Typical price: £600
What is it: Wi-Fi streaming music jukebox
What we think: Reasonable value, but the speakers on the accompanying 'Station' are quite disappointing
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| Review date | 3 Aug 07 | 16 Sep 08 | 18 Sep 07 | 25 Mar 05 |
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| Price range | £600 |
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| Review summary | The follow up to the WACS700, the WACS7000 is a decent product for technophobes who want to get into digital music without getting their hands dirty with PCs. The sound from the main unit is good and it's easy to use, but there are too many little problems for it to beat the competition Read full review |
120GB of storage and the addition of the Genius feature, makes up for the slightly reduced battery life over the previous model, reaffirming the iPod classic as our favourite portable audio player on record Read full review |
Apple has not only exceeded our expectations, it's exceeded ones we didn't even have. The iPod classic is a superb audio player with a huge wealth of well-integrated features and intuitive navigation. Our only real concern is that menus can be laggy. Apart from that, outstanding Read full review |
The iPod Photo is a beautiful and versatile device with a new, affordable price. The 30GB version is a particularly good value at only £45 more than the audio-only 20GB version Read full review |
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