iriver SPINN 8 GB Video MP3 Player (Silver) | 
| Brand: iRiver
Category: CE
List Price: $289.99
Buy New: $199.99
You Save: $90.00 (31%)
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 18657
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.9 x 0.4 x 2
MPN: 1SPINN8
Model: 1SPINN8
UPC: 821566005601
EAN: 0821566005601
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 8 GB capacity for about 2,000 songs | | • | 25 hours of audio or 5 hours of video on a single charge | | • | 3.3-inch, 262,000-color AMOLED display with 480 x 272 (QVGA) resolution | | • | Supports MP3, ASF, WMA, APE, OGG, and FLAC audio formats; Xvid SP, MPEG-4 SP, and WMV9 SP video formats; JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF image formats; and TXT text files | | • | 1-year limited warranty |
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Product Description
Full Touchscreen 3.3" AMOLED Display / WMA FM Recording / Voice Recording / 20-Pin Connector / 76.0MHz - 108.0MHz Frequency Range Tuner Codec Support - MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, FLAC, APE (Decode), and WMA (Encode) Bit Rate - MP3, WMA 8Kbps - 320Kbps, OGG Up to Q10 Video Bit Rate - 23 kbps - 512 kbps JPEG, BMP, PNG, GIF Photo File Type 480x272 (WQVGA) at 30 fps ID3 V1 Tag, ID3 V2 2.0, ID3 V2 3.0, ID3 V2 4.0 20Hz - 20kHz Audio Frequency Range Headphone Output Power - 17mW (16-Ohms) at Max. Volume 90dB A weighted Signal to Noise Ratio Power Supply - USB/Battery 3.7V 950mA, Li-Polymer 1 EA (Internal) Dimensions - 99.3x51.0x10.7mm Weight - 2.5 ounces (70 grams)
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| Customer Reviews:
 The best kept secret in Video/Audio Players December 27, 2008
A. Octavio (Miami, Fl United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just can't believe how many reviews of this product jump over the obvious facts. And I mean professional reviews, not the ones here on Amazon. The screen is simply amazing to look at! Forget the technical details like it is an OLED screen and it only has thousands of colors, just look at it! Watch a video on it! It plays normal .avi files without any conversion. On top of that it works acceptably as a podcast player.
The only negative thing is the lack of knowledge about this product. Even the company seems clueless about it, it says in irs site that it requires Windows, but, by changing a setting, you can use it with Linux or Mac OS X without a problem. The software is for Windows, but the player works. It isn't perfect, the interface could use some improvement and I have lost any hope of finding fonts, themes, and games for the SPINN, as no one seems to be paying attention to it. Which is a pity, a world where there are only iPods as Mp3 players is as sad as a world where there is only Windows as an OS.
If you do not like the iPod, give the SPINN a try.
 Not quite ready for Prime Time December 16, 2008
D. Brown (Kansas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've got the 8gb SPINN, and have had it long enough to write a long review on my blog (www.4dthinker.blogspot.com). I've also got an iPod Touch and a Samsung P2 for comparison. The SPINN's firmware is still buggy. Using Bluetooth (limited to headphone pairing only) the sound drops out, slows down, or gets choppy after 10 minutes of use or if trying to use any other function (photo or text) on the SPINN. It's as if bluetooth steals all the SPINN's processor cycles. The interface is limited to one font, and that font is hard to see on many backgrounds. There is a Fonts folder, so hopefully there are more fonts available. While playing music the album art only shows up as a tiny image on the big screen. Very poor utilization of the screen. In photos there is no rotate options, and trying to zoom any photo gives me an error message.
The SPINN is firmware upgradeable, and hopefully there will be an upgrade soon. There are a few THEMES available, but none work well with the single font supplied.
 Worthy premium rival to iPod Nano December 1, 2008
The Folded Space
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't made long term use of this elegant little player, but I'm pleased so far. The design itself owes much to those created by Dieter Rams for Braun (and promoted on the iriver worldwide site). The AMOLED screen has very excellent black levels, but it can only display 262k colors.
The interface is simple to use, though I hardly bothered with the touch screen. You can avoid finger prints on the screen.
I wish that the entire case was magnesium alloy. Most of it is except for the plastic back. Also, the port cover is a little flimsy. This wouldn't be a problem, but there is no alternate port to connect it for charging.
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