[KenW]

Love competition. We come out the winner in the end. Hope someone can dig up more info on this one and post a link. I'm waiting on the Chroma, the iAudio M5 and now this looks interesting.

Virgin's competition for the mini iPod

 

[austonia]

more info:

http://www.dapreview.net/comment.php?comment.news.553

 

[scottder]

I'm not one for style over substance, but I think that thing ugly.

Scott

 

[GSTom1]

Did Richard Branson really approve that thing?!?

 

[KenW]

Thanks for the link to more info. Like the dual headphone jacks but I'll have to agree that the look leaves much to be desired. As for 8 hours of battery life, I'd consider that a major shortcoming. Guess my list hasn't grown after all.

 

[ricola_pak]

That thing is ugly and I have never heard of anything from Virgin Electronics... I see no reason why anyone would want this...

 

[rayofsi]

so many damn choices nowadays.

 

[strohmie]

Just sold my iPod not two days ago and I'm already debating whether I want one of those Zen Micros.

The Virgin Mobile phone I have has served me well, but who the hell knows how that translates into the audio domain.

 

[Davie]

As far as I know, Virgin Mobile's phones are made by Kyocera and Audovox. Virgin sells a fairly extensive line of portable electronics under their own brand in their Megastores, as well as through Target. They have a uniform, ugly grey design style. On a whim, I picked up a pair of their earbuds, which were among the nastiest sounding I've ever heard - and hard as hell to drive also. I'd be pretty skeptical of any electronics under the Virgin brand until I hear otherwise.

Virign Megastore is, however, one of the best places to find Sennheiser's portable/budget line of headphones.

 

[Gummy]

Another player announced (Olympus)
Looks sexy.

 

[Mr Do]

That could just be the new player for me if the sound is good and the price is right. It does look pretty sweet with a touch screen. Good post!!

 

[clemens]

Hm, those small players with a 1" hard disk and 5GB space seem to be all the rage... wouldn't be enough space for me, though. I want to be able to carry all my music around...

The Olympus does look cool, admittedly. But the 500i version seems very gimmicky to me... remix your images? Whatever...

 

[Davie]

Quote:

Originally Posted by clemens The Olympus does look cool, admittedly. But the 500i version seems very gimmicky to me... remix your images? Whatever...

Hey, it's not just a player. It's a lifestyle.

 

[raaj]

Whatever criterion they used to choose the focus group isn't working !!

Even if they sell this thing for around $150, there is no way this is going to dent the iPod Mini sales..

 

[DLP]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSTom1 Did Richard Branson really approve that thing?!?

It's the same man who is giving away his job to any person who survives his Survivor/Apprentice show, so yes, I'd say he's sufficiently lost his mind to do something on this scale.

Quote:

Originally Posted by clemens Hm, those small players with a 1" hard disk and 5GB space seem to be all the rage... wouldn't be enough space for me, though. I want to be able to carry all my music around...

The iPod Mini has been sellin like mad since it's been available, despite a few critics claiming it's a bad value. Of course other companies need to jump on it, it's a good cash making market if they can put some dent in the Mini's sales.