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Take a quick peek in your nearest CompUSA or Best Buy: other than the disturbing amount of hunting and street racing games being sold, notice any other trends? No, Im not alluding to the growing number of mousepads with kittens printed on them: Im talking portable mp3 players - every color, every shape, everywhere! Id say that, by my precise calculations, there are at least 46 million different models to choose from right now, from almost as many companies. From the popular-yet-overpriced Apple I-Pod, to the key chain-styled offerings from I-River, theres one for everyone. For this article, Ill be giving you the skinny on the 128mb-equipped model 830 player from the good folks at <a href="http://www.myirock.com">iRock</a>!
Yes, I said IROCK!. you know, as in I-Pod, I-River, I-Mac I-Won, I-Tunes etc...etc.... Let me be off topic here for a second: am I the only one sick of the whole stupid I thing in regards to computer products? Frankly, the name irock! makes me chuckle a bit every time I see it. For one, it feels like an obvious attempt to ride the coattails of the aforementioned Apple I-Pod line, and, and most distressingly, it brings to mind the popular yet highly annoying mid-eighties car, the Chevy Camaro IROC And lets not mention the exclamation point at the end of the irock! name - signifying, I assume, that you must scream the name at the top of your lungs whenever you say it. That, or the irock! company wants to show you how hip and extreme their products are. Hmm, I guess it could be worse. It could have been the irock-mega-eXXXtreme-interactive-mp3-playa-inda-hizzowse! BEE-ATCH!
Yeah, I guess could be much worse.
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But does the slightly goofy irock! company name keep the product from being any good? Of course not. In fact, aside from a couple of tiny quirks, theres little to complain about. Its a solid, fairly well designed player, and is a fine choice for anyone looking to bring a little of their own secret, skip-free music to church, funerals, and/or jury duty.
Take a quick peek in your nearest CompUSA or Best Buy: other than the disturbing amount of hunting and street racing games being sold, notice any other trends? No, Im not alluding to the growing number of mousepads with kittens printed on them: Im talking portable mp3 players - every color, every shape, everywhere! Id say that, by my precise calculations, there are at least 46 million different models to choose from right now, from almost as many companies. From the popular-yet-overpriced Apple I-Pod, to the key chain-styled offerings from I-River, theres one for everyone. For this article, Ill be giving you the skinny on the 128mb-equipped model 830 player from the good folks at <a href="http://www.myirock.com">iRock</a>!
Yes, I said IROCK!. you know, as in I-Pod, I-River, I-Mac I-Won, I-Tunes etc...etc.... Let me be off topic here for a second: am I the only one sick of the whole stupid I thing in regards to computer products? Frankly, the name irock! makes me chuckle a bit every time I see it. For one, it feels like an obvious attempt to ride the coattails of the aforementioned Apple I-Pod line, and, and most distressingly, it brings to mind the popular yet highly annoying mid-eighties car, the Chevy Camaro IROC And lets not mention the exclamation point at the end of the irock! name - signifying, I assume, that you must scream the name at the top of your lungs whenever you say it. That, or the irock! company wants to show you how hip and extreme their products are. Hmm, I guess it could be worse. It could have been the irock-mega-eXXXtreme-interactive-mp3-playa-inda-hizzowse! BEE-ATCH!
Yeah, I guess could be much worse.
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</center>But does the slightly goofy irock! company name keep the product from being any good? Of course not. In fact, aside from a couple of tiny quirks, theres little to complain about. Its a solid, fairly well designed player, and is a fine choice for anyone looking to bring a little of their own secret, skip-free music to church, funerals, and/or jury duty.