Today we get to take a look at a nice little round up of flash memory mp3 players, namely the PoGo! RipFlash Pro-2, Rio Chiba, mobiBLU DAH-900. All three players come chalked full of goodness, plenty of features, and a boasting battery life. In this review we will be taking a look at each player and then have a final comparison of all three to see which one provides the biggest bang for your buck.

Lets take a look at each player's specs and package bundles.

DAH-900

The DAH-900 is made by a company by the name of mobiBLU which may be a new name to most of you. mobiBLU originates in Korea and has recently built an office in North America to begin what looks to be a promising corporate chain. They offer a huge line of media players and the DAH-900 is one of their newest players.

The DAH-900 comes in both 128MB and 256MB versions, and since the player doesn't allow for additional memory to be added it looks as if that is the maximum amount you're going to get. Does that ruin any chance of competing with other player's in the market? Of course not. 128Megs of memory will play 2 hours and 17 minutes of 128 Kbps music and the 256Meg player will obviously play 4 hours and 34 minutes of music. That is certainly a good amount of time and I would think that the average user's needs would be satisfied with that amount of memory. The feel of the DAH-900 is very smooth and is encased in a hard plastic shell with rubber sides for a good grip. The dimensions of the player are: 86mm x 60mm x 15mm which makes it the second largest player, when looking at width x length, in the round up.

The package of the DAH-900 includes:

• Stereo Earphones
• Software CD
• Adjustable Wrist Band
• 2 AAA Batteries
• Carrying Case
• USB Cable
• Neck Strap
• Remote Control

The DAH-900's remote is a very nice little piece of hardware. It provides you with the ability to play/pause, stop, fast forward, rewind, skip/repeat songs, and adjust the volume level.

The included software for the DAH-900 is very basic and consists of a formatting program and a firmware upgrade program. To import songs onto the player's memory you simply drag and drop the desired .mp3 or .wma files into the temporary disk drive created when you plug the player into the USB port.

Some special features of the DAH-900 are its FM radio, voice recording, and SRS WOW equalizer support. The display setup and menu system of the DAH-900 are laid out very well and complemented by a blue backlight. When in MP3 mode the current song title scrolls across the screen and both the next and previous songs are displayed. Also displayed are the playback modes (repeat one, repeat all, intro, shuffle) and the current equalizer mode. The player comes with preset equalizer modes, including the TruBass, SRS, and WOW settings, but also allows for two user customized settings. I really liked the TruBass, SRS, and WOW settings but I found the customizable setting to be the best sounding since it allows for full control over how the music sounds.

In FM mode, you can use the forward and back buttons to scan for stations. When you find a station you like you can set it as a preset and use the menu button to jump from preset to preset. Another cool feature of the FM mode is that you can record the radio to a file that will be stored along with all of your voice recordings in .adp format. The quality of the recording can also be set anywhere from 32Kbps to 192Kbps.

Voice recording mode is simple and straight forward. When you record a memo, the file (.adp format) appears on screen and can be played back at any time. The quality of this recording can also be set to the same range of values as the FM radio recording.

Below are some pictures from mobiBLU's website.