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iRiver Announces A New Ogg/MP3 Player

Posted by timothy on from the anticipation dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CD Freaks and Mobile mag are reporting that iRiver has unveiled a new Ogg-capable mp3 player. Featuring 20 GB of HD space and USB 2.0 connectivity, the iHP-120 might just be the answer to the question all us Apple-fearing geeks have been asking... Although the new product has yet to show up on their website, the older model iHP-100 is similar in design but with half the storage space (10gb). New software will be released in October to update it and other players from iRiver with ogg compatibility as well."

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  1. Not necessarily a godsend by Ignorant+Aardvark · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The awesome thing about the iPod is that is a huge chunk of mobile storage that happens to have a nice LCD navigation screen and the capability to play mp3s. If this new Ogg/Mp3 Player is castrated by the industry, i.e. you can only store and delete, not download from it, then it won't stand a chance at replacing the iPod. I hate when dumb copyright-protection schemes get in the way of a good product, but it's happened before, and I'm afraid to say, it will likely happen again.

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    1. Re:Not necessarily a godsend by Spikeman56 · · Score: 3, Insightful

      There is only copyright protection if you use their iRiver managner software if you use it like a removable drive there is no protection

  2. That's nice and all... by mbourgon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    but how's the GUI? It can have all the cool features and abilities, but if usability sucks, you might as well not bother. It's amazing how many companies get this wrong.

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  3. Re:hmmm... this design looks familiar.... by spoco2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bloody hell, it's different alright. It looks different, it has a remote control doovy with a screen on the headphone band, it has a different UI... IT'S DIFFERENT!
    Apple didn't create everything for god's sake, there were hard-drive based MP3 players around before the iPod...
    let me refresh your memory