Looks like you could only use it in your right hand. Would kinda annoy me if I was already holding say, a soda in my right hand and I couldn't navigate it well because I wouldn't be able to hold that grip they have on the right side of the screen. In the first video you can kinda tell, the guy taking the video is holding the camera with the right how, and look at how he's holding the thing with his left. Does the screen rotate to fix that like the ipod touch?

SDreamer

Nice, looks like they came up with something good when they tried to get around the iPod-like scroll wheel.

hanswurst0815

Cool. As much as I want a Touch or whatever, I'm kind of tempted to try a non-Apple product after my 5g iPod dies. Just for the sake of shopping around... and I miss the ability to use my music player without looking at it. That was one of my favorite things about my mp3 cd player back in the day. Woo, 700 MB of memory!

Anyway that is one sexy device. I want one.

kzooguy

yes it looks so sweet.... sorta like a cleaner Terry Gilliam´esk apparatus. Very cool. Definently a winning original design and ui.

You GIZ guys gonna visit the Cowon stand any second? cant wait to see the S9 and the O2. Uhhh cant wait.

baandoptager

Great info. Thx Jesus

robpruitt

looks hot. i might have to replace my d2

Weihovah

@laxman15: That looked like the Trailer.

This thing looks very cool, I'm in need of a player, maybe I'll check this thing out.

Ephemera

@laxman15: there be pirates there! GRRRR!

anyways, this looks amazing... just fantastic... but whats the difference with an AMOLED and a regular lcd?

Charging_Mooses

since when was wall-e out on dvd

laxman15

I couldn't really see much of the interface, although it looks interesting. The packaging looks cool, but is it enviro-friendly? Seems like a lot of aluminum for something that's just going to be thrown away, but I suppose that's recyclable. Not too sure about the plastic, though. That plastic doesn't look like a #1 or #2.

FritzLaurel

thanks for a fair and unbiased review.

extremer

looks very cool :D put a phone function and wlan in it and you're good to go.

btw... an AMOLED is an Actice Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode
The active matrix is used in displays bigger than a regular mobile phone display. so the display is just a regular oled screen with an active matrix.

Slatter

Although this _does_ look nice - for the time being, I'll keep my Classic.

sharkync

@baandoptager: The trumpet is not a speaker for the Spinn. It's just a concept MP3 player you can twist around. You can use it with headphones or the trumpet, which acts as a speaker.

Jesus Diaz

That does look pretty hot.

MastaFalse

The case for it looks so cool. And... the spinn trumpet/grammophone speaker for it (saw it at engadget: [www.engadget.com] )... omg. Its nice.

baandoptager

@Jesus Diaz: I knew it was concept so far. But what do you mean exactly by mp3 player you can twist around?. I assumed it just plugged into the bottom of the spinn. ???

baandoptager

Irivers are very original, absolutely love the spinn... *drooling* damn, this is hot! .A perfect dedicated media player (no phone, multi app nonsense) throw in some add on and premium earbuds and its good to go. not sure bout the ergonomics though....

snowy_coke

Wait... you don't like the screen? That's the deal-killer for me. I'm intrigued by the UI and the spin control, but if the screen isn't as nice as say, the iPhone, then I'm not buyin'.

How does the screen compare to the iPhone?

Dancing Milkcarton

Hey, does anyone know how many GBs the player will be available in?

CHO

Wow! I really like what I see. I'm a die hard iPod fan, but iRiver has managed to turn my head with this device.

Throw in Mac compatibility, decent syncing software, and good battery life and we're getting somewhere.

NotMe

This looks like a much better option then the dreaded click wheel. And a volume button!? It's almost like they thought about ergonomics! But, the volume button looks like it's in the wrong place. Overall, looks like things are looking up.

james-42

At long last, it will arrive on our shores! I'll take 2... one for me, and one for... uhhh... me!

halfkorean

This is pretty innovative.

Rain-man

@Weihovah: I wouldn't. I love my D2, plus it has an SD-HC card slot. I have the 8gb D2(which I paid 140 for) and an 8gb SD-HC card(paid 35 for).

Tsumi91

DO WANT!!! This looks cool... I really liked my iRiver back before "iPod" was a synonym for "MP3 Player"

I might get one :)

Josh_Geyer

I want it! Finally, this could be my first mp3 player. I was still rocking the CD's, but I'm sure this will finally turn me over to all-digital music playback.

Now all that's left is waiting for a release date here in the Netherands...

hezz05

I've never loved an mp3 player more than my clix, but leave it to iriver to convince me that the clix UI and navigation scheme is antiquated. Me want. BADLY.

spuntyb

Interesting. If it supports UMS like my D2, I might consider it. If they make you use some crap music manager or WMP to sync, forget it.

davekaybsc

@davekaybsc: Usually anything new enough to use WMP will work with Winamp just as well.

qbrad

if it syncs with winamp im sold. this thing is very sexy.

i really hate using itunes and if i can revert to my pre-ipod days of winamp, i'd be overjoyed.

caL

Is it just me or does the headphone jack placement seem retarded? It won't fit all the way into your pocket...

Nathan Drake

Have they added FLAC support to it yet? Or is it still OGG for lossless?

Rincewind

Umm... is that a bootleg of WALL-E on that thing?

The Terminator

How do you stand it up with the headphones plugged in? They put the headphone connection on the bottom!

Kodai1

wifi? phone calls? GPS? WTF? how is it gonna kill the iPhone if it isn't even a damn phone!?
No, seriously, this is badass. I like.

nobodyzhome

@The Terminator: No. The title clearly says "WallE_Trailer"

Nathan Drake

wait it says it has a DMB tuner, that free?

takemetoyourtoaster

Jah! Dis is very goot lookin. Jah. I vant.

sharmanova

@Jesus Diaz: from what you've written about the trumpet speaker and what has been mentioned elsewhere about it, it looks to be more of an optional accessory as opposed to being part of the 'pipe' DAP.

After all, you were told that the 'pipe' could be used with headphones or the speaker, meaning it's an integral part of the player.
Also, Engadget has a shot of it plugged straight into a SPINN here.

Step666

@Kodai1: You could, maybe, try holding it with your hands? -_-

hezz05

mmmh.. scrolling with your LEFT hand only when in portrait and at the same time your hand partially covers the screen... but in landscape you need to scroll with your RIGHT hand... but it looks like you need both hands.
It loks nice, but it is just a gimmick.. fail.

sos10

The player will be available in 4 and 8GB. Movie play time is 5hour, music is 24 hours - apparently. The AMOLED is stunning and vivid and I dont see why people are slacking it off, I checked it out at their stand today and its far more vibrant than the iphone.

Cobayashi

I was down at the iRiver stand aswell today and this is by far the most interesting gadget I've seen. Its really nice and hefty, not heavy or anything, but VERY solid and sturdy - think solid metal.

I'd have to disagree about the AMOLED screen though - its amazing! They only had some poor quality TV-rips of "The Hills" episodes on there but there was one AMOLED demo track that really made the colours pop. Very vivid colours and with a video play time of 5 hours (24h for audio) its more than I'll ever need.

Cobayashi

Is anyone else bothered by the Palm like recessed screen? Hey, I'm just saying.

MOBIUSONE

Very cool "tuner" interface.

VideoVampire

Lookin' good. I may want to ditch my iPod Touch for this someday.

Pi-face