Well, here's my 2 cents worth and a few Q's to boot:
From what the Korean site is promoting, it looks like the new 8 GB Clix2 will indeed be red. Too bad. I hate red ... red SuX! I know there are a few out there who like it, to each his own, but for me I say save red for the shirt colours of those crazy enough to attend the Running Of The Bulls! Hopefully the company may at least offer a couple other options later ... I would prefer a sleek silver/titanium or aqua blue, white is also good.
Since I'm at it with this whole colour thing, if the company ever reads these posts, here's a suggestion for a unique feature that could maybe be added in the future: how about having a translucent white material around the edge of the device (where the red is) with an LED light behind that glows in different colours that the user can choose in Settings on the device. That way, they could have whatever colour they like and Everyone would be happy!
You could even make it (the light) strobe with the music. How cool would that be!? This would, of course, affect battery performance, but small LED lights are pretty long-lasting and very easy on power requirements nowadays. And an option could always be there to turn it off entirely.
Anyway, enough about colour options.
Onto the questions:
1 - I watched a few YouTube videos on demos of the Clix and noticed that the clicking of the left/right/top/bottom buttons on the screen were rather audible and quickly became rather annoying (and would probably bug people sitting near you as you scroll through options or even play a game). Is there a way of silencing the clicking sounds? Or is that a physical function of the device and, therefore, can't be turned on/off?
2 - Re/ viewing pix on the Clix: I see that it brings up names of the files and when hilighting a specific file, you get a thumbnail of it. Is it really only possible to view just one thumbnail at a time?? That would be pretty lame (and time consuming!) if that's the case. I saw on the Korean site near the bottom of the page for the new 8 GB'er (
2007, ٸ ̸ ٰϴ. ) an image which suggests a full screen of thumbnail images. Can anyone confirm if this will in fact be a new feature or way of choosing from multiple images to view?
3 - How is Customer Support when dealing with this company? I know other companies like Archos may have great products, but if something goes wrong and you need to contact the company, you may as well just buy a new device instead of going through the rigamarole of trying to deal with their Support dept's. How is iriver for response times and satisfaction levels??
So far, from what I see with this product (aside from the colour and the clicky sound thing ... ya, I know, I'm picky), I'd say this is what I've been waiting for in a new ultra-portable media player and I'll buy this in a second over an iPod-schmipod!
8gb price?
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