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55 products

  1. iPod touch 4th Generation review

    iPod touch 4th Generation review

    8 Last reviewed

    Updated The most amazing thing about Apple's latest iPod touch is its colour. It's available in both black and white. No, we're not being glib - we mean it!

    Colorful Colorfly review

    Colorful Colorfly review

    10 Last reviewed

    We discover an exciting and unique proposition - a high-resolution portable player/recorder with upsampling and a built-in DAC

    Olympus LS-5 review

    Olympus LS-5 review

    10 Last reviewed

    If you want real broadcast quality audio for less than £200, then listen up!

    Olympus LS-5 review

    Olympus LS-5 review

    9 Last reviewed

    This dictaphone offers high-quality recording and MP3 playback

    Cowon J3 review

    Cowon J3 review

    10 Last reviewed

    An MP3 player that offers expandable memory via SDHC

    New Apple iPod nano (2010) review

    New Apple iPod nano (2010) review

    8 Last reviewed

    Somebody at Apple obviously hates the phrase "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" because it has completely redesigned its best selling iPod, the iPod nano, yet again. This year's model is half the height of the previous generation and has the same clip-on design as the new iPod shuffle. The big change is that there's no click wheel, just a screen.

    Creative Zen X-Fi 2 review

    Creative Zen X-Fi 2 review

    6 Last reviewed

    Creative's first touchscreen MP3 player - but does it measure up?

    Creative Zen MX review

    Creative Zen MX review

    6 Last reviewed

    The latest MP3 player to come from Creative

    Samsung YP-Q1 review

    Samsung YP-Q1 review

    8 Last reviewed

    The Samsung YP-Q1 is the company's latest offering and continues to show Samsung as a company who just might take some small bites out of Apple's world domination.

    Creative Zen Mozaic review

    Creative Zen Mozaic review

    8 Last reviewed

    As a low-end MP3 player, the Creative Zen Mozaic is worth a look. Despite the American spelling, there really isn't much to dislike about this one, and there's plenty to like.

    Creative Zen X-Fi review

    Creative Zen X-Fi review

    10 Last reviewed

    The MP3 player market is saturated. It has been for years now, with every size, price point and storage benchmark catered for amply. However, when it comes to sound quality, it's hard to find a player that really stands up to be counted. The Creative Zen X-Fi, is the new exception.

    Philips GoGear SA6025 review

    Philips GoGear SA6025 review

    6 Last reviewed

    An odd one, this. It's nearly full iPod-sized, despite being a mere 2-4GB. A lot of folk will find it less appealing than all the other flash-based players, wanting something they can carry without noticing.

    Sony Walkman NWZ-A829 review

    Sony Walkman NWZ-A829 review

    7 Last reviewed

    Ever since the iPod arrived in 2001, the Walkman story has been a strange, rather downbeat affair. Sony's players have been dogged by uninspiring designs, iffy interfaces and a perverse insistence on proprietary formats like ATRAC, as well as DRM. All that has changed in the last couple of years, but is the Walkman brand now strong enough to finally turn things around? On this evidence, no. And here's why

    Creative Zen Micro 5GB review

    Creative Zen Micro 5GB review

    6 Last reviewed

    The Creative Zen Micro caused a stir when it arrived. It looks good and draws comparisons with Apple's Mini. The Micro certainly lives up to its name: it's about the same size as a pack of cards and weighs 108g

    iRiver T10 review

    6 Last reviewed

    It's never a good start when you have to upgrade a piece of hardware's firmware as soon as you take it out of the box, but unfortunately, that's exactly the position we found ourselves in when we unwrapped the chunky T10.

    Apple iPod 20GB review

    Apple iPod 20GB review

    8 Last reviewed

    Just when there were starting to be too many iPods to choose from, Apple comes along and simplifies the entire range. The new all-singing,all dancing iPods now have colour screens and a few extra features

    Archos 204 MP3 player review

    Archos 204 MP3 player review

    8 Last reviewed

    Archos 204 MP3 player review: The Archos 204 is a 20GB music player that'll happily sing WMV, MP3, WMA (and protected) file formats and features the holiest of holies when it comes to MP3 players as far as I'm concerned - drag and drop uploading

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