iriver's gorgeous P7 gets itself a web address

Unfortunately, we're still no closer to finding out when the iriver P7 will be available, but given that it's now showing up on the company's worldwide web portal alongside scads of other beautiful pieces of hardware, we'd say it's certainly closer than before. None of the listed specifications look to have changed, but there sure are a lot of purty images to look at there in the read link. Grab a tissue, place it beneath your chin and head on over.

[Via DAP Review, thanks Jeff]

[2late2die Posted Feb 22nd 2009 9:06AM]

When I started reading "Grab a tissue" I thought "My gosh! Is Engadget really going where it has never gone before?!"... and I'm glad you didn't :)

Anyway, this thing sure looks sexy... don't mind if I indeed go and grab a tissue... ;)

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 9:38AM]

I'll say what you dare not to say..

I will grab a tissue and wipe off the bodily fluid once I'm done cold-sweating from looking at the gadget pr0n..

there I said it!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 12:38PM]

I dont know about you guys, but i didn't think of it as that. I just thought he meant to wipe the drool from your face XD

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 1:15PM]

Why does engadget think it's sexy? Because it has a dock? It looks nice but....the shape is like this Garmin device.
http://www.garminnuvi680.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/nuvi-680-review.jpg

[conscious Posted Feb 22nd 2009 9:10AM]

i love white gadgets (no racist)

[xirsteon Posted Feb 22nd 2009 9:45AM]

I take it as offensive.....very racist....lol :P j/k

[xirsteon Posted Feb 22nd 2009 9:46AM]

Would you like chocol8 with strawberry on top? Send room service over.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:32AM]

My boyfriend has a nice white gadget.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 12:39PM]

@rita

Is it an Eee PC?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 1:16PM]

i think shes talking about her boyfriends wiimote

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 9:49AM]

DOWN with the white gadgets supremacists!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:14AM]

Nice

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:19AM]

It looks fantastic but the screen resolution is killing it for me, 4.3" screen with a 480x272 resolution is just too small.

[CRA1G Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:00PM]

Yep, that pretty much kills it for me, too. 800x480 is ideal for a 4.x" screen like this one. Heck, if Archos can do, it can't be very difficult.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:28AM]

* dislike those very square, blocky edges
* like MicroSD expansion
* dislike non-removable battery
* dislike iRiver's 'let's make it all Flash!' annoying website, making it impossible to link to a product page or be ranked by Google sanely
* like the codec support (including Ogg Vorbis & FLAC)
* dislike mono speaker
* still would prefer my PSP, despite some minor shortcomings versus this product, it's far more versatile where it counts, IMO.

[3rdman Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:35AM]

"* dislike non-removable battery"

Isn't this a flash PMP? Why would you want a removable battery. I mean, it would be nice, (but it would be nice for most electronics) but it's not really necessary at all.

Although I do agree with the flash website. It's so slooooooooooooooow.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:26AM]

3rdman, what will you do when the battery no longer holds suitable charge after 300-500 charge/discharges? I can think of two options:
1) dispose of the device
2) hunt out suitable battery after doing some surgery on the unit yourself, possibly damaging ti in the process, and...
3) after doing so, finding out it's just not worth it

But there's also the more practical approach of:
when it runs out in the middle of nowhere, you can't swap it out with another. Phones are also flash-based, and most phones have removable batteries. Digital cameras, too. The reasons why this makes sense are many.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 12:38PM]

I, on the other hand, much prefer the square, blocky edges. I like the way sharp corners and edges look a lot more than the smooth round lines that have become so popular over the last few years. I agree with all your other dislikes, but I'm still going to be awfully tempted by this when it's available.

[Oli D Posted Feb 22nd 2009 1:55PM]

@tekdroid,

200-300 discharges?

She'll be swimming

[billmiller Posted Feb 22nd 2009 10:32AM]

Thats simply gorgeous. Feature packed, 32gb space, microSD expansion, touch screen. WOW!!!

Surely it will have iriver's awesome sound and picture quality, but no OLED?? Still it should perform well.
Hope it comes stateside soon.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 7:24PM]

Could it look any more like a 4G iPod?

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but this is getting ridiculous...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 12:09PM]

Same size screen as the Archos 600 series. Be interesting to see how they do head-to-head. I have an Archos but I love my iRiver MP3 player, too.

Also a little disappointed by the non-removable battery. I prefer my Archos 604 over my wife's 605 because I have 3 batteries for my 604 for long trips.

[Ed T Posted Feb 22nd 2009 12:17PM]

Gorgeous? Right, and Bella Abzug was a real hottie too.

[Groggle Posted Feb 22nd 2009 1:06PM]

I love the device, but the website was a rat maze. Not even well designed flash, just difficult to navigate. Hope the device menu's are better'n that!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 2:11PM]

all of iRiver's websites/software are like that. I used to have a Clix and the software that came with it was AWFUL. iRiver is great at hardware but really poor on the software end of things.

[dave95 Posted Feb 23rd 2009 2:13AM]

What's gorgeos about a boxy, thick, hard-edge, prototype-white device that looks like it came from 2001?

[Oli D Posted Feb 22nd 2009 1:57PM]

My prediction for device of the decade is:

Netbook, with Atom 330 (dual core) or better, 2Gb (or more) RAM, with an OLED screen, SSD and insane battery life.
Dual booting W7 and whatever linux im into at that time.

Its not relevant, but that is the stuff of engadget pr0no there

[Ed T Posted Feb 22nd 2009 3:16PM]

After reading the latest financial news this morning, I predict the device of the decade will be an abacus.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 3:46PM]

Lol, iRiver sucks. The thing looks like a Canon IXUS and the dock is a copy of Apples one. This is nothing big…

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 4:10PM]

I fail to see how this is similar to that camera at all, seriously the dimensions are off the camera is much more rounded and it has a huge freaking lens in it. And this dock is much better then Apples it actually does something...

[PyRo1509 Posted Feb 22nd 2009 5:29PM]

Interface is too slow, no wifi, no buy

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 5:55PM]

I already have a 480x272 device. It's black, it's better, and it plays football and basketball. You do the guesswork.

Joking aside, no excuse for not having at least a 720x480 on a player like this.

[reebokshoes Posted Feb 22nd 2009 6:01PM]

iriver sux

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 7:05PM]

why don't they put 3g and android on it and kill the iphone?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 22nd 2009 11:20PM]

I liked this more when it was called the Cowon O2. What will this do that my Cowon won't do besides dock to a power station?