iriver E10 - A Closer Look

**jeff** · #1 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 05:15 AM

iriver E10...

lulu · #2 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 05:35 AM

everything looks nice... but the four click buttons look out-of-place... =(

speed123 · #3 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 05:38 AM

Well, nice

Size is good for the emense of features! I guess it has everthing a H320 brings with exept the 20 GB, line in and line out.

Well done, iriver. the screen looks quite pixi ...

itsmeguys · #4 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 05:44 AM

i dunnno, to me, it just doesnt look like an iRiver.

**adamti91** · #5 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 05:51 AM

Looks like a nice design, but why on earth didn't they use flash instead of a hard drive?

-Adam

**musichound** · #6 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamti91

Looks like a nice design, but why on earth didn't they use flash instead of a hard drive?

-Adam

1. They wanted to make sure it's thicker than the Ipod

2. Perhaps to leave an option for a larger hard drive?

**BBD** · #7 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speed123

Size is good for the emense of features! I guess it has everthing a H320 brings with exept the 20 GB, line in and line out.

Well done, iriver. the screen looks quite pixi ...

It's a bit early in the AM for me, but did I couldn't quite tell if that was sarcasm, a backhanded compliment, or serious...

I like the matte black finish of the casing, but the rest is just a bit sad. Is TV so great in S. Korea that one would see the addition of the remote **aherm** feature as a good thing...? Especially given the sacrifice of HD space, line-in/out, etc...?

BBD

samkirk · #8 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 06:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adamti91

Looks like a nice design, but why on earth didn't they use flash instead of a hard drive?

-Adam

By the look of the 4 button navigation and features, its a U10 with a Hard Drive rather than flash memory.

camcrazy · #9 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 06:25 AM

i couldn't quite tell, does it have album art capability?

doomlordis · #10 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 08:37 AM

Nah, iriver should concentrate on clix, d-click is a great idea well implemented. This just looks like a fat nano , i would rather have a Iaudio 6.
I think the 20gb H10 has seriously f@cked Iriver , it is too big and is a step back from the h320.
Give me a 8gb Clix and i will be happier (as i am very happy with my 2gb u10 as it is)

gorcorps · #11 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 09:34 AM

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Originally Posted by samkirk

By the look of the 4 button navigation and features, its a U10 with a Hard Drive rather than flash memory.

Nah, the U10 screen is nice.... this one isn't. I would have liked to see a larger capacity U10 instead even if it meant mini drive and bigger.

dexta · #12 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doomlordis

Nah, iriver should concentrate on clix, d-click is a great idea well implemented. This just looks like a fat nano , i would rather have a Iaudio 6.
I think the 20gb H10 has seriously f@cked Iriver , it is too big and is a step back from the h320.
Give me a 8gb Clix and i will be happier (as i am very happy with my 2gb u10 as it is)

yeah i agree

pelinkovac · #13 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 10:49 AM

It looks very cheap to me.Not looking good for a player that will sell on the looks.

**jeff** · #14 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 01:26 PM

1. No album art
2. Screen Pixilated - no, just the photo
3. Cheap build quality - no, actually it's probably the best feeling, best built player since the H100 Series, very tight, well made
4. Matte Finish - excellent choice of finish and materials, does not scratch
5. Remote Function - gimmicky but useful nonetheless. I had fun with it at work last night in the breakroom as well

6. Hard Drive vs. Flash - instantly larger capacity without high cost. I'll take this over the Nano any day of the week. (Nano is for sale by the way with a few scratches, pm if interested)
7. iAudio 6 vs. E10 - not even close in my opinion. I played with the iAudio 6 at CES, the screen is simply too tiny to be useful, especially for any video viewing, no ID3 tag support although they may have implemented that by now.
8. clix vs. E10 - I too would love to have a larger capacity clix but for now it's what we have

**NPswimdude500** · #15 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by MisticJeff

3. Cheap build quality - no, actually it's probably the best feeling, best built player since the H100 Series, very tight, well made
4. Matte Finish - excellent choice of finish and materials, does not scratch

I was about to say: even just from the photos, it looks very solidly built. Sturdy, if you will.

CarlJohnson · #16 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 07:57 PM

The plastic material looks really cheap, it might be sturdy...but so is my regualr TV remote. It would just seem like in a new +?$200 DAP it would look more...."nice"?

Kain · #17 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 10:42 PM

As I said before, it's just a slightly enhanced H10 from the looks of it. I'm still hanging on for a larger capacity U10 which is what they should really concentrate on since that's what consumers will more likely go for. Big, fat screen grabs the customers attention more then anything else imo.

ilovethgod · #18 (**permalink**) May 26th, 2006, 11:28 PM

looks pretty sweet. I'd buy one.

obliviscor · #19 (**permalink**) May 27th, 2006, 12:35 AM

Hi,

I have a few questions and I would be grateful if you have the answers:

1)Where can I buy this player?
2)is it only on sale in Korea (I will be going there this summer)
3)can I easily replace the battery if it dies?
4)is there english menu support?
5)does it support utf-8
6)is the video features in this player the same as the video features on the u10/clix?

sorry for the amount of questions, but I would like to know more about the player before I buy it. I made the mistake of buying the Sansa e250 without researching and ended up with a player with no UTF-8 support therefore all my Korean songs are have boxes instead of text.

I should have stuck to iRiver. ^_^;

thanks in advance

Cameron[irivernordic] · #20 (**permalink**) May 27th, 2006, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obliviscor

Hi,

I have a few questions and I would be grateful if you have the answers:

1)Where can I buy this player?

We got our first delivery of the new E10 yesterday to Scandinavia. Our shops should have it for sale starting early next week.

If you like you can buy it from us directly, if that's of interest please send me an email and I'll give you details on how to order - cameron@irivernordic .com

bradavon · #21 (**permalink**) May 27th, 2006, 09:33 AM

Those picks show it's almost the same size as the Nano except for depth so it must be tiny but what about UMS support???

Someone must know.

Quote:

Originally Posted by doomlordis

I think the 20gb H10 has seriously f@cked Iriver , it is too big and is a step back from the h320.

Not in the UI front it's not. The UI is a leap forward over the H300.

The H300 is overrated, give me a H10 6GB any day.

Xabrophazon · #22 (**permalink**) May 27th, 2006, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by bradavon

Not in the UI front it's not. The UI is a leap forward over the H300.

The H300 is overrated, give me a H10 6GB any day.

The H300 is overrated? It's widely regarded as one of the best daps to ever be created, and not just at MR. Combined with RockBox, it sure as hell kicks the crap out of any iPod or other dap. I do agree that the H10 UI is more natural then the H300's complex UI, but there is no way that the H300 can realistically be considered a pushover of any sort.