iPod Shuffle 2G vs. iRiver S10

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief September 14, 2006 · 1 min read

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Just a day after Apple released several new generations of its popular media player, iPod, iRiver also launched what could be a huge competitor to the Shuffle, the S10.

Let’s look at the specs and the design:

Shuffle iRiver

Capacity
iPod Shuffle: 1GB
iRiver S10: 2GB

Dimensions/Weight
iPod Shuffle: 1.07 inches x 1.62 inches x 0.41 inch (including clip), 0.55 ounce
iRiver S10: 1.6 inches x 1.2 inches x 0.33 inch, 17.5 g

Battery Life
iPod Shuffle: 12 hours
iRiver S10: 8 hours

Supported Format
iPod Shuffle: MP3, MP3 VBR, AAC, Audible, WAV, and AIFF
iRiver S10: ASF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA

Price
iPod Shuffle: $79
iRiver S10: TBA

The other features that the iRiver S10 won hands down were the LCD screen, FM tuner and recording capability. (The Shuffle didn’t have any of these.)

Will Shuffle’s stylish design outweighs iRiver’s full-feature player? The price will decide but I’m already pretty impressed with the S10.

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Abe Olandres

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and is considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines.

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32 Comments

erjzon · 18 years ago

fashion wise I go for ipod..

OrionZ · 19 years ago

i mean “enough money”..ehe..sorry…

OrionZ · 19 years ago

i choose ipod shuffle,..why?bcoz it has great quality,mettalic,nice earphones(more tougher and endurance than the others, specially than theS10),longer battery life,impressive design,cool gadget,and it suits for you in whatever you do and dress like…go for ipod products their the best when it comes to gadgets and accesories!!!if only i have enough to buy those,I WOULD BUY THEM!!!

JC · 19 years ago

wow! i’m impressed with the s10. I wonder where can I get one here in the Philippines. Anybody knows where?

yogurfriend · 19 years ago

Its not a fair comparision. The iriver S10 should be compared to the nano instead of the shuffle.

But if I had to choose i would obviously go for the S10. Personaly I dont like the idea of pressing the same button 114 times before reaching the song I want to hear. And I dont care a lot about the battery life ( I ussualy only hear from 1 to 4 hours of music before reaching my house, so, no need to worry) the choice is yours!

james · 19 years ago

well the i just got the new shuffle and it has great qulaty of music and its made out of meatle wich is preeity cool. iv choswe orange look great i would say shove the iriver up ur arsse .fuck iriver

RR · 19 years ago

The iRiver is cool, but it’s double the price of the Shuffle. And has 4 hours less of battery. There are only certain moments when I miss the display on a shuffle, but I prefer living with that than having less battery and weird controls. But I’m just in the border of taking the iRiver; I just wish they had gone for a better battery life instead of over-featuring the display– I don’t need a battery-eater that can show 65.000 colors, I just wanna see the name of the song! and for the pictures… who the hell is still using the worst image format available (aka BMP)?

Dear Joke · 20 years ago

if for fashion thingie go for iPod.
as for today iPod got lots of clone types.

if for great sound quality and lots of features go for iRiver.

markku · 20 years ago

Wow, ogg vorbis on such a small device. I’ll take the iRiver. :)

imroanne · 20 years ago

err, i vote for iPod nano than shuffle coz shuffle’s too small, and nano’s cuter. but, if i were to choose bet iRiver and iPod shuffle, i choose iRiver. but given iRiver and nano as an option, i go for nano. haha, so much for the nano lover.

imroanne · 20 years ago

err, i vote for iPod Nano. iPods are selling like hotcakes because they also have cool accessories, as what i’ve seen through Podzone, a UK based site that posts the trends on iPod accessories (even the weird ones :P). this supersedes the lame walkman and cd players… and obviates the need for an mp3 phone.