Behold II Smartphone with Android
Entered CNET Catalog: 10/09/2003
SKU: YP-910GS
Manufacturer: Samsung
Manufacturer description
The YP-910GS is the first product to be co-branded by Samsung Electronics and Napster. This innovative Digital Audio Hard Drive & Storage Device, coupled with Napster 2.0 Music Service, marks the beginning of a technology and marketing partnership to improve the experience of consumers using digital music. Napster 2.0, and the fully integrated YP-910GS, will offer music fans access to more than 500, 000 tracks of the world's greatest music from all five major record labels and hundreds of independent labels. The Samsung Electronics and Napster partnership is an example of ongoing commitment to providing customers with innovative products that are simple for everyone to use.Product summary
The good: Line-in and FM recording; FM transmitter; 20GB capacity; USB 1.1/2.0.
The bad: Clumsy playlist handling; no option for playing all tracks on the device; dim LCD backlighting.
The bottom line: This player clearly bests the iPod in terms of features but not in design.
User opinions
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5/10
could be better
Pros: good sound quality, large memory, simple controls
Cons: dim lcd, cannot play all tracks in one playlist, bulky
User Rating: 
8/10
good but has mager faults
Pros: dont no wht that means
Cons: myn be ok but iv got a big problem
User Rating: 
10/10
Great Player Great Warranty, Future Napster to Go Support
Pros: Battery Life is Great, Samsung's support is not greedy, will give you 2 months leeway if your product breaks out of warranty, also battery replacements only $8 instead of $80 like on IPod.
Cons: FM Transmitter works like a cat playing a guitar. Easy to loose antenna stub, slow transfer speeds of Napster Music.
User Rating: 5/10
second best after the ipod.
Pros: decent sound, lots of memory, very easy to transfer music onto, relatively easy to navigate, FM radio and transmitter, voice recorder.
Cons: scroller is annoyingly slow, ugly design, no games like in the ipods, not very sturdy (mine went kaput one day because it fell from my desk and would not turn on, so i had to get it serviced.)
User Rating: 8/10
Pretty good player, great sound
Pros: Great sound, lots of storage space, ok design, battery life is sufficient.
Cons: Setting up play list and putting music on the device via napster site is kinda frustrating at first.
User Rating: 
6/10
Sketchy
Pros: The FM transmitter is great, and I easily organized my MP3s with the program.
Cons: Product freezes regularly, and quits working as an MP3 player at about 70% capacity. However, it will still function as an external HD.
User Rating: 6/10
Its not *that* bad.
Pros: Firstly, let me set the record straight. You do not need the bundled napster software in order to load songs onto this machine. Many reviews claim that you do. The manual pretty much claims that this is the only way, its not a manual really but an advert
Cons: A few cons, i'll try to be be too harsh. 1, The look of thing, i've already mentioned this. If the specs or the price are more important than the looks not a bad choice. 2, Unintuitive means of file searching. Moving through the menu you use a square butt
User Rating: 
4/10
Good Tech Support. Poor quality software
Pros: Responsive Tech support.
Cons: Seems the program to load the device crashes when loading too many mp3 files. Also, the need to constantly connect to napster to copy mp3 files from your own hard drive is inconvenient -- loading the device takes DAYS.
User Rating: 
3/10
lots of storage; hard to use
Pros: looks cool but thats about it
Cons: Fm transmitter does not work with most stereos ive tried and when it does the sound quality is poor. The worst thing is loading new music. EVERYTHING has to be done on Your computer.No making playlist on the go. Also problems with updateing songs, when yo
User Rating: 8/10
its sweet
Pros: its way better than the "ipod" its sweet how you can record songs directly from the radio
Cons: fm radie isnt that great but still awesome
User Rating: 3/10
Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere
Pros: It has a lot of great features, whether or not you can get them to work is another story.
Cons: The FM transmitter is garbage. The FM tuner is garbage. The Drive itself starting skipping after a few months. I had it for 10 months and it no longer works at all. The firmware posted on the Samsung site totally wrecked the thing. I formatted it and
User Rating: 8/10
It's the best MP3 player for the price
Pros: LCD backlight. F.M radio. F.M transmiter. And a MP3 encoding.
