Posted by zoara on 11/17/24 11:48

On 22 May 2006 15:14:35 -0700, ngc457@mailinator.com wrote:

> http://www.idont.com/
>
> "Now is the time to break free from restrictive formats and a single
> source for music. It's time for choice, for freedom, for
> self-expression - and for all independent spirits to stand up and say
> "iDon't." You don't need to follow. There is now an alternative."

So your entire sales pitch is based on it not being an iPod?

I don't actually see what the machine you're touting does that an iPod
doesn't (except have an incredible 6GB - yes, six gig - capacity). How it
gives you more choice in music, I'm not entirely sure. You do realise ipods
will play more than just the stuff from the iTunes Music, Store, right?

From the review linked from that site:

"All of the controls respond well, but the navigation ring and the center
button feel loose. In fact, if you shake the player you can hear the center
button rattle. The scroll wheel is great for flipping through hundreds of
songs easily, but it doesn’t feel smooth. If you look at the picture of the
inside of the wheel you can see that it is basically a gear and it feels
that way. You can actually hear the gear turn as you rotate the ring.
Everything is durable and works, but it doesn’t feel right."

"One problem with recording is that the microphone will pick up mechanical
noises from the loose buttons and scroll wheel if you are messing with the
player while it is recording."

"The only video type supported natively by the Sansa e200 is QuickTime."

"I have successfully converted a few XviD and DivX files that played back,
but most of them did not play. This somewhat held true for the other
officially supported formats, as a few of them did not playback correctly
when converted. The video conversion is not perfect."

"The video is very smooth despite having a frame rate of only 15 FPS. The
audio track is lacking, however. It sounds very flat."

"There was some audible “electrical noises” when nothing was playing while
navigating through menus or photos."

"One last item worth mentioning about the audio playback is the track
order. The Sansa e200 disregards any track numbers and just plays the songs
in the order it feels like, no matter how you transfer music over, MTP or
MSC (UMS)."

"There are a few things I find annoying about the e200. The resume fuction
is buggy, the tracks do not play in the correct album order, and there is
no custom EQ."

"The tactile scroll wheel works but it doesn’t feel right, the controls
could have been better with a different type of interface."

From
<http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2006/03/sandisk-sansa-e200-series-review.php>



> http://www.theroyalwe.org/1984.html

That would have been funny if it, you know, had a point.

-zoara-

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