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Comment No one mentions IRIVER anymore... (Score 1) 177

I have an Iriver IHP-120 that is a 20 gig mp3 player and I have to say that it beats the shit out of ANY mp3 player I have seen. The Ipod is great and I LOVE Ipods GUI but Iriver cannot be matched IMO. Three thing about it that cannot be beaten by Ipod: 1. Copying anything (music included) onto the ihp-120 is so much simpler than the Ipod it is rediculous. When you plug it into the computer, it shows up as an icon in my computer or on the desktop in the case of a mac. Create folders inside as if it is a removable HDD and drag and drop. That is it. No software required. Totally plug and play with ANY computer i have ever tried it with. 2. With an Ipod, to get anything, music or data, on or off the ipod, it must be connected to a computer. Not the iriver. There is a line in jack, a line out jack, and an optical input and output. Plus it has an internal microphone and the option to connect external mics. So not only can you directly connect the 120 to anything with an audio output and record music with real time MP3 encoding on the fly, to can also record anyting around you. I have used the internal mic in numerous buisness meetings and the quality is amazing. 3. A minor detail, but one definatly worth mentioning. Everyone has encountered the corrupted audio file that causes your mp3 player to freeze. With and ipod, most of the time you just have to wait for the battery to run out (which in this case is good cause the battery life is pretty short on an ipod as opposed to the iriver), but not with the 120. on the bottom of the device there is a reset button. Press it with a pin and the device reboots as if nothing happened. Yet, noone mentions the iriver anymore. I have not taken a personal look at the new irvier jukeboxes (http://www.iriveramerica.com/prod/hd/), but I have to say, the IRIVER IHP-120 IS THE IPOD KILLER.

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