Iriver's mystery device

In case you haven't noticed by now, we're just a bit smitten by iriver designs 'round here. Can you blame us? Still, we're not sure what to make of the device photographed above and presumably on display at the SEK2007 exhibition in Korea. Problem is, the forum jockey over at iriverfans.com failed to provide any descriptive text. A geeky lapel ribbon worn to commemorate the fight for Bluetooth audio? We don't know. No worries, more than likely we'll track down the truth before the days is up. Until then, get to it readers... what do you think it is?

[strider_mt2k @ Jun 21st 2007 7:07AM]

MP3 Bong.

It was bound to happen.

[logyk @ Jun 21st 2007 3:03PM]

It's an iDildo, double ended for her violation.

[Andrew @ Jun 21st 2007 7:09AM]

It's to strangle iPod owners with.

[Paul @ Jun 21st 2007 7:11AM]

It looks like a white, digital turd. Or it could be a bong that plays music, that would be awesome.

[D3L3T3D @ Jun 21st 2007 7:26AM]

...an iron

[L. Cyphre @ Jun 21st 2007 7:31AM]

Flexible grip training device with an mp3 player?

[guilt+1 @ Jun 21st 2007 7:31AM]

Snake holder. The end pops off and you insert your pet snake. Ideal for the snake handler on the go. Make sure your snake arrives wrinkle free and unsquashed with the the new iRiver snake tube.

[Karim @ Jun 21st 2007 10:57AM]

For some reason, I imagine Samuel L. Jackson doing the voiceover on that commercial.

[DorianGray @ Jun 21st 2007 11:06AM]

"I am sick and tired of these motherf*ckin' snakes on this motherf*ckin' plane! Get me my iRiver snake tube!"

[shifter @ Jun 21st 2007 7:42AM]

what ever it is, it looks like a 2001 Space Odyssey hairdryer

[Mythor @ Jun 21st 2007 7:47AM]

It's a toilet roll holder!

[pstelman @ Jun 21st 2007 7:52AM]

Reminds me of the Panasonic Toot-a-Loop radio from the early '70s.

"It's an Ess, it's an Oh, it's a crazy radio... It's Toot-a-Loop!"

[Alex Cormier @ Jun 21st 2007 7:54AM]

It's a double sided dildo combined with Ann Summers' iGasm device with of hint of the Zune philosiphy of sharing your music with others.... to a whole new level.

[Steven @ Jun 21st 2007 8:06AM]

*sarcasm* I don't care what it is.
Come on Engadget, give me a feed without iRiver news! I'll whine and complain on every iRiver post until I get my way! *end sarcasm*

[nebulus @ Jun 21st 2007 8:20AM]

comment of the day ward goes to... ;)

[hobofood @ Jun 21st 2007 11:46AM]

make your own! http://pipes.yahoo.com

[Kaminix @ Jun 21st 2007 8:19AM]

That thing is so ugly, it almost made me cry :(

[Scott Schuster @ Jun 21st 2007 8:20AM]

My bet. A product that will be marketed to cyclists. I think it is a handle bar mp3 player. Has only one button for your thumb so you can change music on the fly without looking down to see which button you're pressing.

[Steve Chandler @ Jun 21st 2007 8:43AM]

Wow, I would have never thought of that. Clever idea actually!

[idk @ Jun 21st 2007 8:47AM]

That doesnt sound very safe! Sounds like a car vs bike accident waiting to happen.

[fred @ Jun 21st 2007 8:25AM]

From the angle shown it almost looks like a ribbon. Paint that thing pink, and start talking breast cancer, and you'll sell a million on the damned things.

[Dennis @ Jun 21st 2007 8:46AM]

I went to the SEK 2007 Exhibition this afternoon and saw that at iriver booth. It's suppose to be a 'concept MP3 Player'. I can't say much about it cause there were tons of people there. There was another concept mp3 player right beside that, but i guess someone needs to post the pic.

[daedalus @ Jun 21st 2007 9:11AM]

God I hope that thing has tactile feedback

;)


JK LOL

[Dom1nion @ Jun 21st 2007 9:20AM]

It's an MP3 player for a zimmer frame. Now Gran can get funky with all the hip kids... (fades to Sinatra)...

[Mr. Sneakery @ Jun 21st 2007 9:23AM]

I'm guessing it's an MP3 player for Anatomy teachers and professors so they can get away with having tunes between classes, and they can hide it cleverly between the shoulder bones on the skeleton near the front of the room.

