iriver E100 Hitting Europe Next Week

iriver

E100

By: Andreas Ødegård on February 29, 2008 6:29 AM

iriver was the king of CES this year, introducing a whole range of new MP3 players. One of these - the E100 - will hit stores in Europe next week.

The feature set is quite good, with a 2.4" 262k color 320x240 screen , 2, 4 and 8GB memory, a microSD slot, radio with recording, video, line-in and last but not least two 1W speakers. It has very good codec support which includes MP3 , WMA, OGG, ASF and FLAC audio formats, and MPEG4 SP, WMV9 and XviD SP video formats. A TXT text reader and an image viewer are also included.

The best part of this player might be the price. At 79€ (2GB), 99€ (4GB) and 129€ (8GB), it has a great bang for the buck factor.

Update: I just got word from iriver that they are shotting for a March launch in the US. -Grahm

[ Product page via GenerationMP3 ]

Comments

Spag on February 29, 2008 11:24 AM

No 16Gb version? :(

Yuki on February 29, 2008 12:15 PM

is this a real iriver player or is it an oem badged as an iriver, i ask because of the uber low price point and that it supports flac

EnzoTen (Grahm) on February 29, 2008 1:01 PM

I had a chance to play with this at CES, it is indeed a genuine iriver. =)

Chris on February 29, 2008 2:29 PM

Pretty boring for an 8GB player. If it was 16 or 32gb I might consider it.

At 8Gb I'd rather have a Samsung P2.

EnzoTen (Grahm) on February 29, 2008 4:35 PM

It does have a microSD slot for an additional 6GB (now) 32GB to come

nywytboy68 on February 29, 2008 4:51 PM

The battery life ain't so hot and it needs to be upped to at least 16gb [it also ONLY supports up to 8gb cards]. And I was hoping this would make up for the steep pricing of the sony - PASS [DAMN!!!]!!!

Brain on March 4, 2008 9:49 PM

I want to order one by now. Why focus on the storage only? It has features surpass other units.

Vicky on March 6, 2008 9:19 PM

Read the news in misticriver, the E100 is available from warehouse123. The 8GB is only $215!

Zoodar on March 8, 2008 9:21 PM

"I want to order one by now. Why focus on the storage only? It has features surpass other units."

- Well, yes. But the functions doesn't make that much sense if I can't put my music on it.

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