iRiver B20 Starts a World Tour

The iRiver B20 first surfaced at this year's Las Vegas CES tech fest (Jan.8-11). Apparently, that wasn't enough to start the buzz, so yesterday, iRiver "officially" announced the launch of the product .

This is a follow-on to the B10 and comes with DMB (Digital Media Broadcasting) capability thanks to its integrated antenna that receives TV channels wherever DMB is supported. It also comes after the April release of the recently rebranded iRiver Clix 2 (U10).

The visual interface looks similar to the iRiver Clix but, luckily, the display has been upped with 2 inches. It comes with a 2.4-inch color screen (Active Matrix OLED display) and it also features the same Advanced D-click control system which means easy operation by clicking the screen in four directions. There's also a nearly identical customizable GUI (user interface). The B20 appears to be bulkier than the Clix, measuring 80.9 X 49.5 X 16.3mm. Finally, it adds a miniSD memory card to offer more memory expansion options.

The B10 was only available in South Korea, but this thing will make a world tour. It's available in the usual two non-colors flavors (and as time passes, it will probably turn gray). The B20 with 2GB and capacities will retail for approximately $213 and $267 respectively. Too bad the 4 gigs will only let you hold just 4 or 5 movies. Cowon anybody?

Here's a list with all the included features:

-capacity: 2GB and 4GB
-Display 2.4" QVGA (320 x 240, 260k colors)
-Audio: MP3, WMA and Ogg Vorbis files
-Video: MPEG-4 and WMV 9
-DMB and DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) support
-FM tuner/Recorder
-Games and Text Support
-miniSD expansion slot

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