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- Reviewed on: 07/28/2006
The Napster DMPJ-250C's design is rather Nano-esque, though with a bigger screen (1.7-inch diagonal) and a thicker profile (3 by 1.5 by 0.5 inches). Below the screen is a circular four-way directional pad flanked by two small buttons: menu and play/pause/power. A dedicated volume rocker sits on the left spine of the device, while a hold switch adorns the other. On the bottom, a mini-USB port and reset hole are covered by a flimsy rubber cover. Overall, the design is nothing special, but it's small and light--certainly pocketable--and it's fairly easy to use, though shuttling between different submenus and the main menu can be unintuitive at times. (Sometimes the back button gets you to the top menu, sometimes you must press and hold the menu button, and sometimes you have to hit the menu button, then click back.) The Napster player is certainly no plastic giveaway like its 256MB cousin--the company could probably sell it on its own for at least $100. That said, it would have some stiff competition from the likes of the Creative Zen V Plus and the iRiver Clix, both of which are better players overall.
Transferring songs to the DMPJ-250C is a simple affair. Under the settings menu, you can select either MTP or Mass Storage mode. The former allows you to use the player within Windows Media Player (WMP)--or Napster, of course--while the latter lets you drag and drop files via Windows Explorer. The player supports MP3 and both protected and unprotected WMA, but note that you must use MTP mode to transfer protected content. Also, the player apparently does not support other on-the-go subscription services: we tried transferring tunes from Urge, to no avail. It worked flawlessly with Napster, though. Once your music is on the device, songs are arranged into the usual subcategories: artists, albums, tracks, genres, and playlists. You also get a Play All Tracks option in the library submenu.
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