iRiver N10 (512MB)

By James Kim on 08/11/2004

More iRiver reviews , RRP: AU$499.00

The good:

  • Tiny pendant design
  • Crisp OLED display with eye-pleasing graphics

The bad:

  • Pricey
  • No UMS support
  • USB 1.1 only

The bottomline:

If you're going to wear your MP3 player, the N10 from iRiver is the sexiest choice.

Users' rating:

8/10

Tags:

512mb | audio | flash | iriver | mp3 | n10 | pendant | player | portable

The popularity of the iRiver brand name spans the globe, but in fact, many cool products in the Korean company's arsenal are available only in Asia or Europe. One such player, available in Australia, is the N10, a beautifully designed wearable player with capacities of as much as 512MB. Measuring 27.2 x 62.5 x 13.3mm and weighing in at only 22g, the N10, with its mesmerising, 16-shade OLED display, is the best-looking pendant-style MP3 player we've seen.

The MP3/WMA player features a stylish lanyard with integrated earbuds and is designed to be worn around the neck. You can also reduce the player's size by detaching its lanyard cap, turning the N10 into a handheld or pocket device. The mirror-finish, high-resolution screen displays lots of pertinent information as well as a variety of graphically pleasing screensavers. These include a level meter, bolts of lightning or a little dancing figure that gyrates to the beat.

Additional features include a sound-activated voice recorder, six EQ presets, a 3D sound mode and a clock. We'd love to see better battery life -- it's rated at 11 hours per charge -- and the 512MB version comes with a stiff AU$499 price. USB 2.0 would have been nice, too, as well as a 1GB version. Nevertheless, the jewel-like N10 scores major fashion points.

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anonymous
01/03/2007, 07:57 PM

rating
7
/10

really kool looking but way too costy

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jhaycee
28/01/2007, 10:38 PM

rating
5
/10

i cant put song here... it is needed to install cd?

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02/10/2005, 10:11 PM

very nice

you cant deny the premium price tag, but you also cant deny the design of this iriver; it is fantastic

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iGodly
29/06/2005, 04:10 AM

Completely Outstanding a mile above other flash

ive tested around 12 players which including the ipod shuffle, samsung yipp, panasonic sd85, benq range, and finaly the sony range.

ok so here it is in black and white In terms of sound quality its a little hard to explain. The player has an equalizer so you decide exsactly how you want it to sound. It offers 6 other variations of sound (YES 6) which include rock, metal, classical and so on. it has a stupid amount of features even a dam screen saver(in some cases to many) you can change so much its silly. and its so small it can easily be lost. its about half the size of a shuffle. you have full folder surport which is easy to navigate a clock which is easy to see. bad points if any are the screen can be scratched easy so treat it well. the screen is hard to see in daylight but extremly easy to see at night without causing attention. if you have any questions email me overall 9.9 out of ten (Yes it is that good) oh yeah the earphones are a naff but it has a replacment cap so you can use your own i recomend the er6i at £49.99 or sony bassboast at £16.99
use the sony for hiphop and the er6i for rock. i listen to both so i got both :)

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