Digital Home Thoughts: iRiver T7 (Should be Thrown in a) Volcano

"I really don't have too many nice things to say about the iriver T7. Even if you were to ignore the fact that it has more bugs than any other player I've seen (something that might after all be fixed in firmware updates), it's still so ridiculously slow that you can take a nap between the time you press a button and the thing actually responds. The battery draining issue is another thing, if that's not just my player then iriver has a serious problem. With the exception of the USB plug/MSC mode combo, the player has very little going for it. It has basically the exact same specs as any other small player like this and when a set of players cost the same and have the same features, there is no room whatsoever for a poorly designed competitor like this. So is the player worth your consideration? No."

Looks like iRiver dropped the ball here. I'll go on record that I liked the brown Zune, but this player is pretty ugly. The one redeeming characteristic is the built in USB connector, but certainly not enough to offset the rest.