Comments on: Saying “NO” to iPod http://optempo.com/2007/10/07/saying-no-to-ipod/ Product Reviews and Buying Guides Thu, 17 May 2012 06:26:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Florchakh http://optempo.com/2007/10/07/saying-no-to-ipod/#comment-12 Florchakh Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:42:53 +0000 http://optempo.com/2007/10/07/saying-no-to-ipod/#comment-12 Honesty, I have seen LOTS of DAPs and exactly none of them was having good headphones. As far as I have my own Sennheisers I don't even plug these cheap pieces of crap made in Taiwan... Honesty, I have seen LOTS of DAPs and exactly none of them was having good headphones. As far as I have my own Sennheisers I don’t even plug these cheap pieces of crap made in Taiwan…

]]> By: jfc http://optempo.com/2007/10/07/saying-no-to-ipod/#comment-9 jfc Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:18:05 +0000 http://optempo.com/2007/10/07/saying-no-to-ipod/#comment-9 Thanks Florchakh I haven't tried out the iAudio or Cowon. I'll have to give them a look at some point. I think it's pretty hard to screw up the programming on these devices. The real trick is usabilty design and reliability. The Craig unit was too large, larger than my cellphone, and the Sylvania had a poorly designed headphone plug. Which brings up something I forgot to mention. The earbud headphones on these cheap units suck. You'll need to replace them with something else so you should consider that in the price. Thanks Florchakh

I haven’t tried out the iAudio or Cowon. I’ll have to give them a look at some point.

I think it’s pretty hard to screw up the programming on these devices. The real trick is usabilty design and reliability. The Craig unit was too large, larger than my cellphone, and the Sylvania had a poorly designed headphone plug.

Which brings up something I forgot to mention. The earbud headphones on these cheap units suck. You’ll need to replace them with something else so you should consider that in the price.

]]> By: Florchakh http://optempo.com/2007/10/07/saying-no-to-ipod/#comment-6 Florchakh Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:15:38 +0000 http://optempo.com/2007/10/07/saying-no-to-ipod/#comment-6 For a couple of months I was reviewing hardware, products of Cowon seemed to be the best (I mean iAudio) :) For a couple of months I was reviewing hardware, products of Cowon seemed to be the best (I mean iAudio) :)

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