iriver shows off new Smart HD PMP

It’s interesting to note that hardly any PMPs have been introduced at CES, thus far. It seems to be dominated by other popular gadgets such as eReaders, 3D TVs, netbooks, etc. However, iriver has announced a pretty nice spec-wise PMP featuring HD video playback as a key feature.

The 3.5 inch screen contains a resolution of 480 x 320, Open API widget development, Wi-Fi connectivity, DMB-TV tuner, FM radio, eBook reader, calculator, voice recorder, and some other cool applications. In addition, it can handle a lot of formats including MKV, MPEG4, Xvid, WMV, and H.264; plus many other audio formats. Unfortunately, no word on onboard memory storage size, but there probably is an SD slot for additional memory. The Wi-Fi and HD video playback are some pretty cool features in the PMP, but too bad it will probably only be available in Korea.

It is expected to start shipping at the end of January.

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