iRiver Clix2 (4GB, 1st Generation, Black) - Expert Reviews

Review summary: svelte portable music and video player: It seems hard to believe that it was almost exactly a year ago that iRiver brought out its H10 multimedia player, with its emphasis on compactness, ease of function and good sound quality. The U10 has...

Verdict: It looks good, the sound quality is excellent and the operating system is extremely user friendly. Because of its size, versatility and battery power this should be high on your shopping list if you don't need loads of storage space while on the move.

Review summary: It seems hard to believe that it was almost exactly a year ago that iRiver brought out its H10 multimedia player, with its emphasis on compactness, ease of function and good sound quality. The U10 has ...

Verdict: It looks good, the sound quality is excellent and the operating system is extremely user friendly. Because of its size, versatility and battery power this should be high on your shopping list if you don't need loads of storage space while on the move.

Review summary: The iriver Clix is a rebranded version of last year's iriver U10, which offered a groundbreaking new design in an overpriced package. The Clix is physically identical to its predecessor, but its interface has been overhauled, its performance improved, ...

Pros: Cool-looking design. Very good sound quality. Lots of extras, including Flash video games. Long battery life

Cons: Click screen can be annoying to use. Nonremovable battery. No lossless compression or Audible.com support. No included video-conversion software. Video frame rate is only 15 fps

Verdict: The Clix is a nice player that offers very good audio and photo quality, long battery life, and a host of extras.

Review summary: If the iRiver Clix looks familiar, that's because it's simply an improved version of the iRiver U10. You get the same cool, miniature TV-like design and great features, alongside an enhanced user interface and superb integration with Windows Media ...

Pros: Sleek and stylish, the iRiver Clix offers a unique, intuitive interface and comes with extras such as an FM radio ; a voice recorder ; an alarm clock ; support for OGG files and subscription content ; and photo, video, and text viewing. The Clix ...

Cons: The iRiver Clix's ample screen is a magnet for fingerprints, and the cool and useful cradle is sold separately

Verdict: The iRiver Clix is a superbly designed MP3 player that's easy to use and packed with pretty much every feature in the book. If you're looking for a stylish Janus-compatible device and you don't need a boatload of storage, this is your player.

Review summary: The pricey iRiver U10 is a superbly designed MP3 player that is both easy to use and packed with pretty much every feature in the book.

Pros: Wonderfully sleek and stylish design, Unique and intuitive interface, Supports OGG files and subscription content, Includes FM radio, voice recorder, alarm clock, and SRS Wow sound effects, Photo, video, and text viewing, Great battery life

Cons: Expensive, Maximum capacity is 1GB, No autoplay, No album art, Useful cradle is sold separately

Verdict: The pricey iRiver U10 is a superbly designed MP3 player that is both easy to use and packed with pretty much every feature in the book. But Apple won't be quaking in its boots until iRiver ups its capacity to 2GB and 4GB.