| I got my eyes set on a iPod mini, as it | | | | waiting in line or on a bus, it could be a |
| looked good for quite some reasons: it's | | | | great way to pass the time; but even the |
| small enough to put inside a pant's pocket, | | | | breakout rip-off is only entertaining for |
| it has a lot of accessories to choose from | | | | about 5 minutes.I even thought that maybe I |
| and it obviously has enough hype you begin to | | | | could upload some text files to read some |
| wonder what all the fuss is about.But you | | | | e-book, but the screen is not big enough for |
| really have to see the cons of it and cut all | | | | that, and reading is so cramped it's just not |
| the hype. It looked good from the start; it's | | | | worth it.The biggest gripe is that you cannot |
| small and simple, easy to use and has that | | | | change the volume, unless you are on the 'Now |
| nice Apple logo. But quickly the downsides | | | | Playing' menu! Any other player has dedicated |
| surfaced, and they sure are annoying.Firstly, | | | | buttons for this basic function, but in its |
| the headphones are horrible: they are so | | | | decidedly minimalist point of view, it's a |
| uncomfortable they are totally unusable, and | | | | pain to go search for that specific menu just |
| also they do not sound good at all. Well, any | | | | to adjust for a small change in a song. It |
| other $5 headphone will do, so that's not | | | | supposedly was thought out carefully, but I |
| that bad. (It's also not advisable to use | | | | see a lot of problems in the interface.Also, |
| them, as the white color alerts any potential | | | | there seems to be a big problem with the |
| muggers you have an easy sellable item.)The | | | | duration of its internal, non-replaceable |
| interface seems a good idea, with the scroll | | | | battery. After 2 months of use, I did notice, |
| being able to be controlled with a circular | | | | it does not hold a charge for long now. After |
| motion. For scrolling fast it's great, but | | | | two house of continuous play, it just shuts |
| for selecting carefully one item, it's | | | | down. Other reports on the web also say the |
| difficult. Also, for 'marking' a song for how | | | | battery fails, and has to be replaced.I have |
| many stars, it sometimes works, sometimes you | | | | also read on the web that the headphone |
| spend a full minute twiddling it to get it | | | | connector is badly soldered and you |
| right. Any other player with a sensible | | | | eventually have to open it up and resolder it |
| scroller works much better.I was excited to | | | | again.I wouldn't buy it again. The iriver or |
| know it had games to play, so when I'm bored | | | | the Creative seem to be a lot better options. |