iRiver H10 5GB Silver Audio Jukebox

Rating:
Summary: Comparison B/N Zen Micro and H10
Review: Do not buy this player as its sound quality is nowhere near to the Creative Zen Micro , Only good thing about this player is Good FM reception , It gives distored sound with EQ settings .I have tried with studio series sony headphones also , whereas with full volume and EQ settings Zen micro gives very ultimate sound.
But if someone wants fancy look and facility to store the JPG files can go for this player.



Rating:
Summary: Small, Feature Filled, Awesome new player
Review: First of all I have to say that my new iRiver h10 has NONE of the so called "bugs" mentioned in an earlier review. I'd love to know how many people actually had these and if that reviewer just read something negative on a bulliten board and felt compelled to bash as if every player had a defect lol.
I've been through this player and the manual and everything worked-- and I did check out the site mentioned about the h10 bugs too to make sure mine didnt have any!. Well, my H10 works like a charm and iRiver site mentions that any firmware updates will be posted as needed. 'Nuf said. Back to reality-If you have windows xp and want to use napster to go, it was tailor made for that but of course its great for any mp3's or wavs too.
Instead of wondering what it has, let's just say it has just about everything and at a great price. The bonus is that this is a super high quality player that looks simply amazing. I consider this an iPod plus, the plus being fm, recording, removeable battery etc.
Its a pleasure to hold and look , and with windows media player 10 its a joy with this music system they worked out ( with microsoft)that Im using. This thing is simply the best mp3 player available. The only con is that it doesnt use iTunes. Its going to be a huge success for iRiver- there is no doubt about it. Ive been using mp3 players since before there were any hard drive models. Its unreal to have one this small with all the features and such an intense menu system with color .jpg viewing of photos thrown in too. I have it right here and love it already. Mine is grey and very sleek. The design looks 10 times better in real life. Im prone to be pro iPod but have to admit this is really really close in the iPod style department and way ahead in features. Conclusion:
The H10 just came out. It's going to be a huge hit and because of this there will be a lot of negatives tossed about by competitors. The fact is that mine works perfectly, sounds better than the creative and rio players Ive had in the past, and importantly looks amazing compared to the competition. Highly recommend.

Rating:
Summary: Coolest Player for the Money
Review: I absolutely love this thing. Design is hot and it has the perfect small form factor and frankly I dont know how they got it all in such a small package. I got through the options/features as there are a lot of them and its this is killer plus. I've never had so much fun figuring out a player.
I haven't noticed any bugs in my lounge dark grey H10 . IMPORTANT NOTE: The picture here doesn't do it justice. The amazon.com picture is distorted. It has the player tilted which as any photograhper knows causes bad distortion. In real life this will take your breath away.
Basics:
Super lightweight color screen for photos. A slim 0.6 inches thick weighing only 3.4 ounces!!!! Amazing touch strip control and removeable rechargeable battery with 12-hour + ( my home test) battery life. Great voice recorder and a digital FM tuner with FM recorder. The best thing about it is how small it is. Its going to surprise you. But, its not too small. Cool small is more like it. If you don't fall in love with this I will be surprised. Features are important and it sounds great. Looks are important and it looks great. Price is important and its priced low for the features it has. There are a few mini players around now but none with the features this has that look this good. I guess that's what got me interested in the first place. Good luck with whatever you choose. Im a happy camper with my h10!

