iPod Mini rival?

[B@SS_SHOCK]

I dunno about this, it's only 2Gb, but if it were alot cheaper than the iPod Mini (doubt it), then it could work out. I already like the sleekness of it. Also, dosen't Sony own Aiwa now? In that case, why didin't they rival the iPod using the Aiwa name?

Product info Here

 

[virividox]

kinda ugly in my opinion

 

[Chappers]

Looks kinda 1980s to me.

 

[jxyama]

a bit biased, eh?

i think it looks pretty good. i don't know the size, but the specs are on par with iPod mini - except the capacity. if this thing is 2 GB but $150-200, it will be a good competition for iPod mini.

the problem is with the scroller. it's just not as efficient as iPod's "scroll dial." that is the brilliance of iPod design - scroll dial interface is far more efficient because it's continuous AND it's acceleration sensitive. scroller is continuous but not as sensitive to acceleration - to make it sensitive, you'd need a loose scroller to let the user spin the scroller fast, but by doing so, it will be too sensitive to small scrolls...

EDIT: size: actually this thing is even lighter than iPod mini. if the price is right, it will be a very good product.

iPod mini: 3.6 x 2.0 x 0.5, 3.6 oz
aiwa: 3.6 x 2.2 x 0.4, 2.4 oz

 

[Macmaniac]

Guess what, its $330 way more then the iPod mini, so the mini is a much better deal in terms of a mini player, or you could always get a 15 gig iPod.

 

[jxyama]

Originally posted by Macmaniac
Guess what, its $330 way more then the iPod mini, so the mini is a much better deal in terms of a mini player, or you could always get a 15 gig iPod.

wow. where did you get that price from? and how the heck do they expect to sell this thing for that kind of a price?

and we thought iPod mini was overpriced...

 

[1macker1]

It looks cool to me, but 2 gigs for that type of money is crazy. They must have apple's marketing team.

 

[mkaake]

Re: iPod Mini rival?

Originally posted by B@SS_SHOCK
I dunno about this, it's only 2Gb, but if it were alot cheaper than the iPod Mini (doubt it), then it could work out. I already like the sleekness of it. Also, dosen't Sony own Aiwa now? In that case, why didin't they rival the iPod using the Aiwa name?

Product info Here

umm, aiwa is a branch of sony. that's how they started. never knew that till i was in a sony outlet, and they were selling an aiwa cd player... underneath it was a quick little thing talking about how aiwa was created as sony's lower cost division...

matt