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Apparently reviewers weren’t the only ones not totally satisfied by iriver’s new E100. Crave UK has gotten wind of an upcoming revision from iriver already in the works that will get rid of that built-in speaker and redo the casing in aluminum — which would certainly be a nice switch from that weightless plastic of the E100. The lackluster screen is also getting swapped out for a “much brighter” version. No word of slimming the device down, but hopefully that’s in the works as well. Word is we can expect the E150 and E200 sometime later in the summer, but obviously none of this is official just yet.

[Thanks, T.I.]

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Apparently reviewers weren’t the only ones not totally satisfied by iriver’s new E100. Crave UK has gotten wind of an upcoming revision from iriver already in the works that will get rid of that built-in speaker and redo the casing in aluminum — which would certainly be a nice switch from that weightless plastic of the E100. The lackluster screen is also getting swapped out for a “much brighter” version. No word of slimming the device down, but hopefully that’s in the works as well. Word is we can expect the E150 and E200 sometime later in the summer, but obviously none of this is official just yet.

[Thanks, T.I.]

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We weren’t terribly impressed by the iriver E100’s size or functionality, but at $110 for a 4GB player with this size of screen, it’s certainly hard to complain. For $50 more you can get an 8GB player, and both sizes come in pink, black, blue and brown and white flavors. You can pick it up now at Amazon.com or J&R, and we’re sure other online retailers will be quick to jump on board.
source:engadget

Reincomm just announced the new iriver NV Life. New in that they’ve done away with the big, navigation pad of the original NV in favor of a more sleek, easily portable SatNav device with PMP functionality. Still, it’s a near spec-for-spec clone to the bigger, bulkier NV. Available in either 2GB ₩328,000 (about $367) or 4GB ₩358,000 (about $400) 4GB capacities, the SiRF Star III GPS device dedicates an SD slot to maps and second to augment the onboard flash. Inside, the WinCE 5.0-based device packs an FM-transmitter, DMB TV (with GPS PiP support), and a wide selection of codecs synonymous with the iriver name. The only downside is the display: 800 x 480 pixels spread across 7-inches of glass. On par with the industry but pretty poor when compared to cellphones which offer the same resolution on 2.8-inch displays.

source:engadget

The new iRiver Clix8B Clix is a redesigned iRiver that boasts of a vibrant 2.2-inch OLED screen that allows for full-color viewing. It also has around 8 GB of internal memory so you will be able to store many videos and mp3s in it. It can play music, show different pictures and it supports a vast array of video formats such as WMA, ASF, WMV9 Sp, MPEG 1/2/2.5 MPEG4, TXT, Macromedia Flash Lite and non-progressive JPEG multimedia files.

One of the good things about the iRiver is that it has a subscription to pay-per-song music services so you have access to so many songs which are available to you without even spending a ton of money

The iRiver Clix also has voice-recording capabilities which is excellent for students and business users when they are brainstorming about something. It has an alarm clock, a digital FM tuner, a timer and is compatible with the Windows operating system. Add to that the fast USB 2.0 connectivity and you have a keeper for a multimedia player.