iRiver H10 6GB - Expert Reviews

Review summary: The iRiver H10 isn't perfect by any means, but its advanced features, useful touch pad, and nice colour screen keep it on a par with similarly priced competition.

Pros: Sophisticated compact design with removable battery, Solid sound quality and nice EQ options, Excellent FM and voice recording, Photo-friendly colour screen, Supports Windows Media DRM 10.0

Cons: Controls aren't as intuitive as those on the iPod Mini, Power adapter requires a USB dongle, Line-in recording requires an optional cradle, Mediocre battery life, No album art support or PC-less transfer of photos to device

Verdict: As iRiver's first 5GB entry, the H10 includes nearly every coveted feature, but navigating the player controls can frustrate some users.

Review summary: The iRiver H10 isn't perfect by any means, but its advanced features, useful touch pad, and nice colour screen keep it on a par with similarly priced competition

Pros: Sophisticated compact design with removable battery ; solid sound quality and nice EQ options ; excellent FM and voice recording ; photo-friendly colour screen ; supports Windows Media DRM 10.0

Cons: Controls aren't as intuitive as those on the iPod Mini ; power adapter requires a USB dongle ; line-in recording requires an optional cradle ; mediocre battery life ; no album art support or PC-less transfer of photos to device

Review summary: The iriver H10 isn't perfect by any means, but its advanced features, useful touch pad, and nice color screen keep it on a par with similarly priced competition.

Pros: Sophisticated compact design with removable battery ; solid sound quality and nice EQ options ; excellent FM and voice recording ; photo-friendly color screen ; supports Windows Media DRM 10.0

Cons: Controls aren't as intuitive as those on the iPod Mini ; power adapter requires a USB dongle ; line-in recording requires an optional cradle ; mediocre battery life ; no album art support or PC-less transfer of photos to device

Verdict: As iriver's first 5GB entry, the H10 includes nearly every coveted feature, but navigating the player controls can frustrate some users.

Review summary: The iRiver H10 is the first mini digital audio player to offer a colour screen. But is it enough to lure people away from the likes of Creative and Apple?

Verdict: We had high hopes for the H10 but numerous idiosyncrasies keep it well away from reaching an award podium. Creative will be releasing its colour screen enabled Zen Micro by the middle of the year, and iRiver has until then to sort out the flaws and up ...

Review summary: The overall usability of the H10 is second to none.

Pros: Reliable and good looking ; seamlessly works with WMP10 ; good battery life

Cons: Cannot output images to a TV or monitor ; sound quality could be better