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3.5 stars
"Beauty comes with a few flaws"
Pros: Intuitive interface, beautiful AMOLED screen, excellent sound quality
Cons: Seems fragile, complex features, subpar battery life
Summary: The iRiver Clix 2 contains almost every desirable feature including an FM tuner (high quality), video, picture, and games, but some of features are difficult to use.
While sound and pictures are great, I haven't a clue how top put video and more games on the player. I seem to get incompatability problems with these features, nevermind the fact that the iRiver software doesn't even recognize my device. It didn't help that the battery seemed to drain very quickly (faster than advertised).
I also didn't like how small the screen was, especially given the enormous space on either side of the AMOLED screen. 2.2 inches is small (think RAZR LCD). It's gorgeous of course, but video seems silly with something this small. Video is so so so much better on 3 inch screen or greater.
Nevertheless, I found the interface to be better than the iPod because you can potentially do four things with one page, whereas with the iPod, navigation is strictly linear.
Bottom Line:
If you want an uber customizable and featured mp3 player than get the iRiver Clix 2, but if you aren't so good at technology, don't care about features, or want a screen big enough to watch video without going cross-eyed, then get another player.
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