<img src="http://parcom.pronetworks.org/PROneT-News/internet_logo.gif" align="right"> Adamond ZK1 2GB Flash MP3 player
By Tony Smith
Published Thursday 7th July 2005 12:18 GMT
Review Asian-made MP3 players are more than ten a penny these days, all compact, feature-packed and, generally, offering decent sound quality. Finding a stand-out feature is hard, but Swedish supplier Adamond has managed it: the ZK1 is the first Flash-based music player to ship with 2GB of storage capacity, the company claims.
Adamond ZK1The ZK1 joins the mass of cigarette lighter-shaped players - circular in cross-section, a couple of inches or so long - designed to be worn round the neck. There's nothing exceptional about its looks, but it's certainly one of the more attractively-styled players out there.
The front is flattened to make room for the crisp, 128 x 64 multi-line OLED panel. It's only a two-colour job, but it's infinitely clearer than any number of larger backlit LCDs, and offers better power conservation characteristics too. Alongside the screen is the obligatory voice-recorder microphone.
Round the curve is a slim Hold key - rotate the device the other way for the Record, EQ and Play/Pause/On/Off buttons. EQ buttons are commonplace, but this one is interactive, with the selected pre-set being applied immediately. The standard pre-sets are unimpressive, just as they are on other players - you either like the result or you don't.
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