http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/ Engadget Comments for Video: iriver's Unit 2 hands-on http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 8:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
At least when the dialog boxes pop up it looks like XP. I didn't have the patience to sit through whole video the guy was annoying as hell.]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
I really dig the remote too, altogether a unit to keep your eyes on. ]]>Jan 11th 2008 12:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/but i dont know though...by 2009, everything changes!]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 8:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/The Aston Martin DB9 is a great car. Should they top that too?]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/The Aston Martin DB9 is a fantastic car, should they top that too?]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
I'm also wondering if you have to store music and movies on the base station and not your pc, i already have everything set up in iTunes. I don't want to go around updating 10 playlists every day cause they can't sync.]]>Jan 11th 2008 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
It's a lovely unit, with a prototype design that could have come straight out of Apple (and I don't say that lightly). I'd buy this in a heartbeat.]]>Jan 11th 2008 12:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 8:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
But since it's iriver, the file support will be greater and you won't be locked in software wise.

Also, thanks to the Linux basis, it should be pretty easy to get other apps running on it.]]>Jan 11th 2008 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/The Aston Martin DB9 is a great car. Should they top that too?
]]>Jan 11th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/The Aston Martin DB9 is a great car. Should they top that too?"

Might as well quote him as well - just to make sure the record will stand for a while.]]>Jan 11th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/The Aston Martin DB9 is a great car. Should they top that too?"

Might as well quote him as well - just to make sure the record will stand for a while.]]>Jan 11th 2008 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
And once again you people, watch the video before asking questions. It's only like 3 mins long. Plus you get to see how DAMNEDSEXY it is. I mean that DVD thing is so cool. It sticks out and it spins.]]>Jan 11th 2008 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/I am most pleased.

I think the pad here beats even the iPhone in touch screen-ness, being seemingly without a single button on the face and entirely touch screen except for a tiny little border. Damn, I love iriver's stuff :)

Not a fan of that wireless keyboard, however. The big gap there must make it unusable... unless that ultimately disappears when the thing is fully opened.]]>Jan 11th 2008 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 10:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/This is definitely the future though. Eventually, I can see things like this be the standard and *gasp* interoperable with other units like it.]]>Jan 11th 2008 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/video-irivers-2007-ces-lineup/

this was the 1G Unit2 in CES2007
and now 2G in CES2008

very cool~]]>Jan 11th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
Other than those very fixable issues, this seems like a phenomenal idea.]]>Jan 11th 2008 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
Do you dock the device and then hold the keyboard and thumb type that way while looking at the small touchscreen (which would be a clumsy way of doing things), or is the idea that the whole thing is supposed to be hooked up to your TV, and you look at your big TV screen from the couch while you're thumb typing? Or both? Still trying to figure that one out.

Maybe what would've been better is to integrate a sliding keyboard into the touchscreen device, rather than the IP phone, and maybe do away with the IP phone they currently show altogether and give the touchscreen unit IP phone capability along with BT so you could use a BT earpiece. Then everything would be integrated - touchscreen device/keyboard/IP Phone all in one. This would eliminate some confusion as to how it all works together and the end user wouldn't have to fumble with as many components.]]>Jan 11th 2008 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
Do you dock the device and then hold the keyboard and thumb type that way while looking at the small touchscreen (which would be a clumsy way of doing things), or is the idea that the whole thing is supposed to be hooked up to your TV, and you look at your big TV screen from the couch while you're thumb typing? Or both? Still trying to figure that one out.

Maybe what would've been better is to integrate a sliding keyboard into the touchscreen device, rather than the IP phone, and maybe do away with the IP phone they currently show altogether and give the touchscreen unit IP phone capability along with BT so you could use a BT earpiece. Then everything would be integrated - touchscreen device/keyboard/IP Phone all in one. This would eliminate some confusion as to how it all works together and the end user wouldn't have to fumble with as many components.]]>Jan 11th 2008 4:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
Do you dock the device and then hold the keyboard and thumb type that way while looking at the small touchscreen (which would be a clumsy way of doing things), or is the idea that the whole thing is supposed to be hooked up to your TV, and you look at your big TV screen from the couch while you're thumb typing? Or both? Still trying to figure that one out.

Maybe what would've been better is to integrate a sliding keyboard into the touchscreen device, rather than the IP phone, and maybe do away with the IP phone they currently show altogether and give the touchscreen unit IP phone capability along with BT so you could use a BT earpiece. Then everything would be integrated - touchscreen device/keyboard/IP Phone all in one. This would eliminate some confusion as to how it all works together and the end user wouldn't have to fumble with as many components.]]>Jan 11th 2008 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
(Engadget, you guys really have to get that fixed).]]>Jan 11th 2008 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/
offtopic: is there any way to change my password for commenting here?]]>Jan 11th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 13th 2008 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 11th 2008 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/11/video-irivers-unit-2-hands-on/Jan 12th 2008 5:26AM