Re: iPod & Other Digital Music Devices
Reviving a dead thread... :P
I got the iRiver iHP-120. It's pretty nifty. I thought of getting an iPod but likened it to the path to the Dark Side. For those who want an example, read next paragraph, those who don't, skip it.
The iPod leads to the iBook. The iBook leads to the Powerbook. The Powerbook leads to the Gx and the Gx leads to suffering. Financial suffering that is.
Anyway, start up and shutdown takes a few seconds. Start up takes a bit longer than usual because I use its database feature so I can browse by title, artist, genre and album. If I don't, I can only browse by directory. The iHP (recently renamed to H120) comes with an LCD remote (That's right, LCD and it has the same backlighting as the base unit). The supplied earbuds are crap but without it, you need the remote and its cord to listen to radio stations as the earbuds and remote have antennas. You don't have any todo's, calendars or games on the unit, but you do have digital/analog in and out ports. It can record via its built in mic or with the supplied mini boom mic. The unit also comes with a leather case. Battery life is wonderful at 10 hours. iRiver claims 16 hours and some reviews claim 10. I've been getting half power roughly into 8 hours, so I'll assume the 16 is closely accurate.
For those who are spoiled by the scroll wheel on the iPod, you will be disappointed with the iHP. Scrolling can be tedious at best. Text too, is a bit small, but designed for those in my demographic, so I don't notice it. The play and stop buttons are tiny, but you can feel and push them.
I'd recommend it to anyone (with the alteration that they should get the 40GB version) who wants a hard drive mp3 player that's not iPod.
Speaking of iPod, call me a freak but, I actually liked the touch sensitive glowing buttons that were removed from the 4th generation iPod. If they bring them back in the fifth generation, I would probably pick one up.
Reviving a dead thread... :P
I got the iRiver iHP-120. It's pretty nifty. I thought of getting an iPod but likened it to the path to the Dark Side. For those who want an example, read next paragraph, those who don't, skip it.
The iPod leads to the iBook. The iBook leads to the Powerbook. The Powerbook leads to the Gx and the Gx leads to suffering. Financial suffering that is.
Anyway, start up and shutdown takes a few seconds. Start up takes a bit longer than usual because I use its database feature so I can browse by title, artist, genre and album. If I don't, I can only browse by directory. The iHP (recently renamed to H120) comes with an LCD remote (That's right, LCD and it has the same backlighting as the base unit). The supplied earbuds are crap but without it, you need the remote and its cord to listen to radio stations as the earbuds and remote have antennas. You don't have any todo's, calendars or games on the unit, but you do have digital/analog in and out ports. It can record via its built in mic or with the supplied mini boom mic. The unit also comes with a leather case. Battery life is wonderful at 10 hours. iRiver claims 16 hours and some reviews claim 10. I've been getting half power roughly into 8 hours, so I'll assume the 16 is closely accurate.
For those who are spoiled by the scroll wheel on the iPod, you will be disappointed with the iHP. Scrolling can be tedious at best. Text too, is a bit small, but designed for those in my demographic, so I don't notice it. The play and stop buttons are tiny, but you can feel and push them.
I'd recommend it to anyone (with the alteration that they should get the 40GB version) who wants a hard drive mp3 player that's not iPod.
Speaking of iPod, call me a freak but, I actually liked the touch sensitive glowing buttons that were removed from the 4th generation iPod. If they bring them back in the fifth generation, I would probably pick one up.
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