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Summary: A well designed minimalist MP3 player
Review: I received the Nomad Muvo 128 as a gift and love it. While it's advertised to support the Windows platform only, I've been using it with ease with my Mac OSX iBook. You can drag and drop right out of iTunes to the Muvo, which couldn't be easier.I've had no problems with the unit and with NiCad rechargeable batteries, I'd say the 12h playing time is an understatement. Sound quality is great, though the included headphones aren't much good. Plug it into a good quality pair (or your home stereo) and you'll immediately notice the great quality sound. I'd give it a 5 except that the Muvo cannot remember where it left off each time you turn it off. When you turn it back on, it always restarts at the first song in your play list. The good news is that the Muvo's firmware is upgradeable, so Creative will be able to improve on it in the future. Fixing this issue and adding better mac support would get a 5-star rating out of me. [...]
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Summary: Perfect Product for the Right Consumer
Review: This MP3/WMA player by Creative Labs is just plain awesome. True, it doesn't have an LCD screen, a clock, an FM tuner, or a built in stop watch; however, in exchange for these "features" what you do get is simplicity, ease of use, incredibly long battery life (12 hours on a AAA), unbelievable size and tremendous flexibility. This device is so much more than just a portable MP3 player. It is a hybrid portable storage device that can be used to transfer any file type from one computer to another. In addition, it plays both MP3 as well as WMA formats. I have found this to be a very important feature because of the relatively small size of WMA files. The 64 MB model will easily hold 25-30 songs in WMA format. If I had to sum this player up in two words it would be . . . wonderful simplicity. I had this player out of the box, installed, and loaded with songs ready to go to the gym in five minutes. (NO Exaggeration) There is no tricky software to learn or installation headaches to worry about. You simply plug it into your USB port and then drag and drop the music files you want from your hard drive. (I am running Windows XP; however, software is included in the box for Windows 98 users.) The bottom line is that different people want vastly different things. If you are looking for fancy menus, jog dials, and a lot of battery-draining bells and whistles, then look elsewhere. However, if you are looking for the simplest, smallest, lightest player on the market to take to the gym and to work that doubles as a really cool file storage device then look no further. This is absolutely the product to buy. I highly recommend it!!
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Summary: Does its job, but sure is flimsy...
Review: I bought this thing used. Thus far, it's working fine. But, be warned that every thing about this Muvo is flimsy from the buttons, the casing, and even the battery cover. So if you're likely to drop things, DON'T GET IT. There is no 'lock button' and the pause button easily gets set off by slight pressure - even by the wrinkle of your jeans. I find this to be the most annoying thing. Also annoying is the fact that once the player is shut off and then on again, the playlist resets to the first song. I would not buy thing this at the retail cost. There aren't enough options and it can hardly be called a quality piece of equipment. Plus, there are far better options out there for less money. If you happened to get it for cheap and are just looking for something to bring to the gym or listen to while jogging in the park, it'll do fine.
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Summary: This unit is built to last
Review: Like many reviewers at this site, my unit locked up after a few months of use. It basically stopped playing music in the middle of a song. The red light stayed on and all the buttons failed to function. The standard repairs (new battery, reformat)didn't work. As a final effort prior to trashing the unit, I sent an email to Creative Labs. I emailed them at about 8 AM on a SUNDAY morning and I received a response in about four hours. They told me to download the newest utilities and reformat the unit twice. I did so and the unit started working again. It's been fine ever since. I've also found that premiun brand alkaline batteries give twice the play hours of the cheaper store brands. For sound quality try converting your music CDs to WMA files created with Microsoft Media Player 9. They sound much better then MP3s. Not all MP3 players are able to play WMA files, but the MuVo can. I would also recommend upgrading to better head phones. This unit doesn't have all the feature the other units have, but it has all the features you need to hear quality music from a ultra tiny player.
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Summary: Not for the spoiled user
Review: I have my 128mb Muvo for over a year. Here are some things to know about it: Pros:
smallest I have seen, versatile (Mp3, file transfer), good sound, easy - drag'n drop Cons:
1. Song playing order is set according to the order they were transferred to the muvo.
(And if a song is deleted, the next song copied to muvo will take it's place.)
2. The sound using the original headphones absolutely sucks! you must get headphones which emphasize bass. I recommend "Sennheiser In-Ear Headphones" which makes my muvo sound superb!
3. Muvo uses a hidden file called: SETTINGS.DAT
If it gets deleted (for instance by regular formatting, instead of using the supplied formatting software) the device won't work! (I keep a copy of this file on my pc, and put a copy of it back on my muvo when ever I need too...)
