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iriver T60 (1GB)

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By Nate Lanxon, CNET.co.uk
Aug 22, 2007

iriver's T60 may look like a popular prism-shaped chocolate bar, but its ubiquity at airports will be significantly less than its Swiss doppelganger. This simple MP3 player comes in 1GB, 2GB and 4GB capacities, priced at £49 (US$97.08), £69 (US$136.70) and £89 (US$176.32), respectively.

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Its unusual shape, while distinctly a love-it-or-hate-it affair, should not detract any buyer from appreciating the audio expertise that usually goes into iriver's music players. Whether the T60 deserves to bear the iriver name or be drowned in the nearest river, needs to be determined.

Design

Triangular shape aside, the T60 is still an unusual-looking creature. Firstly, its corrugated plastic casing is a step away from the smooth finish most commonly seen on MP3 players. Secondly, its underside houses an AAA battery.

A four-way navigation nipple sits to the right of a low-resolution 20mm (0.8-inch) color LCD screen, and acts as a "select" button, too. In a similarly unusual move, iriver has built in a dedicated A-B repeat button. If you're clamoring for a player that allows you to easily repeat your favorite parts of songs, look no further.

Despite its triangularity, the T60 will sit comfortably in your pocket, and its 24g weight is minimal enough to make the player unnoticeable.

Features

The T60 supports the vanilla MP3 and WMA codecs, but will also plough through any ASF or OGG files you've got. Protected WMA content will work from online music stores as well, though you'll need to transcode any of the DRM-free downloads from iTunes Plus as iriver shows no love for the excellent AAC format. For shame! Still, you can at least listen to, and record, FM radio. There's also a voice recorder and BMP image viewer (what, no JPEG?), though on the tiny screen this feature's usefulness is seriously in question.

If you're a podcast or audiobook lover, the resume option will save you from frustrated scanning to the part of the recording you were at before switching off the device. Playback speed can be adjusted, too, if you like being read to in the manner of Chris Rock. In fact, the popular Podcast Ready podcast app can be loaded on to the T60, too, should you be so inclined.

Finally, a heap of equalizer settings and presets hand some auditory control over to you, including a five-band EQ and various SRS modes.

 
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