Cons: Not as stylish as the ipod.Not a bright enough
User Rating: 6/10
It's OK ...not great...could be much better
Pros: The 20GB HDD makes it a decent sized data storage device. Its size is good, but a smaller one would be nicer. I bought mine in Ebay for $200 (brand new), so I have no cost/benefit complaints. You can pause a playing song but you can't stop it (as to sele
Cons: Napster's software takes a LOT of flexibility and ease of use away from it, unless you are a Napster zealot and love paying high price for music downloads. You cannot delete songs in the device. If you do, the song names will always show up as a recorded
User Rating: 10/10
worked great, i dont see the problem
Pros: great features, definitely a geek gadget =D
Cons: fm transmitter isn't as good as it sounds
User Rating: 
7/10
Amazing Player With Awesome Features; But there are software bugs that need to be taken care of
Pros: FM Transmitter Works Well on any radio with an FM tuner. Sound quality is good. Contrary to popular belief, there is a way to play all your songs at once.
Cons: Many software bugs I had to work out before it worked properly. Scrolling is not very efficient.
User Rating: 7/10
Better then that stupid IPOD
Pros: This mp3 player comes with more accessories then the ipod dose. And is a lot cheaper. I think it is a lot easyer to use, with or with out napster. With 20gb how can you go wrong. Get this Mp3 player if you know what is good for you.
Cons: The radio sucks.
User Rating: 4/10
Not all that dependable.
Pros: Packed with features.
Cons: Our Best Buy had 2 - one open box and one new. I bought the new. Got home, wouldn't work upon start and then wouldn't shut off without safety-pin reset. Was "locked" even when unlocked. Never got it working. Total piece.
User Rating: 6/10
One Ugly Player
Pros: great features like line in recording. Has great storage capacity. If you have napster this is the way to go!
Cons: Poor design. When you look at this against the Ipod its a total mismatch. The carrying case supplied also has no belt clip. Lastly the remote control is very heavy and often rips the earbud headphones out of you ear.
User Rating: 10/10
Love Love Love this player!
Pros: The fm tuner is great as well as well as the in-line recording feature. The battery life is good too. I am able to use it all throughout my work day and during my commutes to from the office.
Cons: The back light could be a bit brighter.
User Rating: 
1/10
flaky had to keep pushing the reset!
Pros: Looked great on paper
Cons: Must use their software to load music. The one i had was not stable and i eventually gave up and picked up an iRiver- no transmitter but works and feature packed.
User Rating: 5/10
Great features don't beat poor quality
Pros: I really enjoyed the line-in recording and fm radio both of which you can't get with an iPod. Then 20 gigs is a decent amount of space, although it's not enough space for me anyway.
Cons: Many ... i've had my Napster player for 6 months and have had to get it replaced twice because of malfunctions. Once you start to reach the limit it becomes very sensitive and sort of 'freaks out' very easily and freezes, etc. i was also dissappointed wit
User Rating: 6/10
Don't buy, lots of hidden gotchas!
Pros: USB 2.0 transfers, nice display screen, pretty darn light, Napster software is nice. This product exceeds the iPod specs. Decent storage for the same price. Specs aren't everything, however. The devil is in the details.
Cons: I could not wait to purchase this project, which I did in November of 2003 as I wanted an ipod competitor. Well, I can say now after having this for eight months that it was a complete waste of money. Product returned to Samsung twice. Once for firmware r
User Rating: 8/10
Awesome Player!!!
Pros: The features are incredible! Much more than an iPod. This player has a good amount of memory. (you can get them on eBay for under $250!)
Cons: It's a little annoying to operate and its a little bigger than iPods.
User Rating: 5/10
Gotta be something better
Pros: Holds lots of tunes.
Cons: -FM radio is poor. In a big market like LA, it has poor reception -Online support takes an engineering degree -Product manual was not written for easy use, just try to read how to reset the unit -You are forced to use Napster -Little flexibility in editi
User Rating: 7/10
Decent Player and Alternative to Ipod
Pros: Decent storage for the price, clean sound. Also, unlike a few folks, I like that it hooks up to Napster and not Itunes. Itunes is great and all, I originally was going to buy an Ipod... but the program just seemed to fight me at every turn. I had trouble
Cons: I have only found three negatives to this device in my ownership. First, and the one that bothers me the most, is the battery life. The package says 10 hours but at best I have been able to gleen maybe 4 tops. I followed all the initial startup and chargi
User Rating: 8/10
I love my Player!
