
Recently we
reported that a little known company called Haier had released their "Ibiza" Linux based DAP. This news would have meant sweet funk all to some, but intriguing to those who read our first bit of news about it at
CES 2007 some 11 months ago, well now to build on that news is a wee review written by one of our favourite bloggers, Jasmine France, which can be found at "
Crave"
Here's a little snippet from the shake down:
the array and implementation of features is truly arresting. There's support for MP3, WMA (DRM 10 included), WAV, AAC audio and MPEG4, WMV, M4V, AVI, H.264, MPG video. You get an FM radio with RDS and integrated podcast support--with a separate menu selection and the ability to update podcasts on the go from any WiFi hotspot
I don't quite call this a review but more of a guide, all the same it is a good read for anyone interested in the Haier Ibiza and with any luck a full review will follow. To me it seems to be a fairly decent first effort by AOL and Haier but it has not been out all that long, perhaps one of our members will purchase one and give us more feedback, I myself nearly would buy one, but given that I do not live in America it may be a bit more difficult to talk advantage of the Ibiza's features.
In any case the Ibiza can be purchased through amazon for $330:
LINK
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The one thing I will say is the feature of having the album art show full-screen as wallpaper is super, and is a feature I was hoping that Creative would've added to the ZVM since they came out.......