X-Micro Video Mp3 400 Player and Mini DisGo reviewed

Got|Apex reviews two gadgets today - the X-Micro Video Mp3 400 Player and the X-Micro Mini DisGo here. The MP3 400 player is a tiny portable media player with a 96 x 64 65K OLED display and an FM Tuner while the Mini DisGo is small portable USB 2.0 based hard drive. You’ll get capacities from 5GB to 40GB. The verdict?

I was a little disapointed by the Video MP3 400. While it’s a decent enough mp3 player and radio, and I do like the color display, it’s just too bloody small for videos, pictures or text. It’s got a nice novelty factor, but I really don’t see anyone getting much use out of the video function. Also, I wasn’t really happy with it needing a USB cord, or with the cheap plastic construction. The control scheme isn’t very intuitive, either. I do like it as a music player, but while it is a nice unit, the 400 just tries to do too many things, and masters very few of them. Possibly it’s an age thing, as I’ve seen other reviews that sing the praises of the 400, but these are younger people with younger eyes. My kid thinks it’s wicked cool. Me, I’d rather they dropped the video functions and made it a little easier to use. A decent unit that paired down, would be perfect