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Summary: Not bad, not great
Review: I need to listen to music at the gym while doing aerobics. For a long time I used a portable CD player to accomplish this. However, developments in technology have brought us the more practical MP3 players. After reading reviews on several of these, I opted to buy this one. For the most part I really enjoy it. The sound quality is great and I like the album feature as sometimes I want to listen to a completely different kind of music. It is amazingly lightweight, so much so that I don't even bother with the armband. I just put it in my pocket or attach it to my waistband.The reasons I could not give this player a higher rating are the following:
1) Setting the preset FM stations was a lesson in frustration.
2) The display is pretty small and can be difficult to read.
3) The download software does not allow one to arrange the tunes other than the order (alphabetical) that they are in when you open the folder. In other words, if you want to download a CD's tunes in the same order as they are on the CD, you have to first download them to the player, then arrange them in the preferred order. For me, this is a significant drawback.
4) As another reviewer mentioned, the USB port on the player is not accessible with the cover on. So, everytime you want to download new tunes you have to unplug the earphones and take it out of the case then, reverse the procedure to get up and running again. As long as you don't mind these inconveniences, this is a good little, player. It is particularly better than lugging around a CD player.
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Summary: Great for running
Review: I never found a CD player that didn't skip. This NEVER skips, is ridiculously light and very easy to use. I highly recommend it for runners.
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Summary: Dont Buy This Product
Review: i HATE this product, this computer has only 32 mgbits of memory, and only 20 gb of hard drive. the screen is very poor and its d drive is horendously crappy. dont buy this computer.
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Summary: Good Recorder Great Radio and Good Sound
Review: Pros
Clear recording
Great Sound in MP3 mode
Clear FM radio
Uses a triple A battery, don't have to wait to charge it
Good Headfones
Easy to read screen
Good Battery Life
Easy Use Buttons
Good Price
Quality Make
Cons
Can Only hold 60 songs
Freezes sometimes
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Summary: WOW!!! ITS PERFECT!!!
Review: I bought this MP3, Voice Recorder, and FM Player 2 days ago. The sound is awsome! By far better than cd players. The little headphones that come with it are awsome! If you like rap, the bass is perfect. You can adjust it. Rock, Jazz, Classic, Or Normal. Also, the mp3 player comes with a program called jetshell which allows you to put songs on the player in a matter of seconds. I have 70 songs on mine, and it took about 5 minutes to put them on it. The player also comes with a case, like a cell phone case. And a necklace to put it around your neck. The display on the player is nice! You can change the font using jetshell. Also, default of the backlight is 1 sec. You can change it to a minute if you'd like to. The voice recorder(vr) on it is nice. Its alot better than a computer mic. You can record stuff on the mp3 player and put it on the cpu and email it to family or friends. By far this mp3 player is awsome. Easy to use. I give this a five star!
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Summary: Cannot convert encrypted WMA files
Review: Most music websites download files in an encrypted WMA format. The software that accompanies this product cannot convert these files to an MP3 format. Unless you want to just convert your CDs to mp3, this product is useless.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS! It will hose other USB devices!!
Review: Do not buy this item. It is terrible.
Do not buy this item if you use any other USB devices with your Windows XP OS. We have two different computers in our house, and after attempting to install the software for this product, both computers suffered substantial problems in recognizing the other USB devices that were previously used on our systems. In one case, we lost all of the data on an Iomega external hard drive. The file system became corrupted and the system ceased to recognize the hard drive. On the second computer, the wireless hub was no longer recognized after the software associated with this device was installed. This, of course, meant that we could no longer get on the Internet.
On both computers, it appeared that everything had installed properly from the CD for this item. But then, suddenly, there were problems with our USB devices on both of our computers. As an interesting aside, the owner's manual says that even this iAudio device doesn't have the "Approved for Windows XP" certification from Microsoft, it is fine for use with the OS. Based upon our experience, this is a blatant lie. We're returning this item to the manufacturer today and we're disgusted with it. We're still trying to pick up the pieces from the damage it wrought.
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Summary: Great....when it works!
Review: This MP3 player was fabulous for the 3 hours that it worked! It dumped everything I had loaded onto it and said there was no memory flash found??? Now I can't listen to my music I had saved nor can I record. I'm returning it, but now the price has gone up $30 if I want a new one. There was no offer on repairing it. I may have gotten a lemon, but I'm sure this is the best unit for the money and my next unit will be a good one.
