iriver's U:MO flash PMP pulls in satellite content, too

There's nothing quite like wading through some unintelligible, mistranslated press releases to really get you jazzed up about a new gadget, meaning that we're practically falling all over ourselves to introduce iriver's second portable multimedia device of the day, the oddly-named U:MO. Sporting a mere 1GB of storage complemented by a miniSD slot, the QVGA 'MO's real appeal is evident from that nubby antenna sticking out the top, which allows it to pull in eight video and 40 music channels straight from the heavens -- thanks to satellite content from provider Mobile USEN. All your favorite file formats are supported -- unless you're a fan of a little-known codec called DivX -- and battery life is said to range from a little over two hours to a full 24 hours, depending on your mix of content. Sounds like the U:MO is hitting stores today, and not that the majority of you even care, but we haven't been able to nail down a price yet.

[Via Impress]

[ali @ Jun 18th 2007 6:00PM]

these retarded irivers never hold shit worth of storage... while things are getting over 60gigs this stupid crap of pmp max gets like 4 gigs and iriver always been that way... are they stupid?

[wolf08 @ Jun 18th 2007 6:22PM]

Let me answer you this way:

The pictures are larger than life. By far.

My S10 looks gigantic in web photos, but in reality is about the height and width of a quarter.

[Kaminix @ Jun 18th 2007 6:11PM]

I like the design. :)
But yeah, too little storage, especially for a PMP...

[Constable Odo @ Jun 18th 2007 6:44PM]

I believe the winner was listening to his iPod at the end of the race. That wonderful device allowed him to relax and win.

[Constable Odo @ Jun 18th 2007 6:44PM]

I believe the winner was listening to his iPod at the end of the race. That wonderful device allowed him to relax and win.

[The_Wise_0ne @ Jun 18th 2007 6:47PM]

that is one nice looking PMP

[Constable Odo @ Jun 18th 2007 6:53PM]

My connection went screwy, so ignore those above postings.

Why would this device need a lot of storage if it's being used as a satellite content player? Does this thing get a good picture? Probably not in a city with a lot of buildings. Can it pull a signal while inside a house????

[RBRat3 @ Jun 18th 2007 9:29PM]

You dont need alot of storage your all just bein picky 1 gig is fine for this little PmP and yes as one of the above posters said they make the photos really big it looks no bigger than my U10 you could wear them as a watch and also the qvga screens are drop dead beautiful provided they still use the same screens as the U10.

[The Old Man @ Jun 19th 2007 12:17AM]

This comes from a company whose customers live in one of the most urbanised countries on planet. It will be also competing with existing DMB services. I doubt if iriver would have launched this product if the quality of the picture in the city or house for that matter was no good.