Last week, Raincoaster posted "The Swag Report", and sent me an email pointing out how I should give this a shot: fill out a brief online survey at Matchstick.ca then wait to see if you fit their profile. If so, they'll send you a Zune mp3 player to try out. I guess I fit their profile...
Since I got the call today, so soon after Canada Day, I feel I should mention that this is a promotion for the Canadian launch, so only Canadians need apply (not USians).
"What's the catch?" I can hear my loyal readers saying...Ah yes, there's always a catch. The idea is that when I receive this thing, try it out, and (hopefully, on their part) like it, I will chat it up with friends and acquaintances. And, as I clarified with the man I spoke to today, if I have problems with it, that I give them honest feedback.
It's always a danger giving stuff to bloggers -- you've got to be mighty confident of your product, and ready to stand back and let them review or not review as they see fit, as the audience will always know a sell-out. But I have absolutely no problem being honest in my praise or criticism.
I've had quite a time in my quest for the perfect digital audio player...
- I started off with a something-or-other provided by Audible.com when I signed up (about 3 years ago now?)
- I bought Metro a Samsung Yepp, which at the time was pretty high-end. He still has it and uses it happily, even though it's got the memory for 1 album's worth of music. Long lasting thing. I don't know what their new products are like, but I'll link to the site -- his has lasted since the spring of '03!)
- I then bought the ill-fated piece of junk, the Rio Forge (Here's Metro's blog post about our trials and tribulations with that one!)
- Then we received a video iPod (no link, too much press for that damned company already!), which had awful battery life, so I returned it for store credit. I then did my research and came up with the Archos Gmini -- a thing of beauty, albeit a little bulky. That full story is on my blog, here and here.
Lori
4 comments:
Good, I look forward to much stealing of your music...I mean wireless sharing.
The first thing I did today was check out some of the talk on CNET for the Zune (Here's the link.)
One of the (very few) complaints is the fact the wireless capacity is a battery sucker. Ah well...how often will we be using that anyway? Find out soon enough, I imagine.
:-)
My particular complaint so far is that, since I live downtown, they're always trying to deliver the bugger at 8am! Needless to say, this is not working for me, particularly during Birthday Week.
That's the problem with couriers -- they developed for businesses to send stuff to each other. They've not adjusted to individuals. You should be 'open' when they come and call.
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