Pros: Lots of storage! it's blue backlit, so it's not really hard on your eyes, added bonus with napster software, anyone who knows anything about computers will get it figured out! Transfers aren't slow! I had my 1200 songs downloaded in 10 min! I LOVE IT! I b
Cons: battery life is about 8 hrs not the 11 hrs promised, little hard to get used to using at first, but after that so easy!
User Rating: 
2/10
extremely user unfriendly
Pros: FM receiver, can record directly from the FM unlike IPod
Cons: Too Napster dependent
User Rating: 1/10
Buggy. Unreliable
Pros: Great player. FM Radio.
Cons: Too buggy. Constant problems. Crashes often. Support useless.
User Rating: 2/10
only a mp3 player
Pros: can buy it cheap on ebay
Cons: nothing works except for the mp3 player part . You don't get the 10 hours of battery they say , your fm tuner doesn't work and the fm tranmitter is absouluty useless
User Rating: 10/10
It does the job!
Pros: I have had it 1 month and all the complaints that were mentioned in the cnet review have been addressed, and correted. The ability to pick up FM stations and record a song on the fly is awesome! The built in FM Transmitter is one less item you need to wor
Cons:
User Rating: 
9/10
WORTH THE PRICE
Pros: All the people that say bad things about this are iPOD people, i know. My friend has the iPOD, but i bought this Napster MP3 player because it seemed better. I was right. They fixed all of the bugs that were wrong in the BETA version. First off, this Sams
Cons: The headphones they give you fall out of your ears too easily
User Rating: 4/10
It sounds great, but it major flaws!
Pros: It is about $50 to $100 cheaper than the IPOD 20G... it has a swank outer design
Cons: FM Transmitter is a joke. Firmware and operations are simply... well... lacking. No way to create playlists other than in Naptser... and it is very, very awkward at that... and when you do make a Playlist, it makes multiple copies of the song according
User Rating: 10/10
Inexpensive and feature packed
Pros: I bought this thing for $215 on ebay brand new. I only use Windows Media player to download songs to my PC then I copy them to the YP-910, I don't use the Napster software at all and it works great. I have about 1000 songs on it now and still have 16GiG
Cons: Battery seems to last for only about 6 hours of use.
User Rating: 9/10
If you take a minute to learn how to use it, it is AWESOME!
Pros: Tons of feautures, greater value than competitors. no other player gives you all these features for anything close in price. I use the line in recording to record streaming audio from the internet of my favorite radio stations. I get great sound and NO co
Cons: FM is a through in, it works ok, but my cheapie add on unit works better. Napster software on my pc groups albums strangely, but not a problem on the player. Can't make up song lists on the player itself, gotta go to the pc
User Rating: 10/10
much better then an ipod
Pros: i just bought this player today and everything they say it doesnt have i seem to have i can play every song on the thing in random mode i can transfer music without using napster 2.0 i got almost 10.5 hours out of it and i stored a little over 18 gb of m
Cons: the fm transmitter is ok if you have an aiwa cd reciever in your car your better off using the line in wire which i did and it works excellent off one of the fm station sounds as if it were ripped onto a cd
User Rating: 8/10
BEATS I-POD IN PRICE & FEATURES!!
Pros: This player is def. going to revolutionize mp3 players forever! It has lots of great features that I'll admit are hard to get used to. But after about 2 days of usage you will LOVE IT! And its pretty Tiny!!
Cons: Uploading/Downloading to the Napster interface is kind of tricky, I won't lie. But once you get a hang on it, you'll see how intuitive this player is. I would recommend buying from Circuit City, BestBuy, etc to get warrenty.
User Rating: 9/10
Napster is a real powerhouse of online music.
Pros: This device works with and for the people in the free world who know how to read the manual and follow its operating instructions.
