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iriver WavePhone hits Korea ahead of schedule

by Donald Melanson posted Dec 1st 2008 @ 3:43PM

Well it looks like folks in Korea may not have to wait until March to get their hands on iriver's first cellphone after all, as the WavePhone (previously known simply as the "wave") is apparently now available (or will soon be available) at ten iriver shops in the country. That limited roll-out is apparently being done ahead of the full-fledged launch including a number of larger stores, which will presumably still happen in March, although there's unfortunately still no word of a release outside of Korea (or word of a price). As you can see above, the folks at AVING also managed to get their hands on the phone and, naturally, they've provided plenty pics of it, which you can check out by hitting up the link below.

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[Via Electronista]

iriver's wave touchphone hits Korea on March 9th

by Paul Miller posted Nov 10th 2008 @ 1:16PM

After teasing us with a touchscreen phone way back at CES this January, iriver has been decidedly mum on the subject ever since, calling what we saw more of a "proof of concept" than a ready-for-market product. Well, that veil has been lifted and we're finally staring at the iriver wave, a touchphone that iriver plans to start shipping in Korea on March 9th of next year with KT, and with other major carriers to follow. Other than a touchscreen, the phone packs WiFi and the traditional kitchen sink approach of Korean PMPs, with multimedia playback, FM radio, e-books and an electronic dictionary. There's miniSD expansion, access to the Bugs Music Service for online music and we're sure a few other perks hidden under layers of Korean spec sheets. Overall the physical design hasn't really changed much from what we saw at the start of the year (looks like that 3-inch, 480 x 272 touchscreen is quite intact), but the software has certainly been refined, and is devoid of many of its original, erm, iPhone-inspired touches.

[Via Hallyu Tech]

Hands-on with iriver's 3-inch touchscreen phone

by Sean Cooper posted Feb 12th 2008 @ 3:26PM

Nice going iriver, now this is something we can sink our teeth into, though like the last time we saw this, the UI has a look and feel we recognize, but can't quite place. The rear of the unit is labeled W7, though we're not sure if they share the same guts or just the case. Nothing much new to report, specs are the same as we saw last time, though we did get a chance to drop the rivermobile -- we totally made that name up on the spot, sorry -- into its GPS housing, see some shots in the gallery. Iriver is still confident it'll ship by end of year, we certainly look forward to checking it out when it does.

Gallery: Hands-on with iriver's 3-inch touchscreen phone

iriver says iPhone-like interface just proof of concept

by Joshua Topolsky posted Jan 11th 2008 @ 10:07AM

We hit the show floor excitedly looking for iriver's GSM phone which they showed off earlier in the week, but when we got to their booth, the little guy was nowhere to be found. We managed to wrangle a chat out of some of the company's product designers and marketing people, and they explained their hesitation at continuing to show the W7-cum-GSM-phone due to the similarities of the phones UI to an all-too-familiar device. According to the iriver people, the iPhone-like interface which was showcased originally was only meant to demonstrate what the phone was capable of, not a finalized version of the OS. Of course, it's little consolation to us, having seen a brief snippet of the phone, though we're assured that some new hotness -- or hot newness -- is on the way from the cats in Korea.

iriver 3-inch touchscreen "GSM phone" headed for the States

by Paul Miller posted Jan 9th 2008 @ 1:28AM

Iriver's been pushing out all sorts of product at this year's CES, but this is the biggest surprise from the company yet. The "iriver GSM phone" is an iPhone-esque handset featuring a 3-inch 480 x 272 touchscreen, and a Linux-based UI that is practically mimics the iPhone feature for feature. The actual hardware is quite similar to iriver's own W7. According to PC Mag, the phone has 4GB of flash storage, Rhapsody and other media support, a two megapixel camera (with video, take that Apple), Adobe Flash support, GPS and mobile TV (it's unclear what type). While we're not sure what sort of wireless options this has, like WiFi or 3G, and what carriers will support it, iriver has committed to bring this to the States. Iriver's Owen Kwon promises the phone will be "more affordable" than the iPhone, but otherwise there's no other info on release. There's video of the phone after the break.