http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/ Engadget Comments for Philips debuts GoGear Ariaz, Opus PMPs http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/
Too many sheep in this world... sigh...]]>Feb 19th 2009 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/
(I'm actually only using iPod because of the very convenient iTunes sync, otherwise I'd have chosen differently, probably)]]>Feb 19th 2009 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/
Oh I see. It's not allowed to say iPod is better than GoGear, because if I say that, I'm a total fanboy in your eyes. It's a good product. It doesn't beat everything always, but it is better than a Phillips GoGear. Have you had a few GoGears? Have you also had a few iPods? Because I really doubt it and feel that you are just another troll who needs to get a life.


too many trolls like to respond to my comments, and I know... don't feed them, but I think I need a special filter for my e-mail to filter them out as spam.]]>Feb 19th 2009 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/......................

SH........aaaaarrrg!]]>Feb 19th 2009 8:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/Feb 19th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/
take some books, learn to use grammar.]]>Feb 20th 2009 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/
Irony?
]]>Feb 20th 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/gb/consumer/cc/_productid_SA5295_02_GB_CONSUMER/Flash-audio-video-player+SA5295-02
The notable thing here to me is that Philips have (or haven't?) started supporting FLAC (the FLAC logo is seen among the other formats it supports in a JPG image, but FLAC is not mentioned in text for some reason and isn't listed in the Specifications either.

So Philips, does the GoGear Opus support FLAC? If not, why is that FLAC logo used in the graphic there?

The manual, which states:
"Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles. Battery life and number of
charge cycles vary by use and settings."
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...is not very reassuring when you design devices designed to be disposed of when the internal, non-removable battery can no longer hold a charge after several hundred charge cycles. Perhaps look into removable batteries and removable storage for the future.]]>Mar 27th 2009 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/19/philips-debuts-gogear-ariaz-opus-pmps/You will so often see reviewers whinge about Philip's designs on their players being bland, "designed by a committee", etc etc. What all of these banal individuals fail to mention is the fact that whilst they may not have the slick, insidious and pretentious marketing of Apple, Philips make players that simply work PROPERLY - something Apple must surely want to achieve some day. ]]>Apr 19th 2009 4:41PM