The iriver WAVE HOME is here (finally).

We've been seeing many different iterations of the iriver "UNIT" in the past few years. Well, iriver has finally made it into an actual product and it's now called the WAVE HOME. The device is going to be released as in parter with Korea Telecomm and is basically an IP phone. The device has two parts, a base station and a portable handset that docks into the device. The WAVE HOME is meant to be used for video conferencing, and to retrieve information like weather, traffic and news. There is also a note function that allows you to leave notes for your family members. There is one big disappointment though - the device does not separate into two parts to be used as a PMP like in the concepts. The device has not yet be released, and the only information released by iriver is on their international website (odd). I'm guessing that it will be released in Korea in the next few weeks, and we'll have more information then.

SPECS
Memory: 1GB
Color: Black / White
Camera: built-in 1.3M CMOS Camera
Dimensions: Base Station: 215(W) X 175(D) X 116.4(H) mm / Handset: 150(W) X 45(D) X 14.5(H) mm
Network: 10/100 Base-T Ethernet
Connect: Switching LAN Port / Line Out
Display: 7 inch 16M color TFT touch LCD @ 800x400
Audio Support: MP3, WMA
Video Support: MPEG1, MPEG2, Xvid, MPEG4-SP, WMV9
Package Contents: Base Station, Handset, Battery, Power adapter (DC 12V), stylus pen, LAN cable, Manual, Quick start guide, stand, card reader

iRiver International

Surprise! The Cowon D2+ is here.

Cowon is notorious for keeping secrets and once again, they have kept the details on the D2+ completely secret from us. The D2+ is an upgraded D2 and will be released on the 24th. The big difference is the upgrade to BBE+ that's used in the S9 and a refresh in design/color that's very "iriver". There are 2 versions like before, one with T-DMB and one without. The addition of DMB will cost an extra $40 like the Cowon S9.

SPECS
Colors - black/silver/sky blue/pink/white
Display - 16M color 2.5" TFT LCD (320x240)
Capacity - 2/4/8/16GB with SD/SDHC slot
Size - 78.0(W) x 55.4(H) x 16.6(T) mm @91g
Audio - MP3/WMA/FLAC/OGG/WAV/APE
Video - AVI/WMV
Dictionary - YBM

Cowon Korea

HP-CN21 new canal from Hitachi Maxell

Here's another kind of canal type headphone from Maxell, with a 10mm diameter driver unit, a 16 Ω impedance, 90dB/mW, and with a working range of 20 to 22kHz.



They're available in 10 colors and at only 14g. The product price not yet known.

ES3X Westone's new custom IEM

Westone Music does not rest on its bay-trees: after ES3 planned for the musicians needing a setting in front of the medium (and are thus not adapted to a listening music lover/audiophile), here the ES3X, a very new supposed version being balanced and coming to place itself in competition with high-end Earsonics, Ultimate Ears, Sensaphonics, etc the ES3, with this innovation and the UE11 of Ultimate Ears, are only three ways speakers.



According to the first returns, these ear-phones are adapted to energetic people than the models from EU or Earsonics. Among the features, one will note an answer of 20 Hz-18 Khz, an impedance of 56 Ohms and a sensitivity of 124 dB. Westone proposes many colours.

Product page.