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This EXCELLENT User Interface FAILED, Why? The iRiver Clix U20
Touchscreens and small devices don't typically work well together... So iRiver solved this in the Clix PMP. Starting with the early U10 and really coming together in the U20 featured in this video, D-Clix turns the entire screen of the device into a 4-way D-Pad. You heard right, the entire screen moves the direction you want to navigate. The Clix series is excellent but with powerhouses like the iPod becoming popular, it vanished as quickly as it came.
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The Worlds SLIMMEST (And Best) CD Player Ever Made
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The iRiver SlimX IMP-350 was the pinnacle of portable CD players and it was the world's slimmest CD player when released. Rechargeable Ni-MH batteries, an OLED backlit remote, dual control locations, MP3/WMA playback, an FM radio, excellent battery life, and a class leading 8 minutes of anti-skip protection... it was a formula for the best portable CD player of all time, and it came at a price....
I Had To Buy This Ill-Fated MP3 Player From Ukraine: iRiver T9
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Reviewers did not have good things to say about the iRiver T9, and so few were sold that I have one of the only examples left. The iRiver T9 was a USB flash drive turned MP3 player, inside it's a T8 that's refined and wrapped in an anodized aluminum case. It's actually a great MP3 player with excellent 24 hour battery life, but all that was overshadowed by it's gimmicks and space constrained 2G...
Your Old GPS Receiver Will Never Work Again... Magellan 2000
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The Magellan 2000 is a handheld GPS receiver from 1995. It has a solid feature set including 2D and 3D positioning, a chart plotter, and waypoint recall. I set it up with 4 AA batteries, powered it up, and quickly found out it will never work again. This and many other old GPS receivers are affected by the week rollover problem, they tracked years using a 10 bit week counter which means after 2...
Government Wanted To BAN This Cell Phone That Can Only Call One Number
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In 1996 the FCC made a rule that would allow any cellular device to call 911 with no delay whether it was in service or not. By 2015 they wanted to take the non-service initialized exception away (and so did everyone else involved). The 911 Emergency Cell Phone was designed around 2008 to take advantage of this rule. It's a cheap cell phone with no screen, powered by AA batteries, that can call...
This Motorola Cell Phone Doesn't Exist // U.S. Wireless Data POS-50
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When it comes to old technology there's not much you can't find on Google, but the U.S. Wireless Data POS-50 is a triple threat. There are no results for the POS-50 terminal itself, the Motorola bag phone, and only 2 pictures of the Omron CAT95 card reader it uses with no details. Payment terminal history isn't well documented, but it's likely this was the very first self contained portable cre...
The Sony ICD-37 Was A Failure That Led To Today's Best Voice Recorders
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When you think of voice recorders you probably think of microcassette. Sony wanted to change all that with the introduction of the ICD voice recorder series. The Sony ICD-37 was a slim pocket sized recorder that seemed like a great idea but had more drawbacks than the cassettes it was designed to replace. The only application I can outperforming other options is spying, it's tiny, silent, runs ...
BOSE A30 vs A20 vs A10 Review... 25 Years Of Aviation Headsets
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BOSE basically invented Active Noise Cancellation for the aviation industry, today they're back with a huge update to their headset lineup. The BOSE A30, it's supposed to be lighter, easier to wear for longer, and have the best noise cancelling yet. I'm going to compare all three of my headsets, from the aging BOSE Aviation X, to the industry standard A20, and the brand new A30 I'll be flying w...
The Kodak Ektralite 10 Was So GOOD They Made It For 20 Years
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Kodak is the first name that comes to mind when you think of film, but they also manufactured many iconic cameras. The Kodak Ektralite 10 was one of those icons, it shot on 110 film, and had a nearly 20 year production run. Simple to use and packaged with everything you needed to start shooting immediately, they sold millions of them even has smaller and sleeker 110 cameras were released. The E...
The World's First OLED Phone (Not A Smartphone) Motorola Timeport
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The Motorola Timeport P8767 was the world's first phone with an OLED display. Back then it was simply called OEL or organic electroluminescent and the display was sourced from the pioneer (pun intended) of OEL displays... that's right, Pioneer. They were making bright, vivid displays with area color for their car headunits, so who better to turn to for a new phone display? It also featured an i...
I Was Winning Oregon Trail So My Apple IIe Caught On Fire
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I bought an Apple IIe from a neighbors garage sale and I think it was one of the nicest most complete examples you could buy. The problem was I didn't have any software for it and the owner didn't want to look for the disks they had. So I bought a Floppy Emu from Big Mess O' Wires. As soon as it came in I started assembling it and the computer was ready to rock with tons of software as soon as ...
The Dell Digital Jukebox... Copy Apple's Homework But Change It A Little
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In 2004 MP3 players were all the rage and Dell jumped at the chance to be in on it. Dell used a Creative platform to create the Dell Digital Jukebox or DJ. The Dell DJ was a 15Gb hard drive based audio player meant to compete with the iPod. While the iPod was a very high bar the DJ does what it's supposed to do with a reasonable user interface and an incredible 19.5 hours of battery life. #Dell...
The Nokia 3220 Is A Nightclub For Your Pocket... With Light-Up Ringtones
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Everyone personalized their Nokia phone and Nokia leaned into that hard. The Nokia 3220b might have been the height of personalized phones right out of the box. Sure it had the usual Xpress-On covers, but it also had a full library of MIDI ringtones with flashing lights and vibrate to accompany them. The games took advantage of a built-in tilt sensor, it had a VGA camera that could record video...
Do You Have A Fake iPhone? Here's How To Tell...
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iPhones are everywhere and it's pretty hard to find a fake one... but I've got one and there are more out there. I'm going to show you a few easy ways to tell a real iPhone from a fake one, other than the fact that iMessage and FaceTime won't be there or won't work at all. This is a fake iPhone 8 Plus that was sold as a real one on eBay. It looks right at first glance but the more you dig into ...
The Moshi IVR Failed At Being The World's Greatest Alarm Clock...
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The Moshi IVR was supposed to be a smart alarm clock you could have a natural conversation with (well a very limited conversation). Unfortunately it fell short at every turn, it wasn't great at listening for it's wake word, it wasn't good as recognizing speech, and the RGB nightlight makes more sense for a child than an adult. There's no doubt I was excited about it 15 years ago, so I bought it...
Here Are The Best Phones I Found In The $500 Mystery Box...
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Here Are The Best Phones I Found In The $500 Mystery Box...
I Bought 96 Pounds Of Smartphones And Cell Phones... Here's What I Found
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I Bought 96 Pounds Of Smartphones And Cell Phones... Here's What I Found
This NEC Pager Could Wake The Dead With Its Beeper
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This NEC Pager Could Wake The Dead With Its Beeper
The Motorola Profile 300e Was A MicroTAC That Didn't Flip Or Sell
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The Motorola Profile 300e Was A MicroTAC That Didn't Flip Or Sell
Unboxing The Greatest Cordless Phone Ever Made... vtech LS5145
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Unboxing The Greatest Cordless Phone Ever Made... vtech LS5145
This Keyboard Was Good Enough For Batman... Logitech diNovo Edge
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This Keyboard Was Good Enough For Batman... Logitech diNovo Edge
The Kyocera SE-47: My First Cell Phone Slider'd Right Into My Heart
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The Kyocera SE-47: My First Cell Phone Slider'd Right Into My Heart

