iRiver H10 (5GB) Mini HDD MP3 Player with FM Tuner and Colour Screen - Red

I have 2 major gripes with this player though, the 1st is it doesn't work properly with Windows Media Player 10 and 2nd it doesn't currently work with Napster To Go in the UK.
These are major problems to me as these where the reasons I bought the player in the 1st place. I read several reviews that stated it worked with the above but unfortunately they were US reviews and the European version uses a different filesystem, this is not mentioned in any review I had read.

If you dont intend to use Napster To Go or Windows Media Player 10 then I would highly recommend the H10, its an excellent MP3 player.

They only prob I found was the menus took ages to move round.
While set up some new Play lists the software informed me
that a new Firmware update was online.
What a differance.The menus now move a speed and you get
the feel of the unit as they ment it to be.
I found my battery lasts a bit longer too.
I'll get a spare battery,to charge up and carry.Unlike
the Ipod removing the batterys as about as hard as put
new batterys in a old walkman.As a matter of fact easyer.
I river are VERY active in upgrading the firmware and I
feel the units been a good investment.
Top Product and the colour screen has the I-pod users in
my office getting very pissed if I bring it out to use.
Need I say more :)

There is no doubt that iRiver are designing their new babies to work best in conjunction with their own software. No big deal if you don't mind another new audio tool of course, certainly a pain for all you Microsoft-only weenies out there. Rest assured though iRiver have put much thought into their own offering (iRiver Plus), I'm already hooked on it's ability to accurately update my MP3 & WMA tags via FreeDB (lighting fast over broadband).

As for the player itself, I immediately upgraded the supplied Sennheiser headphones with white Sony Fonotopia's (although this was admittedly personal preference in terms of comfort). There are 30 on-board EQ settings on the player, but the SRS WOW setting on the H10 it has to be said is a major coup for iRiver ... it is absolutely breathtaking, true pocket hifi from an MP3 player at last! (praise d'Lord!).

Pre-supplied case (although like a WW2 condom) is stylish and offers great protection. Great (replaceable) battery (take note other manufacturers!!) and overall controls are simple and very effective.

I've loaded a few pics of my family onto the player, the photo viewer is a nice touch. Why people criticise portable media players for their lack of quality in this space is beyond me. It's a 2x2 colour LCD screen, get a life (or at least a wallet!).

Radio sounds excellent, voice recorder works well as does text viewer.

I am highly impressed thus far with my H10. It wasn't the cheapest option certainly, but in terms of build and output quality it leaves everthing else in this space for dead (sorry Mr Apple, you have some catching up to do).

Highly recommended.