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Summary: hard drives vrs flash memory, a comparison
Review: Okay. Here is a write up, that I did, on the comparisons/contrasts on MP3 players. Mainly, the Harddrive versions (I.E. Rio Riot/Apple IPOD -both of which I own) and the flash memory type... (I.E. Memorex 3642 Mp3 Player, of which I own as well).
What prompted this little jaunt (of which you may send to as many people as you like) My (expensive) Apple IPOD died during a sync last month. Just me copying files over to it, and the battery ran out of juice. I would have not attempted to copy music had I known the battery was low, but the battery read FULL STRENGTH. Anyhoo, I called Apple, they said return it for maintenance.
I did. Sent it back.
They returned it, still broke. To my suprise, there is only a TEN DAY return policy. TEN DAYS. I did not realize this at all... and will not ever buy another apple product. So, after a month or so of messing around trying to find another MP3 player... I decided to go with a flash memory MP3 player, the ones that use memory sticks. SO, here are the pro and cons of these devices. Pro's for the Memory Stick Mp3 players -Cheaper. WAY CHEAPER than Hard drive types. -If you go into music match and file convert to MP3 Pro and shrink the size of your MP3 to like, say 3o percent... you can really make a good Kompression. Example. My Memorex MP3 player has 32mbs of memory on board. It is expandable to 256mb. 32 mb will basically let you put one cd's worth of music. It is easy to put music on and off of them, due to your computer reading the USB as just another hard drive, so you drag and drop to put on, delete them to take them off. But, after you shrink your files to MP3 Pro 30 percent, you can put twice as many. So, basically a 256mb chip will allow me to put 208 songs on my little less than palm size MP3 player. And it wieghs like 3 ounces. - More on memory. These little chips are the size of the upper part of your thumb, at least my thumb anyway. They come in 128mb, 256mb, 512mb and even though there aren't any MP3 machines out there to handle them YET, you can even buy a 1.5gig thumb size chip thingy. Considering the size of the chips and the shrinking kompression I told you about earlier, I could shrink my whole KOLLEKTION down to 10 of those 1.5gig chips. At the current shrink rate I am at 5 DVD's, which are way bigger and more fragile than these little chips. - Not as fragile as hard drive type. You can drop one of these chips and not scratch it. I wouldn't stomp on one with my foot, nor get one in water, but they are encased in plastic. Ruggedish. - Batteries last for like two days. There isn't much going on here, no moving parts, no laser or hard drive to put power to. Most of these flash Memory types have a single AA battery. I use a rechargeable type, so we are talking very low cost here.
In comparison to the hard drive types, where you will get a solid 8 hours of playing, this really whupps up. - Size. Small. Very small. Mine is three inches by three inches. A square. But, you can get smaller ones. And the memory chips that go in them are the same ones you use for your camera. And you can put files on them. If you want to put a word doc on your memory chip, you can. Your Mp3 won't recognize it, but it is nifty storage. COMPARISON/CONTRAST - Size does matter. In the case of hard drive Mp3 players... lets face it, you can, if you so chose to, put a library of congress on these monsters. They are the caddilacs of the hand held devices, and guzzle batteries like gasoline. But when it comes down to it, size is the only thing they have going for them. I don't mean to downplay the hard drive types, but don't drop them, don't shake them, and after shelling out $499 to Apple you might consider insurance. Apple doesn't care about you or your apple after 10 days of ownership. - Price/Komparison. IPOD ran me $499 bucks. My memorex MP3 player ran me 45 dollars. The 128 memory chip runs you 50 bucks. Owch. There really isn't a comparison to the two. The memory stick Mp3 players just kick ? on this issue. And, you get MORE than a ten day return policy, since you buy these things at Target/Wal Mart etc... So, that is my review in a nutshell
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Summary: This thing is GREAT!
Review: I have had this mp3 player for awhile now and it hasn't let me down! The voice recording sounds wonderful. It can handle music quality much higher than cd quality. It sounds really good even with the little earbuds! It is tiny, about half the size of a deck of cards. The only thing I dont like about it is the fact the only way to put mp3s on it is to use the software they give you. DO NOT LOSE THE KEY for that software or you WILL NOT be able to put more songs on the player. It even lets you change the font of the text in the display. This thing is great. I have barely begun to describe everything it offers. I highly recomend this product.
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