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Summary: great player, but there's a newer version!
Review: Just got this player last week. First thing I did was download the UMS firmware update so I could use it as a USB hard drive and not bother with the propietary transfer software. What I like:
1) small and light
2) sound is good, default setting of 20 is loud enough
3) uses cheap, easy to replace aa batteries
4) 256 MB holds 5-6 cd's at 128kbit/sec
5) can be used with linux or any OS after firmware update
6) fm reception is surprisingly good
7) battery life is pretty good (20 hour rating)8) firmware can be updated, hope for Ogg Vorbis support
9) no restrictions on file transfer after UMS update However, apparently iRiver just released a 700 series of players, which has the following advantages over this model (similar price point):
1) 40 hour battery life rather than 20 on 1 aa
2) built-in Ogg Vorbis support (higher quality sound, no patent issues)
3) USB 2 interface rather than 1 (MUCH faster) If you want a player for the subway or the gym, don't need to carry your entire music collection with you at all times, this is a very good choice.
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Summary: Outstanding Product!!
Review: I bought this a few months and it is outstanding. The sound quality is great and the FM Tuner has great range. It is so good that my wife has taken it from me and now I must buy another one for myself. I would recommend to all!!!
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Summary: Well i tried twice
Review: ive have 2 iriver mp3 players. Both had the same problem. after about a year, the buttons would break. i did not press them hard or anything, they just broke both times i had an iriver mp3 player. other then the button breaking, the iriver is just an insane product, with all these extra features, the radio tuner, record on the radio and recording in general its definatly a keeper, id get a warrenty plan because they are bound to break but none the less its a great mp3 player.
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Summary: Very Impressive
Review: I'm upgrading from a Creative Labs Nomad IIc and am very impressed with this device. The sound quality in FM and recordings is excellent. The shipping unit has no ripping software, so you have to use something else. I used Windows Media Player to get WMA files. Combining these with mp3's I already had was no problem. Unit plays both. I didn't use the CD shipped but downloaded software from the iRiver site with no issues. Still on first battery after two weeks. Replaced the headphones with a Sony unit and spent some time learning the joystick and button approach to controlling what you want to do. No complaints so far.
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Summary: I love this thing
Review: (...)This is my new favorite toy! The 190T is feature rich, easy to use, and sounds great. The fact that the firmware is upgradeable and that Iriver has the UMS (universal mass storage) firmware upgrade, which allows me to drag and drop files to the 190T are a great bonus. The Sennheiser earbuds that come with it sound great. I hate earbuds, so I just ordered Sennheiser PX100's to use instead. Now that I have the 190T, I only wish I had ordered the 512MB version. After checking out Irivers website, I am even more interested in the 895T, which boasts USB 2.0, 512MB, and 40 hours of battery life. 190T Pros:
Sounds great, easy to use, feature rich, sharp design 190T Cons:
didn't come with armband.
USB 1.1
mediocre battery life
upcoming (according to iriver's website) 800T-series will have USB 2.0 instead of 190T's USB 1.1 and will have a battery life of up to 40 hours. Bottom line:
If you want a great mp3 player NOW, buy this device, its great...if you can wait a few months, check out Irivers 800T series instead.
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Summary: My Tiny, Shiny and Pretty MP3 player
Review: I bought this from Bestbuy, and there is no problem listening to either English or Korean songs with both languages on the screen. It is reall tiny although it gets really? heavy once I put in the battery. I can listen to radio really well, and the voice recorder also works incredibly well.
You will not regret!
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Summary: Just doesn't last
Review: This product is not user friendly, goes through batteries way too fast, and after 3 months, is already not working. It does not hold up well at all. The ease of switching modes is none existant and downloading MP3's is complicated. I would not recommend this product and if I could I'd asked for my money back.
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Summary: What a disaster
Review: Be careful guys and gals. This is only a MP3 player. It does not allow you to copy files (any type of audio) back to your PC!!!
These guys are worse than the RIAA when it comes to copyright of audio files. Even audio files you created!
Go look somewhere else for a storage/file transfer device.
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Summary: I LOVE IT!
Review: WOW! They have crammed an amazing amount of features into this little unit. PROS: Tiny, lightweight and uses dirt cheap AA batteries. Absolutely shockproof with no moving parts, seems to be very durable altho the battery cover door is a little goofy and flimsy. At about 4mb per song at 128kb MP3's this holds about 60 songs, or about 120 songs at 64mb. I am unable to find more than 60 songs at any one time that I actually like, so this is fine by me. I immediately tossed the earbuds, used my own Sony headphones and converted it to UMS (see IRIVER website), so I cannot comment on the software or earbuds. By converting to UMS you can see it onay computer and just drag and drop, but you lose the ability to make play lists or change the order of songs once you have loaded them. I was shocked that the FM tuner actually seems to work, and gets fairly good reception. I have never had any luck with small FM receivers with no external antenna, but this one has reasonably good sound and pulls in about 10 channels here in Los Angeles, without much static. I travel a lot and wanted to be able to use rechargeable OR regular batteries, so that left out the IPODs. Otherwise for $240, I woulda bought the gorgeous Mini-Ipod which is about the same size and weight but with 4gb of storage. I tried them side by side in a store and sound and volume are similar, and altho the Mini in theory is not as completely shockproof, I banged both the sample units HARD on the counter and couldn't get either one to skip... This unit lasts a LONG time on one AA battery. Haven't timed it but more than 10 hours. Other similar units, e.g. Muvo, use AAA's which are a little smaller but more expensive and sometimes hard to find overseas, but you can always find AA's. I am hard of hearing and this thing has good high volume and excellent sound. CONS: Screen is small and they mucked it up with all kinds of status data. I don't need to know what bitrate the song is, I just wanna read the damn title! IMHO it woulda been better with just the song title and play time in BIGGER LETTERS. Feature Bloat! I doubt I will ever use the voice recorder custom EQ settings etc. CONCLUSION: The choice for me was the Mini-Ipod or this unit. I went with this unit because it has good FM, is shockproof, uses AA cells, and I personally don't need more storage. For $100 more, the Mini is absolutely gorgeous, and I may break down and get that TOO, but this unit is great for sports, gym and travel. I am not clear on what was upgraded in the newer 390T model ( which isn't sold on Amazon, but I looked at them online and at Best Buy). IRIVER seems to plan to continue to sell both, but the 390T is slightly bigger and for $40 difference I went with this one and I would buy it again.
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Summary: An update to my previous review...erm...complaints
Review: For history please refer to my previous review. So far, Amazon has performed admireably. iRiver, on the other hand, has not. Amazon has done everything they said they would do, they have been very kind, responsive and efficient. iRiver has just, this day, responded to my concern. I e-mailed iRiver a week ago. I told Amazon that I wanted to return the replacement MP3 player they quickly sent me because I didn't want anything to do with iRiver. The length of time that passed before iRiver customer service responded to my concern tells me they don't care about the consumer. I won't reward that attitude. Amazon has responded to my concerns within 24 hours of submitting them. I submitted several. iRiver, apparently, couldn't find the time to help me.
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