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Conclusion

Dr. Tak thinks the BP300 is a good buy at US$75 each. Considering what it can do (flash drive, voice recorder and MP3 player) and the initial quality and finishing, it is quite a bargain. An Olympus (Japanese) voice recorder that can also play MP3 is almost US$300, while the Korean Cubig voice recorder with FM radio and MP3 player is about US$140. Note that both the Olympus and Cubig requires the use of their own software to load files to the devices. This means you cannot practically use the devices as general purpose removable drives. The BP300 is about US$75 from http://www.ajump.com, and it doesn't require any special drivers for Win98SE and later!

The design of the device can also be improved to make it smaller, slimmer and more function (all at the same time!). This is, however, really a minor complaint.



Tak Auyeung 2003-08-19