I'm a happy owner of a 3g-40, patiently awaiting the 4g-60.
I have a friend considering an MP3 player purchase. She has eliminated the iPod Mini because of limited capacity; the Creative and the Dell based on limited functionality; and the iRiver based on her strong visceral antipathy to the visual design.
The primary challenger to the iPod now is the Rio Karma.
Does anyone here own one? It has many clear advantages over the 20 GB iPod, but what are the disadvantages?
Let's not go down the road of visuals, because unlike me, she doesn't particularly like the appearance of the iPod. ("What? It only comes in white? You're kidding, right?")
So far, I have the following:
- it seems to me as if the reliability/ support offered by Rio is inferior to that offered by Apple
- While superior to Creative/iRiver software offerings, the Rio desktop software is not as good as iTunes
- the Karma has practically no third-party accessory support
I'm noticing, though, that none of those are hardware advantages! Has it really happened? Has Rio come up with a hardware design superior to that of the iPod?
I have a friend considering an MP3 player purchase. She has eliminated the iPod Mini because of limited capacity; the Creative and the Dell based on limited functionality; and the iRiver based on her strong visceral antipathy to the visual design.
The primary challenger to the iPod now is the Rio Karma.
Does anyone here own one? It has many clear advantages over the 20 GB iPod, but what are the disadvantages?
Let's not go down the road of visuals, because unlike me, she doesn't particularly like the appearance of the iPod. ("What? It only comes in white? You're kidding, right?")
So far, I have the following:
- it seems to me as if the reliability/ support offered by Rio is inferior to that offered by Apple
- While superior to Creative/iRiver software offerings, the Rio desktop software is not as good as iTunes
- the Karma has practically no third-party accessory support
I'm noticing, though, that none of those are hardware advantages! Has it really happened? Has Rio come up with a hardware design superior to that of the iPod?