• mobiBLU A7: Fashionable Digital Audio Player

    mobiBLU A7: Fashionable Digital Audio Player

    Frazier Barretto, Jul 08, 2009 1745 hrs IST

    A well priced 4GB music player with a good set of features

    Music quality, FM tuner, recording, price

    Tacky buttons, simple but weird navigation

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Build & Design




The mobiBLU A7 has simple looks. The design, as I earlier mentioned, is like that of the choco cream biscuit Bourbon; small and slim, rectangular in shape. The face of the player has a nice gloss finish, while the rest of the body has a sliver matte finish. On one end of the player, where the ports and the lanyard loop hole are placed, has a chrome finish. This makes it look like it's stronger at this end to hold a dangling player while just sitting or even jogging. 




The player has a 1.1-inch OLED display along the length of the player with buttons towards the right. These control buttons comprise of Play/Pause, Menu, Volume Control, and Next/Prev Track navigation. The buttons are very tacky and though they don't seem of poor quality they are pretty noisy.


 




To the left side of the player there is an ON/OFF switch and a MIC. The ON/OFF switch acts more like a hold/keypad lock switch because even after turning the switch ON you need to hold down the Play/Pause button to start the player.






To the right of the player we have a mini USB port and a 3.5mm jack with the lanyard loop hole in the center. This is the side of the player with the chrome finish.





The A7 overall is decently built but it should have been a little better. The control buttons especially could have easily been better.

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S.S.Shah
,Mumbai, on Jul 09, 2009 03:50 PM
mobiBLU 4GB A7 DAP is available for Rs.2450/- all tax paid with free USB AC adaptor and one year warranty. Contact- Shah-9820151355 for free delivery in Mumbai. Outstation enquires welcome.
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Ben
,Bombay, on Jul 08, 2009 09:52 PM
What do you recommend for a person who is looking for a much-better-and-more-expensive-player (DAP)? How about the Philips GoGear SA2940?
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Nikill
,Pune, on Jul 09, 2009 10:36 AM
Go for Sony, although a little expensive they are the best when it comes to sound engineering. Also Croma is offering a free seinheiser!!! headphone if you buy anything above 4GB capacity its the best you can ask for
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