Yeah, we had our fun just toying with the W7 at
iriver's CES booth earlier this year, but the lucky souls at
Pocketables were able to secure one long enough to write up a full-blown review. Straight out of the packaging, critics found the design to be attractive enough, albeit a tad chunky; particularly with this device, we'd say opinions on sexiness will vary widely depending on what floats your boat. Nevertheless, reviewers found the touch panel easy enough to navigate, and thankfully, the perceived audio quality was dubbed "great." Those interested in the video capabilities will be delighted to know that all was well on that front too, as the slew of welcome extras (FM tuner, text viewer, e-dictionary, etc.) were all praised. Now, if only this critter would
show up in America, we'd have yet another solid choice when it comes to pocket-friendly media players.
[Thanks, Jenn]
posted Apr 14th 2008 2:48PM
That kind of resembles a Newton.
Ahhh, ya beat me to it. Always nice to be reminded of my faithful Newton MP2100. I only stopped using it when I got my iPhone.
Seriously.
That was exactly what I was thinking when I saw that!
If you removed and sold the embedded pearl that came with it the product would pay for itself!
where's my high-gloss/fingerprint magnet plastic?
Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable
And here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipod
Hope that helps :)
ha - you so funny - you comments best eva
That makes a Zune look good...
2001 called: they want their MP3 player back.
1993 Called: They want their PDA back.
The department of over used 'put downs' called. The're limiting the use of "*insert year* called....." put downs to one per article. There quota won't allow them any more than that.
You know what its like, too many levels of management, pressure from the 'yo mamma' insult department next door and stuff cuts due to budget limitations.
Damn, I'm on fire today. High five! *looks around, only to find out there's no one*
I really need to get back to studying for my exams :(
The ministry of silly walks called, they're suing "The department of over used 'put downs'" for having a sillier name.
Also, 1904 called, they want their flying machine back. I told them i didn't have it, but they didn't believe me. I mean really, this is a PMP, not a flying machine, it doesn't look anything like a flying machine. But then again, they didn't have PMPs in 1904, so maybe that's where the confusion came from? Honestly i was more interested in how the hell i got a call from 1904. I mean, i think they had telephones then, but why did they call me? I thought it was weird too.
Also, Ancient Egypt called. They tried to curse me for writing such a ridiculous post, but i hung up on them... Is that bad? I gotta get a new phone, time-shifting my Tivo content is one thing, but this is ridiculous...
-Taylor
Say whaaaat?
Kudos points for any fellow engadgeteers who seem to recognize a string of very similar posts from yesterday :)
Wow, I get to be disappointed with iRiver twice in one day. What a treat...
i didn't know retro could apply to gadgets.
It even has the pull-out stylus like a Palm/Newton. I like how they show it pictured next to "SanDisk Sansa View, Samsung P2, Archos 405, and Samsung S5", because that really doesn't help much.
Add me to the list of people who think it looks like a Newton. Not only that, it looks like the original MessagePad 100, the first Newton ever sold. Also the clunkiest-looking.
The 2100 could do black-and-white video, just barely. With this thing's looks, one sort of expects equally bad video and sound (though for the day the Newton's abilities were remarkable, sort of like the dancing dog, you know: "The amazing thing is not that it does it badly, but that it does it at all..."). I'm sure this isn't the gut reaction the iRiver people were looking for.
Thanks, but I'll make due with my YP-P2 at least until the W10 finally drops on this continent (assuming it ever does...)
ummmm... it looks like an old Apple Newton :-P way to keep up with the times, iriver!
If it had some purple in it, I'd confuse it for a Sidekick Slide.