iRiver PMP-100 Series Portable Media Players

[James Fee]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://gear.ign.com/articles/518/518971p1.html?fromint=1' target='_blank'>http://gear.ign.com/articles/518/518971p1.html?fromint=1</a><br /><br /></div>Details of iRiver's PMP-100 series "Personal Multimedia Players" are out and they look really impressive.<br /><br />• 3.5" TFT Color Display <br />• 4 - 5 hours of video Playback <br />• Video - AVI, ASF, MP4, MPG / DivX 3.x,DivX 4.x, DivX 5.x, Xvid, MPEG-• 1/4 SP, Advanced SP <br />• Game - 8bit game support <br />• Photo - JPEG and BMP <br />• Music - MP3, WMA (level 1, 2A, 2B), ASF, Ogg Vorbis, WAV <br />• Built in Speaker/Microphone <br />• Detachable Lithium-Ion Battery <br />• FM Tuner <br />• USB 2.0 <br />• USB On The Go - Connect other USB On The Go units and use them together without the need of an computer. For example if you have a digital camera with USB OTG, connect it to the PMP-100 and transfer the images from the camera to the PMP-100. <br />• Dimensions 139 x 84 x 31mm (5.4 x 3.3 x 1.2in) 9.8oz (0.6 lbs) <br /><br />The 20GB model (PMP-120) is expected in June or July and the 40GB model (PMP-140) is by the end of this year or early 2005. No mention of price yet. In addition to the <a href="http://gear.ign.com/articles/518/518971p1.html?fromint=1">IGN article</a>, check out the <a href="http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/archives/000427.php">eHomeUpgrade's take</a> and <a href="http://www.irivernordic.com/products.php?pid=36&PHPSESSID=aa12d8e935f0eb911bbde56208b1f038">iRiver Nordic's</a> specs.<br /><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/iriver_pmp_100.gif" />

[David Prahl]

Too bad that picture isn't featuring the device... :roll: :wink:

[dean_shan]

Too bad that picture isn't featuring the device... :roll: :wink:

Who cares just look at those specs :drool:

[James Fee]

Too bad that picture isn't featuring the device... :roll: :wink:
As soon as I can buy one, I'll take care of that! :grab:

[Felix Torres]

No mention of WMV, XNA, or Windows Media Center integration so it doesn't sound like this is iRiver's Portable Media Center entry.
Maybe they wanted to jump the gun on Creative?

The hardware looks to be about right for the market, though; especially the game-oriented controls.
No question Sony's PSP is going to have competitors...

Gonna be fun to see how the various players differentiate themselves and how many jump on XNA for gaming...

[groan]

anyone wanna speculate on price?
i'll be joining the gym later this year and i'll want an mp3/fm tuner.
this would be even sweeter.

cool, just cehecked the availablility (dealers) and they list a bunch in sweden...my sister is in sweden...hmmm

[mcsouth]

:eek: .......uh, I would like one now, please.........

Cool looking unit - almost makes me forget my 'convergence' kick right now - you know, the idea that I can get rid of my PDA and cell phone in favour of one device? Now this comes along, and gives me a reason to carry yet another device around with me....

I don't know if there is ever a "perfect" device for any of us, but add quad band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, Wi-Fi, and Windows Mobile 2003 SE in there, and this would be coming pretty darn close!!!!!!

[Phoenix]

This looks really nice. I wish it had a couple of things, though...

1) A built in free-air and/or cable-ready TV tuner. If it could serve as a pocket TV in this way and could record those transmissions along with the ability to record FM radio transmissions as well (which it may already do), I'd be in heaven.

2) I'd also like to see a CF II card slot. This way, photos, videos, and music could be transferred to and from the device without cables. A CF slot, along with a CF adaptor would allow for transfers from SD, MMC, and MS cards as well.

Other than that, it looks great. But as cool as it is, I wouldn't buy one without at least the CF slot and would prefer both features I listed, in addition to everything else it offers. The screen would need to be of very high quality as well, to be really useful.


It'll be interesting to see what all the competition will do as this market starts to heat up. I think there's a real desire for this sort of thing and I'd love to carry something like this around in my pocket.

How about a Motorola MPx with a TV tuner, an FM tuner, GPS, and a 20GB HDD along with a killer battery? Now THAT would be the ultimate device. But I guess we'll have to wait a few years for that.