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Summary: If you like shoddy craftsmanship, then purchase this player
Review: I bought this player off of Tigerdirect, and it was great for about 3 months. (minus horrible battery life and small storage capacity, even w/ the extra 32mb backpack). After the first three months, it simply stopped working. Wouldn't turn on, no response at all.Wrote SonicBlue, after a couple of weeks of going back and forth and finally convincing them that it wasn't a firmware update issue, they agreed to 'let' me mail it to them (at my cost) and they would repair or send me a replacement. i guess they did replace it, but after about three months of use, i am getting the same problems again. I wish I had believed other reviews about this product. If you're into masochism, then by all means, get this thing. if not, save up for an iPod or anything else but Rio. You get what you pay for... (paid $70)
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Summary: Most horrible thing I ever bought
Review: This was a horrible and udderly usless piece of junk. When I first got mine (the first one i got) it worked for about 3 days. Then it just stopped working and i just heard static when i wanted the song to play. Along with that, the software didn't work (i have a PC). I tried countless times to upgrade on its site, called costumer support(which was very inconsiderate and didn't care if it got fixed or not), and did everything possible to fix it. Then I got another one, thinking this one was just a bad one. I was wrong. Same problems with the software, and it worked for 5 days, then i just got static again.
All in all, don't buy this one and get an archos or something (archos work very well.)even if it is a little more money.
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Summary: could be happier with it
Review: I was so excited to buy my first mp3 player about a year ago, however I should have done a little more research first. I was happy with all the features, the display, etc., but there are a few issues worth noting with this. First of all, the battery doesn't last anywhere near the 11 hours it says. If I leave it for any length of time without using it, the battery dies as well. Then there is the memory issue. I realize that is an issue with any 32 MB mp3 player, however, the memory backpack things are impossible to find; though the wonderful people at the store I purchased it at assured me I could order them online, that was not the case. I suspect the reason they didn't have them at the store was that this model was on its way out. The website currently makes no acknowledgement of the memory "backpacks", and while they do still have software updates for the 600 model, they don't sell it anymore. I have not been able to find them ANYWHERE. If you want more than 10 songs, do not buy this.
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