Sony NW-S203 (1GB)
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"Small quality mp3 player" on by sjac
Pros: Water resistant, sound quality, good for workouts
Cons: Software software software!!!
Summary: I have been playing with it for about a week and once the songs are on the player it is pretty easy to navigate. The biggest problem is “Sonicstage”, this software is awful. If you can get past the software the player is fun. Another pet peeve is Sony’s proprietary music format ATRAC. I have a ton of music ripped in wma format but the software must convert it to the ATRAC format for it to play on the player, and this takes a good bit of time. To make this player a 9 or above you need new software and an easier way to convert music to the Sony format or make it easier to play other formats.
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"Fantastic sound and design" on by ave230
Pros: IVery good mp3 player, fantastic sound quality, nice and clear screen
Cons: The earbuds are so uncomfortable, I had to buy others
Summary: First, when I bought it, I wasn't sure if this mp3 was what I want or an iPod Shuffle 2nd, but after 24hrs I love it, and when I bought the new earbuds the sound change for better, if I were you, I will buy it.
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"sonicstage is a deal breaker" on by cdosrun
Pros: great mp3 player
Cons: sonic stage software
Summary: I don't actually own this mp3 player but I researched MP3 players for use during sports activities. Everywhere I looked this player got high marks, but when I found out that you must use SonicStage to manage music, I removed this from consideration. Sonic Stage is awful. In the past, I used it for about 3 days and then out of frustration I deleted it and any related files from PC. I really hate this software. And it's too bad too becuase otherwise I would have bought this MP3 player. So if you have a couple of options that you are considering, I would steer clear of this one.
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"This player sure turns many heads!" on by aditya0401
Pros: Sleek design, very good controls, EXCELLENT SOUND, awesome FM tuning capability
Cons: sonic stage software (maybe), little slow to transfer songs
Summary: This is my first mp3 player. I dont know why I purchased it, but its AWESOME.
I am not sure at all if I will ever use the gsensor or the pedometer, calorie meter, etc functions...
But the music and radio are just awesome.
There is nothing to say beyond the fact that ITS A SONY.
I got this for 78 dollars in Korea. I am very pleased with the song control and sound quality.
It has preset and custom equalisers, which are good but I thought the equalisers on Samsung Yepp U2/U3 were more effective.
But this player sounds EXCELLENT and there is no comparison to that.
The problem with the SonicStage software is that it limits the speed of transfer inspite of the USB 2.0
The recharging is excellent. 3 minute recharge gives it 3 hours! That is true.
They say its water resistant and I think it should be, not tested that though.
The FM tuner is great. It found 8 channels, while another player could find only 4!
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"Simply the Best" on by atrik23
Pros: unique design, built in rechargable battery with fast charge function,Great OLED Display
Cons: included earphones are not too good.(as expected from SONY)
Summary: As mentioned above its the simple and really good music player I owned in just 50$ from staples.
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I m really very impressed by its sound quality and Fast charging fiunction.If u charge battery for just 3mins by using USB port,It lasts for 1 Hour.Thats great.
- G-Sensor works really very well and display auto turns off after 15 sec. to save power which is really good.
CONS :
-U have to add mucic into player by using its sonic stage software which is little odd and time consuming(software is slow).If u directly copy-paste like other players,so it wont work.
-Song skip and fast forward button is little odd but its not a big disadvantage.
But after at all its really really great digital music player.
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