iRiver T8   There can be little doubt that combining the
convenience of portable storage with the ability to play back
tunes in such a portable manner has its benefits, presuming
you're unwilling or unable to utilise a mobile phone for such
purpose of course, so we were expecting iRiver to at least
satisfy a relatively small niche demographic with its latest
release.  The T8 is styled like a typical memory stick with a
removable cap and choice of 2GB and 4GB capacities. A small,
monochrome screen and 3.5mm jack distinguishes it from the
blandness of a typical flash drive, along with side-mounted
volume, power and a hold switch and front-facing directional pad
for navigation.  It's also available in a range of colours and
features that have now become typical additions in the form of
an FM radio, voice recorder, and the ability to combine the two
to save radio broadcasts to the internal memory.  It also offers
less common features such as lyric support and the ability to
rate songs and has what appears to be a