Samsung S2 Pebble (1GB, purple)
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- Reviewed by: Jasmine France
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The good: The Samsung S2 Pebble is an excellent value: it's inexpensive, sounds great, and offers a sleek and stylish design. It also includes a couple of useful extras, such as an on-the-go playlist and sound effects. The earphone plug design is handy.
The bad: There's no screen, and operating the Samsung S2 Pebble's extra functions takes some practice.
The bottom line: The Samsung S2 Pebble is a simple, cute MP3 player that offers a super affordable price tag, good sound quality, and some compelling extras. It's a great option for those who like to wear their devices pendant style.
MP3 player manufacturers can count on one thing: there will always be a demand for cheap, basic portable music players. These minimally featured devices are often perfect for the gym or brief, day-to-day use. To that end, Samsung is throwing its chip into the game in the form of the S2 Pebble, a screenless MP3 player that looks like a shiny stone. The Pebble is typically light on extras, but its sleek design, straightforward operation, and super affordable $40 price tag is sure to appeal to those looking for a basic-yet-stylish device.
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MP3 player manufacturers can count on one thing: there will always be a demand for cheap, basic portable music players. These minimally featured devices are often perfect for the gym or brief, day-to-day use. To that end, Samsung is throwing its chip into the game in the form of the S2 Pebble, a screenless MP3 player that looks like a shiny stone. The Pebble is typically light on extras, but its sleek design, straightforward operation, and super affordable $40 price tag is sure to appeal to those looking for a basic-yet-stylish device.
The Samsung S2 Pebble is perhaps the most stylish MP3 player we've come across in the ultrabudget category. It looks like the ideal skipping stone: smooth and flat and almost perfectly circular, but just imperfect enough to look like a rock. The outer casing is a high-gloss plastic that looks a bit like marble in some of the colors, such as the white version. It also comes in black, red, green, and purple, all of which are shiny and dark. The device is predictably small, measuring just 1.5 inches in diameter and less than 0.5 inch thick.
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"great product" By akc5247
Pros: small size, light, audio quality
Cons: none that i can think of
Summary: (i have already written a review on the pebble - i think the 'black' color version of it.) I love this product.
"" This is the player I been looking for..."" By sexytechpro
Pros: " Its small., compact., I dont need 40 feet of earphone cord to keep it with-in reach. I dont have to keep it in my hands in hope I dont drop it. If fits around my neck and dosent get in the way of what I do.... Its great.. its the ONE..!
Cons: The truth of the matter is ..., this joint gives you what your looking for.. I didnt think that I had 250 songs that I wanted too., I got classic R&B, jazz/funk, comedy. transfer-ing music to it is easy.
Summary: " I was surprised at the amount of bass that was coming through it... The stereo sound that this thing releases, along with the head-phone is worth the $40.00 and more.
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Specifications
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- Digital Storage / Capacity: 1 GB
- Flash memory installed: 1 GB
- Digital player supported digital audio standards: MP3 WMA Ogg Vorbis
