

We were also disappointed with the headphone jack on the iFP-890, which is recessed into one end of the player. It's typical for a flash player to spread a zillion features across a minimum of buttons, but we found this implementation especially clumsy on the iFP-890.
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Time spent with the manual will save you the frustration of learning to hold down the A-B/memory/EQ button for a few seconds so that you can switch EQ settings or using similar tactics with the record/mode button to activate the FM radio. Stereo, memory/EQ, and mode, which cover fewer than half the features those same buttons actually control. We wish the buttons were better labeled: when you hold the iFP-890 in your hands, you can see only the printed labels for It took us some fumbling to figure out that the play/stop button also turns the iFP-890 on. Printed on the buttons are markings for play/stop, the A-B loop function, and record. It also falls neatly into your hands, leaving the three control buttons and the thumb-stick neatly under the appropriate digits. The triangular shape of the flash player puts the LCD at a good angle for viewing while it sits on a desktop. The player also comes in 128MB (iFP-880, blue), 512MB (iFP-895, silver), and 1GB (iFP-899, dark red) capacities. However, if listening to FM radio, recording memos, or moving files between random systems are important to you, then you should probably keep shopping. This flash-based player has excellent audio quality, a laundry list of features, and an amazing 40-hour battery life. If you value a workweek's worth of listening from a single AA battery, then iRiver's $100 iFP-890 (256MB) should definitely be on your short list.
