Rio Carbon Review

Hector at Gear Live managed to get his hands on one of the few Rio Carbons in the wild and has his thoughts on the new 5GB device in their Rio Carbon review. We think they're right to call the Carbon hot since the 500 Limited Edition Carbons have already sold out. Gear Live gives the Carbon 9 out of 10:

This is a solid number from Rio that they can be proud of. Both the desktop software and the Carbon menu systems are so intuitive that you won't bother reading the manual. You get rich, clear and long lasting sound, in such a small package it's really a marvel of technology. For those of you with a decent (but not enormous, as in, hundreds of CD's) collection of songs this player is a great little product. Heck, even the headphones are decent. At a price point that is the same as the iPod mini, and yet with almost double the amount of battery life (20 Hours!), plus an additional gig of storage, you have an all around excellent package, and a wonderful investment to keep you entertained on those long commutes. The AC adapter charges the unit at an even faster rate than the USB connection, and the playback options are plenty. Highly recommended.

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