Reviews Written by Kennith
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January 22, 2007
An absolute piece of trash
Pros: Capacity
Cons: Constant error messages, skipping, tech support
Got this for my birthday in Dec 2006, and this thing has been a train wreck. Started skipping during playback from day one. On any given day I would get "File System Corrupted", "Unknown Error", "Decrypt Error" all of which rendered the device unusable. The file system error, incidentally, erased every one of the 400 or so songs I had loaded.
The last straw was the point when I could no longer format the drive or reapply the firmawre.
Tech Support was of absolutely no help. I swear if those people worked for me they would be unemployed.
I finally took the thing back and got a Sansa e260.
Save your money and steer clear of this thing, it really is a piece garbage that would be outclassed by an old transistor radio.
Unless of course you have a need for a red $100+ paperweight ...
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Loaded with features
10 of 10 Yahoo! Users found this review helpfulPros: Features, styling, capacity, sound quality
Cons: Front scratches very easily, proprietary USB cable
Having recently given up on and returning a Lyra RD2762 (trash), I bought this and I am truly impressed. My first thought was to go with an IPod Nano, but after a little research I knew this was the way to go. I love it when I'm right.
4gb's of storage, photo viewing, video playback, FM tuner with on the fly recording, voice recording, and a replaceable battery. Let's see the Nano do that.
Transferring music is seamless with Music Match, Windows Media Player and Winamp. Photos and video requires the converter program, but that works very well and is quite fast.
A lot of people find the navigation wheel to be worse than the Nano, but I actually prefer this. The "ratchet" feel works for me, and the illumination make it easy to use in the car at night.
The one big knock I have is that the front scratches way too easily, so buy a case at the same time you buy the player and life will be good. If Sandisk had used the LiquidMetal material they used on the back for the front, this thing would be perfect. ...