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July 30, 2008

iriver E100 MP3 Player

iRiver newest offering, the E100, boasts big league features at a budget price for $99.99

That said, I suppose you could say that the E100 is positioned somewhere between an iPod nano and the iPod touch...with a price that is closer to a shuffle. The E100 is also available in white, black, brown and sky blue.

A medium sized PMP with an impressive 2.4" 320x240 TFT LCD screen, microSD expansion slot, external speakers, voice recording, FM radio, text reader and video playback. An 8GB version is available for $149.99. And despite its rather bulky dimensions (92.8 x 47.8 x 11.3 mm) the E100 comes in at just under 60 grams. System power and volume control buttons grace the right side of the player with a sliding lock switch on the left. The headphone jack, video out jack and USB connection are along the bottom edge and the microSD port lives up top. The typical quick start guide, software CD, USB connection cable and requisite ear buds are included. And iriver still has the coolest cable ties of any digital media player company.

As with the Clix2 and other past models, iriver has gone with a D-pad style navigation system. Unlike the cleverly designed Clix2, the plainly-designed E100 sports a nearly flush center button surrounded by a single tilting directional pad printed with nearly invisible directional arrows. The D-pad is situated just below the LCD screen and is so smoothly integrated with the case that at first glace there appears to be only the single button staring up at you. There is just a slight amount of play in the D-pad but the clicking action is unaffected. The USB and microSD connection ports are well disguised by color matched plastic plugs.

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Posted by pajaro at July 30, 2008 4:54 PM