[f0reveralways]

Iriver ??

that's called the Iriver X20.
http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/musicplay/0,3...0040580p,00.htm

[GooNiEGooGoo]

expensive portable rig that make my pockets bulge featuring the x5L. Never tried the pictures and videos, since I heard those features were creppy. The player is used strictly for audio.

mini-review:
Pros:
- Strong shell and fingerprint resistant. Dropped it once coming out of my car and survived without a scratch. Also, I like to caress my devices and it feels nice that I won't leave fingerprints all over the shell.
- Battery lasts long for me
- Drag n drop/file tree format
- Codec support

Cons:
- Controls are kind of funky. The ergonomics of my G3 fitted better into my hands than the x5.

The sound quality didn't really matter to me since lots of the new players have improved. Also, mp3s aren't exactly the best sounding format, but I got so many of them! So SQ is now the job for headphones, but that's irrelevant in this case.

Cost around $250 at Newegg. Ordered during an early afternoon and came next day. hooray for this old player!

[Simplicity]

Pictures of it, not very good.
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Specific Summary
Colors: Black or Silver
Capacity: 2GB or 4GB
Audio Formats: MP3, WMA, WMA-DRM, OGG
Size: 1.66” x .45” x 3.54”
Weight: 1.98 oz
Transfer Protocol: MTP/USB
OS Support: Windows XP/MAC OSX 10+
Photo Formats: JPEG
Screen: 1.8 TFT LCD
Rated Battery Life: 35hr Battery
Other Features: Music Subscription, Clock / Sleep Timer

I copied that off a site of course but it's pretty accurate about it. Now on to a review from using it, I have a 4g black one(I bought it because I was opting to try something other than an iPod) it's automatic audio settings are good for most genres of music. The buttons encompassing the touchpad is decent and easy to use, the touchpad itself responses very accurately unlike some out there. The volume control is nicely placed on the right side of the player. It has many language settings which is very helpful for people of other languages. The buttons can be pressed lightly which is sometimes a problem when it's in my pocket but there's HOLD for that. The earphone plugin is placed on the top of the player, very efficient.

Songs play smoothly and they never skip or pause/stop for any problems, there has never been any errors.

There are a few annoying things about it though. If you only own a mac and not a PC, do not buy this player, it'll prove to be annoying. Since this took the form of a crossover of hard drive/flash based players, it has some annoying problems. It sometimes tends to make .dat files which are visible in the player's music library which is only removable with access to a PC. You cannot create another playlist other that the default playlist that is already on the player, you can only add music to that playlist. Eventhough I already knew this buying the player but the rechargable battery part really annoys me but that happens rarely, the battery does last quite a long time, mine lasts for about a little more than a day on full charge. That's about it.

My final summary : From my experience of using this thing, do not buy it, it's a piece of crap. Time to move on to a better one >_>

[A.lee]

YAY!! Well.. not really yay.. but i got the samsung yp-t9 like 2.5 months ago.. I really like this mp3 player cuz it has a long battery life and for a small mp3 player it can hold videos YAY!! the only thing i dont like about it is it takes a long time to charge imo and it takes a long time to transfer files.. thats it i guess.. i really like it cuz its small too! i just hav a questionn.. for ppl who own the same mp3 player can i put different games on it? and how if i can?.. cuz the games are boring and i want to put a few of my own games on it... thanks

[^G^Y^_^]

im planning to buy a new mp3 player too since my old mp4 broke down ;(

and i came across this:

Sony NW-E013F
1GB Direct USB MP3 Player with FM Tuner



it says there direct usb mp3 player, does it means this player doesn't need any troublesome software for it? like when you want to put songs, you need this some kind of sony program to put in those songs.

Does anyone has this? does this player need this some kind of program to put in songs?

[Jaeho]

YAY!! Well.. not really yay.. but i got the samsung yp-t9 like 2.5 months ago.. I really like this mp3 player cuz it has a long battery life and for a small mp3 player it can hold videos YAY!! the only thing i dont like about it is it takes a long time to charge imo and it takes a long time to transfer files.. thats it i guess.. i really like it cuz its small too! i just hav a questionn.. for ppl who own the same mp3 player can i put different games on it? and how if i can?.. cuz the games are boring and i want to put a few of my own games on it... thanks

You can't put your own games on it. Samsung is using false advertisement on their website... they clearly say that you can, but you can't. =/
I have the latest firmware and there are only 3 games... ;;;
You can get the firmwares at anythingbutipod.com by the way

[Star005]

umm this might be the wrong place to ask this...
but i am looking for a mp3.

it would be useful for it to have these qualities:
-good sound quality
-light(because i dance and my ipod is really heavy)
-long battery (hey i am a music person i neeed it for a LONG time)
-lots of memory (again music freak i maxed my 30g ipod)
-and it has to look hot<3

hehe thanks guys<3

[DKYang]

umm this might be the wrong place to ask this...
but i am looking for a mp3.

it would be useful for it to have these qualities:
-good sound quality
-light(because i dance and my ipod is really heavy)
-long battery (hey i am a music person i neeed it for a LONG time)
-lots of memory (again music freak i maxed my 30g ipod)
-and it has to look hot<3

hehe thanks guys<3

I think it's better to make a thread to get more replies, but these are basically the players people will suggest.

Creative Zen Vision: M
Zune (Doesn't support unicode)
Toshiba Gigabeat S (I think it's S)
The newer, slimmer iPods.

