Showing posts with label MP3 Players. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MP3 Players. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Apple iPod Nano

The new nano is not stocky or poorly proportioned. It is just beautiful. FT. Sleek. Undeniably attractive. Especially that the new colors in which it is declining are very seyantes. The color of the red version takes so light that looks like velvet, deep and shimmery. And then, once in hand, its small size does absolutely no embarrassment. Stronger, flawless ergonomics of the control knob is needed immediately. Even better, it is supported by an amazing visual comfort. Ah, this screen! First, as surprising as it may seem, it is larger than the previous generation of nano: 5.08 cm diagonal against 3.81 cm. Then he offers a definition of a highly accurate (320x240 pixels). And finally, it remains legible even outdoors, thanks to a brightness and contrast properly adjusted. A happiness for the eyes that will grow to the discovery of the new interface.

Because the "scenery" continues on the inside. A new user interface attend. Still legible, it now puts forward the video with two goals. The first is the most obvious: the map. The interface is more lively and dynamic. The second goal is more interesting and consists of a small revolution in navigation. It is now possible to use Cover Flow to move through the contents of his iPod, as is the case with iTunes since the introduction of version 7. But this is not a simple "transplant" because the adaptation of the system to the constraints of the iPod is simply perfect.

Apart from the helmet, always a bit disappointing, the new nano is a success from start to finish. Not only Apple renews genre, but it does with talent and relevance. After a few days of adoption, we wonder who will be able to resist, especially with new prices revised downwards.

Creative Zen V Plus

Creative ad, in the discretion, the arrival of new capacity in its family of multimedia Walkman flash memory, the ZEN V Plus. Creative has presented its latest MP3 player, the Creative Zen V and Zen V Plus that I presented this morning. With an OLED screen 1.5 "and 262,000 colors, compatible MP3/WMA, FM Tuner and video on the Zen V Plus and with a size of 43.5 x67, 5x15, 9mm to 43.5 g with a range of 15h, little is really small and is barely larger than Tic Tac box.

In addition to the standard capabilities of 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB and 8 GB, the ZEN V Plus is proposed in an edition 16 GB Already available in Asia, the ZEN V Plus 16GB is still offered at a price of 260 dollars or twenty dollars more than an iPod 30 GB You will have understood, the price of the Walkman capability is not yet quite at the level of hard disk walkmans. It remains an asset: the size of the ZEN V Plus, a much more compact Walkman an iPod or a Zune.

Remember that the ZEN V Plus, already tested in these columns (see here), loads a color OLED screen, it has a line input for recording songs from any analog source and is compatible UMS an addition to simplified pieces.