iriver T7 Volcano DAP now shipping
By Nilay Patel 
posted June 10th 2008 4:51PM
posted June 10th 2008 4:51PM
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posted June 10th 2008 4:51PM
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Seems like a cool little device and not a bad price for all it does though I would like to see it in large sizes (8gb or 16gb would be nice).
cool, little device, but that image better not be of the final shipping product because I think it would be pretty embarassing to ship it with the buttons upside-down compared to the screen.
The controls are not upside down. Actually, if you look at the picture again the screen displays text _both_ ways so it can be oriented in any fashion. Only one button, the M, would appear upside down depending on what side you hold it.
Kris
Nice idea but..
if you hold it upside-down, the text might still be the right side up, but it's also *still* backwards. It only reads correctly one way. Also, the left side text (bottom) looks a little bit dimmer. This suggests a reflection effect.
Epic Fail!!!!
It is not an iPhone. Not iPhone=Fail!!!!!
Troll harder
cool...audio quality is the best on iriver
hope it comes to the US soon
This is what the 1st generation iPod shuffle should have been. The price is not bad either. But will it play doom? (so sorry about that, i couldn't help myself)
please try...
Looks like a photochop since the controls are oriented upside down compared to the interface text.
Here, I fixed it for you:
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/3056/dapfixyi7.jpg
Happy now?
Much better, thank you.
I noticed that too, wtf?
If you want more dollar-friendly prices, you know what you Americans have to do...
mmmmm, iriver goodiness :P
I'm a bit of a sucker for irivers, particularly their older ones (the H120 was an epic DAP compared to the other *cough* offerings at the time).
sound quality is usually top-notch
Wait- I'm confused- if it says "Music," you're pregnant, "Radio," you're not?
Funniest thing I've heard today.
If sound quality is on par with clix I'll get the 4Gb
I've had 2 iRiver MP3 players (errr, DAPs) and the sound quality of them blows away the 2 iPods I've had. They get much louder, rarely distort, and the highs and lows are so much cleaner. I've had friends make fun of me cause I don't have an iPod and then I have them listen to my iRiver and that shuts them up really fast. And no, I do not listen to them with stock headphones. So if you care about audio quality, get an iRiver.... tho be warned, from my experience the interface with iRivers is pretty crappy. But I'm willing to pay that price for music that sounds like it should.
What's the thing sticking out of the top?
That thing sticking out is the DAP's whang which is also known as a USB male connector.
That music player is not an Apple iPod, ergo....
iRiver T7 Volcano = SUBLIME FAIL
It's a rather ugly device somewhat akin to a Pez dispenser or disposable butane lighter. Don't show this in public.
See this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iriver_H300_series
Ugly no? But I had one, and it was awesome.
It was out loooong before your iPods had colour screens. I could look at photos and a few firmware upgrades later, videos. Could an iPod colour play videos with a firmware upgrade? Nope, you had to buy a whole new device.
Oh, and it also had USB-OTG for downloading files off of a camera, memory stick or other MP3 players without a computer. Apple charged £70 for an accessory just to do that with a camera.
So when you've never heard of iriver before and think they're just trying to steal your iPhone glory, they've actually been around longer than the iPod.
The name iRiver was first used iMP-100 in November 2000
The name iPod wasn't used until its first announcement in 2001
Suck on that
You'r a idiot, it is a USB male connector.
No Brian, I'm afraid you're the idiot. I asked because it looked unusual from the gold stuff on it. Looks sort of like a sim card. It's fair enough thing to ask, dont be a wanker.
i thought dap stood for something else :)
No AAC? WTF?
This remember me a lot of the samsung U3