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More about iRiver T20

Jul 2, 2005 MP3 Players, iRiver

It is reported that the iRiver T20 is available with 4 colors, which silver for 256MB, red/blue for 512MB and goldish for 1GB. With 2 hours charge of the built-in 220ma Li-on battery, it can play up to 15 hours.

The detailed specification is as:

• Storage capacity: 256MB/512MB/1GB
• Dimension: 58 X 26.5 X 14 (mm)
• File system: FAT16
• Supported OS: Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9.22 ot later, Mac OS X 10.1.4 or later
• Interface: USB 2.0
• Frequency Range: 20Hz~20KHz
• Headphone Output Power: 14mW + 14mW
• S/N Ratio: 60dB
• Supported file formats: MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG
• Display: 3 lines LCD (128×48), 4 Levels Grayscale

The new version iRiver Plus 2 that will be bundled together with T20. Here is the interface of it!

{ via The Earlyadoter's World }

Popularity: 12% [?]

iRiver iFP-100 Series Phased Out

Jun 27, 2005 Industry News, MP3 Players, iRiver

As the discontinue of production, iRiver’s iFP-100 Series will be disappeared in the retail market soon. Well, it isn’t a bad news for MP3-lover. iRiver will reduce the price tag of iFP-700/800 series to fulfill the market segment of iFP-100 series. For those with limited budget, you may consider these models, which have higher quality in overall compare to the iFP-100 series.

{ via iMP3.net }

Popularity: 13% [?]

More Pictures of iRiver U10

Jun 24, 2005 Industry News, MP3 Players, iRiver

iRiver’s booth at the 19th SEK

iRiver U10

Current firmware version is 0.63 which is quite stable on all features excepts playing flash movie.

High quality display from U10′s 2.2″ 265K Color QVGA TFT-LCD

Power button and FUN menu button on the right

Volume control button and mic of the left

Reset button, USB port and hold button at the bottom

The dock for U10 looks like a mini TV, isn’t it?

Speaker on both side of the dock.

Remote control for U10

Not enough with 1GB flash memory? DAPreview’s insider reported that its likely to have 2GB, 6GB and 8GB version too!

{ Photo by minivian and iRiver Korea via iRiverfans }

Popularity: 15% [?]

iRiver New Products Introduced

Jun 21, 2005 Industry News, MP3 Players, iRiver

The most suprising product among these models must be the U10. The most attractive feature is that the U10 has the capability to play Macromedia Flash movies with its 2.2″ TFT-LCD display! Some others specification of this player are:

• Storage Capacity: 512MB, 1GB
• Formats Supported: MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, TXT, JPG, MPEG-4, Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1
• Display: 262k colors TFT-LCD, 320 x 240 QVGA
• Built-in Lithium Polymer Battery
• New iRiver D-Click System for navigation

The player will be release on this August. The suggested retail price for U10 is around US$283 for 512MB version and US$335.

The T20 is just another flash MP3 player, which supports direct encoding and iRiver Plus 2. It specification is:

• Storage Capacity: 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
• Formats Supported: MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF
• Display: 3 lines graphic LCD with backlight
• 15 hours playback with Built-in Lithium Polymer
• Alarm functionVoice recording, FM radio, Direct encoding, UMS/iRiver Plus 2 supported

The T30is a stylish player with “not-much suprise” features. iRiver defines its the design as “campus look”. It is a flash MP3 player powered with a AAA battery. Its specification is:

• Storage Capacity: 256MB, 512MB, 1GB
• Formats Supported: MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF
• Display: 4 lines graphic LCD with backlight
• 20 hours playback with AAA battery *(with 128Kbps MP3, volume 20, EQ normal, LCD off)
• Easy Direct-encoding feature, USB 2.0 FM Radio, Alarm, iRiver Plus supported

{ via DAPreview; iMP3.net (Simplified Chinese) }

Popularity: 6% [?]

iRiver H10 Junior soon in Japan

Jun 5, 2005 MP3 Players, iRiver

Unlike the previous H10, the H10 Junior is storage medium is flash memory module. Its specification is as below:

• Display: 260K colors TFT LCD
• Capacity: 512MB, 1GB
• Supported formats: MP3, WMA, ASF, OGG, TXT, JPG
• Dimension: 71.8×42.5x16mm
• Weight: 50g

{ via IMP3.net (in Chinese) }

Popularity: 12% [?]