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- Reviewed on: 10/14/2004
- Released on: 01/08/2004
L'Uovo--Italian for "the egg"--is indeed egg-shaped, in two dimensions anyway. It measures 2 by 1.5 by 0.6 inches and weighs just 7 ounces. Thin metallic buttons that control volume, playback, and EQ line its side, while a convenient dual earphone/USB "uni-port" sits up near the necklace ring. The logo--which resembles an egg cooked sunny-side up--resides on the face of the L'Uovo, and its LED (the yolk) blinks in a variety of colors corresponding to function, battery status, and EQ setting. The L'Uovo is designed to be clipped onto the included lanyard made of metal and clear plastic tubing, and it ships with three user-replaceable faceplates in pink, clear, and blue, which allow you to customize the look of the player. Going out tonight? Definitely go with pink.
While the futuristic-looking lanyard isn't half bad, we would have loved to wear it as a brooch using some sort of magnetic pin. That said, the transparent plastic faceplates give the L'Uovo a somewhat cheap appearance, which is why we opted for the plain, black coverless look. Whatever your preferred color scheme, you're certain to be playing only MP3s. The L'Uovo doesn't play other formats such as WMA, and it certainly doesn't have extra features--an FM tuner, for example--much less a display. Really, the only true options a L'Uovo user has are five color-coded EQ presets including Pop (the L'uovo blinks yellow), Jazz (it blinks blue), and Rock (it blinks purple). However, L'Uovo can serve as a driverless data storage device for both Mac and Windows.
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