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Summary: Beats the Nitrus hands down, but you'll need a memory card
Review: See my review of the Nitrus for my feelings on that. First of all, I am nowhere near being an active, athletic person, so I can't attest to the unit's durability under those circumstances. I have a desk job and listen to this player mostly at work, and in my car with a cassette adapter. But I have dropped it more than a few times and it's held up pretty well. I currently have a 256 MB SD card in it. I download 64Kb WMA files, and depending upon the size of the song, the unit can hold between 140 and 150 songs. I will probably get a 512 card one of these days. Use this equation when thinking of capacity. 64 MB will hold about 15 MP3's or 30 WMA's (roughly, YMMV). Lucky for me, my camera also uses SD cards, so I can always switch it out if I need more storage in one or the other. So why not 5 stars? 1) The FM player might as well not exist, I've never had any luck getting decent reception. 2) The belt clip is a joke. When it's on, it's really tough to control the buttons on top. 3) Buy Rio and don't expect a whole lot from tech support. The last support person I talked to reminded me (in accent and attitude) of the female retail worker in the Seinfeld episode where George buys the suit from the store that has the mannequin that looked like Elaine. Sounded like she could have cared less whether the unit (Nitrus) worked or not, which was probably the case. Also be sure to download the latest drivers. If I upgrade to another Rio, it will probably be the Cali or Chiba 256 MB, both of which can be expanded with SD cards (up to 512 MB).
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Summary: the best mp3 player..........well almost.
Review: this mp3 player is extremely well put together. the only thing that is messed up is the radio, the radio is a complete joke, it is practically impossible to get the signal and it is always static. this mp3 player is perfact to any one that wants a cheap mp3 player that can hold alot of songs and has a stop watch an alot of other cool stuff. everything else is perfect but the radio is the thing that brought the points down. befor you buy this one, make sure you look at the red and silver one also.
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Summary: Pretty Nice
Review: I recently recieved the Rio MP3 player and so far so good. The only MINOR downfalls were that the radio hardly works, but hey i didn't buy it to listen to the radio! and the earphones aren't the greatest because they start to hurt after awhile, and the case makes it kind of hard to handle the buttons and it's hard to get the MP3 player out of the case, but other than that, it's a great MP3 player for people who are buying their 1st MP3 player. Also, very very fast shipping, faster than they said it would be.
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Summary: Be careful with the clip!!!
Review: I bought this mp3 player because I thought it was a small and convenient way for me to listen to music during my workouts. The software and interface all worked fine, nothing too fancy, but after about 3 weeks, the cheap plastic clip that it came with broke, so now I have to carry it if I want to use it, which makes it pretty much worthless during workouts. Also, they don't manufacture spare clips in case the original one breaks. Also, it uses up the required single AAA battery pretty quickly, so the batteries have to be replaced fairly often for such a small device.
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Summary: OOOOOPPPPPPSSSSSS!!!!
Review: Hmmmmm! I wrote the review: "This is a GREAT product!!! I just got mine yesterday and LOVE it. It was a little hard to figure out at first, but now I have it down perfectly! It is really cool. I recommend it to everyone!! It has great features that let you control almost everything! I wish I would've got mine earlier" Now I think differently! It's terrrible! It doesn't have very much memory so not very many songs can go on it. I personally would like a 256mb. card in my player but they're so expensive!!!
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Summary: Rio S30S Broken Belt Clip
Review: The player works well but the belt clip broke on the carrying case after two months. It continues to be an ordeal to obtain any assistance in replacing it. The customer service e-mails give a "blow off" answer saying accessories are available on their website which they are not. Calling customer support results in an endless Hold process with no humans ever answering the phone. Do not purchase this product if you require after-sales support.
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Summary: Inexpensive, yet simple to use
Review: Been looking to get a cheap MP3 player for some time, but was always turned off by how limited they were for expansion. Then I found the S30S. What truly stands out is the ability to use and swap out MMC and SD cards, not to mention this thing is more cross platform friendly than other MP3 players that cost twice as much. It automatically appears in iTunes as two directories. One for the built in 64 megs, and one for the MMC/SD card slot. I know a lot of people don't care about Mac support, but if you do, this little device works great. Also noticed that it automatically synced it's internal clock with my desktop...little things like that show that a lot of thought went into design. Pros...expandable, easy to use, light weight, good display, built in FM tuner (which works fine for me), cross platform friendly. Cons...slow file transfer (compared to firewire or USB 2 that is), short battery life (buy some NiMH batteries)
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Summary: Awesome Product!
Review: This is a GREAT product!!! I just got mine yesterday and LOVE it. It was a little hard to figure out at first, but now I have it down perfectly! It is really cool. I recommend it to everyone!! It has great features that let you control almost everything! I wish I would've got mine earlier.
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Summary: Indestructible!
Review: I'm very pleased with my purchase. I got the Rio Sport 8 months ago and have put it through the wringer - literally. I've run 8 miles in the rain, dropped it on the sidewalk more times than I can count, brought it with me in the sauna, and finally last month I forgot to check my workout clothes and ran it through the wash. Boy was i mad at myself - I literally poured water out of the casing - but I let it dry overnight, put in a new battery, and it was as good as new. Earphones have seen better days, though, so we bought a new pair and a memory upgrade. 64 Mb is good for roughly 45 minutes of music, which was fine originally, but I find myself running longer and needing more music to run to. The upgrade is working great. Only gripe about the software is that I can't organize the songs once they're in the player. Great sound and in a neat package. Well worth the price - paid 100$ at Best Buy.
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Summary: Great player for the $; bad case; poor customer service
Review: I mostly use this player to work out. It's nice and compact, has very comfortable earphones that won't fall off and they breathe well. I agree with others that mp3 sound is great, radio is worthless. The case with the clip makes it a little hard to get to the buttons. Regardless, the clip broke off and I emailed Rio a few times to see if I could get a replacement (since no one sells a replacement case). Didn't get a useful response. Two weeks later, I called their 800 number a number of times, but couldn't get a human. Finally resorted to calling their long-distance number. After spending 10 minutes on the phone with someone, I was told they'd have to order the part but it wasn't in stock, call back in a week. A week later, I called back, and had to waste time re-supplying them with all my info. They STILL didn't have the part, but claimed they'd put it on backorder. We'll see what happens. So bottom line: good mp3 and wma player--take good care of it, because customer service is practically non-existent.
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