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  • @silverfox5319
    @silverfox5319 12 днів тому

    One thing I did like about Moshi is sleep sounds. Other than that it was useless the day it came out. Whoever designed it I would love some of whatever they were smoking when they did.

  • @CharlieTrusky
    @CharlieTrusky 13 днів тому

    just reset the machine by using verifone reset keys

  • @fourlights5751
    @fourlights5751 13 днів тому

    using it right now with my m1 Mac mini!

  • @davidhipskind6664
    @davidhipskind6664 25 днів тому

    are the A10 TSO certified

  • @donkeytits1
    @donkeytits1 27 днів тому

    No, they still work despite the 1,024 week problem. They just think its 2004 (in 2024). Something else must have gone wrong with yours. I know this for certain, as I have had unmodified Garmin GPS-50 from 1992 and a Garmin GPS-75 from 1994 both working this week with locks on all 8 of their channels. I even used the 75 on a hike :) Edit: Garmin on their website for another model also suggest that units will continue to work despite being effected by the date rollover problem

  • @jadedrivers6794
    @jadedrivers6794 29 днів тому

    Still use mine almost daily on the couch. It still works perfectly, back in the day they used to built things to last.

  • @lets-go-champ
    @lets-go-champ Місяць тому

    Doesnt this guy buys and sells rust bucket cars

  • @terencehill2320
    @terencehill2320 Місяць тому

    I owned this model in 2001. Absolutely amazing phone but it was very expensive at the time. It cost me $500 for it. You could have gotten a Dreamcast, a PS2 and one game for each system and still be under $500 at the time.

  • @mr100xr
    @mr100xr Місяць тому

    I have the 3000 i inherited it from my great grandpa.

