First Look: Rio Forge Sport 512

The Rio Forge Sport reminds us of the fleshy gamepods from David Cronenberg’s Existenz – those weird semi-organic devices that plugged straight into your body via an umbilical cord. It’s lucky the Rio Sport doesn’t come in flesh colour -- what if you dropped it while out jogging? Your first thought as you stared at the fleshy lozenge on the ground would be 'Has one of my adrenal glands just fallen out?'

The Rio is curvy and has lovely rubber grips which’ll keep your sweaty hands clasped firmly on its body during a work out. On the downside, the Rio Sport is a bit light and hollow feeling. We’re not sure how hard you could knock the Rio before it split -- a metal chassis might have been a better choice for a sports mp3 player.

We’ll be taking the Rio Sport extreme downhill mountain biking to see how it fares under pressure. Expect a full review soon.- CS