| iriver Clix 2 4GB | iriver E10 6GB | Samsung YP-K5 4GB | Cowon iAudio 6 4GB |
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- 3.5" x 1.9" x 0.5"
- 3 oz. w/ battery
- 2.2" 262k color 320x240 OLED
- 4GB flash memory
- FM tuner
- Voice recorder
- 25 hrs. playback
- Released in Jun 2007
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- 3.78" x 1.77" x 0.55"
- 2.68 oz.
- 1.5" 64k 128x128 color LCD
- 6GB hard drive
- FM tuner
- Voice recorder
- 28 hrs. playback
- Released in Oct 2006
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- 3.86" x 1.87" x 0.71"
- 3.7oz. w/ battery
- 1.7" OLED
- 4GB flash memory
- FM tuner
- 30 hrs. playback
- Released in Oct 2006
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- 3.0" x 1.40" x 0.75"
- 1.8" 260k color OLED
- 4GB 0.85" hard drive
- FM tuner
- Voice recorder
- 20 hrs. playback
- Released in May 2006
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| Flash based MP3 players have always had some of the worse hurdles to jump when it comes to setting new market trends. Despite everyone's collective efforts, every MP3 player has been burdened with capacity, battery, interface, video, or software integration issues that simply marred the overall experience when compared to the market leader. Well, it was bound to happen sometime, but one company finally caught up to and surpassed the competition. Meet the 2nd generation iriver clix, quite possibly the best flash MP3 player that money can buy. Read on as our in-depth review explains why. | Meet E10, less than a year old from South Korea. Born of iriver components, it loves to charm users with its flash interface and soothing music. In its spare time, the E10 enjoys listening to the radio, taking dictations, reading, playing games, watching movies, and changing channels on the TV. Interested? View the E10 full profile after the jump. |
Summary not yet available | COWON has finally pulled the wraps off the iAudio 6; it is the first MP3 player to use a 0.85" hard drive and the first to use a diagonal touchpad. Despite the looks, the player holds its own with a 1.3" color OLED display, video playback, picture and text viewing, 20 hours of battery life, an FM recorder and USB OTG for offloading images from a camera. |
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Space Filler
Most of the 5GB MP3 players utilize Seagate ST-1 5GB miniature hard drive for storage whereas 4GB counterparts use Hitachi miniature storage. |
| SanDisk Sansa e260 4GB | Samsung YP-Z5 4GB | Apple iPod nano 4GB | iRiver H10 5GB |
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- 3.5" x 1.7" x 0.5"
- 1.8" 65k color LCD
- 4GB flash memory
- FM tuner
- 64 hrs. playback
- Released in Mar 2006
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- 3.5" x 1.7" x 0.5"
- 1.8" 65k color LCD
- 4GB flash memory
- 24 hrs. playback
- Released in Feb 2006
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- 3.5" x 1.6" x 0.27"
- 1.5 oz.
- 1.5" 32k color LCD
- 4GB flash memory
- 14 hrs. playback
- Released in Sep 2005
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- 3.76" x 2.15" x 0.59"
- 3.34 oz.
- 5GB hard drive
- FM tuner
- Voice recorder
- 12 hrs. playback
- Released in Feb 2005
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| The second new MP3 player from SanDisk is far more appealing in our opinion than the first. Behold the e200-series, the next big thing in flash-based MP3 players. When we say big, we mean big, as in 2/4/6GB big. When using a 1GB microSD flash card (also convienently made by SanDisk) then we are talking 7GB big, or almost twice the capacitiy of the iPod nano big. | Over at the Samsung booth we got a glimpse of the new YP-Z5, a small 2/4GB MP3 player aimed to compete with Apple iPod nano. Besides playing protected WMAs from Napster and displaying JPEG slide shows on it's 1.8" LCD, the new player has a gorgeous brushed metal (or glossy black) body with a fairly intuitive interface controlled by a tactile touchpad. | Finally, a black iPod without Bono's signature! Apple has given the boot to the iPod mini, slimming it down even further to the width of a pencil. It's name, the iPod Nano. This time, Apple replaced the micro-HDD with NAND flash memory, implemented 1.5" color LCD, and released a host of accessories, such as the lanyard earphones & silicone "tubes". | iRiver's first micro hard drive MP3 player sports 260k color 1.5" LCD; equips with a 5GB Seagate; conforms to MS' PlaysForSure music subscription specs; and holds tons of photos. Plus, you get to pick from four different colors. |
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