The iRiver Spinn made its first appearance in CES this year, but it’s been a while since anyone has heard news about it ever since. However, Crave at CNET has some good news for those residing in the UK as the release date of this unit has been slated on August of this year.

 
What’s impressive about this unit, aside from its touch screen interface, is that it incorporates some of the more salient features missing in the iPod Touch such as Bluetooth and Adobe Flash support. The Spinn will also come with a 3D acceleration chip which will no doubt improve its graphic interface. Unfortunately, the top of the line model maxes out at 16GB which Apple has bested by releasing a 32GB Touch version. Another sad bit of info is that there is no sign of an Asian release anytime soon.

iRiver has been around in the Philippines for quite some time now but has since taken a back seat to the resurgent Creative. The Spinn would have been a nice addition to the local portable media player (PMP) scene as this looks like a worthy adversary to the Touch.