Visual Land V-Touch 8 GB Video MP3 Player
April 26th, 2010 by admin | Filed under technie stuff.
Movies, music, pictures, text files, and more, all at the touch of a finger. The V-Touch Personal Media Player is the latest in touchscreen media players. It features a beautiful 2.8-inch color touchscreen with an easy-to-use navigation system. It supports playback of AVI, MP4, and 3GP videos at 320×240 resolution. The unit also plays back MP3 and WMA audio files, and it features a built-in speaker for those who choose not to use headphones. Add a still/video camera, a miniSD card slot, and additional features like a voice recorder, FM radio (with presets and internal recording), picture viewer, and calendar, and you have a portable powerhouse that can go anywhere. Movies, music, pictures, text files, and more–all at t [Read More...]
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My 10 yr. old, of course, wanted an iTouch for Christmas but at her age, it would either get lost, broken, or left on a shelf to collect dust so this was the perfect substitute. The addition of the FM radio and the camera (2MP; typical cell phone quality) with the ability to take video via the camera was the icing on the cake. The eBook reader is another nice feature.
She can’t put it down. She’s used the voice recorder, the camera, the radio, and obviously, the MP3 player. She really wants to download a book and what parent can argue with a child wanting to read a book whether electronically or not? At Christmas, all her “older” cousins asked her “Is that an iTouch?” and she proudly stated “No, it’s a V-Touch…” (Whew!)
Pros:
-8GB is 8GB. Plenty of space for everything. (Plus it’s expandable.)
-Camera/Video Recorder. (Big plus for non-cell phone carrying kids.)
-Nice size screen and the colors are sharp and bright.
-eBook capability.
-Stylus included. (Which allows even me to use it.)
-Computer connection and file transfer is very simple.
-Price. For memory size and functions I don’t think you can beat it.
Cons:
-At first look, it seemed fragile to me (”cheap”). After more use, it’s not so bad. It is obviously not as solid as an iTouch but it’s more than 2 1/2 times cheaper. Unsure if a 3 foot drop would be it’s demise and hopefully I won’t ever find out.
-Charger cord is extremely short.
-Battery life(???). It seems that the charge doesn’t last as long as I think it should but my daughter is using it all the time so maybe it’s fine.
-Headphones. Not the highest quality but those can be replaced.
Unkown:
-eBook. Have not used that feature yet.
-Movies. We have yet to put an AVI/MP4 on it but I am confident it will be fine and the screen size should be perfect for viewing.
It’s a great buy in my book! No, it’s not an iTouch but it’s a perfect little MP3 player with a ton of extra features and functionality. We haven’t had it very long so I will update if things change but so far, so good.
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UPDATE: 12/19/2009
Well, what I figured would happen, happened… My, now 11 year old, daughter has lost (”permanently misplaced”) her “V-Touch”. Almost made it a year. Up until she lost it, she used it often. Never had a problem though. She was afraid to tell me that she lost it until after a couple weeks; it must have been tearing her up inside. In any event, I am glad I didn’t get her an “iPod Touch” (Wouldn’t want to offend anybody by calling it an iTouch…) It worked perfectly and was a worth while investment.
However she has iPod Touch on her Christmas list again… Oh, boy.
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The first two days I owned this device I was pleased with it. The touch screen is not very responsive but for the price I could hardly complain. On the third day this device refused to power on. I hit the reset switch on the side which seemed to fix the problem . . . but not for long.
Two weeks later this device is in one of two states:
1. Frozen at the “Please Wait” (Load screen)
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2. Dead and not responding to the “On” button.
While the device was working I enjoyed its features, though the AVI video would record in XVID or H263 making it unplayable on the Windows Media Player without a plug-in. There is no menu system for navigating through MP3’s, so if you have a lot of music be prepared to do a lot of scrolling through your massive song list.
If the product had lasted longer it would have probably been worth the price.