iriver's minimalist styled and flamboyant batteried E30 player now available

Just a few days after iriver's E30 was spotted doing a domino impression in China we're happy to say the thing is now making an appearance in American stores -- or at Amazon, at least. The smallest of the three couldn't be bothered to make the trip, leaving only 4GB and 8GB models selling for $59 and $79, respectively. The little 1.8-inch player is just .3-inch thick, supports a plethora of media formats and, with 52 hours of battery life, should let you sample each and every one of them between recharges. It's a lovely, understated thing and would make a wonderful stocking stuffer -- though to be honest it would only really stuff the socks of those with very tiny feet.

[JamesR Posted Dec 15th 2009 8:23AM]

Looks like it also has a mini-USB port. That is awesome. My Creative Zen's dongle is a PITA.

This player is now on my short list.

[pencilmind Posted Dec 15th 2009 8:26AM]

love it. i am all for minimalism and battery life when it comes to portable music.

[thewild Posted Dec 15th 2009 9:07AM]

I love it too.
Presence of FM tuner was not mentionned in the article, but it's there and that's a good thing.
Too bad it doesn't support AAC and has no bluetooth though, I'll stick with my SonyEricsson phone/walkman combo a bit longer...

[frizbplaya Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:06PM]

Cheap and simple FLAC player that doesn't require iTunes to take over my PC? I'm in!

[acme64 Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:33PM]

i was just looking into an ipod for my mom, consider me sold iriver

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 15th 2009 12:36PM]

Love it for FLAC and the design is awesome. Just picked one up from amazon :)

[c w j Posted Dec 15th 2009 2:26PM]

e200 sans buttons?

done.