Although most people tend to immediately think about the iPod when talking about portable multimedia playback devices, the truth of the matter is that there are plenty of other players available, most of which, however, are less known, or available on a local basis. And this is also the case with the device you'll read about as follows, namely the Canyon CNR-MPV6 Multimedia MP3 Player, which is only available on certain markets from the EMEA region.

According to their own description, Canyon is a young and dynamic lifestyle brand that tries to make life more comfortable by offering a wide range of practical, easy-to-use and affordable IT-related consumer electronics and computer peripherals. They deliver a diversified portfolio of desktop computers, chat packs, MP3 & multimedia players, speakers, headsets, mice, webcams, notebook bags, and much more.

The company has established a network of sales offices in more than 50 countries and distribution centers in China, Finland, Czech Republic and Dubai. In other words, the company targets mostly the EMEA region, and has managed to set a pretty serious foothold on Central and Eastern European markets. One of the reasons why they're enjoying quite a high level of success here is related directly to their sales policy, the decently priced products offered by Canyon proving to be quite popular with the customers from the aforementioned parts of the world, some of them having severely been affected by the economic crisis.

That's also the case with the tiny CNR-MPV6 MP4 player (or MP3 Multimedia player, as the manufacturer dubs it), which is one of the most affordable, yet feature-packed products of this type we've come across lately, offering a multitude of functions, which, at least on paper, make it competitive enough for anyone's tastes.

Of course, in reality, the player does have some problems as well (after all, there's nothing perfect in this world, is it now?), but we'll let you discover all of these details as you go over our review.