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Gilgamash

02/28/03 10:59 PM

#249 RE: gernb1 #246

gernb1...

Here is an Italian site, (I think it is Italian?), that gives reviews of 0-1000...

Read items 3 an 4 under features, which is in English. It says the unit is Mac. and i-tunes compatible...

This alone, should make headway among i-pod affecionados. Don't you think?...


http://news.hwupgrade.it/6882.html


Regards...Gilgamash...

P.S. Can any one translate?

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austonia

03/01/03 8:07 AM

#260 RE: gernb1 #246

"Other perks: The Odyssey features a "Back" button (the operation of which is more intuitive than turning the iPod's menu wheel counterclockwise)"

Yeah... if only it worked properly. The back but ONLY works when you are navigating through directories. It DOES NOT work after you have selected a song. You have to use the Menu Button to exit all the way to the main menu. Then you have to manually navigate all the way back to whatever directory you were in before selecting another song. I have seen several people comment about this. In my opinion it is THE MOST annoying bug in the firmware. I'm not holding my breathe for a new firmware but damn this thing needs it. Other problems : occasional stability issues (lock ups;reboot cycles), occasional delays between songs (up to 10 seconds), long initial boot up 13 seconds, no backlight in the Radio screen, Radio can only be adjusted in .2 increments, in the Radio mode the volume can only be adjusted in 3 level increments, & VBR files make the track time jump around like crazy. And of course it could *really* use ID3 tag support, a sleep mode, longer "power-off" selection (10 minutes idle is the most you can choose before it powers off), and more track details while its playing (total track time, bit rate, etc.), onboard file management, onboard playlists, etc... the stuff that the competition allready has.