We love AnythingbutiPod though we are not totally sold to their sensibility. The the iRiver SPINN for example. A 4GB iRiver Spinn would set you back $250 or $50 more than an iPod Nano 4G with a 16GB capacity. Sure, the iRiver SPINN has more features than the Nano but a higher capacity iPod Touch (8GB), which definitely has more features than the iRiver SPINN. AnythingbutiPod admits the price is inhibitive but also goes on to say that the SPINN brings back iRiver to the competitive PMP game. They reason that with this price, one can only expect the best parts in your PMP. Surprisingly, sound quality is not that good although the touchscreen has Haptics, which should enjoyable.

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The iRiver SPINN, the 3.2 or 3.3-inch (we’re not sure which one’s the official screen size) AMOLED touch screen PMP which will be the first gadget to run the new SPINN user iterface, can now be ordered and will be shipped to you come October 3rd. Price is $249.99 for the 4GB and $289.99 for the 8GB. The touchscreen has Haptics and Bluetooth 2.0 can be enjoyed in this PMP. For a little demo, you can go to this iRiver SPINN post with a video.

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The P.Ple P20 is now showing on iRiver’s official site and it has been formally nickname the multimedia player for professionals. I say it’s the P20’s formal designation, but I don’t see a reason why non-pros should not be able to get one off the shelf if he likes it enough. The 4.1-inch 480 x 272-pixel Amoled display is attractive enough, especially with 80GB or 120GB of storage. It plays MPEG4, XviD, WMV9, MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, APE, FLAC, JPEG, RAW, BMP, GIF, PNG and has added support for DOC, XLS, PPT, PDF, HWP, GUL, HTML / HTM / MHTML, TXT, SWF. I say, I need this baby. With a DMB tuner, FM tuner built-in mic and speaker it’s 300 euros ($439) for the 80GB and 320 ($468) euros for the 120GB.

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The 3.3-inch AMOLED iRiver SPINN may be the only genuine iPod Touch killer in the market. We’ve been excited about the SPINN ever since CES and now it’s out in the market in Korea and will soon be made available to the rest of the world, hopefully, before big-spending season begins in earnest. Engadget has a video demonstrating the SPINN interface. Of course, the SPINN PMP is a touchscreen device as well. Storage maxes out at 16GB. In the U’K. it has been announced with a DAB tuner and it’s such a nice-looking device someone in China has already cloned it.

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The iRiver P20 is an HD player with a 4.1-inch AMOLED screen and support for DMB TV. We’re expecting up to 160GB of memory but options are 80Gb and 120GB only so far. It will feature the new iRiver SPINN user interface. and plays 9 hours of video.

The iRiver M3 is a PMP/ PND with 3.5-inch screen. Really not as exciting as COWON’s announcement of the S9 Curve but iRiver has the Unit II waiting behind the curtains for officialization so stay tuned. We’d really love to learn more about this media center-cum-PMP from iRiver.

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The anticipated iRiver SPINN is a 3.2-inc WQVGA touchscreen PMP with Motion Touch Technology that provides haptic feedback and a SPINN Wheel control, already mentioned when this PMP was first announced. It will have DMB, DAB and FM tuners, Bluetooth 2.0, support for AVI, WMV, TXT, SWF (flash lite 2.1), MP3, WMA, OGG, FLAC, ASF, EPA, JPEG with a battery capacity that gives you 24 hours of audio and 5 hours of video. Itis already available in Korea for $ 259 for the 4GB and 8GB for the $299.

Video demo of the controls and UI of the iRiver SPINN PMP after the break.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26cvzphBJT8

We have yet to hear about the availability of iRiver’s W7 outside of Asia. The iRiver W7 is not the perfect iRiver PMP but it’s not bad either and the unique combination of stylus-based touchscreen and joystick would no doubt tempt quite a few people looking for a portable video player. What we know is that the W7 is only available in Korea and China and in the latter, consumers get a bonus 300-yuan price cut sending the W7 to just under 2000 yuan ($293 US) category.

Just to recap, the iRiver W7 has a 3-inch 480 × 272 screen, support for WMV, AVI, SWF, MP3, WMA and Flash games. It has 8GB of onboard storage with microSD slot for memory extension.

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The much-anticipated iRiver SPINN will be a touchscreen PMP. This is unexpected because we’ve always thought, the PMP will be controlled using the hinge spin-wheel on the right side with a new D-Click system (supposed to be dubbed SPINN). Even the FCC leak was mistaken about this. iRiver had us all fooled on this one. Worse, we have no idea if we want it, not having any clue what the UI is like.

Officially, it has a 3.3-inch touchscreen (AMOLED, ladies and gents) with 480 x 272-pixel resolution. It’s equipped with T-DMB, Bluetooth and DAB, supposedly and will come at quite a good pricing: 4GB for $259 and 8GB for $299 or thereabouts for Korean pricing. No word on US pricing or US availability but the UK is supposed to get the iRiver SPINN August.

[via engadget]

The iRiver SPINN has hit the FCC with the version boasting DAB and DMB support. I’m not sure U.S. users will have a lot of use for DAB radio and DMB TV tuners. The PMP will probably be available in the U.K. by August. The iRiver SPINN has a 3.2-inch AMOLED screen and support for 30fps video playback. It can play AVI, MWV, SWF (Flash), MP3, WMA, OGG. It has Bluetooth and FM. The photo above may not look much, but that is not the manufacturer’s fault but the FCC.

[via engadget]