iRiver V10 - it's not just a G10

Well, seems as if iRiver doesn't think we're cool enough for a hands-on with their G10 (pictured left) - you know, the portable gaming device that probably won't make it to outside of Korea anyway (so the reps told us, not sure what to believe right now).

On top of that, there supposedly is this V10 thing as well (pictured right). This one is actually planned for a 2006 release in the United States - being an upscaled version of the G10, it'll probably offer either 8-16GB worth of flash memory or a 1/1.8-inch hard drive (up to 30GB). The V10 is intended to be a WiMax media player, but if time schedules are getting too tight iRiver might drop the sliding keypad-thingy, so that the device might end up looking like an oversized U10.

The source article also mentions this:

iRiver is also looking to increase the V10's chip horsepower to allow it to playback 640x480 video at 30 frames per second. Other possibilities for the V10 include GPS and digital free to air TV functionality.

Source: DAP Review