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Summary: Small, light and unlimited expandiblity
Review: After shopping around for quite some time, I found the Sony Network Walkman. This thing has incredible sound, is tiny and I can expand the memory as much as I want with Sony's Memory Sticks. It is expensive, but I was mainly interested in the size, and I am really pleased with my purchase.
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Summary: Small, light and unlimited expandiblity
Review: After shopping around for quite some time, I found the Sony Network Walkman. This thing has incredible sound, is tiny and I can expand the memory as much as I want with Sony's Memory Sticks. It is expensive, but I was mainly interested in the size, and I am really pleased with my purchase.
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Summary: "Open" equals "closed"
Review: All you need to know about this device is that its manufacturer, Sony, is a music publisher.So they created this device to protect themselves and lock us out of having unfettered access to OUR music that we purchased in CD form. Their software and memory stick technology use the term "open" to describe the accessibility of your music, but it's really closed, or at least limited. It works like this: you copy your CDs onto your harddrive. Then, you "check out" songs from the harddrive to your memory stick, much like you check a book out of a library. At that point you can only listen to the song from the stick, or your CD. It will be unavailable on your harddrive until you check it back in -- just like at the library. There are also limits to the number of times/or amount of time you can "check out" music (I can't remember which -- that's when I gave up and returned the thing.)
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Summary: Great but has drawbacks
Review: I am always looking for gadgets which work, this one is worth the money. I fly a couple of times a month and enjoy my music, however with the tight rules about CD players and other eletronics during flights the NW-MS9 is a godsend. Sound quality and volume level is exelent and the unit itself is so compact it fits in your top pocket. I found the music stick a great idea too, easy to use.
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Summary: The best music gadget
Review: I am always looking for gadgets which work, this one is worth the money. I fly a couple of times a month and enjoy my music, however with the tight rules about CD players and other eletronics during flights the NW-MS9 is a godsend. Sound quality and volume level is exelent and the unit itself is so compact it fits in your top pocket. I found the music stick a great idea too, easy to use.
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Summary: Light, But Powerful
Review: I am thrilled with the Sony Network Walkman NW-MS9 I received for Christmas. It is very compact and lite, easily fitting into any pocket as I take long walks or work. The music sound is wonderful - Bose-like quality in my ears. I like the 64 MB memory card. It provides ample capacity for up to 2 hours worth of music or audio books. Extra cards are available. The display is informative and easy to read for such a tiny device, offering an array of options to improve my delight in this product. Finally, the software for my PC is easy-to-use quickly enabling me to record favorite tunes from C-D's or the internet. This is my first MP3 player. It is amazing the impact on your spirit when you have your favorite music close by, like a companion, regardless of your activities or destination.
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Summary: Light, But Powerful
Review: I am thrilled with the Sony Network Walkman NW-MS9 I received for Christmas. It is very compact and lite, easily fitting into any pocket as I take long walks or work. The music sound is wonderful - Bose-like quality in my ears. I like the 64 MB memory card. It provides ample capacity for up to 2 hours worth of music or audio books. Extra cards are available. The display is informative and easy to read for such a tiny device, offering an array of options to improve my delight in this product. Finally, the software for my PC is easy-to-use quickly enabling me to record favorite tunes from C-D's or the internet. This is my first MP3 player. It is amazing the impact on your spirit when you have your favorite music close by, like a companion, regardless of your activities or destination.
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Summary: Vague Advertising
Review: I bought this unit mainly because of it's size. When I got it home I found that I have to use Sony's software to use the portable unit, which converts it to ther format (not mp3 like the box states) but it would not "optimize" my mp3's therefore I couldn't use it as I wished. Oh I could play my mp3s on their jukebox, but that's not the reason I bought it, I bought it so I could take my mp3s with me. I went to their website to get help on importing and the instructions I read talked about functions that my software didn't even have. Upon calling them on the phone (which was surprisingly quick and efficient) I found that I could basically only use mp3s I downloaded from EMD (Electronic Music Distribution) which I have a good idea is affiliated with Sony. I really don't care for super-corporations telling me which music I can and can't listen to especially when I give them 300 of my dollars. Now I have to go back and battle with the store to get my money back. They should clearly state on the box "Will only play MP3s that we say you can play"
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Summary: You better hope nothing happens to it.
Review: I got this as a present and didn't initially have problems with the walkman. Then one day at the gym it just stopped working. I called Sony Repair and got someone immediatly. They couldn't fix it over the phone so they asked me to send it to the repair center. Lots of calls and three months later I got the walkman back, but no battery or memory card. Lots more calls and 1.5 months later I got a new memory card and battery back. According to the service center water got into the case and caused the problem. Now I still use it at the gym, but I have a casing over the walkman to ensure no more water gets in. The walkman is high maintenance, I wanted an MP3 player that acted like a walkman. Now I have an MP3 player that must be handled with care.
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Summary: You better hope nothing happens to it.
Review: I got this as a present and didn't initially have problems with the walkman. Then one day at the gym it just stopped working. I called Sony Repair and got someone immediatly. They couldn't fix it over the phone so they asked me to send it to the repair center. Lots of calls and three months later I got the walkman back, but no battery or memory card. Lots more calls and 1.5 months later I got a new memory card and battery back. According to the service center water got into the case and caused the problem. Now I still use it at the gym, but I have a casing over the walkman to ensure no more water gets in. The walkman is high maintenance, I wanted an MP3 player that acted like a walkman. Now I have an MP3 player that must be handled with care.
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