Cons: At $279. from JandR its a little pricey. I was hoping twenty gigs would be a little cheaper by now.
User Rating: 5/10
Would be great if I could use the damned thing
Pros: Awesome features and reasonable price
Cons: had to return it because I could not get into napster's website. Without napster's website, there is NO way to use playlists. Stupidly designed downloading structure.
User Rating: 4/10
10GB bug
Pros:
Cons: This product is a ripoff. It has a bug which does not allow adding more than 10gb worth of files. We spoke to support and they are aware of the problem but will not give anything in writing. They sent me a new firmware which does not work. I am having a t
User Rating: 5/10
Supports only 10GB False advertising
Pros:
Cons: Supports only 10GB of songs on a 20GB player. This is a ripoff and fraudalent. Support will agree to it on the phone but will not give anything in writing. Coping more than 10gb crashes the player. Weak FM Transmitter that supports limited channels.
User Rating: 2/10
Horrible features
Pros: Simple design, small, big screen
Cons: Can't play all music on player in random mode, can't browse artist, album, song
User Rating: 3/10
Horrible player
Pros:
Cons: poor device control/programming. was unable to "ddisconnect" from the computuer which then locked the device and made it unusable. no options to get around this, including reset which didn't work. I returned the thing to the store the next morning.
User Rating: 1/10
Brick...
Pros: Sound quality was on par with my old iPod 5GB but a bit flatter in the sonics. The FM was fair in the open but weak and worthless when I tried to play it through my new car's stereo.
Cons: The build-quality was rubbish, the controls froze often. Clumsy controls do NOT get the job done - hard to control with one hand and not responsive to a light touch. I sold it to a "Anti-iPod-at-All-Costs"-type guy and went back to Apple. My wallet is no
User Rating: 4/10
Close but not all there
Pros: I had one of these for about a day. I was looking for an alternative to the iPod, as many people in the market are. What I liked: this player was able to easily access all of my wma files that I already had ripped from my CD collection. I was able to e
Cons: All those features that it came with that I wanted... well they didn't work so well. The FM transmitter is TERRIBLE! That was a major selling point for me but I was going to have to buy an aftermarket FM transmitter anyway because this one was so bad. N
User Rating: 5/10
Good alternative to the Ipod but if you had a choice, go with the well designed player from apple.
Pros: Large Memory capacity, Decent FM Radio Built-in, Case Included, FM transmitter built-in, remote included
Cons: POOR design, Dim backlight and clunky user interface with sub-par button configuration, Poor Software support from Napster.
User Rating: 2/10
Too many problems with it...
Pros: "Promised" features
Cons: Almost everything. I have read all the positive and negative opinions. If you take all negative ones, that's all what happened to me and more. Imagine you don't live in US, then you CANNOT use Napster, but the player only works with Napster, so what are y
User Rating: 3/10
Not ready for prime time yet!
Pros: Size and style is nice.
Cons: FM transmission is usless. So weak that 3 different car stereos and my home stereo can't play music without static (this is in a rural setting). Product broke in less than 3 days.
User Rating: 2/10
Simply not worth the $$
Pros: Can't think of any.
Cons: I bought it b/c I liked the FM transmitter feature, but the quality of signal is terrible. You have an option of choosing 88.1-88.9 FM stations. All of them resulted in poor quality sounds by adding in some 'scratchy' noise or crossing with the station'
User Rating: 6/10
Well worth $270
Pros: 20G, FM Transmitter works well.
Cons: I haven't achieved the promised 10 hours of battery life, it's more like 8. Napster 2.0 is pathetic.
User Rating: 6/10
Pain in the MP3... I hate napster
Pros: cool little device... the sound quality is great. comes with alot of stuff. and the fm tranmission isnt' all that bad...(i have tried alot of them, the whole idea of fm tranmission is dumb anyway)
Cons: NAPSTER. the program is impossible.. I hate the fact that you can't just drop tracks into the device, you have to load them into napster. then sent them to napster librarys then you can tranfer them to your device... but only after you make a playlist so
User Rating: 5/10
Is mine the only one that does this???
Pros: Easy menu to go through. easier to handle than ipod.
