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Rio Carbon (5GB, Silver) comparison

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Product name	Rio Carbon (5GB, Silver)	Rio Forge Sport (256MB, Silver)	Creative Zen Micro (5GB, black)	Cowon iAudio U2 (1GB)	Motorola M25 Digital Audio Player (256MB)
Price	$199.99	Check Prices	Check Prices	Check Prices	Check Prices
CNET editors' rating	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.0 (3.5 stars)	4.0 stars Overall score: 8.0 (4.0 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.7 (3.5 stars)	3.5 stars Overall score: 7.3 (3.5 stars)
Average user rating	3.0 stars	2.5 stars	3.0 stars	3.5 stars	3.5 stars
Release date	August 02, 2004	August 05, 2004			October 01, 2004
The Bottom Line	The Carbon largely lives up to the hype. This mini hard drive player has a great design, an excellent interface, and Energizer-like battery life.	Rio's Forge Sport makes a terrific and stylish workout companion.	The colorful and versatile Creative Zen Micro will make lots of users happy.	The stylish, flash-memory Cowon iAudio U2 crams great sound quality, an FM radio, and line-in recording into a tiny package.	What it lacks in grace the M25 makes up for in performance.
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Dimensions (WxDxH)	2.5 in x 0.6 in x 3.3 in	2.7 in x 0.9 in x 2.5 in	2 in x 0.7 in x 3.3 in	1 in x 0.7 in x 2.9 in	Info unavailable
Resolution	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	160 x 104	128 x 64	Info unavailable
Digital Player total harmonic distortion	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	0.1 %	Info unavailable	Info unavailable
Digital player signal-to-noise ratio	Info unavailable	Info unavailable	98 dB	95 dB	Info unavailable
Software type	Rio Music Manager Drivers & Utilities	Rio Music Manager Drivers & Utilities	Drivers & Utilities Creative MediaSource	Cowon jetAudio	Drivers & Utilities
Mfr estimated battery life	20 hour(s)	20 hour(s)	12 hour(s)	20 hour(s)	18 hour(s)
PC interface(s) supported	Hi-Speed USB	Hi-Speed USB	Hi-Speed USB	USB	USB
Flash memory form factor	Info unavailable	Integrated	Info unavailable	Integrated	Integrated
Flash memory installed	No built-in memory	256 MB	No built-in memory	1 GB	256 MB
Battery technology	Lithium	Alkaline	Lithium ion	Lithium polymer	Alkaline
Weight	3.2 oz	2.2 oz	3.8 oz	1.2 oz	2.4 oz
Digital storage media capacity	5 GB	Info unavailable	5 GB	1 GB	Info unavailable
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