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iRiver Diversifies into Portable Gaming with the G10

By: Grahm Skee on May 23, 2006 12:26 AM

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Pressure from Apple and the increasing competition in the flash MP3 player business, Reigncom, iRiver’s parent company, will start to diversify their business into portable gaming. Devices like the G10 will still be full on media player but add a new dimension to you PMP with wireless multiplayer gamming.

iRiver makes some great stuff so hopefully we will soon see this new wave of devices hit the US. Previous news stated they would hit the US “sometime in 2006”. I personally have my fingers crossed for a wireless multiplayer Bomberman.

[News | G10 @ aving.net]

G10 Specs

  • Wireless: WiBro, WiFi
  • LCD: 4” 800x480
  • Video: MPEG, H.264, WMP9, DivX
  • Audio: MP3, WMA, AC3
  • Storage: 6GB Flash
  • Misc: Voice recording, mini SD slot, TXT viewing, photo viewing, DMB TV module (optional)
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Comments

wolf on May 24, 2006 12:59 PM

Up it to 8/10 GB, include the navigation of the U10, support flac, price it about $320, and we have the device that will kill the ipod. Think of it as a PMP first, Gaming second. Otherwise, it is just going to be another PSP.

Michael on June 3, 2006 11:02 PM

When you're looking at this thing as a PMP first, 8-10GB at $320 is ridiculous compared to 30GB at 300 for the iPod. When I first saw this thing I thought it was a chance for indie game developers like the guys already putting out stuff for iRiver ( http://www.smashingcontent.com/games/iriver/ ) to expand their posibilities. I'm looking forward to this, but I hope that they cut down storage to around 4GB and get the price under $200.

mark on July 28, 2006 9:56 AM

I would like to see this device play arcade games through MAME.

slick on August 22, 2006 10:38 PM

Check out GP2X serch for it in google.

Mr.Sir on January 13, 2007 12:39 PM

Hmmm.. Looks in the same market as the PSP. Give it better battery (at least 8 hrs) and it could be a decent sucsess. Give it a slot for propietary game cards and you might get some actual game devs on-ship. It just needs a lower price.

и on August 29, 2007 8:25 PM

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и on August 29, 2007 8:25 PM

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