Mossberg on the iRiver H10

This week in his Wall Street Journal column Walt Mossberg trys out the iRiver H10. Unfortunately unless you're a WSJ online subscriber, you won't be able to read the column.

Like just about every review now, it's framed in terms of how the H10 stacks up against the iPod Mini. We'll try to excerpt some of the key points here:

We liked the iRiver H10 a lot, and consider it the best of the iPod mini competitors. It has some drawbacks, and on balance, isn't quite as easy to use as an iPod. And it costs more. But it is a plausible alternative.

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Overall, we found the iRiver H10 fairly easy to use, and its interface was vastly improved in comparison with previous iRiver players. We liked its color screen.

But the photo, radio and recording features are clumsy, and navigation isn't up to the iPod's standard. The H10 is a good choice for somebody with a little extra cash who wants to use the Microsoft-based music formats, or Napster To Go's rented music. But, for everyone else, it doesn't top the iPod.

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