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iRiver Announces 40G Player & Previews 2004 Line

Posted by Cliff on from the that's-a-lotta-tunes-on-your-hip dept.

slavitos writes: "Just as we've finished our discussions of OGG support in iRiver players, the company has announced it will soon release a 40G HD player. According to this source, the new model will differ slightly from the previous 20G one - for example, the 40G player will be 3 mm thicker and 12 grams heavier. The cost of the device has not yet been determined." While we're on the topic of iRiver, thopo notes: "iRiver presented their new products coming spring 2004, here are pictures from the show, including pictures (and specs) of all new models. Especially noteworthy is the IHP-300 which comes with a 2" color TFT LCD and a very classy design. This thing got 'iPod Killer' written all over it." The page is in Korean, but most of the product descriptions in the pictures are in English.

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  1. I'm looking very closely... by xerxesVII · · Score: 5, Funny

    and I don't see "i-pod killer" written anywhere on it, much less all over it.

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    1. Re:I'm looking very closely... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      > Yes, actually, I'm moderately familiar with the history of Ogg, if that means following it since it was covered in Linux Journal a few years back (I think it was the November or December 200 issue).

      That *is* quite a few years back, isn't it?

    2. Re:I'm looking very closely... by aardvarkjoe · · Score: 4, Funny

      The fact of the matter is that 0.01% of Ogg users use it because they're convinced it's superior way to encode music.

      It's a well-known fact that 79.4337 percent of slashdot moderators wish that there was a "-1, pulled some statistics out of his butt" moderation.

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  2. Different by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    the new model will differ slightly from the previous 20G one - for example, the 40G player will be 3 mm thicker and 12 grams heavier.

    and have a 40G drive instead of a 20G?

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  3. Re:Ogg is nice on iRiver, but what about my iPod? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple is also pro-profit, so they'll do it when more than five people will buy iPods as a result.

  4. slashdot and pictures by bdigit · · Score: 4, Funny

    the words "here are the pictures" and slashdot should never go together. We all know it never works out in the end.

  5. iPod killer... where have I heard that before? by freerangegeek · · Score: 3, Funny

    If I had a dollar for every "iPod killer" that's been announced, I could buy a nice new iPod mini!

    1. Re:iPod killer... where have I heard that before? by smart.id · · Score: 3, Funny

      And by next month, you'll have enough to get more than 3 times the space!

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  6. Can I run Linux on it? by after · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can run Linux on Ipod but will one have the support to house my distro?

  7. people who don't properly tag their mp3s by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    make baby jesus cry.

  8. Re:It's got to make up a lot of ground by NaugaHunter · · Score: 2, Funny

    it'll take a lot more than even a massively superior product to dethrone the iPod.

    If there's one thing Apple should have learned over the years, it's that extensive marketing will overcome virtually any technologically superior product. It'd be nice to see them on the winning side of this arrangement for a change.

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  9. Re:0GB version? by Frac · · Score: 2, Funny

    Be nice if there was a no-HDD included version; standard size 2.5 inch disks can be had mailorder for cheaper than the difference in the various models' prices. All mp3 makers are guilty of this. Of course, that would cut into their nice margins on the high capacity models so we won't see it. sigh

    All product manufacturers are guilty of this. We need companies that will ship out nothing but a huge thick manual, so they can teach us where to mine the metal, cast the metal cover, etch out the circuit boards, etc etc.

    Damn these companies that try to charge us for the extra work!

  10. Re:No disk, no flash, just a CF slot. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    And all I want is a woman who's creative, well-educated, interesting, and emotionally well-adjusted.

    Of course, she needs to be gorgeous and rich, too...

    (Face it, dude, you can't always have everything.)

  11. Re:iTunes != iTMS by FuzzyBad-Mofo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bleh, who can still listen all the way through _Stairway to Heaven_ anymore, anyway? :p