FiringSquad heeft een wat late review van de Nomad Jukebox online gemept. Zoals je je waarschijnlijk nog wel kunt herinneren gaat het hier om een draagbare MP3-speler van Creative met een ingebouwde harddisk van 6GB. Overigens is het momenteel mogelijk om via onofficiële weg het apparaat up te graden naar een 20 of 30GB versie. Dit werd dus ook even getest door het vuurpeleton :
Although six gigabytes provides adequate space for a modest collection, it's still quite easy to fill up that space if you use 320kbps MP3s or just store full resolution WAV files. A small company has recognized this limitation, and come up with a 20GB and 30GB aftermarket upgrade. Nomadjukebox.net, which has no affiliation with Creative Labs, offers a 20 or 30GB hard drive upgrade. The drives, manufactured by Fujitsu, come preformatted for the Nomad Jukebox and so you need only swap the drives. If you ship your unit to them, they will even provide a free install. Moreover, you can even buy a Nomad Jukebox preinstalled with the larger hard drives if you don't want to bother shopping for them separately or having a leftover 6GB drive.In our testing we found the upgrades to be reliable with no ill effects. Battery life remained strong in the 3-hour range even with high-bitrate MP3s. [break]Over de opslagcapaciteit die mogelijk is bij de Nomad Jukebox was men dus goed te spreken. Toch blijft het product volgens FiringSquad matig scoren op het gebied van afwerking en gebruiksvriendelijkheid, twee redenen die een hoge score voor deze MP3-speler onmogelijk maken:[/break] Usability is an extremely important feature when it comes to gadgets and consumer electronics. With PCs, it's fine to get into the details and tweak with the hardware and software - it's part of the fun. However, if driving while talking on the cell phone is dangerous, it's even worse if you have to fiddle around with a Nomad Jukebox that's unresponsive and non-intuitive to use. The Jukebox is very unpolished and feels like a hobbyist's device which is unacceptable considering the extreme price. That said, if you've always wanted a portable MP3 player, and money is no object, the Nomad Jukebox does provide superb sound and access to gigabytes of music.
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