Menu interface. I like the Karma much better. Easier to choose music. Also shows time of day on the main screen. I wish it showed track time instead of just a bar, but that's minor. Scrolling through music on the Karma can be done by Artist, song, or album, all alpabetical. However there is a scroll bar on the left with each letter, so you don't have to scroll through every Artist or album, just the alphabet.
I have a Karma. I have had it for a little more than 2 months. My first one had a bad hard drive, but my second one has been fine. I also have access to an iPod, so I will compare to that, as iPod's are very popular.
Plusses of Karma, wma, ogg, and flac support. iPod only has mp3 and propriatary aac formats
Power on/off. Power on is slow to load the OS. iPod is instant on. Power off can be set at different intervals depending on usage. I set it at 15 minutes. Enough to run in and out of a store if in the car, or go to the can and grab a drink at work.
Battery live. Very impressive. 14 or so hours. ipod is at best 8.
Control. Good, menu button, control dial. Bad, wheel. I haven't really found a use other than scrolling through a playlist.
Software. If you have windows, I like the Rio Music manager much better than iTunes. Better interface. Also, it does not auto synch like the iPod does.
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Menu interface. I like the Karma much better. Easier to choose music. Also shows time of day on the main screen. I wish it showed track time instead of just a bar, but that's minor. Scrolling through music on the Karma can be done by Artist, song, or album, all alpabetical. However there is a scroll bar on the left with each letter, so you don't have to scroll through every Artist or album, just the alphabet.
I have a Karma. I have had it for a little more than 2 months. My first one had a bad hard drive, but my second one has been fine. I also have access to an iPod, so I will compare to that, as iPod's are very popular.
Plusses of Karma, wma, ogg, and flac support.
iPod only has mp3 and propriatary aac formats
Power on/off. Power on is slow to load the OS. iPod is instant on. Power off can be set at different intervals depending on usage. I set it at 15 minutes. Enough to run in and out of a store if in the car, or go to the can and grab a drink at work.
Battery live. Very impressive. 14 or so hours. ipod is at best 8.
Control. Good, menu button, control dial.
Bad, wheel. I haven't really found a use other than scrolling through a playlist.
Software. If you have windows, I like the Rio Music manager much better than iTunes. Better interface. Also, it does not auto synch like the iPod does.
Thats all I can think of off the top of my head.