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Posted by
Julio
Franco on February 05, 2001
Manufactured by: D-Link
Product:
DMP-110 MP3 player
 D-Link
is a peripheral manufacturer mostly known among gamers and PC
Enthusiasts because of their networking products. This time
however we will be reviewing their second-generation MP3
player, the DMP-110.
I’m sure
most of you are familiar with the concept behind portable MP3
players, in case you’re not; these devices are based on
SmartMedia or Compact Flash memory that is also used on
digital cameras and other portable devices. Coupled with an
USB interface, MP3 players have the advantage over other
conventional portable music players to offer skip-free high
quality music, very high transferring speeds and most
important of all, they’re based on the MP3 format that is so
popular nowadays.
There are
a few disadvantages of course; the price of the type of memory
used on these players is relatively high so at the moment MP3
players only come with 32 to 64mb of total memory out of the
box, with the option of expanding it if you buy more memory.
Because
of this kind of problems certain manufacturers have released a
new type of MP3 players that use notebook hard drives for
storage (the Creative Nomad Jukebox is a good example), prices
of these “jukeboxes” are higher but you get a few gigs of
storage capacity.
Back
to the DMP-110... it comes loaded with 32mb of on-board memory
out of the box, the memory comes built-in which means you
won’t be able to take it out for using in other devices. If
32mb is too little memory for you, there is also available the
DMP-120, which is an identical model to the 110 with the only
difference, that comes with an additional 32mb for a total of
64mb capacity for music storage.
As
you can appreciate on the picture above, the new D-Link MP3
player comes in a matte silver casing (a marine blue model is
also available) and has got all the standard functions we are
used to see on this type of devices. It also comes with a
decent sized LCD screen, a memory slot for expansion, a belt
clip and some room for two AAA batteries that will power the
player… that’s about it for the external appearance.
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