  • @cdamian
    @cdamian Місяць тому

    I just connected it to my Steam Deck OLED via Bluetooth, it worked right away. I need to replace the battery trough.

  • @MooneyM20J
    @MooneyM20J Місяць тому

    I have few pair of A20’s And one A10. Sound quality and ANR is almost identical. The A30 is awful as far as sound and ANR in GA. The reviews all over Amazon. I think A20’s is the sweet spot!

  • @Abscntminded
    @Abscntminded Місяць тому

    Cd player, mini disc player than this gem came out junior year IT WAS SO LOUD WITH THE EQS TURNED UP LOL man the songs I had on that thing will forever be embedded in my brain!!!

  • @videosuperhighway7655
    @videosuperhighway7655 Місяць тому

    I wonder if my old PLGR will still work

  • @Gemna157
    @Gemna157 Місяць тому

    I bought one of these new but the battery never lasted, even returned it and got a different new one and same thing, was very disappointed

  • @miguelque9102
    @miguelque9102 Місяць тому

    With Creative's jukebox driver, one can even use Dell DJ under modern OS like Windows 10.

  • @Rahmanooooo
    @Rahmanooooo Місяць тому

    what are the two scroll wheels right and left

  • @alanparker3250
    @alanparker3250 2 місяці тому

    I have a LOT of mp3 players. Sony NWE394 and NWZ-E438. Cowon J3 and S9, creative zen nano and Zen V. Iriver H120 and N10. For me, the best are Iriver. Powerful output, recognized as a flash drive, good sound. I use my Iriver N10, hours every week...for nearly 20 years !!!!

  • @afn-bd2ro
    @afn-bd2ro 2 місяці тому

    The Iriver clix 2 redline was a huge improvement over U20 ua-cam.com/video/pMSsn-w6WIc/v-deo.html

  • @craigadam
    @craigadam 2 місяці тому

    Sony Discman D-J50 end of story.

  • @matrixdalneres8214
    @matrixdalneres8214 2 місяці тому

    That Nexus 5X brought so many memories back. Got one for free from a family friend in 2018 when my galaxy s6 died and used it for about a year. That fingerprint scanner was the best one i've ever seen on a phone and it was so clean and worked awesome. Sadly it died due to water damage later, i wish i had it again.

  • @vlota
    @vlota 2 місяці тому

    10:30 before he eventually gets to the point. TLDR; the GPS signal changed around 1999 - 2000 and the older units can no longer decode it. There. I just saved you ten minutes.

  • @justinanderson6287
    @justinanderson6287 2 місяці тому

    I thought the imp-550 was thinner? The 550 is the only iriver product I ever owned but it was cool as hell and ridiculously thin. Much better design too.

  • @MusicalBulbear
    @MusicalBulbear 2 місяці тому

    I had a dell MP3 player of some sort many many years ago. there was a small handful of songs on it, I think they may have been 'demo' songs. The device has been long gone, and I am trying to find what those songs were.

  • @yazzmatazz86
    @yazzmatazz86 2 місяці тому

    I owned the slimX in high school as well. It was ahead of anything else on the market.

  • @chrismodski6284
    @chrismodski6284 2 місяці тому

    Main unit, carry case, remote, wall plug, ear buds, owner manual, software CD. All the OEM equipment is still all here! I have to do a sound-quality check in 2024... with all my music still on there, I hope it doesn't make clicking sounds - it never did before. Mine still has a "refurbished" sticker on the back. It worked brilliantly after the fix.

  • @adamgh0
    @adamgh0 2 місяці тому

    I still have (and occasionally use) my Panasonic SL-S360 CD player from 1999. 9:10 It has a slider switch on the side for resume, normal and random play so "resume" was around before the SlimX. Instead of storing the song to memory, it just froze the laser wherever it was when turned off and resumed the beginning of the track it was currently playing.

  • @jmalpica8907
    @jmalpica8907 2 місяці тому

    Just got one of these, the remote doesn't display anything 😭😭😭

  • @First112
    @First112 2 місяці тому

    Good video but stop with all the “cools”!

  • @simphiwewelcome1029
    @simphiwewelcome1029 2 місяці тому

    Why didn’t you compare two iPhone 8+

  • @jennastark47
    @jennastark47 3 місяці тому

    i accidentally ran over my iriver clix. it was such a great little device. i still have my cowon d2 which works. but boy i wish i would have kept my creative zen micros!

