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4.0 stars
"Fast, works great with XP 64bit"
Pros: Small, Fast Interface and nice touch controls.
Cons: Marks easily and very few accessories available
Summary: I have owned this player for about a week now. I bought this as I really wanted to stay away from iTunes.
I spoke to numerous Salesmen about whether this player was supported under XP64 but no one could give me an answer. This was reflected on the Samsung website. No where do they mention XP 64bit. I decided to go ahead and buy the player with the understanding that if it didn't work I could return it for a full refund.
I plugged the device into USB and was instantly shown installing new device. I then open Windows Media Player to find that the device showed in here also. I transferred a couple of Albums very quickly and then left the device to carry on charging.
Delighted the player worked with XP64 I decided to try it as I was working in the garden. The first problem I had was the device is almost too small for my hands and I nearly dropped it. Once I had the headphones in this was not as much of an issue. Second problem was the unit had to sit in my pocket as I can only find 2 cases. One by Belkin which is meant to fit on the arm and one from Noreve that is very nice but close to half the price of the player. Hopefully this will change as there are a lot of cases available in the UK just not many in the US.
The Samsung software installed on XP64 to my surprise but I will be sticking with WMP unless I am uploading pictures due to the Samsung software resizing the pictures for the Camera.
Overall a very nice player with a better and faster interface than a lot of other non iPod mp3 players on the market. Lightning fast transfers and background converting to a set bit rate are great features of WMP which seem to be little documented.
I have not tried to upload any non media files but the device does show up in Windows Explorer.
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