Gigabeat S: Pros and Cons
With Engadget’s post today on the Toshiba Gigabeat S, I thought I’d make a quick list of the pros and cons of it:
Pros:
*File format support including MP3, WMA, WMV, and DivX
*20 hour audio/5 hour video battery life
*320×240 QVGA screen (which is the same as the 5G iPod, but that doesn’t make sense to me because it looks like it’s widescreen…)
*Compatibility with TivoToGo
*$300/$400 30/60GB versions (again, same of 5G iPod)
Cons:
*No software as nicely integrated and with same selection as iTunes
*Previous Gigabeat models weren’t all that good
*Buttons on side apparently aren’t labeled making navigation difficult at first
Regardless, I think this is still a major contender as a replacment for my current 3G iPod as long as the reviews when it comes out don’t drastically differ from this preview in a negative way. If I don’t get this though, the two other names which immediately come to mind are the 5G iPod (of course) and the Zen Vision:M (probably not seeing as how I’m not a big fan of my dad’s Zen Micro, but I’ll do my research).