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Known for dashy and different digital media players, iriver is the consumer electronic arm of ReignCom. The Korean company, founded in 1999, is now a well-known brand. iriver’s products include MP3 players, MP4 players, PMP players, mobile televisions, home media centres and Wi-Fi networks.

In 2000, iriver released its first product, iMP-100, a portable CD player which could decode MP3 data files. All iriver players can now play MP3 and WMA files. In fact, some of the newer players have direct MP3 recording facilities. Many of these players also have displays in languages such as French, Spanish, German, Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. You can also have WinAmp playlists in iriver players and use functions like repeat and shuffle. iriver also launched flash-based players. Many of iriver’s recent products come with Microsoft PlaysForSure and provide access to subscription-based music download services like Napster and Yahoo! Music Unlimited.

One of the latest iriver players is the X20, which is designed like a mobile phone. The glossy black and silver colour make the device look sharp and elegant. The X20 has a 2.2-inch QVGA colour TFT-LCD, a horizontal display and an operating system. If you are left-handed, the X20 allows you to flip the screen using your left hand. The X20 contains a replaceable Lithium ion battery, so you can listen to music for almost 22 hours continuously. This model comes with 2GB, 4GB and 8GB storage capacities. You can also increase the memory with a Micro-SD card. With the real-time recorder on the X20 model, you can even record a live performance.

Another popular iriver product is the E10, which is a 6GB multimedia player with 1.5-inch TFT LCD screen. The E10 is a flash game player endowed with Macromedia Flash Lite 2.0 and has image storage capability, a video player and a FM tuner. The E10 can also play MPEG-4 videos. It can store and play up to 1500 tracks and even doubles up as a universal TV remote control. You can change channels, adjust volume and switch any television on or off. The E10 comes with iriver’s Plus Music syncing software and version 3 can be downloaded.

The iriver Plus is your personal digital jukebox that can generate playlists and can organize all the existing and new music tracks in the library. Using the iriver Plus you can store and customize music, videos, audio books and photographs. This media player also includes Music Sync for both automated and manual synchronization and includes firmware upgrades.