Iriver E150 / E200- Improved Version of the E100
I have some strong words for the iriver E100 and to sum up my review in two blunt words: epic fail. By any other means it would have been just a mediocre MP3 player, but I use these harsh words because I expect much more from iriver.
It seems they realized their mistake to cheap out on the E100 and are revamping the player with an aluminum case and a better LCD screen. Additionally, they are getting rid of the external speakers- this being good news since they may make for a slimmer design and really the speakers were pretty weak by standards to begin with. So all in all it should be a very nice upgrade to be released sometime at the end of summer.
[Crave]
Comments
Kamil on April 24, 2008 9:40 PM
The removal of the speakers is good. But iriver also needs to integrate the two flash memory sources TOGETHER.
As it stands, the microSD slot and internal flash are completely separate, so browsing through mp3s will only show the mp3s based on which source is selected. This is REALLY stupid.
iRiver also needs to change the orientation of the d-pad, up/down skips tracks......??? what the...? Its completely opposite of every other mp3 player on the market. Why?
If the speakers are being removed, id like to see a better or bigger battery put in place, 25 hours of battery life is good, but it could do a lot better, any by that, i mean it could perform like a sony (36 hours!)
Fix that, and those MINOR details and irivers got itself a good product to throw against competitors, i was VERY excited to see it, especially by its aesthetic design, its very nice (i really do hope they dont switch to aluminum, i like the plastic, the brown colored E100 is my favourite).
whoami on April 24, 2008 10:21 PM
I believe its "epic failure". Please proofread.
ptwk on April 25, 2008 2:23 AM
Whilst "failure" might be grammatically correct, "epic fail" is a popular internet slang expression and there's nothing wrong with it in this context :)
GrahmSkee on April 25, 2008 4:43 AM
@ptwk, thanks for defending me against the grammar nazis. Indeed that was the usage i was going for. =)
shoken on April 25, 2008 9:47 PM
I just read the review and a categorical "epic fail" isn't the impression one gets. If that's what you really think of the product, I wouldn't have expected the review to sum up with the words "decent player", and to be generally positive with mild, diplomatic caveats sprinkled throughout.
James on April 26, 2008 8:26 PM
@Shoken, he states in this post, "By any other means it would have been just a mediocre MP3 player, but I use these harsh words because I expect much more from iriver."
I don't believe it was so much that it was a bad player, but that a company of iRiver's prestige is expected to put out a good player. In this case you get a still kinda expensive okay plastic-covered mediocre player from an expensive brand name company.
That's epic-fail.
James on April 26, 2008 8:31 PM
@Whoami, I believe it's "it's", not "its"!
PLEZ PRUFRED!
lifesavings25dawler on April 28, 2008 11:41 PM
I hope the new E100s
Work it harder make it better do it faster makes us stronger
lol
Jutlanders on April 29, 2008 12:23 AM
LOL. It is stonger. :)