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One site I do like to frequent for tech-goodness is AMP3 – or Advanced MP3 Players, to you and me! AMP3 have some great kit on board, and it’s very music-centric – just my cup of tea!
I happened across the iRiver P7 just browsing on the site, and it is NICE – check out the pic above. Sometimes I think we might forget that certain gadgets can excel at one thing to such an extent that they deserve to be standalone devices – case in point: the P7!
AMP3 have a nice summary:
The bare facts are that this is a 4.3” touchscreen media player, with great video support and Flash based memory (up to 16GB). It features the important flexibility of additional memory expansion, via microSD. iRiver fulfil expectations with a wide range of functionality and features, but this isn’t the main talking point of the player.
The really unique feature is the User Interface – iRiver call this Magazine UI. It makes the process of navigating and using the player much more familiar to more people, by arranging items in a Magazine layout – big panel icons and thumbnail images with useful information arranged around the screen in a really simple and attractive way.
This obviously makes full use of the fact that the 4.3” screen is all touch enabled, allowing infinite variation in the control layout – making each function of the player as straightforward to use as possible.
And on the specs front:
- Video formats: AVI, MP4, DAT, MPG, WMV, RM/RMVB, 3GP,K3G, FLV
- Great Resolution at 480×272 pixels
- Simple movie transfer – just drag and drop
- Audio formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, FLAC
- FM Radio
- Picture Viewer, including a slideshow function
- FM Radio Recorder (in WMV)
- Voice Recording (in WMV)
- Text Viewer
- Built-in Speaker
- Memory Expansion
Overall then, a REALLY nice bit of kit – and coming in at £179.00, it’s (I think) a very reasonable price too!
If you want to purchase one of these bad boys, check out AMP3 here.
About The Author
Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
