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First Look: IRiver Scores with New MP3 Player H10 goes gunning for Apple's IPod Mini, and beats it on most counts.Eric Dahl, PC World
Apple's IPod used to be the benchmark for portable MP3 players, but now everyone seems to be gunning for the IPod Mini. Joining competitors like the Rio Carbon and the Creative Zen Micro is IRiver's $280 H10. I tested a shipping model of the 5GB, color- screen player--and its versatility and quality won me over.
The highlight of the H10 is an attractive 1.5-inch display that, combined with an improved hardware-and-software interface, makes the player a joy to use. Navigating your music library is easy with the touch-sensitive slider control, and IRiver has wisely abandoned...