9rules Member Konstantinos Christidis has posted a review of the iRiver U10 Portable Media Player.

Overall, this is a great and (relatively) powerful device but what kills it is the high price tag. 1GB costs $249, this is what a 4GB Nano costs (never mind the fact that it doesn’t play videos). Maybe they should start working on a micro-HDD based device? I could see myself paying the same amount for 4 gigs of storage, even if it meant slightly larger dimensions and a possibly smaller battery life (28 hours are high enough so that a small reduction wouldn’t hurt anyone); both of which are to be expected when going from Flash memory chips to hard drives.

I don’t know though. These things only seem good for 10 year olds going on long family vacations and even then most cars today have DVD players built in. I surely won’t be caring around a device to help me watch videos while I am walking around. Have you ever tried masturbating and walking at the same time? Trust me, it’s not as easy as it sounds.

It still would be really cool to have a toy like this just so you can show people. Therefore the pimp factor of the iRiver U10 almost makes it a must buy. That’s gardgy’s opinion on the situation.