Friday, March 18, 2005
IRiver Sharpens their iPod-Killing Sword
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 02:00 AM
"In the digital music player market things are getting more competitive by the day. At last week's CeBIT trade show in Hanover, Germany, there was no shortage of new music or multimedia players from companies from around the world--and each company hopes that their product is the "IPod killer." Despite this competition, Apple Computer's lead in the market remains strong. Whether that changes or not might be up to people like Joon Yang, chief executive officer of Reigncom. The South Korean company sells music players under the IRiver name and is one of a handful of companies nipping at Apple's heels."
I've only handled a few IRiver players, and haven't seen the new H10, but the single biggest problem with the units I've used was the user interface. It simply sucked. To win the market back from Apple, IRiver, Creative, and every other audio player manufacturer on the market needs to focus on the three pillars of consumer electronics: design aesthetics, features, and user interface design. Does anyone here own an H10? If so, how would you rate it on those three points?
I've only handled a few IRiver players, and haven't seen the new H10, but the single biggest problem with the units I've used was the user interface. It simply sucked. To win the market back from Apple, IRiver, Creative, and every other audio player manufacturer on the market needs to focus on the three pillars of consumer electronics: design aesthetics, features, and user interface design. Does anyone here own an H10? If so, how would you rate it on those three points?
