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7 out of 7 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Impressed with my anti-iPod"
Pros: dedicated volume control, form factor is great, LEDs under display are cool, included headphones are very comfy, no requirement to partition data and music separately like some other players
Cons: firmware has locked up twice in the first 4 days of use, lack of peripherals, no armband that I know of
Summary: Great player. This is my first DAP and I really wasn't happy with an iPod for the price. I'm pretty happy with this one. It's small, has good (but not great) battery life and sounds good.
There really isn't any included software, you just sync with WMP. There is a util to update the firmware.
The included headphones are sooo much more comfortable than the iPod. They're almost a canal-style so they block a good amount of sound. That way you don't need to blare your music to hear it. Some people complain about the volume - I don't see any need to destroy my ability to listen to music while I'm listening to music, ya know? If external noise is a problem then you need some Shure's man.
The only downside is the laggy firmware. It really needs an update. When you turn off the player there's a 5-7 sec delay before the player actually turns off, which makes no sense. And when you go into some menus (playlists, photos) there's a bit of a delay before the menu will load. With playlists especially this seems absurd. A playlist isn't much more than a very small text file. Taking 1 or 2 seconds to read some text files is not cool!
Needs more skins too. There's only 2 included and they are just dark and light versions of the same thing. Skinnable is only good if you have more than 2 options!
All in all I'd buy it again.
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