Cons: Mine keeps freezing so i have to reset it ALL THE TIME. I'm not sure if it's just mine or it happens to everyone.
User Rating: 1/10
Nothing worth it about it...GET AN iPOD
Pros: Record FM
Cons: CANT RIP CDS, POOR QUALITY, BAD HEADPHONES, BAD DESIGN, NO PRODUCT INTEGRATION WITH NAPSTER>>>GET AN iPOD
User Rating: 7/10
not the ipod
Pros: the ipod is boring and bites. this player is sleeker, cooler, and has the fm thingy lotta features too!
Cons: fm transmitter thingy doesnt work as well but thats ok
User Rating: 9/10
The All-In-One Player
Pros: incredibly simple to use, even for people so stupid to review products they don't own, plenty of space, Napster is nice and useful, sufficient transfer speeds, FM Tuner and Transmitter both work quite well, FM recording and in-line recording are quite cle
Cons: i personally dislike earbuds, luckily i had some other headphones...playlists are tedious to formulate with so much music, but that comes with every player...twas a tad pricey, but it comes with everything, unlike apple who charges more for quite a bit le
User Rating: 9/10
I can't put it down
Pros: This Napster replaces an Intel Pocket Concert I still use at the gym. The Napster transfer application works fine, propriatary like the Intel. Contrary to previous reviews, you do not need to be a Napster user, just use the Import Tracks to bring in all
Cons: FM transmitter frequency range is very crowded in Twin Cities so this is spotty, but it does work.
User Rating: 5/10
Good Idea, bad results
Pros: fm radio,built in fm transmiter,price"got it for $299",good storage size.
Cons: terrible fm transmiter, bad playlist management, cannot use full features as a external hard drive,when deleting mp3 files from player it still shows names of files on player list even though it doesn't play them,remote bottons are clumsy,wish I could jus
User Rating: 8/10
IPod on steroids
Pros: Feature rich, Built in FM X-mitter, decent display, good battery life
Cons: Larger than other units.
User Rating: 1/10
Piece of POO!!
Pros: uhhh none They copied Apple (just like everyone else!)
Cons: Not an iPod or made by Apple so it must suck!!!
User Rating: 9/10
Damn i-POD Lovers!
Pros: I recently purchased one of these nifty devices and was looking at some reviews on it for kicks at c-net. I was very dissapointed in the input given from i-POD nazis. Ive had an i-POD for some time before this device and loved it dearly but it was gettin
Cons:
User Rating: 2/10
If only it worked as promised...
Pros:
Cons: FM transmitter for the car - forget it, it sounds terrible. Even with USB 2 it takes minutes to transfer one three minute track to the player.
User Rating: 2/10
oops!! Almost bought it
Pros: strong
Cons: FM receiver and transmitter almost got me convinced but after reading reviews I will not buy an mp3 player yet.
User Rating: 5/10
Not Bad If It Was 250 Bucks... Go For Any Other Player On The Market Though...
Pros: fm tuner. 20 gigs. and some recording features along with some playlist features also...
Cons: ...way too many players for a cheaper or same price that gives you the same and MUCH more. Neuros, Zen, Phillips' HD player, Archos GMini player,... ... too many players to name but for 400 bucks I would definately get either the zen with 40gigs of stor
User Rating: 8/10
Very good player...
Pros: Has tons of great features over an iPOD. And iPOD doesn't support WMA (silly). The Tuner and transmitter and encoders make it worth it over the iPOD, IMHO.
Cons: Price and firmware could be improved
User Rating: 1/10
Difference- Marketing vs Engineering
Pros: The feature list is impressive.
Cons: Ugly design. Execution of the "over & above" features relative to an iPod is a failure.
User Rating: 4/10
I will return it
Pros: Nothing
Cons: I cant see the songs I trasnfer to the player on the Napster software. I asked for support and nothing. Bad product
User Rating: 8/10
The Best MP3 Player Currently Available
Pros: The YP-910 is an amazing techno-geek gadget. FM recording, Line-In recording, FM Transmitter, Solid construction (unlike plastic IPod)and contrary to the CNET review, there are options for playing all tracks. The sound quality and output power are great.