  • @disraelidemon
    @disraelidemon 3 місяці тому

    In the age of film cameras it wasn't that uncommon for popular models to stay in production for decades - just from memory, the Pentax K-1000, Nikon FM-2, Nikon F3, Canon F-1 and Zenit E all had production runs of around 20 years. That's not counting the fact that some models were pretty minor upgrades to previous ones, so if you rolled, say, the Nikon FM and FM-2 together you'd get an even longer run. It's only really since the use of electronics became widespread in the camera industry that upgrade cycles have shortened, a process which accelerated dramatically with the introduction of digital cameras, though thankfully, that seems to be slowing a little as the technology matures.

  • @fussyindustry
    @fussyindustry 3 місяці тому

    I have to disagree with usb receiver i can go with my dinovo edge 2 floors up and it can still type never disconnect like the new receiver's does time to time and doesn't even have same use distance as the old one .

  • @mobilephonesandtech
    @mobilephonesandtech 3 місяці тому

    Excellent video. I very much enjoyed the in-depth review and how this model surprisingly had a special NFC cover! I doubt the NFC cover was popular or utilized much other than as a gimmick (NFC payments were not utilized in N.A. yet) but still groundbreaking for 2004.

  • @lonewolf31337
    @lonewolf31337 3 місяці тому

    RIFAS gotta love them things 😂

  • @Tu_Colombiano
    @Tu_Colombiano 3 місяці тому

    Best keyboard I have ever owned, nothing compares to this and since its inception they have never made a better keyboard since.

  • @onx-c
    @onx-c 4 місяці тому

    You need to find iRiver IFP-195TC in white color or red. And iRiver F700 4Gb model. This duo is the best and rare players they ever made.

  • @ssplays7024
    @ssplays7024 4 місяці тому

    How to name the voice recordings

  • @drcatboy9278
    @drcatboy9278 4 місяці тому

    "its not even internet connected" -- good. The Internet of Things doesn't need to be everywhere - and this isn't for tech freaks. I got this for my dad in 2010, who would have to crouch down to his nightstand and squint at his clock just to set it every night, and he wasnt even visually impaired. It just died today, 14 years later. I will be getting a replacement Moshi for him - he doesnt need a google home or alexa for a simple alarm clock, it would require an email my dad doesnt have, and any music would require a streaming sub my dad also doesnt have, and his wifi doesn't reach his bedroom. scary that "they all already know everything about us and are always listening" IoT convenience is somehow preferable to some basic set commands for a simple product that works

  • @imeditate522
    @imeditate522 4 місяці тому

    Where i can find that belt clip? If its still available.. 😁

  • @datadrivendev
    @datadrivendev 4 місяці тому

    Hard to believe that this thing is 20 years old

  • @datadrivendev
    @datadrivendev 4 місяці тому

    I had to use a special cable to transfer files to the PC

  • @provocateur-in-chief
    @provocateur-in-chief 4 місяці тому

    Korea was the China last century, they would copy Japanese tech and expand on it just like how China copies korean tech and expands on it.

  • @kennyadvocat
    @kennyadvocat 4 місяці тому

    Y2k finally hit us. =/

  • @LorienDrechsler
    @LorienDrechsler 4 місяці тому

    Wow! This is too funny!!! I was playing Oregon Trail on my Apple IIe and it also caught on fire! What up with this game? Anyway, I replaced the RIFA caps in the PS, put it all back together, booted up Oregon Trail and was finally able to finish it. Luckily, the repairs are well documented and the parts were still available. Now, if I could just get Ultima III to work.

  • @v1rotate391
    @v1rotate391 4 місяці тому

    A30 is terrible. Can’t wait to unload it on someone who loves paying for marketing

    • @craighoward5486
      @craighoward5486 2 місяці тому

      They have a 90 day no questions return and refund policy. How long did it take to find out they were terrible?

  • @rivards1
    @rivards1 4 місяці тому

    You know, you don't have to just watch an empty disk drive spin. If you hit CTRL-RESET the computer stops trying to boot from disk and just drops to a BASIC prompt. From there you can either type a program or load from cassette tape.

  • @Supertomiman
    @Supertomiman 4 місяці тому

    Honestly I think this format is either for rich people or for hobbyists who are willing to reload and develop their own film😅 It's way to expensive to do the normal way.

  • @sonny5974
    @sonny5974 5 місяців тому

    Just to update this video for anyone who may have lost the dongle! It is possible to connect this KB to BT! Holding the pairing button behind the top of the KB will put it into BT pairing mode. You’ll find it in your Bluetooth devices, then select it. Enter the pairing ID number on the keyboard and press Enter. It will pair 🎉