anneha updated Garmin Nuvi 255W

anneha — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:06:58 -0500

November 12, 2009 at 10:06 pm

anneha updated Cowon S9 Curve

anneha — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:56:38 -0400

October 20, 2009 at 1:56 am

disagreed: "late to market - planned to be released in December"
agreed: "no third party software"
disagreed: "software will not be as modular or as well supported as the iPod Touch software"
disagreed: "no mention of WIFI or internet browser - included on ipod touch"
agreed: "gapless support for MP3, WMA, OGG, and FLAC (as of 2.31b2 firmware)"
agreed: "regular firmware updates and improvements"
agreed: "free apps in firmware"
disagreed: "same capacities as the iPod Touch"
agreed: "Sound quality"
agreed: "amoled screen"
agreed: "up to 40 hours of audio playback"
agreed: "open source codec support - FLAC and OGG"
agreed: "large touchscreen"
agreed: "affordable and competitive price "
agreed: "dual core processor"

anneha — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:10:39 -0400

1. updated Sony Walkman NWZ-X1060B - August 30, 2009 at 12:10 am

agreed: "expensive"
agreed: "Poorly implemented web browser"
disagreed: "late to market - years or months behind directly competing products"
agreed: "expensive"
agreed: "no open source OGG or FLAC format support"
agreed: "Excellent sound quality"
agreed: "WiFi"
agreed: "drag-and-drop file management - not locked to a proprietary music program / service"
agreed: "active noise canceling "
agreed: "stunning OLED touchscreen display"

2. updated Sony NWZ-A820 - August 30, 2009 at 12:09 am

3. updated Samsung 226BW - August 30, 2009 at 12:07 am

4. updated Creative Zen - August 30, 2009 at 12:06 am

5. added Westone UM1 Single-Driver Earphones - August 30, 2009 at 12:05 am

6. updated Garmin Nuvi 255W - August 30, 2009 at 12:02 am

agreed: "nice screen"
agreed: "affordable price"
agreed: "Turns on and off automatically with car using cigarrette adapter "
agreed: "Text-to-speech system for reading street names "
agreed: "Easy to read display while driving "
agreed: "Option to change voices"
disagreed: "Very poor sound out of the speaker even on high."
agreed: "Tough to select a particular point on the map using touch screen"
agreed: "Buggy for some street names: "Dr." gets read as "doctor" not "drive", "South Shore Rd." will get read/displayed as "Shore Rd.""
disagreed: "American voices are extremely annoying"
agreed: "Doesn't include lifetime map updates "
agreed: "Typing is laggy; if you don't type carefully, it's easy to miss a letter or two."
agreed: "Typing is laggy; if you don't type carefully, it's easy to miss a letter or two."

anneha — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:01:04 -0400

August 30, 2009 at 12:01 am