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Who framed Roger Rabbit? iriver and Disney of course! (They also destroy mankind)
comment: 6 | Monday, December 29 (2008) 10:51AM | Posted by Michael
Thought iriver was done playing around with Mickey and the gang? Think again. The Mplayer was just the tip of the iceberg for iriver and Disney. In just a matter of months we'll be seeing Mickey headphones made by iriver and worn by the masses. Next there will be some sort of Mickeeepc netbook, and then all robots on earth will become self-aware. We all know how that ends, but here's how it started...

After the breakout success of the Mplayer, iriver and Disney mutually agreed that making tons of money was awesome. Though the player had technology to find out the users' music preferences, the two companies soon realized this information was useless towards their plans of world domination. They needed something that could be in your home 24/7; something inconspicuous, and cute. A digital frame was perfect for their diabolical plans. On December 30th 2008, they released the Framee-M, which was an anagram for Free M.A.M (My Automated Mind). It pit man against man and lay the foundation for our demise.



It has a 3.5" display to show off your photos, 1GB on-board memory (plus SDHC expansion), and plays back your audio and video files (MPEG-4). Disney worked on the design of the frame, adding Mickey and Minnie ears to top for the best spying possible. Iriver worked on the software;creating an appealing interface to disguise the daily subliminal messages to kill your fellow human. The Framee-M is being released in Japan tomorrow, but we must find a way to stop it. All of mankind rests in our hands. Check out the mission briefing below, and good luck!

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Comments

DaHarder

Comments: 513
Dec 29 (2008) 11:09AM  

Hey...

I guess when your current line-up of DAP/PMP units doesn't seem to be selling/reviewing all that well, you have to do what you have to do.
[ edited Dec 29 (2008) 11:10AM ]




clixer
Location: Germany : )
Comments: 26
Dec 29 (2008) 01:05PM  

I don't believe these will sell better...
How could they posssibly?




BBD
Location: Where all the ladies @
Comments: 78
Dec 29 (2008) 09:32PM  

iRiver needs to change it's name to "OMFG!WTF!?!"

Seriously, I'm gonna use a dremel tool to scratch the iRiver name from my H120.




Kit80

Comments: 39
Dec 30 (2008) 03:40PM  

They are just doing what all clever businesses do, finding a niche that has not been dominated yet.

Clever.




chengdude

Comments: 120
Dec 30 (2008) 04:19PM  

No comment on iRiver's descent into 可愛さ hell, but props for the write-up; nicely done.
[ edited Dec 30 (2008) 04:21PM ]




Michael
Location: New York City
Comments: 2786
Dec 30 (2008) 06:59PM  

Thanks cheng

Seriously it was 3am and I was thinking to myself "how do I make a story about a disney digital frame interesting enough?" And to entertain myself too of course




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