iRiver Launch "video iPod"

El Reg reports that iRiver will be shipping the second of its three 'video iPod' player families in July - the Linux-based Personal Multimedia Player (PMP).

The company will ship two models: the PMP-120 and PMP-140. Both offer the same 3.5in, 16-bit LCD display, but the first will contain a 20GB hard drive while the latter has a 40GB unit installed.

The unit supports a wide range of formats, including MP3, WMA, ASF, Ogg Vorbis and WAV for audio; JPEG and BMP for still photography; and MPEG 1, MPEG 2, MPEG 4, AVI, Divx 3, 4 and 5, Xvid and WMV for video.

There's an integrated FM tuner and microphone, along with line-in and TV-out ports. The PMPs will use the USB On the Go system to allow the device to download digital photography and other files directly from cameras and USB disks without the need for a PC host.

The players will ship with a removeable rechargeable battery capable of sustaining up to 16 hours of audio or five hours of video playback.

No prices have been announced.