So if all of the sudden your muvo buttons don't have any effect, now you know why...
4. File transfer is slow (USB1). It takes over two minutes to have your muvo filled with songs.
5. No radio option Bottom line -
Once you know what to expect, and you get to know your muvo - it's a very nice device!
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Summary: Great mp3 player
Review: I received this product 7 months ago and it still hasn't failed on me. It got messed up once when I tried to format the drive manually. You have to use the formatter that came with the CD (which you can also download from the Creative website). I wouldn't recommend using this product with an Apple computer, unless you have a backup PC. Mac OS puts hidden files on the drive that caused it to play only the first song. You can remove those hidden files with a PC. Also, make sure you eject the drive before removing it from the USB port, that's why I had to reformat the drive. You could probably use the mp3 player with Linux. But if you have to format the drive in Linux, you're out of luck. I can usually store about 2.5 to 3 albums on the mp3 player. The sound quality is great, even with cheap headphones. I can usually get it to play for 8 to 12 hours. Plus, it's so tiny!
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Summary: PIECE OF TRASH - DO NOT BUY
Review: I bought this unit and used it for about 2 hours for use while running and working in the yard. Shortly thereafter, I broke my ankle and was unable to work in the yard or run, so had no use for it. 6 months after recovery, I plugged it into my USB port and it froze my computer. I tried again and same thing. I contacted Creative and they had me try some things to no avail. Creative Labs wants me to cover shipping and a minimum of $20 in "assessment" costs + whatever costs to repair it. UNBELIEVABLE. This is a product known to have major issues and yet they want me to pay to fix it. UNBELIEVABLE. I will never buy a Creative Labs product ever again. Be smart, avoid their trash.
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Summary: It just stopped working
Review: This is the most compact and convenient MP3 player. It runs on one AAA battery. It's truly dummy proof. You don't even need to install a driver...just plug it into a usb port then click and drag your music into the drive and you're in business. You can even use it as an removable drive to transport any type of files (media, documents, etc). Having said all these positive things, here comes the BUT. I loved this little guy, but it broke after only 2 weeks. I bought it 1 1/2 years ago for about $120. I didn't drop it or drown it. It just stopped working. I guess I shouldn't have disregarded all the other reviewers' caveats. I traded it in for the 128MB RipFlash MP3 player/voice recorder. Although in retrospect, commuters like me who spend at least 2hrs daily on the subway should think in terms of GBs and not MBs. Perhaps it's time for an upgrade.
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Summary: They tend to die early
Review: Got my Nomad Muvoabout 5 months ago and now its dead and out of warranty. (3 months limited warranty)
The unit performed alright while it worked however.
Avoid if you want something that lasts.
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Summary: Please read this review, it IS helpful
Review: Well, first of all if I could rate this 4 1/2 stars I would, mainly cuz its not perfect. I ogt this for a Christmas present a few years ago and its worked great. For of all, I would curse all of you people who gave this less than 4 stars but I'm going tyo qoute what my mother once told me, "Saying negative things never helps, it just makes the envirment more negative, and hardly ever fixes anything." So, that being said I'm not going to be nasty because what some of you did I might have done as well if my brother hadn't told me what was wrong. My only real problem was I woke up one morning and it just, didn't work so I moped a while thinkling it was broken until I asked my brother if he knew how to fix it. Appernetly there is a System.dat file in the mp3 player that if you delete (or don't delete, I'm not sure which) it will cause your mp3 player not to turn on. So I went and did what mny brother told me (which was to delete the Sytem.dat file) and HALLELUJAH it worked again. So if it won't turn on and you think its broken, look at the maual, do a web search and if all of that doesn't help, try what I did, (especially if you think itrs broken and were going to return it anyway). SO for all of you out there who returned thers all you can do is think, " (...)WHY DIDN'T I TRY THAT?" So, here are the pros and cons: Pros:
Lightwieght
Stores bout 36 songs( which is nice for such a small player)
Small
Cheap
Durable Cons:
Bad earphones
Have to hold the on/off button for 3 sec. to turn on or off
And without my brother I would be Mp3 playerless and sad to know it wasn't really broken if I had returned it. Overall:
My first Mp3 player and a nice one. Reliable and nice for going to the gym jogging, or mowing the lawn (which is when I use it the most). (...) 1/2 (THATS FOUR AND A HALF STARS) oNCE AGAIN FROM UPYOURARSE.
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