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November 20, 2007

Haier Ibiza Music Player with Rhapsody Gets High Marks

By Glenn Fleishman

White goods maker Haier introduces its first portable music player to generally positive reviews (Yahoo’s The Gadget Hound, PC Magazine): The company best known for refrigerators and other home hardware staples is getting kudos for its Ibiza line of music players. The device has Wi-Fi built in and requires no computer to set up a connection to the Real Networks’s Rhapsody subscription music service. The device comes in a 30 GB hard drive version ($330) and 4 GB and 8 GB flash models ($230 and $250). Both reviewers note that while the device is similar is size to an iPod or Zune, it’s design is a little lacking, but not in a way that hampers use. The graphic interface is also not as good as either Microsoft or Apple’s players, but it doesn’t sound terrible, as so many music players’ interfaces are. The chief complaint appears to be a problem with multitasking and hard drive speed, where the hard-drive edition of the Ibiza at least can’t seem to keep up with demands.

Posted by Glennf at November 20, 2007 1:25 PM

Categories: Music

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