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iRiver S10 (2GB) - CNET

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A review of the iRiver S10 (2GB) MP3 player has been posted over at CNET. 'The competitively small iRiver S10 came hot on the heels of the Apple iPod Shuffle--in Asia, anyway. Now, iRiver is selling the stylish 2GB Flash player stateside and it's much of what we expected: feature-packed with a cool interface and great sound quality. However, some may find the $170 price tag daunting (Creative's 2GB Zen V Plus goes for about $110 by comparison) and others may scoff at the paltry eight-hour battery life. Still, if you lust after tiny tech, you'll definitely want to give the S10 a look.

No denying the iRiver S10 is cute, though some might find that it borders on ridiculousness in its minuteness. At 1.7x1.2x0.4 inches, it's just a hair larger than the iPod Shuffle but just as easy to misplace. In fact, I daresay the S10's a bit easier to lose track of due to its black coloring, which causes it to blend into dark surfaces and areas. Still, if you're looking for a tiny MP3 player that can be easily passed off as a pendant, this one fits the bill. Plus, unlike the Shuffle, the S10 offers a crisp color OLED screen--one that's rather larger than that of the MobiBlu Cube2 at 1.2-inches. Oddly, iRiver chose to orient the screen in portrait mode, which requires constant scrolling of longer text on the display. Unfortunately, there's no option to switch to landscape.'

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