roguebanshee,Oct 12 2004, 02:09 PM Wrote:I grabbed an iRiver iGP-100 over an iPod earlier today. I had a chance to hold both of them and the iPod just felt unyieldy and extremely heavy compared to the iRiver. The reviews I've seen have been overall positive too. While the 1.5GB doesn't hold my entire music library it holds more than enough for me.
Other than that it was about 30% cheaper than the iPod.
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Interesting. Have you held an iPod Mini? This would be a better comparision, seeing that you are comparing a 1.5 gig mp3 player to a (at least) 20 gig player. Its almost like comparing a MiniCooper to a Ford Excersion, its almost apples to oranges.
My father owns a mp3 player by iRiver and my old cd player was an iRiver. I've never been too impressed with their durability (my cd player died within 2 months, my friend had the same model and it died within 5, and all he used it for was in his car to play music).
As far as the Mini vs. the iGP-100, the weights are the same (including battery). The Mini is 3.6 ounces [102 grams] vs. 100 grams on the iGP-100. (I can not find the iGP-100 listed on the iRiver America website, so the weight information is from Tom's Hardware).
In all fairness, the iGP-100 got good reviews by Tom's Hardware, though the mini beat it out. I found the average cost for the iGP-100 to be $230USD (from reputable dealers). Compared to $250 USD for the iPod Mini.
Then its a toss up of 1.5 gigs vs. 4 gigs.
I personally beleive the Mini fairs better in this direct comparision, but this is purely subjective.
Cheers,
Munk