More info-" PlaysForSure-verified with Windows Media Player 10 with for Auto Sync for music, photos and playlists. You can choose from a growing number of PlaysForSure download and subscription stores, -- comes with earphones, carrying case with belt clip, USB 2.0 cable, AC adapter, and installation CD-ROM. "



Rating:
Summary: Me likee iRiver....
Review: I'll just start by saying, I've had an iRiver mp3 player since April, and except for some stupid things done on my part, it's worked perfectly, and the little 190T of mine has even survived a five-foot drop on a hard stone floor, and has an excellent equalizer, and just adjusting the bass and treble gives it spectacular sound. Judging by others' reviews, I assume the H10 is no exception. As soon as I amass the necessary funds, I intend to buy this, and rock out! The removable battery was iRiver's smartest move in my opinion, and that will give it the serious edge over the iPod. Creative's mp3 players are fairly good, but a friend of mine has one, and the bass is nowhere near as powerful as from my little 190T. The sound overall from the Creative Nomad was diminuitive compared to the 190T.
People who like excellent sound, compact packages, convenient controls, and the complement of a removable rechargeable battery will not regret this mp3 player at all (and yes, firmware upgrades are a must for ANY mp3 player, and iRiver is sure as heck no exception.), and will find a good deal of use from it. Peace out. Chaos in.

I have a few other questions: can this player be used as a backup hard drive? I know that the 20 and 40 GB models can be used that way, but can the 5 gig H10 be as well? Does the .TXT support mean one can read MS Word documents? That alone would have me drooling a veritable Columbia River. I like to edit my stories on the road, and being able to read over my stories to catch my mistakes would be a definite bonus. That's my bit. But do try and think outside the iPod. This one's a definite up-and-comer.

Rating:
Summary: research this player before committing
Review: Pros: great build, feels nice and solid;
- the touch pad is excellent very precise movement: tapping the top and bottom of the strip or simply holding it down allows excellent precision and accuracy.
- great feedback with the buttons (you don't have to wonder if you pressed a button when it's in your pocket).
- sound quality is excellent volume from 0 - 40. around 20 is already loud enough for me.
- color screen; big pictures will appear blurry, but it's expected with a small screen
- very intuitive controls. the back button always brings you back to the last screen no matter what the last screen is. example: while in the picture browser i wanted to change the song click FF then click back and i'm back in the picture browser.
- excellent shuffle mode algorithm: you will not hear the same song twice as it the player takes the played songs out of the algorithm
- MTP = drag and drop if you prefer it more than windows media player. there is no propietary software (but drag and drop is slower than syncing with WMP. it's still not UMS)
- excellent FM tuner
- battery life is excellent, it actually gets about 12 hours as advertised
- removable battery
- comes with a iskin like case (but the case attracts a lot of dust)

CONS
- IRIVER hurried to release this product; thus, the software isn't complete. there are A LOT OF BUGS. Hopefully, these bugs will be fixed soon with a firmware upgrade. here's some of the bugs
1. some might encounter problems with syncing with wmp i/o error
2. albums on player plays in alphabetical instead of by track number
3. the clock on the player might not work
4. the back light turns on and off randomly in some units.
there are some more bugs... visit www.misticriver.net

- you can rate songs on the player but it doesn't integrate with windows media. so a rating of 5 on a song does not update your library on windows media. the player just put the 5 stars first and 1 star last in a list.
- for some, this might be a con but not for me - once the backlight is off the screen is pitch black, you can't see anything. press any button turns the backlight on then proceed with function. so if you want the player to FF you got to press it twice.
- file browing is slow in browser mode (not the music browser but the file browser the music browser by artist, title.... is nice and fast)
- horrible tech support. expect long wait time. (called around 4:30 ish, never answered...finally at about 5:05 got a voice mail saying their hours are from XXXX to 5:00pm)

conclusion. i'm giving a 3 star because at $280 there are simply too many bugs with the player right now; with time IRIVER will release upgrades to fix these issues because it's their new flagship model. the functions and features of the player beats any player out there within the same price range. be patient with this player, it will be an excellent product if IRiver fix all the bugs.

for more research info goto www.misticriver.net click on forums then the H series

it's an excellent forum for support and faqs.

