HTF Review: Rio Cali 256 MB, A Jogger's Perspective (1 Viewer)

[Michael St. Clair]

A writer at gear.ign.com saw a demo at E3 and they had a color screen and the unit was smaller.
I'm not sure about 40gb.

http://gear.ign.com/articles/461/461...html?fromint=1

Now for the stuff I can't write about. Firstly, Rio will be announcing a new Karma this spring. It will get a redesign and is very small. I can't tell you how much smaller it is than the original, but it is a good deal more compact. It also looks really awesome. The new Karma also has some solid new features. It will get a color LCD and an SD expansion slot. I can't say anything else, but it was one of the most exciting devices at the show. Rio is on the right track.

The other product I can't talk about is a new Nitrus. I can only tell you that it is very, very compact and very, very cool looking. Sorry.

Other players included a few flash-based models, including a drastically redesigned Chiba. Of course, I can't tell you anything about them.

I'm stuck with the Karma right now because of the gapless issue (I listen to lots of music that segues...not just live music). If they haven't announced anything official by mid-May, I'm buying the current Karma. I may not buy the 2.0 regardless...I may just exploit the inevitable 1.0 price cut.

 

[Angelo.M]

Sounds interesting. The compactness is a plus. I'm not sure the color screen adds anything (except a coolness factor) unless it plays video files.

 

[Angelo.M]

Michael:

Have you checked out http://www.riovolution.com/?