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iRiver Spinn Review
Oct 17 2008, 3:00am CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
We already picked the iRiver Spinn as a Top 100 Holiday Gift Tip as it is one of the few interesting iPod alternatives. Engadget has now published a review of the iRiver Spinn giving it a thumbs up for the X-Factor, but a thumbs down for everyday usability.
Quote from the review: "The music player is just a little disappointing for a device of this stature. Everything is there like on-the-go playlist creation, EQ, and even some fancy options under the hood like altering playback speed, but actually interfacing with the thing requires a lot of drilling into categories and then backing back out, something the player just seems particularly unsuited to do with either its physical controls or the touchscreen. It's great scrolling through long lists with the spin wheel, but that's just not enough. The player also fails to rely on the rich imagery of album art that Zune and iPods have been taking advantage of late -- it's even a bit of an afterthought in the now playing view."
Read the full review on Engadget. The iRiver Spinn is available on Amazon.com.
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Luigi Lugmayr
Luigi is the founding chief Editor of I4U News and brings over 15 years
experience in the technology field to the ever evolving and exciting
world of gadgets. He started I4U News back in 2000 and evolved it into
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Luigi can be contacted directly at ml@i4u.com. Luigi posts regularly on LuigiMe.com about his experience running I4U.
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