I love my iRiver1

Category: Review on iRiver E10 6GB Digital Media Player

Posted by: 20-Sep-2007

Strengths: Quality of workmanship, good sound, easy interface

Weaknesses: Yet to be found

I've been using my iRiver E10 for several months and can definitely say it's worth the money. I mostly listen to it while on the bus going to/from work. Sometimes I listen to music, but mostly to audiobooks and FM radio. Although I've been working with computers for 30 years, this was my first mp3 player and I thought I'd have to learn a lot to operate it. Fortunately enough, I was wrong. The gadget is so easy to operate! The screen is bright and the menu options are visible even on the sun. It is lighter than I expected (knowing it has a 6 GB hard drive). Even minor things, like multilingual support were a nice surprise - I found that the device can speak Russian, which I also happen to speak. The quality of FM radio reception is not too bad, taking into account that it is a secondary function of E10. I even tried to watch movies on it and the quality was reasonable to keep me watching. Although there is a little trick - you have to convert a normal movie avi file to a lower resolution format (and a smaller file too) using a free downnload program. Overall, I would recommend E10 to everyone wanting to enjoy a great media player.