iriver has not updated its P series of large-screen portable media players in quite some time, so you are likely as surprised as we are that this five-incher has shown up on the company’s Russian site. With a battery life of up to nine hours of video and 40 hours of audio to boot.

The P8 comes in 8GB and 16GB sizes, sports a microSD slot, and an HDMI port for pushing HD content to a TV. We have no idea if it will ever land on American shores or how much it will cost when it does, but we like what we see.

It’s been awhile since we have heard anything from iRiver, but now they’re getting ready to release the iRiver Story HD in the second quarter. They are calling it “the World’s highest resolution 6-inch e-reader,” and the Story HD now has improved page turns and an e-paper display from LG. The display delivers a resolution of 768×1024 pixels and can support PDF/ePub formats using DRM.

Other features include built in WiFi, up to three weeks of battery life, and a QWERTY keypad. We don’t have many other details at the moment, but we should know more in a few days once it makes an appearance at CES.

Iriver has some new colorful PMPs on the way. We don’t have many details yet, but we do know the model names: U100, P100, and D2000. All look very capable if a bit boring design-wise.

These will be arriving next year and hopefully by then we will have some more info. Until then you’ll just have to make do with your old not so colorful PMP.

It’s been a while since we had some new news on the iRiver Story. The device has undergone some changes since then. The most interesting change is the inclusion of WiFi.

WiFi was definitely something the device needed. The other big change? The name. It will now be known as the iRiver WiFi Story EB03.

iRiver has just announced two new lines of cheap and colorful PMPs. First there’s the T8 Candy Bar which boasts a classic USB stick design, and is available in eight colors. They feature 4GB of storage and a battery life of up to 17 hours.

Then there’s the more interesting S100, which comes in 4GB and 8GB capacities, with a 2.83-inch, 240 x 320 resolution color display, FM Radio, microSD slot, and 720p video playback. Both the T8 and the S100 are available in Korea only right now.

iRiver is back with two new MP3 players, the M31 Shining and M41 Revolve. The entry-level iRiver M31 also functions as a USB storage device, which is handy. It features a tiny OLED screen (128 x 32) and supports MP3, WAV, and WMA file formats.

The iRiver M41 has a larger 1.8-inch display and supports both audio and video playback. The M41 supports MP3/WMA audio files and AVI video files. The battery will deliver up to 15-hours of continuous audio playback or 4-hour of continuous video playback.

One day eBook readers may look different, but for now they all tend to look the same, with white bodies and a keyboard. Looks aside, they aren’t all created equal. Take the iRiver Story, now available on Amazon for £230 ($380).

Sure that’s a bit pricey, but competition will continue to sort things out. IRiver is hoping that you prefer this one over the Kindle or a Barnes & Noble Nook. Do you? Let us know your deepest darkest ebook thoughts.

iRiver is rolling out the N20 Mariah Carey edition which will come preloaded with 17 tracks from her latest album called Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. We have no idea how the N20 will be controlled and if it uses the usual 3.5mm headphone jack.

Some say it’s controlled by a touch interface, some say there are buttons on the back. Maybe the controls are on a touchscreen that looks like a scantily clad Mariah, so geeks can feel her up and play tunes. We just don’t know.

The news was already leaked, but if you are one of those folks who needs to hear it straight from the source, you’ll be happy to know that iRiver has announced that their E200 is in fact real.

We don’t have a price or release date, but we can tell you that it features a 2.8-inch screen and will come in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB versions. The device also supports FM radio, FLAC, RMVB and Xvid and sports an SD slot for more memory.

iRiver’s P35 PMP has been upgraded, introducing a 32GB version. The touchscreen PMP is currently available in Korea and will arrive in the US this fall, has a 4.3-inch WQVGA display and a microSD slot for up to 16GB cards.

The Korean version also has an optional DMB digital TV tuner, a feature is not likely to be in the US model, but no one Seems sure. More likely is that iriver will use the mid-range WiFi-enabled version of the P35, which includes an internet browser and the company’s “Magazine” UI.

The iRiver M7 aka the NV Classic will feature updates to the original NV. This 181 x 120 x 21.5 device features SiRF GRF3i+ GPS, an SDHC slot for maps, a pair of 1.5-watt speakers for turn-by-turn audio, and a big 7-inch 800×480 touchscreen TFT LCD to show you the way.

Some other features include DMB digital television, support for MPEG1, MPEG4, WMV9, and XVID video, MP3, WMA, OGG, and WAV audio, JPEG and BMP images, and a bundled 4GB SDHC card for storage.

Interestingly, a P35 teaser has shown up on iRiver’s website. Until now many were thinking that because the player had an integrated digital TV tuner that is not supported by any U.S broadcaster, that the device would not make it to US shores.

But as we pointed out months ago, there are several versions of the P35. There’s one with digital TV, there’s a WIFI version and a “basic” version with no WIFI. We’re looking forward to learning more about this one. Color us interested.

The iRiver P35 was introduced in the US during CES 2009, but now iRiver has decided to launch the device in Korea. The player features USB 2.0 OTG, a 4.3 inch LCD (WQVGA), and is compatible with most of big multimedia formats including Xvid, WMV9, MPEG2/4, and H.264.

You can get the iRiver P35 in three models including the P35 Basic with no WiFi/DMB and only 8GB of internal memory, the P35 DMB with a DMB TV Tuner, no WiFi and 16GB of internal memory, and the P35 WiFi that features both a DMB TV Tuner, WiFi and 16GB of internal memory.

You may have noticed that e-book readers are starting to catch on. If this is news to you, you probably don’t own a Kindle. And since reading e-books is all the rage, we should see more manufacturers jump on board in due time.

iriver Japan (not iRiver from Korea) hopes to join in on the reindeer games by releasing their own e-book reader. Their offering looks more ike a rebadged version of the Netronix reader which was released last year. Apparently the iriver Japan device will be capable of handling PDF documents, have a simple joystick control interface, an SD memory card slot and audio file playback.

Today iRiver is showing off the WAVE-HOME, which is dubbed an “all-in-one solution”, the WAVE-HOME features a 7 inch screen, built-in speakers and comes with a handset that acts as a VOIP phone and a remote control. It also has a built-in 1.3 megapixel webcam.

They basically want the device to handle all of your needs. Some features include: VOIP, web surfing, video chat, SMS/MMS, taking photos, displaying photos, videos, playing music files, FM radio, widgets (weather, news, traffic, etc.) iRiver sees the WAVE-HOME as a “do everything” multimedia and communications center. They want it front and center, with you using it for something.