45 of 48 people found the following review helpful
I'm keeping this one.,
January 10, 2004 David Reed "Dave Reed" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: iriver iGP-100 1.5 GB MP3 Player (Electronics)
My Archos 20GB died after more than two years and being dropped one too many times... So, after too many moments of silence, I started looking for a replacement that was sturdier --> and less than $200. Fortunately, iRiver ended this nightmare quest for me. After buying and returning nine different alleged mp3 devices this weekend, I'm keeping this one.The iGP-100 is in the same price range as much smaller Flash players (including iRiver's own Flash products, which seems odd). It's got everything I want, except expandability, but at a gig-and-a-half I ain't complainin'... and it's less than 1/4 of the weight of that darn Archos brick.The iGP-100 doesn't come with any extras besides the charger and some earbuds I'll never use. A sports arm-band would have been nice, though! Lifting weights with it is going to be awkward until I find one that fits.Windows XP treats the iGP-100 like a removable drive and no funky software is required to drop WMA files on it and start...Read more
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Almost Perfect,
February 29, 2004 Jeromy Shepherd - See all my reviews
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This review is from: iriver iGP-100 1.5 GB MP3 Player (Electronics)
The iGP-100 is almost perfect. I am very pleased I choose it over the iPod. Pros:
- Small: The size fits easily in my shirt pocket.
- Loud: The volume goes to 40; anything over 21 is excessively loud for me. Hard to believe so much sound could come from such a small player.
- Case: Bundled in the package is a nice leather wrap, like what some folks put on cell phones. I don't see many scratches making it through the leather, very nice touch iRiver!
- Battery: As others have noted, VERY good battery life. I fully charged it and took it to work. I never took them off and listened all day (9hrs) and it still had two bars of charge. Only time will tell if it can hold that performance up over the long haul.
- OGG Support: Long needed on the iRiver CD players, I am glad they are finally on board with OGG
- Software: NO special software to load or unload songs. It mounts like a hard drive. Just drag and drop songs.Cons:
- Line Out: I am unable to...Read more
14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
ipod? no irvier,
February 20, 2004 By A Customer
This review is from: iriver iGP-100 1.5 GB MP3 Player (Electronics)
Just picked this up about a week or two ago after much debate of whether to wait for the ipod mini.Def. made the right choice. The ipod does have a larger hd and is probably a bit smaller (thought weight is close to the same and the design is square as compared to round), but the iriver makes up for this in other areas.One, it has a great fm radio on board. You don't realize how much you want this option until you don't have it (such as with an ipod).Two, it handles WMA files perfectly. WMA files are windoms media players preferred file (so if you've burned all your cds onto your hd using windows media player, they are likely all WMA. They are smaller than the same file in MP3 format and have as good, if not better, playback quality as an MP3 file. Ipods don't read WMA, so for any PC user, this could be a major shortcoming.Three, truely drag and drop of folders onto the iriver. Ipod doesn't allow you to keep your music organized into the folder as most windows users...Read more
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