The MP3 Players

China-based Ainol recently introduced the new T20, which aims to join the crowd in the Beijing 2008 Olympics Games. The company wish to stand out from others by providing analog tv tuner on it. Besides, the T20 also comes with video input, which allows you to watch video from cable tv. The suggested price for Ainol T20 2GB is RMB600 (approx US$83)
Specification:

• 2.8″QVGA display
• Supports MP3, WMA, WAV audio
• Supports APE, FLAC lossless audio
• Supports AVI video
• Supports JPEG, GIF, BMP image and TXT text
• TF card expansion

[ via IMP3 ]

Among the current iRiver T Series models, T20 has less attractive look especially it comes with metallic colors. However, iRiver Japan has release a special edition of T20 in white body and warmer colors. As usual, there are 3 colors for different capacity; green for 256MB, blue for 512MB and red for 1GB. Other specification remains unchanged including the prices.

It looks more more eye-catching than the previous one. I think most of the people will prefer white body. Well, I wonder when it will be available globally.

{ Press Release (babelfished) }

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 }

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) }