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19 out of 19 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Extremely nice - small - sexy (and useful!) multimedia player"
Pros: Breathtaking and original design, bright and colorful screen, easy to control, a lot of features
Cons: 2 GB may not be enough.
Summary: The first thing you'll notice when you open the nice box is the Clix design: Oh my God it's so small!! So cool, so beautiful!
Don't get me wrong, the iPods are really nice players, but to be honest, this Clix beats them in sexiness and cool appereance.
You really have to take a look at one Clix to see how cool this little player is. Pictures don't make justice to it. The design is really nice, it's small, it's light and its screen is clean, bright and colorful. And beside the design, the features of this player are also great.
The Clix has a different approach than the rest of mp3 players with its original design. The controls are quite different, but work flawlessly with the player. The synchronization with the computer is easy and fast using WMP11. The video playback is really nice (even if it's 15 fps, it's enough for musical videos, tv series, cartoons, etc.). The video conversion, although not automatic, it's easy enough using the Iriverter software (available on iRiver homepage). The ability to read Text documents is a handy addition. Pictures slideshows work fine, with the ability to play music while watching the pics. FM radio may be helpful (not for me really), as well as the voice recording. And the games are cool enough to expend some time (Sudoku is great!).
The sound quality is really good (I must admit that I'm not an expert on audio anyway).
One cool feature is the ability to create quick playlist on the go; it's really easy (click and hold on a song and then an option menu appear, where you can add it to the playlist).
I have to test yet battery time, to see how's the player's performance in this area.
Another thing: because this player is so nice, you will be always cleaning the screen from fingerprints. It's a good idea to get a screen protector (like the one available in the accesories set, or like those from Clarivue).
Anyway, in my opinion this Clix is one of the better players I've seen. The features are great, but the design is truly breathtaking. It's good to see different and original designs on mp3 players that show that there's life beyond the iPod.
- 4 replies to this review
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I own an ipod, and this little MP3 player looks nice. Have you tried making your own playlists to organzie songs in ? (like with the ipod).
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i was wondering if you could tell me about the recording quality? thanks
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do you think you can tell me if this scratches easily?
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Could you please help me with the video aspect. You said that TV shows cartoons etc are pretty good. Where do we get these videos to download? My daughter has the ipod video and she pulls everything from the itunes store. He just got the clix (which is just awesome and blows away the ipoop ) He wants to download video podcast,cartoons etc. I can't seem to locate any. Please help us. Thanks
Where to buy
iRiver Clix (2GB):
$269.99
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