Damion Chaplin
03-19-2006, 01:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://hifiblog.com/past/2006/03/17/preview-creative-muvo-s200/' target='_blank'>http://hifiblog.com/past/2006/03/17/preview-creative-muvo-s200/</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Bye-bye scrollwheel, hello quad-directional joystick — Creative decided to change things a bit in their MuVo line. Question though: how is a leftie supposed to use this? Now, to more changes: the 96×36-pixel screen is now a PLED (similar to the more expensive OLED in terms of performance but worse when it comes to battery life). The device now comes with DRM 9 support, working happily with tracks from online music stores (not subscription services). In typical MuVo fashion, one AAA battery can keep it going for 17 hours — and there’s FM radio and FM/voice recording too. The device comes in three capacities (256MB/512MB/1GB) and an equal number of colours (blue/silver/purple)."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/thumb-CreativeMuVoS2001GB.jpg" /> <br /><br />A fairly underwhelming release here from Creative. It's main selling point is the display of lyrics while the song is playing. A nice touch, but nothing really new there. No word as to price yet, but I hope it's pretty cheap 'cause that's probably the only thing that will attract people to this unit...