iRiver is all set with their new Linux powered portable media players. These things are going to be sweet! iPod sized storage capacity, MP3, ASF, WMA, and WAV audio playback, what more could you ask for? The use of Linux, perhaps? Well, consider it done! How about a built-in radio? Also done!

There’s not a lot that this Linux media player does not offer. I’ll tell you this: If I had had the cash to drop right now, I would pick one of these up. It’s as cool as can be and it is not format proprietary. Nice job, iRiver!

iRiver has formally introduced its Linux-based Portable Media Player (PMP) family in the UK. The device maker also said this week that it has cut the price of its H series colour digital music players.

The PMP-120 and PMP-140, each equipped with a 20GB and a 40GB 1.8in hard drive, respectively, provide MP3, ASF, WMA and WAV audio playback, along with MPEG 4, AVI, DivX and XviD video support. There’s still photography storage and slide-show features, too, and the machines also provide an FM radio and voice recording facilities.