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Inside iRiver T10

Jul 5, 2005 MP3 Players, iRiver

It is out of most people’s expectation that iRiver do not use the familiar Philips’ or Telechip’s decoders. Quite surprisingly, the T10 is powered by Samsung’s decoder, SA58450X01 (ARM9 200MHz). This decoder was the joint efforts of Samsung, iRiver and another company. However, iRiver is the first company which bring it into mass production. It seems that the decoder is comparable to Philips’ decoder from the aspects of T10’s specification. It has extra long battery life (53 hours with AA battery) and supports image-viewing while music playback.

Samsung SA58450X01, ARM9 200MHz

Definitely, it is no doubt on the sound quality of iRiver’s products. However, the iRiver’s move seems tend to reduce production cost rather than improve product quality.

{ via iMP3.net }

Popularity: 16% [?]

iRiver to Release U10 in Japan

Jul 2, 2005 MP3 Players, iRiver

The company also annouced the retail price of this model. The price tags are 24,980 Yen (approx US$224) for 512MB version and 29,980 Yen (US$269) for 1GB version. It seem reasonable for this cool babe!

{ More U10 pictures }

{ iRiver Japan }

Popularity: 4% [?]

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% [?]