iriver's T-DMB-packin' B30 portable media player emerges

Check it, North Americans -- yet another PMP that'll never arrive here in this form. The T-DMB-equipped B30 just popped up over on iriver's Korean website, complete with an FM tuner, 2.8-inch QVGA display, a microSD expansion slot, 4/8/16GB of inbuilt memory, white / black / silver color options, USB 2.0 connectivity, a user-selectable equalizer and a list of supported file formats too lengthy to cover in this space. Furthermore, we're told that the battery is good for 40 hours on audio and 5.5 hours with video, and while a ship date has yet to be revealed, we're expecting 'em to go for around $155, $183 and TBD from least capacious to most.

[Via PMP Today]

Gallery: iriver's T-DMB-packin' B30 portable media player emerges

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[rob.m26 @ May 23rd 2009 9:40PM]

as smooth as a babies bottom

[Templarian @ May 23rd 2009 9:44PM]

Cool a tab for Dave Matthews Band, wish they didn't have to share it with DAB though.

(can't wait till the new album June 2nd... lol it might be on my mind a bit too much)

[bolezhinkov @ May 24th 2009 1:33PM]

well DMB sucks and the album leaked so if youre the yar har har type you can download it from some blog Im sure.

[Jayde @ May 23rd 2009 10:02PM]

really i'm not going to think about any other player other than the ipod until they can match the storage capbilities. My 80G ipod is full just between audiobooks, OTR, podcasts, and music. But honestly if Iriver or the Zune comes with 80G or more.. i will SERIOUSLY give some thought into switching

[bjsguess @ May 23rd 2009 11:16PM]

Ummm ... the Zune already has an 80GB and 120GB version.

[CheshireCat @ May 24th 2009 4:10PM]

zune has 120gb

[m3tric @ May 24th 2009 12:52AM]

So what you're saying is your large selection of crappy music is about the same as your taste in PMPs?

[Jayde @ May 24th 2009 4:50PM]

sorry i hadn't looked at the zune site in forever, and when i bought my ipod i was told it wasn't available " i misunderstood that to mean not made yet, not just the store.. oh well. and @m3tric what are you basing your thesis on? the fact that i read? the fact that i listen to OTR's? or are you a super secret spy who has actually looked through my collection?

[Andre @ May 23rd 2009 10:15PM]

Great but Ill stick with my Sony NWZ-A726 10 hr battery life for videos. and tho the music life is a bit shorter its not like Im gonna be on some Island and not be able to charge it for a bit.

[GoGoGadget @ May 23rd 2009 10:39PM]

no one can tell that.

[BOGRASH @ May 24th 2009 7:54AM]

or even read it

[jay jay @ May 23rd 2009 10:17PM]

looks super plain. also they need to seriously ramp up the storage they're cheapest one should start at 32GB and go up from there. lastly the screen size has to increase, it's a little difficult to watch movies on an 2.8 the screen should be 3.0 at least.

[cWj @ May 23rd 2009 10:25PM]

uh...is this a trick question?

http://www.zune.net/en-us/mp3players/zune120/default.htm

[cWj @ May 23rd 2009 10:25PM]

(the above @ Jayde)

[Dick Rhee @ May 23rd 2009 10:33PM]

I still have the iRiver HP140 - their 40 gig MP3 player from around 2003, and the damned thing just refuses to die. It's the ugliest MP3 player ever, but it's still functional.

[z-man @ May 23rd 2009 10:51PM]

lovin' minimalist interface and design.

[Nick @ May 23rd 2009 10:54PM]

and the external antenna is for.....?

[holycow @ May 23rd 2009 11:31PM]

for DMB. "Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) is a European technology used in digital radio transmission system for sending multimedia (video, audio)". Basically its a portable television, where the DMB technology is supported.

[iKurt 5D @ May 23rd 2009 11:16PM]

*almost* looks like an iPhone, but I prefer iPhone's luxurious touches.

[holycow @ May 23rd 2009 11:32PM]

It's closer to the Instinct than an iPhone imo.

[m3tric @ May 24th 2009 12:54AM]

Your name pretty much says it all...R-tard

[Joe @ May 24th 2009 12:38AM]

Too big.

[dolapo10 @ May 24th 2009 7:23AM]

The reason why it sometimes never leaves asia, its because people are so hung up on the ipod's and itouches that they bash the product even if they haven't tried it yet. So personally i'll won't bother and give people that will appreciate it

[Eastman @ May 24th 2009 7:44AM]

OMG i fell asleep lookin at it ,
thats how boring this thing looks .. i woke up when the financial news came on tv.

[Derek @ May 27th 2009 10:18AM]

if that was an attempt at humor, you fail...

if not, you still fail.

[sam @ May 24th 2009 4:27PM]

and i care about something that has no use here because....

[therealmusashi @ May 24th 2009 8:52PM]

Check it out Engadget! North Americans are fairly discerning and don't buy PMPs every 2 months like your average fashion-crazy Japanese/Korean schoogirl/Otaku! We have big houses, which contain big TVs and entertainment centers, and we don't spend our lives crammed into trains on lengthy commutes!

Competition's a great thing, and I like seeing all the other products that are available (I see a lot traveling anyway), but you're always assuming North Americans are pining away for all these knock-off products, and they aren't - at least not en masse. If we were, we'd get them, that's how it works.