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Listen To This: Controls
Posted by: dgoldring on Nov 30 2008 - 49 views
So far, in this series, we have not really had much of a chance to get into specifics about the individual players. We’ve done a quick overview, looked in the boxes, even checked out the hardware and accessories. But none of what we have looked at so far has had much to do with the actual use of the players. All of that is going to change now. The next two articles will focus on the user interface. Today, we will be talking about the controls on each of the six players. In the next article, we’ll be looking at a related item, the menu systems in each player. The two really go together, and if it helps, we can think of this as part 1 and the next one as part 2.
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Posted by: dgoldring on Nov 09 2008 - 32 views
This is just a quick follow up to the hardware post in this series. In that post, we looked at the hardware and some pseudo-unboxings. Well, just to finish off the unboxing theme, I thought we could take a quick look at what else comes in the boxes. And it is not much: a sync charge cable, some headphones, and various other sundry manuals. Not much controversy there…or so you might think.
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Listen To This! The Great JAMM Portable Media Player Showdown. Part 2: Hardware
Posted by: dgoldring on Oct 24 2008 - 66 views
When I started thinking about this series, one of the hardest things to wrap my brain around was where to begin. Then, I thought about Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music. “Start at the very beginning. A very good place to start.” You know what? That is excellent advice. So, rather than getting into some of the more complex areas like playing music or videos, I thought we would start with what you see right out of the box. Usually, the battery is dead or near to it when you buy a new media player, so the first thing you are going to do is not watch a video or play some music. The first thing you will do is tear through that box and examine the hardware (pining for the ability to use it while it is charging.) So, I thought it made the most sense to start there…right out of the box. And we will do that in a few initial articles.
Today, I am going to take a look at the players themselves. Turned off, and just looking at the hardware and construction. The next two installments will look at the rest of the contents of the respective boxes, including earphones and accessories. We’ll then wrap up this initial section with a look at the controls on each of the devices. Then, we’ll start to look into what happens when you turn these things on and start playing with them. So, let’s jump right in and start at the very beginning. You slowly and carefully remove your new device from the packaging…
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Listen To This! The Great JAMM Portable Media Player Showdown. Part 1: Introduction
Posted by: dgoldring on Oct 10 2008 - 175 views
I have spent a considerable amount of time here at JAMM, and also at Gear Diary, reviewing portable media players. One thing I have noticed is that a stand-alone review is really not the best format to help users answer the real question on everyone’s mind: which one should I buy? While a review is nice, it looks at a particular media player in a vacuum. The missing piece in the review is how this one compares to the others. And that is what I want to try to accomplish through this series.
So, in addition to the Sandisk Sansa View, which I already own, I went on eBay and gobbled up a Microsoft Zune, Samsung YP-P2, and Creative Zen X-Fi. Heck, I even got the Sony Walkman A828 back on an extended loan. After considerable thought, I also replaced my iPod Touch with the new fourth generation iPod Nano for this series.
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