Freecom Beatman Mini Reviews
Newest Review: ... much smaller and pocket sized. I purchased one of a bloke in America, they weren't then available in the UK, on Ebay, and ... more
... it arrived a couple of weeks later. In total it cost me around £105, including all those wonderful import taxes. I bought five more CD's from Argos for £6. I burnt a few albums onto the 3 blank CD's that came with it, then I started to come across the problems... 1. The anti-shock is useless if your walking around with the player in your pocket. The player was just small enough to fit in my pocket, but it was in the vertical position. It has a hold button so the buttons couldn't be pressed in my pocket....moreCustomer Freecom Beatman Mini Reviews (3)
by - written on 30/09/02, updated on 30/09/02 (Very useful, 1453 readings)
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About 9 months ago now, I was just browsing the internet and I stumbled across a new technology which allowed you to play mp3s burnt onto mini CD?s. I already owned an mp3 player and was getting annoyed about the cost of Smartmedia and its small storage capabilities. The first mp3 mini-CD player I came across was the Beatman. This is what I considered before deciding whether to buy one or not. Advantages Plays mp3s Small and lightweight Cheap media (£1 = 180mb mini CD) Disadvantages No song titles, just numbers Not as small as mp3 players In the end I decided to look around a bit first... This led me to discover the ... Read the complete review
by - written on 29/04/02, updated on 29/04/02 (Very useful, 641 readings)
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The problem: Flash Memory is too expensive, CD players are too big to fit in the pocket. The Solution: The Beatman MiniCD player. It really is that good. You know those tiny little CDR's you've just started to be able to get easily at your local shops? Well here's a fabulous little device designed to take full advantage over them You get up to 220mb on a three inch CDR, which is enough for about 50 mp3s at a good bitrate, or around 3 hours on one disc. Consider that you can easily carry a micro CD wallet with 5 or even 10 discs in your pocket and you truly have a masive music collection with you on the move. Best of all ... Read the complete review
by - written on 04/10/01, updated on 05/10/01 (Useful, 445 readings)
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And its brilliant. Such a simple idea "make smaller discs". Yes its the first of its kind and being that it has some teething problems. Don't get me wrong thhough Freecom have done a brilliant job. It looks great, it has all the basic features you will need. The battery life is good. The only gripe I have towards it is its Antishock capabilities. Its not good enough. Its OK when walking but going any faster and it will skip. Todays CD players have so much Antishock built in that its very hard to impossible to make them skip. I would have thought this would be a main concern of Freeman when producing the Beatman. But all things the same ... Read the complete review
