... the Gigabeat doesn't give Apple a run for its money with this generation of product.
Highs: Big colorful display, stylish design
Lows: Poor navigation; bad software; prone to lock-ups
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You can't blame consumer electronics companies for wanting to carve out a slice of Apple's pie, but any product that takes a serious run at the iPod had better do everything it does - and do a better job at it. It has to look cool, store gobs of tunes and be fun and stupidly simple to use. Toshiba's Gigabeat scores on volume, but its ergonomics fall way short.
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by Freddy on November 8, 2009:
“I've had my Gigabeat for 3 years and works pretty good, I'd had some problems with the software but finally I solved them, but I think the support system of Toshiba is pretty bad, in my country they didn't even know about the Gigabeat exist. But now my f20...” More...
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by Ramela on November 8, 2009:
“I bought the F40 two years ago and it worked just fine and I almost used all of its capacity. The Gigabeat Room was fine; I only had a few problems with where it got stuck. I like that fact that it is independent of the iTunes program. There is only one thing...” More...