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iPod With Video vs Iriver H320

NOTE: This article's name has been changed from iPod With Video vs Iriver H10 to Ipod With Video vs Iriver H320 to make the battle fairer.

Introduction

In this first article in Mp3 Wars, the proven Ipod With Video will go up against the Iriver H320. Both of these players can play photos and music.

Round One: Features

The Ipod easly beats the H320 on features, but both have music and photo playback, and that's all most users will need. The H320's interface is a pleasure to look at, but the Ipod has an easy to use and proven interface. But, the H320 has built in voice recording, which you can only have on an iPod with an expensive adaptor. The H320 also has text and search compatabily, with iPod olny have text. The iPod though has video playback and a greater "cool factor."
Scores for this round:
Ipod With Video: B+
Iriver H320: B

Round Two: User Friendliness

As mentioned before, the H320 has a good interface and screen, but the controls look to weird and may take some getting used to. There are few people who have not used an iPod, so the learning curve for the contorls is oftern very slight. Both of them have OK battery life (H320, 17 hours, iPod 16 hours.) The iPod does not come with an AC adaptor. iPod syncs with iTunes, which I found easer to use than Windows Media Player.
Scores for this round:
Ipod with Video: A
iRiver H320: B+

Round Three: Storage Capacities

The maximum capacity for the H320 is 20gb, which is 10gb less then the iPod which is avalable in 30gb and 60gb models. Both of them use hard drives and can be used as an external HDD. They also use USB connections.
Scores for this round:
Ipod with Video: A+
iRiver H320: C+

Final Results: The iPod is the clear winner here, beating te H320 in all rounds.
Final Scores:
iRiver H320: B
iPod with Video: A

Tommorow: Ipod Nano vs Creative Zen MicroPhoto

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24 Jan 2006

Mp3 Player Wars Introduction

Sorry, I have not posted to my blog for over a month. Anyway a new series has started. In the first part of this series (first three articles) Mp3 players will be compared with their rival and a "winner" will be declared. In the second part of this series, we will have a look at the history of iPod. In the last part of this series, we will have a look, in detail at the iPod Photo and the iPod Mini. Here is the series calinder:

Article One: Ipod with Video vs Iriver H10
Article Two: Ipod Nano vs Creative Zen MicroPhoto
Article Three: Ipod Shuffle vs Creative MuVo
Article Four: History of Mp3 Players
Article Five: Reveiws of the Ipod Photo and Ipod Mini (second gen)

I will be publishing article one soon.

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