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I totally agree, yOda.
Rio has a huge opportunity here to grab a decent market share.
The new ipod is totally underwhelming. It's like that Conan bit "What if they mated?". People keep asking if it's photoshoped... that's how boring it is. It's about as exciting as creative's zen touch release. No wonder they had to drop the price.
If I was Rio I would be doing cartwheels at the office right now. Rio would really have to screw up to not take advantage of this opportunity. Obviously they aren't getting challenged on their firmware. The rumors are that they are going with a color screen in something smaller than the Karma 1. Sounds perfect. While I care more about the audio features, I do like color screens. I don't really care about showing pictures I just think it's easier to read. They are obviously going to get a better hard drive so the only question marks are
1) Better quality casing?
2) Remote?
3) Recording?
It seems like Rio is aware of these issues. I'll be suprised if they botch it.
IRiver has to feel OK about the 4G features but they can't be happy about the price. I can't see too many people paying $100 dollars more for the IRiver. Those interested in the 300 series should be happy because it might mean a price drop.
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