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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"This little guy makes the iPod Shuffle about as appealing as an ugly pack of gum"
Pros: Decent sound quality, looks great, easy to use, top of the line battery life
Cons: Poor headphone quality (no surprise here), software can be finicky, scant accessories, lack of colors for player body
Summary: This little guy makes the iPod Shuffle about as appealing as an ugly pack of gum for the purpose of playing music.
I've had a careful eye out for a practical MP3 player for about 100 bucks, and I couldn't find much until this little guy came out. This player boasts great sound quality and seems to have decent bass response from what I could tell with my craptastic headphones. The battery life is what really caught my eye; I've read that although this Walkman is advertised to get about 70 hours on a single AAA battery, realistically it should be in the 50-60 hour range which is still unbeatable. The Shuffle only gets about an advertised 12 hours, realistically a bit less.
This isn't a perfect player, however. The software can be picky sometimes and tends to lock up for a few seconds when its confused. The player only comes with a CD, manual, and a pair of headphones. The headphones that were included were about the same quality as airplane 'phones that you can buy for a few bucks. Another small issue that bothered me was the lack of color choice for the player body. The 256MB version comes with a cool black scheme, but the 512MB version comes with slightly less appealing white and blue versions. The best looking one in my opinion is the 1GB version which comes in a trendy silver.
Bottom line: Although this player comes with scant accessories and finicky software, the player itself is excellent and is worth every penny of its street price.
- 2 replies to this review
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Can't expect anything else from biased reviews. This guy wants everything Apple supplies; reliability, industrial design, colors and quality as long as it is not an apple product. Damed if you do and damed if you don't.
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I did not like it much as these funda's of groups are out of my head u press forward button and the whole group gets forwarded irespective of the fact how many songs it has and the 2nd group starts playing.Well if i forward it only a song should get forwarded and not the group.lanning to return it and buy something else.
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Sony NW-E105 Network Walkman (512MB, Psyc Blue):
$39.95
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