EDIT: regarding "tommygman" i'm glad your player works perfectly. and no i did not simply read something negative. I have a H10 myself and i'm waiting patiently for an upgrade. furthermore, i can tell you that the Korean version of H10 (UMS) which came out a month before the us version (MTP) already had 2 firmware upgrades while they're on FW1.10 the us is still on FW1.00 IRiver has a list of bug fixes which you can find at misticriver.net

Rating:
Summary: very nice but not perfect
Review: pros: nice look, good feeling in hand due to metalic body
slim and light weight
color screen is bright and clear
easy to navigate ( after you get music or photos in to it)
Fm radio is terrific
sound is good, i am still testing the 30 EQ setting
btw MX 400 is a nice earbud
cons: i am using windows xp sp2, wmp 10 , but it still takes
me several hours to figure out how to sync playlist and
photo, since normally i just drag and drop music to mp3
players. I dont know windows media player can creat a playlist of photos beofore. Also the gel case from the box seems useless, it doesn't provide anything to protect the beautiful screen, Maybe I need to get a cell phone screen sticker.

All in all, h10 is the best 5 g player of its kind( if you say ipod is the best it is also ok, ipod is ipod, who cares)








Rating:
Summary: the perfect mp3 player
Review: This is more of a zen micro killer than an iPod killer...or perhaps its both. It seems to be based on the latest chipset from portalplayer and uses almost all of the features ( unlike apple). I have a iPod 40g for my collection but wanted something to try napster to go. Well, I found it. I am kind of in awe of this mp3 player.
It seems to be a lot like the iPod in intelligent filing system and ease of use AND it looks pretty good too. Of course I love the color screen and fm. This puts the creative product to shame. The iPod is in a class by itself-- its the "in" player and might always be. However, if there ever was a true challenger its the h10. I am really happy to own an iPod AND an h10.

BOTTOM LINE: This is as close to an iPod to date as far as looks and feel, and has a ton more features. I doubt it will really hurt the iPod mystique, but it is far superior to any creative zen or dell dj products which look cheap and seem to be inferior in quality ( build). It blows most players out of the water. This is the perfect player for people who like iPods like myself, but want to try napster as well too. It's just a great mp3 player and I can't really express just how nice this thing feels in the hand and operates so nicely. It's more like a pda than a player in some regards. ( very advanced filing system, menus)
I really think this is going to sell like hotcakes once they start circulating...and the most bashing will come from creative ( they also make dj) because they can see how much better the iriver product is.

Rating:
Summary: Great Mp3 Player worth the money!
Review: This player is hands down best in class... Comes with great sounding Sennheiser earbuds (must have upgrade if you buy other players). Move over Ipod Mini, Creative Micro and Rio Carbon! Uh, I forgot they don't have color screen to view photos. :)

It's obvous that some earlier reviewers are slinging mud... Hey Bill Gates showed Iriver player at CES 2005, OK! Got it? Iriver ROCKs! Don't listen to their bad PR BS as it sure sounds like posting from competition. Nice try out of envy and fear?

Ipod was too well "fem" look for my taste. Had Rio Carbon but it had terrible sound quality (PCMag was right and good riddance). Have Creative Muvo and thought it sounded great (of course had to spend another $25 for Sennheiser earbuds as Creative's stock earbuds was TERRIBLE) until of course I got this awesome player! Best part is that I was among the first 1000 people who got it on Superbowl Sunday for only $180 shipped from Napster including 12 months subcription! So go get this player as great deal even at $280!

PS - Hmmm... Funny I had no prob with the unit nor customer support when I called them over photo transfer (should have read the manual first).

Rating:
Summary: Hands down the best player available
Review: Without a doubt the best player out there. I was blown away by the build quality and attention to detail, iriver really put a lot of work into this. You will wish your cell phone/PDA could even come close to this quality. Took it out of the box, pluged it into usb port and opened explorer (just like a drive letter!), draged mp3s to it, done within 5 min of opening the box. No need to use Windows Medeia Player. A really cool feature lets you record from the FM radio to. By the way the display resolution is 128 x 128 so you can optimize photos (not in the manual or web site). If you are deciding between Ipod and the H10, there is no comparison other than GB, this unit makes the Ipod look like a cheap kids toy.