Put this one strictly in the rumor basket, but if the apparently loose-lipped product manager at iRiver’s Australian distributor is to be believed, the Korean company has the iPod Touch, Amazon Kindle, and even Arrington’s CrunchPad firmly in its sights.
https://gizmodo.com/fusion-garage-crunchpads-coming-in-november-arrington-5327108
Accordingy to Current.com.au, Danny Bejanoff of local distributor C.R. Kennedy says that iRiver hopes to launch an Android-based iPod Touch rival next year. Dubbed the K2, the device would have a 3.5-inch display, touch screen, Wi-Fi, built-in browser, accelerometer, Bluetooth, and even a digital TV tuner. The catch? Apparently the project is not yet 100 percent signed off.
Bejanoff went on to say that he also hopes to soon test a new iRiver e-book reader and Internet tablet. Is a three-way Web Tablet Battlemodo between iRiver, the possible Apple tablet and the CrunchPad looming? Did Current.com.au get Bejanoff drunk for that interview? If so, I’m Australian, why wasn’t I invited?
https://gizmodo.com/analyst-has-supposedly-seen-apple-tablet-announcement-5328472
