Any info on this new iRiver P8 PMP?

m0rphy · **Joined:** Sat Oct 30, 2010 1:56 am **Posts:** 6

This looks very decent: http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/04/iriv ... ous-batte/

If its screen is as good as V6000HDT then I think we have a winner! Can't wait to see more information on this player.

chengdude · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:24 pm **Posts:** 1064

Wow, it's been a eon since the P7 was released. That one was really popular in China. The P7 used a Rockchip, but those battery figures for the P8 wouldn't seem to be RK-type numbers.

maderin1 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:50 pm **Posts:** 20625

nah - they seem more like sochip times, iriver do like to use china tech and ad there own spin to it, as it states SRS on the back it could well be the new gen Actions chip and they may have taken advantage of the fact it supports true FLASH based UI development?? - although so far players using the actions have been piss poor on battery

maderin1 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:50 pm **Posts:** 20625

edit - just seen that its reported to be the boxchip F10 the updated version of the sc9800, not widely used in pmp now, more used in set top boxes

Quote:

By atiriver P8 successful launch in the global market, iriver will soonKoreaThe first global product offering a PMPBroadcastDevice P8.
This is a iriver introduced the 5-inch (800 * 480) touch screen PMPPlayer. Iriver P8 using BOXCHIP F10 (420Mhz) processor and 64Mo of RAM, support the expansion microSD, 8GB and capacity using 16GB. Also supports USB hostVideoFormatSupport: H.264, XviD, MOV, TP, FLV, MPG, ASF, DAT, MP4, WMA, AVI (video jusqu 'in 1080p), audio formats: MP3, OGG, WAV, WMA, FLAC, APE, AC3. Using 3440mAhBattery45 hours of audio playback and 9 hours of video playback player size: 145 X 84.7 X 13.8mm. The current price of South Korea were not disclosed.

Parameters are as follows:

* 5 inches 800 * 480 / WVGA Screen
* 1080P, MKV FHD, format TS
* Port HDMI
* DC Adapter
* Micro SD SDHC, 32 GB MAX
* Battery capacity 3440 mAh
* USB OTG
* Video Subtitle SMI

Size: 145 mm X 84,7 X 13,8
Processor: BOXCHIP F10 (420MHz)
Resolution: 5,0-inch, 480 × 800 WVGA
OS: OS II UC
Capacity: 8G/16G
Extended Capacity: Micro SD (maximum 32G)
Cache : SDRAM DDR1, 64M octets
Stereo
Video: 1080P / H.264, XviD, MOV, TP, FLV, MPG, ASF, DAT, MP4, WMA, AVI
Audio: MP3/OGG/WAV/WMA/FLAC/APE / AC3

http://bbs.iriverfans.com/viewthread.ph ... a=page%3D1

chengdude · **Joined:** Sat Dec 08, 2007 6:24 pm **Posts:** 1064

Thanks maderin. Looks like we might have a new contender for all those mourning the loss of powerful, video-centric PMPs. iriver is no slouch with their UI design, so this could be a cross-cultural winner.

maderin1 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:50 pm **Posts:** 20625

well thats where the P7 won out, it was a rockchip but not as we knew it - well at least in UI design and functionality, underneath it still had the shortcoming and instability of the RK27 series - they can only change so much

Raz · **Joined:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:53 am **Posts:** 22200

Nice looking player, if their UI in the renderings is what the real end UI will look like then it would probably end up having the nicest looking Sochip/boxchip UI. I do hope they work on the music player as sochips music players always lacked many features and was never laid out properly, which made sochip based player not exactly the most friendly for playing music.

maderin1 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:50 pm **Posts:** 20625

if its iRiver then yes, it will look like that, its OK but too "osx" looking for my liking, i think the bottom shelf and the whole UI is below par for iRiver design, they are usually alot nicer than this

nizarilhamy · **Joined:** Fri Jul 15, 2011 5:41 am **Posts:** 1

this is iRiver so cool

Raz · **Joined:** Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:53 am **Posts:** 22200

I will withhold my praise till the first video comes out showing how the UI really looks and functions, if they pull it off then the China sochip player makers really need to put their heads down in shame for the lack of effort they placed into the UI development.

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