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| Now Evolution MP3 streetstyle wireless MP3 player |
| Now Evolution |
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Price:
$200 |
| Coolness
score: 10 |
| Ease
of use: 8 |
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| Street style headphones that don't have any wires, they play MP3 files and can also get FM radio broadcasts. The 32M byte memory card fits inside one of the earpieces. The software to download your music onto the card is extremely easy to use, and the headphones are very comfortable. |
| iPAQ PA-2 Personal Audio Player |
| Compaq |
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Price:
$200 |
| Coolness score: 5 |
| Ease of use: 3 |
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| A tiny MP3 player in Compaq's iPAQ line, the player holds two MultiMedia Cards (MMC), so you double the size of your music. It was pretty difficult to load the music onto the player (it wouldn't work with Windows 2000, so we had to switch to a Windows ME machine). Loading on the files via the included MusicMatch Jukebox software was a bit klunky. Once installed, however, it's a pretty good player, although the hard plastic headphone pieces hurt your ears after a while. |
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