Cons: More expensive and heavier than competing players, (I personally prefer this more substantial metal cased player). FM transmitter is too weak to overwhelm commercial FM signals in my area. Files transferred directly to the player (drag and drop)can not be
User Rating: 5/10
Nice try, but no iPod
Pros: Built in FM receiver is nice.
Cons: No Calendar support, fm broadcaster is to weak to work in a car (what is the point of even putting it in) looks like a cheap addition to a PC, no firewire support, no on the go playlist. Not enough *usefull* features.
User Rating: 9/10
Excellent all-in-one device, can threaten ipod
Pros: Excellent sound, all-in-one function, direct mp3 encoding, good service.
Cons: high price
User Rating: 3/10
First generation is buggy
Pros: Its specs on paper are its asset. Since I am a Napster user, I like the seemless intergration.
Cons: I have bought 2 so far, and once loaded with music, if you power down it locks on power up. You have to have a staple or safety pen to punch the reset button to get it to boot-up again. Myabe my Best buy got a bad batch. Also teh FM transmittor is close t
User Rating: 5/10
Neuros = Best Price + Performance
Pros: It integrates with Napster.
Cons: You want FM broadcasting, tuning, and recording? You want support for Ogg, MP3, and WMA? You want it in a modular upgradable format? You want it all for $229? Check out the Neuros at www.neurosaudio.com and save yourself $200.
User Rating: 5/10
Not an iPod
Pros: case doesn't scratch as bad as the ipod, more features than iPod
Cons: Yes, you can all say that the 910GS has more features for the money than the iPod, however, the FM features are mediocre at best, and nothing is as slick or as well-executed as the iPod. The iPod is simply a better product without all the bloated features
User Rating: 1/10
Silly controls-silly formats
Pros: There is one?
Cons: Cludge controls and program is too difficult compare to other units on the market. Samsung should stick to phones and tv's.
User Rating: 5/10
Mainly for Geeks
Pros: Large Storage. It can record analog.
Cons: It is heavy. I returned it and got myself an iRiver. The menu system is unusual and confusing. FM receiver is not working properly. It is expensive and at that price, I would expect it to be as good as my friend's iPod. If you want to hard disk player,
User Rating: 8/10
New firmware fixed some bugs I've had
Pros: The new firmware can play all tracks. Overall, pretty cool.
Cons: Backlit display is dark, especially at night.
User Rating: 3/10
Returned 3 units...
Pros: Great feature set, easy to install. Good Napster integration.
Cons: I heard a lot of crackling and popping during audio playback. I returned 3 players because of this before giving up and buying an Ipod.
User Rating: 4/10
not a worthy ipod competitor
Pros: aluminum alloy/metal case is both sleek and robust, very well built. feels like it can take a fair amoutn of abuse without looking trashed (something I can't say for the iPod). nice to finally have a FM radio built into the player. the remote is well desi
Cons: having to use a split USB cable for charging up the ipod and loading songs? whatever happened to the one-cable-fits-all firewire design? doesn't support non-english ID3 tags, interface is not as slick as the iPod or iRiver for that matter. blue backlight
User Rating: 7/10
for the money...it beat the ipod
Pros: tons of featues and it supports WMA
Cons: High cost but a better deal than an iPOD.
User Rating: 2/10
Does not work as advertised!
Pros: Decent storage. Great sound. Those who are saying it will only work with Napster are wrong (at least as of 10/25/03) as I have made it work just fine with MusicMatch 8.1. Loaded with features, but not all of them work well.
Cons: I bought this instead of the iPod specifically for the "built in FM transmitter". The FMT does not work well. I am in a small market with little or no interference from broadcasting stations. I tried the unit on four different stereos made by four diff
User Rating: 10/10
Blows the Ipod out of the water
Pros: Everything the ipdod has and more
Cons: none that I can think of other than the price
User Rating: 7/10
Pretty Good, if you can get it for less than $400
Pros: Nice design, light-weight, slightly thicker than iPod but still svelte. 20GB capacity. Decently easy to navigate menu with cool neon blue lighting effects when you press the navigation pad. $20 of free songs through Napster. Napster itself is a very-easy
Cons: Skips once after being on for about 30 minutes. FM reception is choppy, being good at time but usually being littered with static. This is my biggest disappointment because I really bought it for this added feature. Still, it's listenable although I don't
User Rating: 6/10
You MUST subscribe to Napster to load any music.