I don't know about the weight, but I'm guessing there all similar. You can check 'em out at Best Buy and etc to experience the weight. If you dance with your player, then I suggest a flash drive player, but they don't have a lot of memory right now.

[nanshi]

Creative Zen Xtra. Purchased about two years ago (2005) as a high-school graduation present to myself. Bought it for around $200 including shipping. 30gb.

Hefty player. Good solid build. Stainless steel feel to it, very scratch resistant and a pretty resilient player. I called it the "oni" cause it was a BEAST. The case made it really heavy and bulky, so I decided to stop using it after awhile. Was really easy to reset even without a paper clip; the player froze on me a couple times (music skipping, screen/buttons not working)... I just popped open the case, took out the battery and popped it back in. Loading time was surprisingly fast. Uncomfortably big to carry around in my pockets. I barely used up a third of the 30gb and that was with my entire music collection AND the entire first season of LOST (yeah, seriously). too big to handle.

The battery life started getting increasingly worse after about a year. At first it was okay, charged it once every few days, then it was almost every day... now, for some reason, the battery won't even accept a charge and it will only run when plugged into the adapter. I don't think it's worth it to buy another battery for it (and not use it) because...


Sandisk Sansa m260, 4gb. $165 from CircuitCity.com; picked it up in-store so I didn't pay any shipping (it was ready in about an hour to be picked up... that was pretty cool).

Uses AAA batteries, which is really brilliant, especially for travel. I buy bulk packages of the stuff at the wholesale club and they're in little 4-battery boxes, so I just carry a little pack of batteries around with me for when my charge dies down. Battery life has gotten a little worse since when I first bought it, but that may be because I use it exclusively now (at home, school, and commute) and don't really use my other player anymore. 4gb is surprisingly more than enough for my uses; I don't really NEED to have my entire music collection loaded onto my mp3 player, just the songs that I'm currently listening to the most. Bad part is that it can't make playlists-on-the-go and I didn't even realize it had a "shuffle" feature until about a month ago (player is so straightforward that I didn't even think it HAD additional features). Microdrive player, I've got it in scuffles and hasn't left me yet, but the battery cover comes loose so often that it's really annoying. Tiny and convenient and fits in the palm of my hand really really well. Since it's a USB Mass Drive, virtually everything picks it up (WinAmp to transfer and sometimes just Windows Explorer just to... read my files)... which is probably my favorite fature (I really really really don't like having to deal with drivers). It really is just plug-and-play, which is probably one of my favorite features. I love using this player, it's small tiny and sleek. I'm in the market for something quite like it (maybe a little bigger so I CAN put more music on it)... same plug-and-play accessibility and reliability, the only thing that's really wrong about this player -- but the thing is that it is quite old -- is that it isn't in color... but for now... it's great!

[Laxntiga]

Complaint with the Creative Vision M

Cons:

Batter life seems really short.

Anyone know how to get maximum usage out of th Vision M? Is there a way to turn off the backlight when I listen to music? Its annyoying when I listen to it before going to bed while it illuminates my entire room.

Freezes more than I want to.

Maybe... twice or three times every week, I use it everyday. Anyone else have this problem?



Bought it on Ebay with shipping for $197

[lilmizserena367]

^
no there is no way to turn the light off x]

yea it freezes up once in a while

its cause i keep pressing the buttons cause im impaticent x]


i think the battery life is 14 hours

[shortnsweet]

the backlight will go off if you put it on hold.

[CueTheSun]

Also, update the firmware on the Creative Vision M. It will increase your battery's charging functionality.

[*wenDzie^^*]

im using Samsung YP-Z5 atm


I'm thinking of getting the Samsung YP-K3 as oppose to iPod


Does anyone have it?
is it recommended??
but i think the touch screen might break down easily

thank you!

[sweetREDEMPTION.]

I have the Samsung YP-K5 MP3 Player.
(You may remember it from The PCD MV: "Wait a Minute")

[J-Lim]

I have the inovix iPocket 2GB mp3 player



Good points:

-VERY CHEAP! 82€
-2GB of space
-WMA (video) support
-Visualy is like an iPod
-It comes with hearphones, and some accesories more

Bad points:

-A bit slow surfing into the interface, heavy interface
-So fragile

[eminemjamesuk]

At home I use a 4G 20GB iPod.

It's very nice, plays music only, and has more than enough room and adaptability for me to play my music in the car if I choose to.

When I'm on-the-go, I use my 1G 2GB iPod nano, which is very compact, durable, and very light so it's easy to take around.

[Laxntiga]

Anyone with the Zen Vision M....... unsatisfied with the battery life? Mine doesn't even come close to 14 hours.... more like 8 tops. Is it because I keep changing songs so much? Should I put it on hold? So the screen goes dark? 0_o *sigh

[Sequence]

Anyone with the Zen Vision M....... unsatisfied with the battery life? Mine doesn't even come close to 14 hours.... more like 8 tops. Is it because I keep changing songs so much? Should I put it on hold? So the screen goes dark? 0_o *sigh

yeah, if you play around with it so much of course it will drain the battery more. putting it on hold will have your zen last longer for sure since it will use less battery power

[blurgal35]

i brought the Creative Zen V-Plus (2G) and the time is wrong but i have no idea how to change it can someone help?thanks
http://img378.imageshack.us/img378/6469/zenvplusxe9.jpg

at the clock interface (i.e where u see the time and date),
press and hold the bottom right button.. there will b an option to set time and date.