Most product designs, even Apple's, are not doing well with the tactile feel of the interface. I can tell just by looking that this thing (like most PMPs, to be fair) would be difficult to operate without holding it up in front of your face. Ideally when playing music you should be able to switch tracks and albums without removing the player from your pocket.
Otherwise, it's nice looking, even if it looks like an iPod's half-sibling. I just wish more thought were put into usability with these things. It's funny how the iPod competitors seem to spend most of their effort on looks, but they usually can't even get that right.
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Jason @ Oct 2nd 2006 4:44PM
Most product designs, even Apple's, are not doing well with the tactile feel of the interface. I can tell just by looking that this thing (like most PMPs, to be fair) would be difficult to operate without holding it up in front of your face. Ideally when playing music you should be able to switch tracks and albums without removing the player from your pocket.
Otherwise, it's nice looking, even if it looks like an iPod's half-sibling. I just wish more thought were put into usability with these things. It's funny how the iPod competitors seem to spend most of their effort on looks, but they usually can't even get that right.