iriver Intros Next-Gen Clix Audio Player
On Wednesday iriver followed up its interestingly designed clix MP3 player with its second-generation audio device, with a novel LCD screen for extended battery life. On Wednesday, iriver followed up its interestingly designed clix MP3 player with a new device. Termed the "second generation iriver clix," this latest portable digital audio product is also a small flash-memory based personal music player, just like its predecessor, and sports the same 4-way rocking screen for use as a main interface. Available in storage flavors of 2 Gbytes, 4 GB, and 8 GB priced at $149.99, 199.99, and $249.99 respectively the new clix boasts a sizeable 2.2-inch QVGA AMOLED (Active Matrix Organically Light Emitting Diode) screen. This display is designed to be more energy efficient than the ubiquitous LCDs found on competing players. As a result, iriver claims the clix to have a rated battery life of a lengthy 24 hours for music playback and 5 hours screening video. The lightweight 1.9-ounce clix also supports a wide variety of file formats including MP3, WMA and OGG Q10 for music along with the Microsoft PlaysForSure DRM protocol, ensuring its compatibility with major music subscription providers such as Rhapsody, Napster, EMusic and URGE. In addition it'll play audible audiobooks plus MPEG4 videos and JPEG pictures. There's even a game feature for playing the included flash titles. According to iriver, you can also switch the clix between a MTP mode for easy synching with Windows Vista and XP (Service pack 1 or later) PCs and a UMS mode to drag and drop files over from older windows machines. Expect to find the device on sale now at iriver's online store. Copyright 2007 by Ziff Davis Media, Distributed by United Press International
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11 April 2007
By: Robert Ursache, Gadgets Editor
Cry Me Some Flash Content On The iRiver Clix 2
The Clix 2 features a sleek design, flash content and AMOLED display
Lookie here! Clix 2! Iriver, the maker of, err, iRiver, now wants to push the new Clix 2. It's actually out on the market. The device comes with the same built-in FM tuner, voice recorder and supports MP3, WMA, ASF and OGG music files, as well as MPEG-4 "simple profile" QVGA video. The upgrade comes with a sleeker design and also with some interesting features. But it's still a flash-based 4 GB MP3 player that will play your MTV spooky videos with style, show photo and text, read content from SD cards with its integrated card reader. The new stuff is actually the flash support, meaning that you will be able to download flash content from the Web. I'm talking about games, videos and photo slideshows. This probably means that you will also be able to download and playback YouTube videos. The Clix 2 boasts a 2.2-inch (56 mm) color screen that is larger than other screens from similar devices. And maybe due to the AMOLED screen technology, it will probably overtake its predecessor when it comes to image quality. It also maintains its intuitive interface. Its touchscreen lets you push the screen in order to navigate through the player's menu. Don't push too hard though. There are no navigation buttons, therefore there's a lot of space that could be affected by various stuff like your big intrusive thumb. There's still no word on whether it comes with the "old" Clix accessories (cradle, FM transmitter and car charger). The device is available for 139,99 UK pounds (around 275 US $). Maybe iRiver is finally ready to launch their Clix 3. We are just a few, but there are many of you, Softpedia users, out there. That's why we thought it would be a good idea to create an email address for you to help us a little in finding gadgets we missed. Interesting links are bound to be posted with recognition going mainly to those who submit. The address is.

iRiver Clix 2

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