It looks like the reviews of iRiver products at CNet and over on the
Circuit City site are pretty positive. I know when I was looking at some
of their flash players a year or two ago they were some of the more highly
rated. However, good or bad, I take user reviews with a pretty big grain
of salt. Often there aren't enough reviews to really be statistically
significant, and I think there's also considerable bias in many cases (due
to self selection). Mostly, it seems there are always a few people who
have a horrible experience, no matter how good the product, and they
always seem to show up to put in a review. Also, reviewers are often just
plain incompetent.
Nick
On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:
Not the ability to interact with Linux. That is supported in the OSS
community. The customer service when the device fails is precisely what
I mean. I've heard reports that these devices break easily. I'd be glad
to find this not to be true. Mostly I'm looking over Amazon.com reviews
of this and similar iRiver devices. I think I saw some other similar
info elsewhere.
JSR/
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Sent: Tuesday, July 19, 2005 3:51 PM
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Their support as in tech support, or as in the ability to interface with
Linux? One is nearly irrelevant, the other obviously quite important.
:)
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Brian C. Merrell
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On Tue, 19 Jul 2005, Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:
I've heard some really bad things about their support. This is why I
hesitate to drop $100 on a device from them. I recently experienced a
similar problem with a digicam.
JSR/
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Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 3:23 PM
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Subject: Re: [UM-LINUX] Ipod on Linux
I have been quite tempted by the iRiver iFP-999. It's "only" 1 GB,
but
the extremely small size and solid state nature (instead of a disk)
really
appeals to me. I'd like to take it snowboarding and/or biking, so
it's
going to experience a certain amount of shock.
It also supports OGG, does voice recording, and has an itty bitty LCD.
