"By delivering music subscription and download support at such aggressive price points, iriver is bringing more music choices to a wider audience than ever before," said Kevin Unangst, director of Windows Digital Media at Microsoft Corp. "iriver continues to demonstrate industry leadership in choice and compatibility with its new T family of PlaysForSure-verified flash-based music players."

The T family includes the T10 and T30 series in 512MB and 1GB* capacities. In addition to playing multiple music formats, the T family features built-in voice recording and line-in encoding allowing customers to record MP3s on the fly from any source including home audio systems and handheld CD players. Flash-based portable music players are ideal for customers who want to enjoy music while biking, running or at the gym as they have no moving parts making them ultra-durable and skip-free.

"iriver's new T family of flash-based, Rhapsody To Go-compatible devices are an exciting innovation and an important step forward for the market," said Robert Acker, vice president of music services for RealNetworks. "Music fans who are curious about portable music subscriptions now have a lightweight and affordable way to enjoy hours of their favorite songs on the go."

"iriver achieves another first with PlaysForSure flash-based music players that support portable music subscription services," said Jonathan Sasse, president of iriver America. "Our introduction of the T family gives our customers an expanded array of options for exploring, downloading and enjoying music."

The T10 and T30 series are available for pre-order now at the iriver eStore at www.iriveramerica.com/estore and will be at selected stores beginning in August.