Gear live Presents: The Rio Carbon Review
Posted: 04 September 2004 08:19 AM     [ Ignore ]  
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Check it out on the front page .  The first comprehensive review anywhere!

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Posted: 04 September 2004 08:31 AM   [ # 1 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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wow long read.. Nice review. 9/10 eh. Hmmmm

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Posted: 04 September 2004 08:35 AM   [ # 2 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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at the end you said it had double the battery life of the ipod mini but wasn’t it tested and said to have died at around 5 hours. So that should be 4 times as much.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 08:36 AM   [ # 3 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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nice review man, i’d buy one, but i got this pretty lil ipod sittin next to me….

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:04 AM   [ # 4 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 4 ]  
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haha i need a new mp3 player… and i dont have an ipod yet so hmmm maybe i will pick this up.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:13 AM   [ # 5 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 5 ]  
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ill still get the ipod, since the rio dont look as slick as the ipod

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:16 AM   [ # 6 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 6 ]  
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[quote author=“snakeyes17”]at the end you said it had double the battery life of the ipod mini but wasn’t it tested and said to have died at around 5 hours. So that should be 4 times as much.

That was 3G, I would think.  The 4G is supposed to be 12 hours.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:17 AM   [ # 7 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 7 ]  
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I was talking about the Mini

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:22 AM   [ # 8 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 8 ]  
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[quote author=“hondaboi”]ill still get the ipod, since the rio dont look as slick as the ipod


Well it’s smaller than the Mini,  :think:  Looks slick enough to me…a little more sophisticated actually.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:27 AM   [ # 9 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 9 ]  
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I like the iPod slightly more.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:29 AM   [ # 10 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 10 ]  
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i’d take the carbon over the mini, but the full ipod over both.

20gig ipod>carbon>mini.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:30 AM   [ # 11 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 11 ]  
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^ i agree with ya on that one

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Posted: 04 September 2004 09:51 AM   [ # 12 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 12 ]  
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[quote author=“snakeyes17”]^ i agree with ya on that one

20 Gigs is nice, I’ll admit.  I don’t like the battery though.

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Posted: 04 September 2004 11:00 AM   [ # 13 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 13 ]  
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i hear battery’s screw over on ipods pretty quick.

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Posted: 06 September 2004 05:24 AM   [ # 14 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 14 ]  
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Depends on how quick is pretty quick.  It’s lasts long enough for me.  On a day that I listen to it a lot I usually just get to half full.  :D Oh and this is a 1st generation preordered iPod from when they were first anounced.  😊

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Posted: 06 September 2004 06:07 AM   [ # 15 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 15 ]  
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hmm i heard like after you charge the battery too much it just dies and you need to buy a new one. if there even is replacements.

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Posted: 07 September 2004 04:14 AM   [ # 16 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 16 ]  
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Review Mentioned on Gizmodo too .  Cool!

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Posted: 07 September 2004 04:15 AM   [ # 17 ]     [ Ignore ]   [ # 17 ]  
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thats awesome hector

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