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Summary: Excellent - except for custom battery
Review: This product performed in exactly the manner it describes - it uses 3" CD-R media to make for a less bulky package than full size MP3 players. It supports WMA and MP3 digital formats, which was a requirement for me. It's useful as a storage device when I'm back visiting family. Installation and operation are a breeze. Included headphones are of above average quality.The battery issue is this products only downfall. It uses a proprietary battery which lasts aroun 4/5 hours for my use, and can only be charged in unit. The charging only takes place when you have it connected to the power supply and you turn the unit off, not exactly the most obvious charging manner. The battery issue alone is not enough to part me from this great thing
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Summary: Unfriendly software
Review: Unless you are an expert in software development, don't buy this product. Installation is very unfriendly, nothing works, nothing connects. I wasted the whole evening trying to make it work and eventually had to return it.
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Summary: Unfriendly software
Review: Unless you are an expert in software development, don't buy this product. Installation is very unfriendly, nothing works, nothing connects. I wasted the whole evening trying to make it work and eventually had to return it.
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Summary: Mini, easy.....
Review: Very good small mobile Mini Burner. I like it. This is what I look for.
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Summary: Real review, great product
Review: Well, here's a real review for this item. All previous reviews tell nothing about the product, so I'm going to share my thoughts about it.
I owned about five different mp3 players before (Memorex, Rio, TDK). I was very happy with my old TDK Mojo but its size always made me wish it were smaller. An unfortunately accident ended the days of glory of my Mojo, so I started to look for a new mp3 player.
I was looking for something small, so I decided for mini cd players, and then I found the RipGO! from Imation.
The player comes with 2 blank discs and an installation disk with the necessary drivers (required only for Windows 98). It comes with Nero and other two applications I didn't bother to see.
Putting the player in action was very easy. Just plug the player on the USB port and you have a new CD drive (in this case, burner). In five minutes I burned a disc, unplugged the player and stated to listen to my favorite sound track (Cowboy Bebop). I tested it with mp3s encoded at 160kps and it didn't skip at all.
The player has a very funny feature, when it's playing a song and the buffer starts to run empty; it starts to fill the buffer with the next song, avoiding the gap between tracks. The screen is clear and has all the necessary information (track name, time remaining, song length, EQ Mode, etc). The menus and navigation are a bit complex at the beginning, but you will get used to it.
The sound quality is great, better that any other player I heard before and has more presets than other players (Normal, Rock, Pop, Classic, Salsa, Techno, Jazz, Etc). The headphones are just ok, but they'll do the job well.
The player is small, but is not the smaller player out there. It doesn't come with a carrying case or anything, but you can hold it in the pocket of your shirt.
One mayor flaw I found on this player is the battery life. It comes with a rechargeable battery, but it will last only 3 or 4 hours.
Overall, this is a very good product, but if you prefer gigabytes of storage instead of 185MB mini cds go to the Archos Jukebox, they'll cost the same, but they are bigger heavier and may crash sometimes.
I hope this will help you.
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Summary: Please don't spend your money with the RipGO!
Review: Well, I bought one of this, at the beginning I was very excited, that was a really cool device, until I started to use it, then start the deceptions, first it don't support in anyway the Mini CD-RW, second belived or not it don't support the Mini CD-R of 210MB and this two problems Imation can not solve with an update of firmware, so if you buy this product you have to stay with 185MB discs, because the larger ones don't work on the RipGO they are really a headache. Sorry to dissapoint to the fans of the RipGO. En resumen no gasten el dinero en el RipGO, no soporta los discos especificados antes solo el de 185MB CD-R, y ya hable con Imation y no pueden solucionarlo con ninguna actualización de firmware, así que, así queda hasta que dure.
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