As we talked about this weekend, Rio has announced at least one new player, an update to the Rio Nitrus called the ‘Rio Carbon,’ a 5GB hard disk-based MP3 player with a killer 20-hour battery life (if that’s the sort of thing that slays you; the iPod mini does about 8 to 10 hours, for comparison). Interestingly, the Carbon also has support for Microsoft’s new DRM platform, Janus; to my knowledge it’s the first player that has.
The Rio Carbon should be available late August and will retail for $250. Now where’s the Rio Chroma announcement?
Read – New Rio Carbon goes against iPod mini [I4U]
Read – Rio Carbon [BIOS]
Read – Rio Introduces 1st Challenge to IPod Mini [AP]
Read – Rio has announced new 5Gb Carbon Mp3 Player [Pocket-Lint]
Read – Product Page [DigitalNetworksNA]
Related
Web Leaks Reveal Rio Chroma, Rio Forge [Gizmodo]
https://gizmodo.com/web-leaks-reveal-rio-chroma-rio-forge-18663
