2GB ICOO V616 DAP is definitely worth $14
By Darren Murph 
posted March 21st 2009 12:22PM
posted March 21st 2009 12:22PM
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posted March 21st 2009 12:22PM
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P I mp! Im down like charlie!!
Take that, Apple, Sony and Microsoft!
Amen. I wish one of the big three would put out a tiny player that is usable (and this is coming from someone blamed for being an Apple fanboy...)
Most don't need something to play a million formats, but it's nice to have the option in a low-cost player. I'd buy 5 of these instead of a new Shuffle... three would go in the closet to replace themselves as they inevitably stop working after a couple of months, but, hey, it's $14! I'll take 5. OK, 6.
Jimmy, why one of the big three? If it's a good product, I don't really care who makes it....
Try the Sansa Clip? It's supposed to be good; IDK, I have no use for a tiny media player/
Is that some AOC I see there? Hopefully, because RadioShack went on a big AOC kick with the TVs, so maybe they'd pick this up too. Granted, it'd probably get marked up to at least $50 by the time it gets here, but I'd still much rather sell this than that horrendous Sandisk from the other day.
That's madness cheap; definately interested, I'll have to see when it'll be hitting these UK shores and, more importantly, how much.
Madness?
THIS IS SPARTA!
Madness?
THIS IS ICOO!
(But seriously, you say "MAD" not madness)
I kind of like the way he says 'madness' instead of 'mad' actually. Regardless of whether it was a bait for a lame pun.
Madness
THIS IS AOL....blogs
It wasn't actually, its just the way I go about typing things on t'intarwebs ^^.
100th..
hw abut being origanial numb nuts?
btw dose it run vista play crisis and decode a bluray movie all at the same time?
Plus: you can probably use any headphones you like with it.
wonder how the audio quality would be...
Considering the value, I'd say that sound quality is probably a non-issue here. $14 is a hell of a lot cheaper than anything anyone is coming out with with an OLED display.
“It is unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little. When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that is all. When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot - it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run. And if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.”
John Ruskin 1860
That quote is notably from a storefront advertising sign for Trabert & Hoeffer jewelers in New York City. Trabert & Hoeffer is pretty well known for undercutting the prices of high-scale boutique shops, like Graff and Tiffany's, that mark up prices on the fame of their brand names as retailers.
Audio? What about battery life?!
I would question how long a player that cheep would last. Not saying it should be 80 bux but I cant see 14 being a sign of quality, let alone effort. This is what I would call the opposite evil to what apple does, in that its under priced and under marketed/refined.
Birds say 'cheep'....
thanks, but you didn't have to call fowl.
pure win
Just because something is priced for what it costs doesn't make it any less durable.
You really think an ipod costs $200? Try like $20, max.
those (ridiculously priced) BOSE headphones at $100? Maybe like $3.
Nice, wish we had a video of the thing in action or better pictures. The way they have the buttons looks really nice.
chump
you forgot to ask: WIll it Blend? you could also mention doom while your at it...
I look forward to seeing new or refurbs come out of Hong Kong with free international shipping.
It's all he posts.
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It's $14 cuz there isn't a earphone/headphone adapter...Don't see one do you?
Nope
I also don't see the NEED for one.
Yeah! Buy this, and a nice pair of headphones, and you still spend less than an iPod.
still thinking of getting a shuffle, u apple numbnuts??
Even if this was free, they would.
I wonder if it has USB 2.0... a lot of the lower priced MP3 players only support USB 1.1. Maybe I'll swing by Shenzhen in a week or two and see if I can pick one of these up. Would be nicer than the craptastic MP3 player I picked up in Mong Kok...
nice! i want one!
it is even cheaper than these strange pillows i found http://technocitizen.tumblr.com/post/88498428/weird-weird-weird
Looks like they ripped off the phillips gogear spark:
http://www.consumer.philips.com/consumer/en/gb/consumer/cc/_productid_SA2940_02_GB_CONSUMER/Flash-audio-player+SA2940-02
Why are we even discussing what it hsa to offer? This thing is $14 and looks nuts, i don't even care if it works or not :)
That James gives others with the same first name a bad name =[
cheep cheep
James mom died in a terrible car accident and he just doesnt know how to cope, she also used to work at the corner of first ave and 11th st. maybe thats why he always says first?
See what have we learned from this?
1. OLEDs can be cheaply implemented into future products.
2. The ability to travel back into time will be invented in 2011 by the Chinese and this is proof of such technology :)
In before the government deletes your post!
I can't find one listed even for future sale anywhere. Anyone know where I can find this mp3 player for sale?
Me want ;) If anyone does find a link to anybody selling these (and shipping to the U.K) please reply to my message, thanks :)
But how will cute baristas know I'm trendy and get a sense of my personal identity1?!?1 This is an awful idea. There isn't even a spot on it I can place an apple sticker.
Don't even mention some crap mp3 player like that in the same sentence with Apple's iPod. Only some loser would be using that thing... and probably sporting some white fake iPod earbuds. That ICOO's about as trendy as Rosie O'Donnell's stretch pants and worse to look at.
I'd fill in a mastercard/visa application to get one of these as the free gift.
lol, don't even mention ipod and mp3 in the same sentence you dumb apple fanboi. one day i hope itunes bricks your ipod and it will soon.
Oh yeah "iphonerulez", I'd really like to imitate those Apple earbuds that make your ears bleed after 15 minutes of use. I'm on my third iPod and the first thing I do is toss those pieces of crap in the trash. Try again, you'll have to do better than that to be a true fanboy.
wonder what the KIRF version will look like and cost ...?