iriver's new spin on the personal media player. Click to enlarge. |
Easily navigate your files and player functions with the SPINN control. Click to enlarge. |
The SPINN features a built-in microphone for voice recording. Click to enlarge. |
Extremely slim and portable at less than a half-inch thick. Click to enlarge. |
Groundbreaking SPINN Control
The SPINN gets its name from iriver's SPINN System, which is a cylindrical scroll wheel on the side of the device that allows you to quickly and easily navigate your files and player functions. Users also have the choice of navigating using the device's touchscreen.
3.3-inch Touchscreen
With 480 x 272 (QVGA) resolution, you'll enjoy a great picture while watching your favorite videos. As for navigation, the screen features haptic response, now popular in many mobile touchscreen devices. It allows the user to feel as if they are pressing buttons or keys by providing vibration feedback to user actions.
Ready for Bluetooth Devices
The SPINN comes with built-in Bluetooth 2.0 for use with wireless headsets. Enjoy your favorite songs and leave the cables at home.
Wide Format Support
SPINN has you covered on the audio and video front for quite a few formats. It supports several popular audio formats: MP3, ASF, WMA, APE, OGG, and FLAC. You can dial in the sound to your liking using a 7-band custom EQ.
As for video, you can enjoy Xvid SP, MPEG-4 SP, and WMV9 SP formats. Convert your collection and take it with you wherever you might go.
The SPINN also allows you to share your favorite JPG, BMP, PNG, and GIF photos, individually or in a slideshow. You can view text files for on-the-go reading.
FM Radio and Voice Recording
The SPINN features an FM radio with 20 presets. FM radio recording lets you save programming for later, and the built-in microphone/voice recorder allows you to make voice memos, record lectures or meetings, and more.
Flash Games
Need a little more entertainment at your fingertips? The SPINN supports Flash games, with a few pre-installed, so you can always add to your fun.
What's in the Box
iriver SPINN 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Silver), earphones, USB cable, software CD, manual
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: This review is from: iriver SPINN 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Silver) (Electronics) If you want a player that'll give you way more than what you paid for, look no longer! Given the one set back is the company, "iRiver" which sounds like it might be a cheap Chinese ipod knock-off, iRiver is actually a very good company and has and continues to produce great mp3 players.
First off, the player looks great, and feels great. The spinney thing is basically divine inspiration. Menu navigation is intuitive. My one problem is they dont do as much with cover flow / album art as they do on say the ipod touch. But hey, its MUCH less expensive. AWESOME screen. Just beautiful. Its AMOLED, which Ive heard is better than you're everyday mp3 screen. and its 3.3 inches! AMAZING! ... but wait, there's more... its also TOUCH SCREEN! woah... The touch screen is a little limited but its still very high quality and you CAN play flash games on this thing and use the touch screen + the other buttons on the device for controls. What more to say... oh...Read more 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful: Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: iriver SPINN 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Silver) (Electronics) Pros: Super compact for a medium sized video player (and v/light); awesome design and on-screen display style (though that's just my opinion); rockin battery life; UNEQUALED sound quality
Cons: FM receiver is weak - in some places, audio will cut out with the slightest movement; some on-screen functions (like the options menu in the far top left corner) are hard to press with just my finger; bundled software is useless - to date, I have not gotten my WinXP machine to detect the device through the iriver software; does NOT play flac files as easily as I though it would - the ones I have probably need to go through some kind of conversion first before they work on the device All in all... Despite the drawbacks of the SPINN, it serves every function at least I would expect in a music player. I was surprised to find that up until now, some of the bigger name competitors' players don't even have FM radio tuners. The SPINN is very competitively priced to...Read more By Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?) This review is from: iriver SPINN 4 GB Video MP3 Player (Silver) (Electronics) I like the way how iRiver takes different approaches to navigation with their media players and the Spinn is no exception. While the navigation may not be as intuitive as it's predecessor - the Clix, the wheel/touch screen combination is still easy and fun to use. The player supports a wide variety of audio and video formats and the playback quality is very good. The Spinn also supports flash based games and themes but unfortunately you won't find much information from iRiver on where to download them. The only issue that I have had with the player so far is that transferred music would not appear on the Spinn unless I went into setup and chose to rebuild the library. Fortunately I found that if I changed the connection type under setup to MTP it corrected the issue. I also highly recommend upgrading the player's firmware with the included software to 2.10 or greater which includes a number of enhancements including support for larger album artwork which looks great on it's 3.3" OLED...Read more |