iriver P7 hands on @Engadget CES

[Relyt]

Quick specs -
4.3in lcd touch screen (swipe-like gestures) (480x272)
p10/20 like interface
no wifi
music
photos
world clock
videos (full movie codec support)
fm (20 presets)
srs WOW hd and 7 preset EQ
50 hours battery life
voice recording
4/8/16(iriver finally decides to break 8GB!!) flash memory

http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/08/v...the-iriver-p7/

[dfkt]

Interface looks a little more intelligent than the Cowon O2, but reacts as sluggish. At least the P7 has more tactile buttons... codec support is probably not on par with the O2, considering iRiver's history.

Wonder if it's still a crappy 480x272 screen, or a decent 800x480 one? No SD slot? Battery life?

[Relyt]

Originally Posted by dfkt

Interface looks a little more intelligent than the Cowon O2, but reacts as sluggish. At least the P7 has more tactile buttons... codec support is probably not on par with the O2, considering iRiver's history.

Wonder if it's still a crappy 480x272 screen, or a decent 800x480 one? No SD slot? Battery life?

Yeah, it does look sluggish. Hopefully the interface will be speedier before launch.

I believe that is is 480x272, unfortunately , but it does have a microsd slot (don't know why it has microsd instead of sd, though...). Forgot to mention that in the first post.

With a trip to pocketables I found out much more. 50 hours battery life, 4/8/16 NAND flash memory, full movie codec support (whatever that means), 7 preset EQ, srs wow hd, voice recording.

http://www.pocketables.net/2009/01/ces-2009-iriver.html

[gusanjang]

im aware it DOES have wifi...?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41nhI...eature=related

[iPoo]

Originally Posted by dfkt

Interface looks a little more intelligent than the Cowon O2, but reacts as sluggish. At least the P7 has more tactile buttons... codec support is probably not on par with the O2, considering iRiver's history.

At least they have time to fix that before release. The P3 (P3/P7/P35 what is up with P?) looked real sluggish too a couple of months ago. @ CES it looked snappy.

Btw, why isn't it on the FP yet? It was announced yesterday, the Sony was up within hours.

[Relyt]

Originally Posted by iPoo

Btw, why isn't it on the FP yet? It was announced yesterday, the Sony was up within hours.

Maybe Enzo hasn't been to the iriver booth yet.

[gusanjang]

im still wondering about the wifi...
and is the wifi gonna be like the itouch wifi where you can browse the internet or zune wifi where its limited to other zunes?

[dfkt]

Originally Posted by Relyt

Maybe Enzo hasn't been to the iriver booth yet.

Exactly, he will post it when he got some quality hands-on time with the player.

Originally Posted by gusanjang

im aware it DOES have wifi...?

Never trust CNET, most of the time they really don't know what they're talking about. Maybe it has Wifi, maybe it doesn't... we will know for sure once a reputable journalist writes about it.

[Relyt]

Originally Posted by dfkt

Maybe it has Wifi, maybe it doesn't... we will know for sure once a reputable journalist writes about it.

In the endagdet video, an iriver rep is talking about the P7. The engadget guy asks if it has wifi and the rep said it doesn't. That's where I got my info.


Also: Pocketables on the D50N eDictionary (which on the contrary does have wifi, but obviously will be a korean only device) http://www.pocketables.net/2009/01/wifi-enabled-ir.html

[dfkt]

Originally Posted by Relyt

In the endagdet video, an iriver rep is talking about the P7. The engadget guy asks if it has wifi and the rep said it doesn't. That's where I got my info.

Exactly, I trust that info a lot more than what CNET mutters...

[Relyt]

Jenn over at Pocketables has a hands-on - she likes it.

http://www.pocketables.net/2009/01/hands-on-impres.html

[dfkt]

Interestingly, the "P7" appears to be called "P10" on iRiver's website...