South Korea company launches new digital music player to target Mini iPod

0 Comments | AFP, December, 2004

SEOUL (AFP) — ReignCom, a South Korean pioneer in digital music players, released a new device to challenge the iPod Mini, one of the world's best-selling products from US electronics giant Apple.

ReignCom's new music player, called the iRiver H10, is similar to Apple's in features and designs -- the rectangular shape with a one-inch hard-disc drive inside and almost the same size.

However, the iRiver has extras the iPod does not, like a 1.5-inch color display screen, higher capacity storage and a longer playing time.

The H10 is capable of storing five gigabytes of music files, compared with the Mini's four-gigabyte hard disk.

The Mini features a 1.67-inch gray screen above a circular control dial and a removable eight-hour battery, while the H10...