StationZ L'Uovo MP3 player (128MB)

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James Kim

on 10/14/2004

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The good: Tiny, simple, and wearable; integrated headphone/USB port; great battery life.

The bad: Expensive; plays only MP3s; controls can be difficult to operate; no Hold switch; frankly, those faceplates are tacky.

The bottom line: It's cute and flashy, but the L'Uovo isn't getting any of our love.

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Reviewed by:
James Kim
Edited by:
Wil O'Neal
Reviewed on: 10/14/2004
Released on: 01/08/2004

The wearable MP3 player isn't a novel phenomenon. Remember Panasonic's e-wear SV-SD80? Nevertheless, we're experiencing a new wave of jewelry-style players, such as StationZ's L'Uovo MP3 player, that emphasize fashion over function. There's no doubt that this tiny 128MB charm of a player (also available in 256MB, 512MB, and 1GB capacities) scores a couple of style points. But due to flawed controls and an exorbitant "under $200" price tag, you won't be catching us flaunting the L'Uovo, or, as StationZ puts it, "the world's first fashionable MP3 player."

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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