[Mike Holzapfel @ Jun 21st 2007 9:30AM]

It's an colonoscopy tool with included MP3 player.

**Warning: users must have not eaten any solid food within past 12hrs**

[R1cebrner @ Jun 25th 2007 8:36PM]

Yes, but it also has bluetooth video and audio

[Mile @ Jun 21st 2007 9:37AM]

It's a portable tabletop (nightstand) MP3 player.

[Andrew @ Jun 21st 2007 10:03AM]

Am I the only one who thought "Jiffy Lube" when they first saw this?

[Cesar Cardoso @ Jun 21st 2007 10:21AM]

is iRiver doing MP3 pretzels? :-P

[zdragan @ Jun 21st 2007 10:37AM]

It looks to me as though it might be something that you can slip through a belt loop, onto a t-shirt collar, or onto a purse strap...perhaps it is marketed towards women, since most of us don't wear belt clip accessories, and or have pockets to put mp3 players in. If so, that would be a good idea.

[BobTurbo @ Jun 21st 2007 10:45AM]

A dog turd?

[doug @ Jun 21st 2007 10:56AM]

i think:

it is a bluetooth mp3 player. Stick it in your frontroom, it can stream music to your bluetooth headphones... maybe even also From your pc too ... like a relay.

[thesawzall @ Jun 21st 2007 11:00AM]

If only iRiver would put their efforts together and make one great mp3 player, rather than a million mediocre to half decent players, maybe I could replace my busted H120.

[DorianGray @ Jun 21st 2007 11:10AM]

@Scott Schuster

Holy million-dollar-idea! Dude, if that's not what it is, you need to patent that idea before some a-hole around here patents it first. Holy crap, dude. That idea could make you rich!

Serious, man, get to it.

[corn322 @ Jun 21st 2007 11:17AM]

You need two of them.
http://www.puzzle-factory.com/bentnail.html

[pickture @ Jun 21st 2007 11:37AM]

It's the Buttmaster 3000!

[cebukitty @ Jun 21st 2007 11:38AM]

its a bluetooth headset thats uhm bendable! fits any size ear! :D

[Zak @ Jun 21st 2007 11:44AM]

Do u all realize what ur doing? Your are like a free foucus group. I would venture to be we see iRiver test some of the ideas listed on this very page in the next few months. Y'all are doing for free what iRiver pays people to do. I'm not patronizing, rather encouraging. Keep up the ingenius brainstorming.

[Alex Yee @ Jun 21st 2007 12:07PM]

a bluetooth headset for people with larde deep ears/elephants. Either that or an MP3 player designed by kids who had too many crazy straws and then the iRiver designers added white gloss like the iPod to reafirm it a s an MP3 player.

[XGM @ Jun 21st 2007 12:21PM]

Stick one end in the mouth and the other up your nose, CO2 and Saliva powered

[bobo ponopolis @ Jun 21st 2007 12:40PM]

Adjustable mp3 player I guess...you can see a progress bar at the bottom of the lcd. I am not sure what the hinge does besides adjust the screen orientation. I tried to photoshop it but the res is too low. but yeah...blue tooth mp3 player w/hinge.

[bobo ponopolis @ Jun 21st 2007 12:41PM]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v347/krylon64/2007621175651.jpg

[casey.bechtel @ Jun 21st 2007 12:48PM]

it looks like it could be a clip on mp3 player, with a headphone jack at one of the ends. IS any1 following me?

[casey.bechtel @ Jun 21st 2007 12:50PM]

actually it would need a headphone jack , you could use stereo bluetooth, sweeeett.

[JustinC @ Jun 21st 2007 2:37PM]

it's an ipod shuffle competitor...the bend can allow it to clip to clothing, plus it has a screen...

[Age @ Jun 21st 2007 3:42PM]

I don't care what it is, what I wanna know is... Will it blend?? :)

[Rex @ Jun 21st 2007 4:00PM]

it's a doorknob opener...

you press that button and you make some really grand entrance with crazy music and stuff...

[adam @ Jun 21st 2007 4:18PM]

I think it goes in a bike handle to listen to music while your riding your bike? or maybe a two way dildo

[adam @ Jun 21st 2007 4:19PM]

I think you would put it on a bike handle bar so you can listen to music while you ride?