Mighty morpher
Now for the not-so-good news: The Neuros is a bit bulky, and we're less than thrilled with its modular design, which allows the 20GB hard drive to transform into a 128MB flash-memory player when you attach it to a different backpack. Sonicblue tried the same thing with the Rio 600 and 800 players, and that effort failed. Plus, we think that people have room in their lives for a larger jukebox for commuting and a tiny flash player for jogging. Why combine both into the same device, using temporary connections that could break over time or cause fidelity problems? Second, the Neuros connects via USB 1.1, meaning that filling up the 20GB hard drive could literally take all night.
Like other early Neuros users, we encountered syncing and MyFi wireless-broadcasting issues. These problems are what forced Digital Innovations to halt shipping of the product, but the company's chairman and chief technical officer, Joe Born, assured us that those bugs will be fixed by April.
Stay tuned
There are good reasons that we tapped the Neuros for our top 10 products of CES list: Its feature set is astounding, and it sounds great, even when broadcasting FM radio to a stereo. Once Digital Innovations irons out this player's kinks, we look forward to doing a complete review of this multitalented newcomer.
What You'll Pay
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