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Summary: Great Product
Review: Never mind the idiots with the one star reviews on this website. This product is great and mine has been durable. I have nothing but positive remarks to say about the product and can't be happier. Out of a ten I give it a 9.99!
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Summary: The 2 types of MP3 Players, Hard drive/Flash. a review.
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: No major troubles
Review: The controls take a lot of getting used to -- they are very, very tricky to operate. But, the unit works. The software installed without a hitch on Windows 2000. The FM radio has very limited reception. I can pickup the major radio stations in Manhattan, but once in New Jersey, they are very staticky. The built-in microphone worked surprisingly well and I was genuinely impressed with the conversations I recorded. The built-in speaker is quiet, but clear. The user manual is a joke -- the broken English is painful to read.
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Summary: No major troubles
Review: The controls take a lot of getting used to -- they are very, very tricky to operate. But, the unit works. The software installed without a hitch on Windows 2000. The FM radio has very limited reception. I can pickup the major radio stations in Manhattan, but once in New Jersey, they are very staticky. The built-in microphone worked surprisingly well and I was genuinely impressed with the conversations I recorded. The built-in speaker is quiet, but clear. The user manual is a joke -- the broken English is painful to read.
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Summary: Stay away please
Review: This company is very very unprofessional. The unit looks cool and has great functions. The problem is that it breaks easily and the company has terrible tech/customer support. This unit has had a lot of complaints, do yourself a favor and go with a different company. I did.
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Summary: Simply amazing...
Review: This has to be one of the best products I have ever purchased. First thing you'll notice is how tiny it is. Even more amazing is all the features they managed to pack in it. Also have a very nice look to it. None of that cheap plastic stuff. Sound quality is excellent. FM reception is excellent. The controls are easy to use and the bundled software is very easy and effective. This is just simply a great product. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Simply amazing...
Review: This has to be one of the best products I've ever purchased. The first thing you'll notice is how tiny the unit is. It really is about as big as a stack of business cards. What's even more amazing is all the features they managed to pack into it. The unit has a very nice look to it with none of that cheap plastic stuff. The lcd is crisp and clear with a nice blue backlight. I've only tried a few of the advertised features but they all worked beautifully. Sound quality is excellent. FM reception is excellent as well. I have absolutely no negative comments at all about this mp3 player. It just simply is a great product.
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Summary: Buyer Beware
Review: When I first got this player in the mail I opened it up and was happy how small and compact the player was. But thats the only thing thats is good about it. Needless to say after hours of charging and hours of frustration trying to get the player to work I realized it was not going to work and now I had to deal with returning it. Because I like the size of it I just sent the broken one back and asked to have the same one sent back. After now waiting again for about a week I finally got my new player to find out yet another one is defective, the socket to put the power cord into was pushed out. SO now i have to send this one back but i refuse to get the same product, dont waste your time or money on this!!!!!!
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