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Aug. 18th, 2006 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
leticiaSo, anyone know anything about iAudio X5 players? I'm looking particularly hard at the X5L-30 and the X5-60.
They do not word-process, which is a pity, or handle PDFs or most other documents. They do, however, allow reading text files, act as a USB drive, play MP3s and OGGs among other codecs, play video (with an admittedly tiny screen, but, that's not what I'm looking for persay), display images, pick up FM radio, and Stuff in general. They're also rather expensive, but compare favorably in price to iPods, plus more open formats.
The X5L-30 has 30 gigs of storage and about a 30 hour battery life. The X5-60 has an enormous /60/ gigs of storage, and a little less than half the battery life. I can't see myself needing the 60 gigs, really, so I'm currently leaning towards the slightly cheaper with greater battery X5L-30.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16855603827
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16855603828
Has anyone heard anything good or bad about these suckers? The thing I'm worried the most about is that they use a built in, supposedly not user-serviceable rechargeable battery, and I don't know how long it'll hold a good charge. 300 bucks is a lot to pay for a battery.
(Mind, if it goes dead past warranty period, a girl might just be able to figure out how to change it herself anyhow, but.)
Unfortunately, the pocket pc type market seems to go straight from 'glorified PDA with less than 256 M flash memory' to 'ultra-miniaturized laptop, and you'll pay accordingly.'
I'm fine with the slow clock speeds and low RAM count of a pocket pc type device; I just want /storage/. But to get storage, you have to go to the ultra-mobile PCs, aka "This costs twice what a lowend laptop would with twice the functionality and a vaguely normal keyboard and screen."
So, an MP3 player looks more and more likely.
They do not word-process, which is a pity, or handle PDFs or most other documents. They do, however, allow reading text files, act as a USB drive, play MP3s and OGGs among other codecs, play video (with an admittedly tiny screen, but, that's not what I'm looking for persay), display images, pick up FM radio, and Stuff in general. They're also rather expensive, but compare favorably in price to iPods, plus more open formats.
The X5L-30 has 30 gigs of storage and about a 30 hour battery life. The X5-60 has an enormous /60/ gigs of storage, and a little less than half the battery life. I can't see myself needing the 60 gigs, really, so I'm currently leaning towards the slightly cheaper with greater battery X5L-30.
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16855603827
http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16855603828
Has anyone heard anything good or bad about these suckers? The thing I'm worried the most about is that they use a built in, supposedly not user-serviceable rechargeable battery, and I don't know how long it'll hold a good charge. 300 bucks is a lot to pay for a battery.
(Mind, if it goes dead past warranty period, a girl might just be able to figure out how to change it herself anyhow, but.)
Unfortunately, the pocket pc type market seems to go straight from 'glorified PDA with less than 256 M flash memory' to 'ultra-miniaturized laptop, and you'll pay accordingly.'
I'm fine with the slow clock speeds and low RAM count of a pocket pc type device; I just want /storage/. But to get storage, you have to go to the ultra-mobile PCs, aka "This costs twice what a lowend laptop would with twice the functionality and a vaguely normal keyboard and screen."
So, an MP3 player looks more and more likely.
