mobiBLU Cube2 2 GB Digital Multimedia Player (Black)

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Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1 x 1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000J4DL6C
• Item model number: CUBE2 2G BLACK
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #37,704 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 12, 2004

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The next generation of the original, award-winning DAH-1500i Cube MP3 player, the Cube2 is mobiBLU's most advanced MP3 player yet. The black Cube2 adds a full-color Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display to the first Cube's array of features, letting you view digital images and watch video clips in addition to listening to music. But that's just the beginning, as the Cube2 also offers 2 GB of built-in flash memory, support for MP3, WMA, and WMA-DRM audio files, an integrated FM radio (with a recording function), a voice recorder, and a clock. All this in a diminutive housing that measures a mere 1-inch square, making it the world's smallest digital multimedia player.

The Cube2's 2 GB of memory holds roughly 32 hours of CD-quality MP3 tracks (encoded at 128 kbps) or 64 hours of WMA tracks (at 64 kbps), giving you plenty of audio for working out or traveling. The secure WMA-DRM compatibility, meanwhile, lets you play tracks purchased from online stores or downloaded from subscription services. And thanks to the built-in FM radio, you can not only listen to your favorite FM programs, but record programming to the Cube's memory. Add in a built-in microphone and voice recording function--which lets you capture interviews, lectures, and short voice notes--and you have an ideal multimedia player for virtually any scenario.

The Cube2 is also outfitted with the very latest audio enhancements, including the latest WOW HD (high definition) sound enhancement technology from SRS Labs, TruBass sound enhancement, and a pair of high-quality SRS-designed earbuds. Other details include support for MSV, WMV, MPEG, and ASF video formats; a Podcast Ready software application that lets you manage and receive Podcasts from any Internet- enabled PC without installing additional software or drivers; a single multifunction connector for headphones, battery charging, and USB connectivity; several preset equalizer settings (normal, rock, jazz, classic, pop, live, dance, and SRS), and a USB 2.0 interface.

The Cube2, which runs for up to 10 hours (audio) or five hours (video) per charge, weighs 0.63 ounces and is backed by a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

What's in the Box
Cube2 multimedia player, necklace-style earbuds, USB/charging cable, software CD, user's manual.

Product Description

Introducing the Cube2 ¿ the next generation of the original, award winning DAH-1500i Cube MP3 Player and our most advanced MP3 player yet!! Cube2 adds a full color OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) display. In addition to listening to music, you can now view digital images and watch video clips. You can also listen to and record FM broadcasts and use the Cube2 as a voice recorder. Cube2 is PlaysForSure¿ Certified, so now you can enjoy music from nearly all of the music download sites and music subscription sites. Cube2 has the very latest technology, including the newest WOW HD (High Definition) sound enhancement technology from SRS Labs, and it comes with high quality earbuds designed by SRS Labs that bring out the very best listening experience. Cube2 is also Podcast Ready¿ - enabled (see below for more information on Podcast Ready¿. It's available in four colors and in both 1GB and 2GB flash memory storage sizes. Like the original, the Cube2 has only one multifunction connector for headphones, battery charging, and USB connectivity and we have created a line of accessories that connect to the multifunction connector including a cool cube shaped FM Modulator and a docking station.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Feature packed and great sound quality in compact form, November 7, 2006

By	V. Bonilla - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been using it for a couple days and I'm very pleased. I recorded my class lecture last night and was able to get a good recording quality for its small compact size. I tried to re-encode some video to play with this and was not able to get it work, but I didn't buy this to watch movies or anything like that so it is not an inconvenience. However, I did enjoy how the sample video looked so I may try it sometime later. Same thing with the image viewer.

The small screen is great though. You're able to see the time, battery life, icon that shows its in play, pause, stop mode, the filename/id3 tag (depends on your setting), which song file you're playing and the time sequence, all in that small screen without it looking so cluttered. It is a little hard to see when you're out in the sun, but setting the contrast level to high somewhat fixes this problem. Indoors, crystal clear.

Its other features include SRS, FM radio, podcast, and a lot more setting management than I would expect from this little thing. LCD display, contrast, scroll speed, alarm, auto power down for when sleeping, EQ bandwidth, FM auto search, fade in, and lots more.

Controls are as simple as anything out in the market and it's headphones deliver great quality sound. The best feature I enjoy that it is like a hard drive. Just drag and drop a file to any folder and that's it. No need for a program to set up your files for you.

Negatives is just encoding video, and that it can be easily lost when not wearing the necklace type headphones.

I bought this knowing of its small size and even smaller screen size. Screen size is about .5 inch by .5 inch and does not at all lessen the ease of navigation.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great player, December 27, 2006

By	Gustavo Mendez Baeza "Maximus DM" (Monterrey, Mexico) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My daughter asked "Santa" for an i-pod video, but due to the price, and potential risk of damaging it (she's 10 yo), I tried to convinced her the cube was the real deal to ask Santa for. Anyway, she was kind of skeptic but she agreed to ask for it, so I came to amazon and bought one right on time to have it prior to 24th.
I was lot more anxious than her to open the box, so finally on the morning of 25th I had it on my hand; what an amazing piece of tech is this. I also saw cnet reviews about how hard are the menus and also to press the tiny buttons, but I almost completely disagree (is just a matter of using it 2 or 3 times to be fully able to use them). I have big hands, and so far no big problems to manipulate controls. Of course you don't have a HDTV on that tiny screen, but good enough to watch, maybe, a video of you preferred artist? or have some pics on it you can show your friends? Also even tough it looks fragile, putting the protection "shirt" in it makes it feel a lot more secure. Sound quality ... EXCELLENT.
I have no eagle eye vision, but, enough good to read the screen, which as the previous comment pointed, may be hard to read only for those with poor vision.
How easy is to load and delete music and/or files on it, not requiring any software, only copy/paste knowledge.
In short, I strongly recommend this tiny device as a great and price-worthy gift, and I haven't had a chance to download video or pics yet, but I'm sure it won't be complex as some people says on forums. Once I'm experienced on this I'll post my point of view, but it will hardly be to say it's as complex as sending a rocket to the moon :)

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As I expected..., January 12, 2007

By	Erik Ohlschlager "E_traxx" (Key West, FL) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

If you value cool things, design, music and don`t need pictures and video on your mp3 player, go for it. The only thing I miss is faster forwarding\rewinding. The speed doesn`t go up when you want to forward\rewind e.g. 100 min. set, it takes a while to get to the end.
The SRS sound is great.