8GB model. When does it come out here? Don’t know. via Akihabara News → Read More
The thing about electronic dictionaries is that they’ve gotta have useable keyboards. The thing about portable internet devices is that, oftentimes, they don’t have useable keyboards. Alas, I wish these electronic dictionary manufacturers would all just start adding Wi-Fi and web browsers to these devices. Take the iRiver D5 “Diciple”, for instance. It’s got a 3-inch, 480×272 display, 2- or 4-gigabytes of memory, and can handle MPEG-4 video, MP3/WMA/OGG, FM radio, images, and voice recording. It’s $299 or $349, depending on capacity, which seems too expensive. However, if this thing had a wireless connection and a web browser (maybe an IM client and some e-mail functionality, too), then I’d be salivating a little. Available now in 2GB or 4GB capacities for $299 or $349, respectively — your choice of black or white. via Pocketables → Read More
Love me some iRiver, I can tell you that much. They’re the one company, aside from Creative, who knows that consumers want sexy devices for not much money. Case in point: the iRiver E100. The player can hold up to 8GB of music, has a MiniSD card slot, and costs about $215 in stores. Pocketable’s review is pretty damn long but it makes a compelling argument to pick one of these up if you’re in the market for a big-screen portable for less than an iPod Classic. Review: iriver E100 [Pocketables] → Read More
The currently-Japan-only iRiver DP350 replaces last year’s DP300 and will come in 2GB and 4GB flavors for $120 and $150, respectively. File support includes MPEG-4 and WMV for videos and MP3, WAV, and OGG for audio files. Popular image file formats are supported as well. There’s also a built-in FM tuner that can record broadcasts to WAV along with USB host support, 18 hours of battery life for audio files, and 5 hours for video. iRiver Siren DP350 [Newlaunches.com] → Read More
I was at Josh’s house the other day and noticed, quietly, that he has one of those digital photo frames. I mean, he’s cool to begin with, but now I know he’s, like, Fonzie cool. So now I look at iRiver’s new Siren digital photo frame with “Be Like Mike Josh” on my mind. Its 5.6-inch QVGA display, encased in old person-friendly mahogany, should do the trick for most folks. I like to think we speak to the masses here. → Read More
Fans of the iRiver Clix series of flash-based digital audio players will be pleased to hear that they’re planning on shipping an 8GB model due this August. The beefed-up version will be identical to the second generation Clix, save for red trim around the player and double the storage capacity. The Clix 2 features a 2.2-inch AMOLED display, battery life good for 24 hours of audio or 5 hours of video, an FM tuner and voice recorder, Flash games, and plays nice with MP3, WMA (subscription and otherwise), OGG, WMV9, and MPEG4 formats. The 4GB version is available now for just under $200. No word on pricing yet for the 8GB model, due in August. iRiver Clix gets bumped to 8GB [Ubergizmo] → Read More
The second-generation iriver Clix is an impressive little device, but iriver followed in SanDisk’s footsteps and used its partnership with Rhapsody to create a pretty slick little end-to-end solution called the Clix Rhapsody. That means the Clix now comes with Rhapsody DNA firmware and works with the Windows-only Rhapsody software, which lets you transfer Rhapsody Channels and subscription tracks to the Clix. Best of all, if you’ve already got a second-gen Clix, you can convert it to a Clix Rhapsody just by downloading new firmware for nothin’. My initial impression is that this will be a good thing for fans of the Clix and an easy way to discover lots of new music. Although I ran into a few snags early on in my testing, that was just a pre-launch glitch that was taken care of last week. → Read More
Ta-da! The iRiver Mplayer, the DAP in the shape of America’s most beloved Disney mouse. Nothing out of the ordinary as far as specs go—1GB of storage, MP3, WMA, etc.—but seeing as though it’s in the shape Mickey Mouse, I have reason to believe it’ll sell well. In Korea, that is. → Read More
The iRiver M10 that we spotted last week has bee made official and is now known as the iRiver NV. It’s a GPS receiver with a very LG Prada look about it (and a very LG enV name about it…). The 7-inch widescreen display trumps other GPS devices on the market. Built-in DMB support and out-of-the-box compatibility with popular video formats like Divx, Xvid and H.264 further help distinguish it from the rest of the crowd crowd. There’s also not one, but two SD Card slots. Clearly iRiver has gone craaazy. Now the bad news: the NV may well be an exclusive to Asia, which is incredibly lame news to start the week with. It’s pretty obvious that its looks will be the device’s main attraction, but its innards shouldn’t be ignored. After all, as long as its beautiful on the inside… hah, right. Product Info [iRiver via dapreview.net] → Read More
Einstein said, “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Few companies in the MP3 player business grasp this important principle, and it continues to bite them in the assets. iRiver and SanDisk are feverishly trying to keep up the pace of feature bloat, while Archos and Creative are increasingly focusing on video players. Meanwhile, Sony is getting ready to throw in the towel, and still others (okay, Microsoft) should probably start thinking along the same lines. → Read More
iRiver has recently been branching out from the DAP and PMP business and into other, far stranger territory. Two new devices, the M10 GPS navigator and the D5 electronic dictionary, are scheduled to make their debut at a Korean trade show later this month. We can tell from the leaked pictures that the M10 will have built-in DMB (and what gadget doesn’t in Korea?) and multimedia capabilities—again, like damn near all GPS devices these days. The interface is reminiscent of the PSP and PS3′s cross media bar—XMB to you and me. → Read More
