Toshiba Gigabeat MEG-F10S (10GB, Blue)

Summary: I bought this on sale for my wife for Christmas '06 based on reviews and price-point and for my personal hatred of all things Apple. When my wife opened it and told me to set it up for her, I was looking forward to it, I wish I had known what I was getting into. The disc for the software that is bundled with the mp3 player was damaged and unloadable, it took me 3 days to find a digital copy (froma Japanese site). Once installed, everything went ok until we decided to use the unit itself. The 4-way + touchpad is very particular as to where you touch and sometimes registers 2 taps when you hit it once. It is also difficult to create playlists on the go. The one good thing is that it has great sound and great options for adjustment. After seeing that this was not used by my wife for over 6 months because it was difficult to use, I decided to download Rockbox onto the Gigabeat to make it useable for her. In the end I should have bought her a mp3 player with a better track record than Toshiba.

Summary: My Toshiba Gigabeat simply does not work. Cannot play music though my PC, cannot upload songs from my PC to it, cannot display album art. I get no response (forget about help!) from customer service. Sorry I bought it, never will buy Toshiba again.