Cnet.com has reviewed the Imation RipGo, a portable MP3/WMA player / mini CD-R recorder that plays 8cm CD's. It writes at 4 speed and connects to your PC using the USB standard.
Bad points are it's price and the life of the battery that is rather short. On the other hand it's a cool thing to own
The RipGo has decent sound quality, and its volume, equalization presets, shuffle, repeat, play, fast forward, and rewind functions are all accessible with unique buttons. It's nice to have one-touch access since half of these functions require menu navigation on other players. |
On a critical note, we weren't thrilled with the RipGo's battery performance. Using the included AC adapter, the device's lithium-ion battery took 3 hours to charge, after which the RipGo still delivers only 5 hours of playback time (10 hours is considered decent).
More positively, we had no complaints with the skip protection. Like many other MP3 CD players, the RipGo reads the music data to an 8MB flash memory buffer, giving your music about eight minutes of antiskip protection at normal bit rates. In our tests, we failed to elicit a single skip from the RipGo.
As it stands, RipGo is expensive at its current $399 list price, particularly when you consider its relatively short battery life and the lack of a carrying case or a belt clip. But if you can get a deal on it, the RipGo is certainly worth considering. Even without the CD-burning capability, the RipGo blows away earlier mini MP3 CD players, such as CMC Magnetics' ShellStar.
Source: Cnet.com
