Sadly, we’re still no closer to understanding when iriver will allow its striking P7 to escape the chains of ” pre-order status ” here in North America, but geeks in South Korea can now feel free to indulge. 4.3-inches of luscious screen real estate slapped onto an 8GB PMP will set you back just under ₩200,000 ($160), and we’re guessing the more capacious 16GB variant will cost just a wee bit more. So yeah, we’re going out on a limb here and assuming that a homeland launch foreshadows a splashdown on US soil — don’t let us down, iriver. [Via PMP Today ] Filed under: Portable Audio , Portable Video iriver P7 ships in South Korea, Americans look longingly across the sea originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 15 May 2009 21:27:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Read

Boxed milk and juices are a supermarket staple, but one company is now selling boxed water . Boxed Water Is Better sells water in cartons, ditching the plastic bottles while reducing the overall carbon footprint of packing and distribution by 80%. 20% of the company’s profits are passed along to reforestation (10%) and water relief (10%) while you sip on the sweet hydrogen/oxygen nectar of Minnesota and a few parts per billion of paper pulp. But while Boxed Water is undoubtedly more sustainable than bottled water, I can’t help but think the product’s absurdity does less to open a new market than close an old one. In other words, Boxed Water is a ridiculous solution to an even more ridiculous problem—that we’d rather buy packaged water than drink it for nearly free out of the tap

iriver’s P7 , the 4.3″ touchscreen PMP with a mysterious “magazine-style layout” for a GUI, is now available for pre-order for the reasonable price of $169/199 for the 8GB/16GB options. [ J and R via DAPReview ]