 "The Complete Package" | 2008-06-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A15MQ9U76FX9X |
This is an outstanding product. I bought it several months ago and have had sufficient time to become familiar with the ins and outs of the Clix. First of all, navigation is simple and straight forward. It's easy to get to wherever you want, and whatever function you want. Integration with Windows Media Player is relatively seamless. It's a rock solid player with good battery life. The radio functions quite nicely. The screen is absolutely beautiful. I have never seen such a great screen on such a small device. The only issue is that 2 gb is not a whole lot for storage, but that's what I bought and other sizes are available.
One knock on it is that you can't play songs while it's connected to the computer, which is the primary method of charging unless you get another adapter. Beyond that, it's an outstanding media player. |
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 "Nice try, but no iPod" | 2008-05-06 |
| - Reviewed By feasible2 |
The design of the iRiver Clix is at first appealing, but even with firmware updates I found several annoyances, the most important of which is that my unit refused to charge unless it has depleted a certain % of the battery. So if you know you are going on a long trip and need a recharge it won't necessarily let you do it. I also found that it frequently "lost the place" for me in audio books.
After I bought an Apple iPod - I wouldn't go back to anything else. Apart from the superior design of the Apple product, using iTunes is much more intuitive (at least to me) than Windows Media Player. And for my Audible account, iTunes is much more seamlessly integrated.
Oh, and my first IRiver Clix was DOA!
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| "Good design though, but a little disapointed" | 2008-04-24 |
| - Reviewed By User: A15AMCT996SCY |
First, I bought a new one, but it came in a box which I was sure that someone opened it before I did. Anyway, the product works fine.
The click design is outstanding. It is cool and easy to use. However, I still a little disappointed. This is iriver clix not iriver clix gen 2.This product is more or less like the iriver u10. The iriver's service is VERY VERY VERY POOR. You can only use windows media player to sync your musics. And windows media player does not support OGG.So how to play OGG(up to level 10) on this kind of toy? One choose is use iriver plus 3. If you check the iriver plus 3's help file, it says clix is supported. BUT ACTUALLY CLIX CAN NOT BE FOUND by the iriver plus 3.SUPER BAD SOFTWARE ENGINEERING.In order to play ogg properly, I did some research to hack windows media player. Now it works fine. But it wasted my time!
There are something else I don't like. This product is not supported by mac or linux. It can not play loosless music.If you want a toy which plays mp3(not even 320k, because windows media player will convert your 320k mp3 to wma) and do not want to use the iriver service, just buy one. Otherwise, save your money or buy something else. |
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| "Wonderful Player" | 2008-02-27 |
| - Reviewed By User: A21DYMFOMQ37AH |
The iRiver is a fabulous little device. When I purchased the unit, the iPod Nano's were both expensive and they lacked video. I wanted both a video player and an mp3 player for commuting and vacation purposes. This device fits the bill perfectly.
First, it's incredibly portable. If you buy the velcro strap/cover accessory you'll hardly notice the weight. It's smaller than a deck of cards and is very light. Second, the video is surprisingly good. Watching a full length movie is no problem whatsoever. Third, the storage capacity wasn't an issue for me. Converting a full length movie to an iRiver compatible format reduces the size from ~5GB all the way down to ~400mb. You can easily store two full-length feature films with room left over for hundreds (if not thousands) of songs. That works for me.
I won't spend a lot of time on the D-click user interface except to say that I liked it. It's not as cool as an iPod, but the space savings make the player considerably smaller than a Nano, which is nice.
The only downside I see to this player isn't even really the iRiver's fault. Apple has their act together with the iTunes store and their Windows-based competition lags behind. Sometimes way behind.
If you value portability, want video, and like FM radio then the iRiver is a huge bargain. |
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 "good one, but not excellent" | 2008-02-02 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2R0MXA0KIWI9U |
I am satisfied with it. Many features are very good. The sound quality is as good as ipod and others. The FM radio can receive signal in many place, quality is also good. The picture quality is wonderful, better than I expected. Some review said about the charging problem, saying it can only be charged through the computer. I bought chargers so don't have that problem.
There are several things I am not happy with. First, it is not very easy to learn how to transmit resources from computer, especially in vista. I still can not find the way to put in video and songs which are not mp3 files. Second, after charged, it can not find back where I was listening. |
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 "Very nice, a bit small and died after a year" | 2008-01-11 |
| - Reviewed By User: A2QDGIFMAUHJCU |
Got the 2GB Clix ($135) in Dec 2006 for my 14-year-old teen.
The screen is very small and it is very easy to use.
It is a nice MP3 and Video (avi) player and very cool with lots of features like Flash games, nice FM radio, Alarm clock etc.
A few days after the 1-year warranty passed, it suddenly stopped showing up as a Flash drive when connected to a PC.
The support person said he works for a third party service and that this problem is common...
If this had happened a few days ago, I would have been able to send it for repair. Unfortunately, while trying to troubleshoot the problem, I formatted the device so all we can do with it now is listen to radio...
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