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 A Little Gem of a Media Player! May 16, 2007
63 out of 63 found this review helpful
I've had my Clix 2 almost a week now and I'm even more impressed with it than I hoped I'd be. The AMOLED screen on this thing is simply gorgeous--much better than the typical LCD screen on most players. It's bright, sharp and the colors are stunningly vibrant. It really blows the screen on my 5th gen "iPod with Video" right out of the water.
The feature set is terrific. It'll play MP3, WMA and OGG audio and AVI and WMV video and display JPGs. Video looks really amazing. It sports an FM tuner, which works well, and it's cool that you can record off the radio or its built-in mic. It comes with a few flash games installed. You can even customize the menu backgrounds.
The controls and user interface were pretty easy to master. The only fault with the ergonomics, in my opinion, is that it normally takes two hands to operate the Clix. With practice you can sort of operate it with one hand, but it's awkward.
It's a tad smaller than I imagined, about the same overall as the iPod Nano. The audio quality is as good or better than my iPods. One of the coolest things about it is it can connect as an MSC external storage device, allowing you to simply drag-and-drop your media files into it. In this mode it's platform agnostic, meaning that it'll work on either a PC, Mac or Linux computer. Drag-and-drop is nice because I can simply copy media files onto it from multiple computers, regardless of platform and not be restricted to syncing with one source, like the iPod. It's perfect for a geek like me who has multiple computers running different OS's.
If you prefer, you can also set it up as an MTP player for use with Windows XP or Vista and sync it automatically with iriver's own iTunes-like app or by using Windows Media Player 11. Theoretically, it should be also able to sync in MTP under Linux with Amarok if you have libmtp installed, but so far I haven't been able to get that to work--but that's probably an issue with Linux, not the Clix 2.
One word of caution: before you do anything else, connect it to your computer and copy all of the contents of the Clix to your hard drive as a backup. Why, you ask? Because when you format the player or switch modes between MSC and MTP it erases the entire contents, except for the operating system. All of the included games and background themes disappear and they aren't provided on the CD it comes with. This is an embarassing mistake on iriver's part. So back up your Clix before you use it. Hopefully, iriver will make the default Clix content available on their website soon.
The bottom line is the Clix 2 is one of the most beautifully engineered devices I've ever owned.
GREAT MP3 Player! May 14, 2007
38 out of 39 found this review helpful
Before you follow the herd, and get an iPod, check out this great player from iRiver!
Simply the most vibrant, sharp screen I've seen on ANY MP3 player! It's positively gorgeous! Photos practically pop off of the screen, and videos are sharp and crisp!
The D-click navigation system is also a great design... tap one of the four edges of the front surface to navigate... very easy to use, even if you've never glanced at the users manual.
This device also comes with recordable FM radio, voice recorder (with voice activation!), flash games, oh, and it even plays your favorite MP3's!
Menus are customizable, so you can easily change the background of your menu screen, even adding Flash (moving images) screen as a background, or add your own photos!
I compared the size to my mother's ipod nano... it is just a hair thicker, slightly wider, but still remains small enough to put in your shirt pocket, and not realize it's even there.
overall, an excellent MP3 player that looks great! (It's face is solid black, with no text, no buttons on the face of the device, no manufacturers markings... very clean look!)
To summarize, this device comes with the following, which (I believe) the iPod lacks:
1. FM Tuner, with 30 presets
2. FM Recorder
3. Voice recorder
4. Flash games
5. Flash Menus (You can find tons of user designed, animated menus which are simply amazing!)
6. 30 FPS video player
7. Ultra-bright, 2.2" AMOLED
8. Built in reader
9. Alarm Clock
10. Ability to purchase music online from sources other then iTunes! Also allows you to use subscription music services!
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