There is only so much you can do with the design of a large screened device and Philips have opted to put a single button on the front, which takes you home. It feels premium in the hand and the brushed finish means it stays mercifully free of fingerprints. We love the look, the finish and the design overall. It weighs 100g, so is light enough to slip into any pocket too. It measures 113 x 58 x 9.95mm, so is indeed very skinny. Having laid to rest that unavoidable contrast, let's focus solely on the Muse. Sure, it won’t ever compete with the iPod touch when it comes to playing back content, but it’s an acceptable measure given the price. The Muse gets itself a 3.2-inch 480 x 320 pixel resolution resistive display, which is big enough given the design of the user interface. The star of the iPod touch - aside from the easy access to content - is the high-resolution display. For us, we'd probably opt for the 8GB player and add a card for greater capacity. The slot supports up to 32GB, so you could have yourself a 64GB Muse quickly and easily with the convenience of being able to manage content directly on the card and chop and change whenever you want to.

If capacity is your thing however, then the Muse gives you what you want - a microSD card slot. That’s a significant price difference whichever way you look at it and worth considering that the Muse is much more affordable. The Philips GoGear Muse, with 8GB of memory, will cost you £99.99, whereas Apple will ask £189 the 32GB Muse will cost you £129, the 32GB iPod touch is £249. The Muse competes on several levels, offering up music and movie playback, but it isn’t a connected device, so you won’t be filling it with games or apps, chatting to your friends on FaceTime, or browsing the Internet over Wi-Fi.

The Muse is lovingly crafted from brushed metal so it looks fantastic, but does the rest of the package deliver?Ī comparison to the Apple iPod touch is unavoidable so we’ll get it out of the way right at the start. (Pocket-lint) - The Philips GoGear Muse (SA2MUS16S) is an MPEG4 player that looks to offer a range of features without breaking the bank.

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