Well...I finally had a chance to get my hands on the 60GB IAudio X5 and I'm very disappointed
, not with its features, but rather with its build quality (sound familiar with our beloved BMW X5???). The first one I got was DOA (just got a white screen when I powered on...couldn't get it out of that mode no matter what I tried)...had it RMAed
. The second one was a little better, but still very flaky. It freezes up on me whenever I moved the unit. I mean, just picking it up the unit may cause a freeze! Turning the unit upsidedown in my hand may cause a freeze! As a matter of fact, rotating the unit in any axis may cause a freeze! What's weird is that whenever it freezes like that, just giving the unit a light tap will usually unfreezes it. That is unbelievably flaky! I'm suspecting a loose contact somewhere in the device or may be even a hard drive tracking problem. Needless to say that I returned it for a refund. This picture is all I have left of my IAudio X5
So I guessed I won't be able to have an X5 playing in my X5
With the short extent of time I had with the X5, I have to say that it is one hell of a device (feature packed)...if only they've gotten the build quality thing right. Great sounds (lots of personalization tuning), great feature sets (FM radio, voice recordings, built-in mp3 encoding, OTG USB, just to name a few), and of course...the easy "drag & drop" file system without requiring extra software to work the thing! The only drawback that I found was with its 10,000 file limit. I filled the thing with about 30GB of various mp3s and video clips and it's already hitting the 7,500 range. At this rate, I can't possibly fill up the device without running into its 10,000 file limit!
Now, I'm seaching for an alternative...any recommendation on a DAP with greater than 60GB capacity, preferably with video capability and "drag & drop" filing system? I'm ruling IPOD out because I don't want to deal with iTune.