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iRiver Launches H10 Digital Audio Player

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The stylish new 5GB players come in four colors (Lounge Gray, Remix Blue, Trance Red and Triple Platinum) and offer vivid, color screens for viewing photos. “The smaller drive MP3 player has become widely popular in today’s market, because it offers a balance between size and functionality,”said Cindy McCurley, industry analyst, Converging Markets & Technologies Group at In-Stat/MDR. “The smaller drive segment is also very attractive for manufacturers, as products in this segment are expected to outship products in the 1.8-inch segment in 2006. Some of the key features of this iriver product include its ability to utilize a variety of music services, its stylish design and color display.”

The H10 is designed to be PlaysForSure-verified out of the box and works with Windows Media Player 10, including support for Auto Sync to sync your music, photos and playlists. With the H10, consumers can choose from a growing number of PlaysForSure download and subscription stores, such as F.Y.E (For Your Entertainment), MSN Music, Musicmatch, MusicNow, Napster and Wal-Mart Music Downloads.

iRiver H10
iRiver H10 in red

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The H10 also supports innovative online portable subscription services, such as Napster’s Napster To Go offering, to provide customers an array of music, news, business and entertainment audio content.

The iriver H10 plays up to 150 hours of digital music and includes a rechargeable and replaceable battery, integrated voice recorder and a digital FM tuner with FM recording capabilities. The players come bundled with iriver earphones, quality carrying case, installation software CD, AC adapter, USB 2.0 cable, interface cable and printed user manual.

iriver H10 5GB features:
Plays up to 150 hours of digital music*
5GB of internal storage**
Vivid color display
Ultra-intuitive interface with convenient touch strip
Displays digital photos
Slim, lightweight design
PlaysForSure enabled
Supports portable subscription service Napster To Go
Rechargeable, removable battery lasts up to 12 hours
Built-in FM tuner and FM recorder
Integrated voice recorder
Ultra-fast USB 2.0 transfers
Supports MP3, WMA, JPEG and TXT files
Enhanced 3D audio (supports SRS WOW)
Dimensions: 3.8″x 2.2″x 0.6″
Weight: 3.4 ounces
Pricing and Availability
The H10 will be available at the iriver eStore www.iriveramerica.com/estore, Best Buy and selected retail outlets in January 2005. Suggested retail price for the H10 is USD $279.99.

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