Advantages: Amazing sound, good codec support, small in size Disadvantages: Lack of included accessories
...DRM in any form, but Cowon have released a firmware upgrade that's compatible with Windows Media DRM and it's likely they'll add more soon. My only real bugbears are: 1) Very few accessories included - no case (essential if you want to keep it safe from scratches and low impact knocks), no dock and no remote. All are available, but at hefty additional costs.
2) The buttons on the side don't feel like they could withstand a year or two of heavy use ... ...of various accidental tugs. Even though I quite like the joystick, I think recessed buttons on the fascia would have been more beneficial.
Otherwise, the X5 is the closest iPod rival (and perhaps confirmed killer, for me at least) yet and, if you ask me, it beats the iPod hands down. Many "professional" reviews I've seen heavily understate the qualities of the X5 and way overstate the minor downsides, almost as if they are afraid of/biased against ...
great_badir 18.08.2006
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