Pros: 20gigs, USB 2.0 transfers, nice display screen, pretty darn light, can mount like a hard drive (but not to load music)
Cons: Requires subscription to Napster service before you can load any music. You can't even load your own music into the device before you subscribe. Let me point this out again. You can not import your own tracks to put on this player without signing into
User Rating: 6/10
evolutionary, not revolutionary
Pros: Built in FM Radio/Transmitter, FM Radio Recording, large capacity, compact product design
Cons: FM is Poor, Heat problems, clunky menus, you are tied into using napsters proprietary software, if using the device as an external hard drive, you can not place mp3s directly onto the device and listen to them, they are "locked"
User Rating: 10/10
BEST EVER!
Pros: FM transmitter? AWESOME! AND you can record from FM and from other YP-910GS tranmissions!
Cons: Pretty expensive...
User Rating: 4/10
What's so big about fm?
Pros: mp3 player
Cons: if you want you music in you car, just get one of those cheap line in jacks for you tape deck or line in. Works in all cars, doesn't cost a bunch and you still get the ipod.
User Rating: 10/10
AMAZING PRODUCT!!!!!
Pros: FMT - Now i can use it in my car!!! Sleek - Fits just about anywhere. Organization - Easy to move around the interface. It also has a pretty big screen. Napster 2.0 - Links right up with napster. Easy to handle thanks to this. Light up Screen so you can
Cons:
User Rating: 7/10
Nice, but not Slick
Pros: It's certainly a nice little gadget to own, but it has too many feutres. Looks cool I suppose, but not very slick, unlike the iPod which is very slick. Bottom line, I'll stick with the iPod, for the same price, the iPod is a lot more exclusive.
Cons: None at the moment.
User Rating: 2/10
get an iPod
Pros: not alot
Cons: The price is analygous to the ipod yet the controls and buttons are counter-intuative. As for aesthetics , the iPod wins again. The ipod also has cool games and is a lot more sturdy feeling than this plastic crap. The ipod also has not moving parts
User Rating: 3/10
I waited for nothing.
Pros: FM transmission sounds good on paper. "Napster ready" sounds good on paper.
Cons: FM transmission is weak at best. If you're in a big city with a lot of radio stations this will not work. "Napster ready" means you need to use Napster to upload your music to the player. Even though the player appears as a hard drive on your system a
User Rating: 7/10
It's cool
Pros: FM transmitter works great with the home stereo. Big enough to hold all of my music. Nap-ware is intuitive.
Cons: FM transmitter is hit and miss with car stereos. Works in the Toyota and not the well in the GM. Also, need to be able to create lists directly on the player.
User Rating: 7/10
Very Sleek but pricy
Pros: I really like the look and feel of this unit. It lights up blue, a big plus, and stays lit for a user set period of time. It is very sleek with easy to maneuver throughout the menus except that random and repeat are a few menus away. This item sound very
Cons: The Yepp had alot of features but for $400 it was a bit pricy. The hard drive is only 20 gig. Nice case but no clip, belt loop only. FM radio is much quiter at full volume than an mp3.
User Rating: 5/10
FM Transmission does not work that great
Pros: Decent amount of storage space, and a fairly compact design.
Cons: FM transmission did not work so well in my car. Sound quality is poor (especially with a high-end sound system). The digital back light is somewhat dim/washed out and hard to read in the car at night. The file system, song lists, etc. have to be manage
User Rating: 8/10
It's jam packed and looks swanky
Pros: I just tested it today. For the same price as this new YP-910, you can get an iPOD with ......20 GBs, that's it. Oh, I almost forgot, and you can look like a total poser too. VS. This YP-910, however, has the 20GBs, an FM transmitter (which i was able
Cons: Nav is limited, but it seems to be industry wide. Plus, if you have a bad car stereo, the reception isn't the best. Finally, it is only supported by Windows 2000 and XP. Those people still using Windows 95 on the PI with a 14" monitor might have to fin
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