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4.5 stars
"the competition better lookout for this new walkman - packed with features"
Pros: battery life, small size, look, lcd display, jog dial, playlists, attachable clip
Cons: headphones supplied aren't great
Summary: Bought this to replace my minidisk player that had started to fail (4 years old). I was going to purchase another minidisk player because of the great battery life compared to mp3 players, but then saw this new network walkman.
Unlike the flash network walkman model before this, this does support wma and native mp3 files. I think the one before this required converting to atrac3 using the supplied sonic stage software.
Battery Life: Sony says you can get 50 hours out of it playing atrac3 files. If you use it normally, with mp3 files, you can expect less than that, but still well over 30 hours. It has an internal li-ion battery that charges very quickly (3 min quick charge for 3 hours playback, about 45 min for 80% charge, 2 hours for full charge).
LCD Display: The iPOD shuffle doesn't have one. Many other mp3 players have very small lcd displays which don't display a lot. This has a 3 line LCD display that is very bright, uses little power, and displays everything you would want! Track #, artist, title, bat life, etc. etc.... the text even scrolls nicely if it doesn't all fit on the line. There is a power saver feature to turn off the display after 15 seconds, you can still tell if the unit is turned on because a wave shoots across the display every 5 seconds. 4 display modes, including a screensaver with bubbles.
Features: Organize your songs into playlists using Sonic Stage and transfer to the device (drag and drop style interface). Play your songs back by album or artist. Easy to find songs on the plyaer. Adjust bass and treble. AVLS (who uses that!). Jog dial for easy navigation in menu's and to move forward, back a song and FF RW.
Unlike other mp3 players, this comes with a plastic clip that you can attach to the player to clip on your side (great for the gym) instead of wearing around your neck or arm. I prefer this compared to other players.
Compared to other mp3 players that have no features (iPOD shuffle lets you put songs on and then you can play them, or play them randomly - thats the only feature) and don't let you see what youre listening to after the songs are on the player, this blows the competition out of the water.
You'll want to buy a better pair of headphones, and the plastic clip is a bit cheap looking so might break after lots of use. Would also be nice if you didn't need a cord to attach to usb port but could directly plug the player into it.
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