MP3 Players - Product Reviews

dkiwon - (December 03, 2004) I like to consider myself as a techno-geek, but I have to admit that I have been VERY late to the digital music scene - still living in the basic CD world. I decided to buy myself an early Christmas present during Thanksgiving and get an MP3 player. I did a TON of research. First, I had to decide if I wanted a flash-memory-based player or a hard-drive based. I decided didn't need it for workouts or active movements and wanted more space, so I ruled out the flash-based players. Then, I had to decide between the 4-5 GB players and the 20-40 GB players. For the 4-5GB players I considered the Ipod Mini, the Rio Carbon, and the Creative Zen Micro. I think if I had gone for the 4-5GB

eugene4968 - (October 09, 2004) Since I have bought this mp3 player, i love it. I would recommend this over an i pod if you want higher sound, better battery life, and alot cheaper price. The only major strength an ipod has over the Zen Touch is the size. I like the design of the Zen. It isnt that much bigger then an ipod. Another thing i like about creative players is the ability to add songs to a temporary playlist and then save it as a playlist if you want. This makes the process of playlists so much easier. There is also no specific program you have to use to transfer songs like on an ipod. Instead of having to use only itunes, on then zen you have so many programs to choose from. You can transfer simply from my comput

Chricton - (November 11, 2005) This player is great for both new and longtime MP3 player fans. This was my first Ipod, my previous MP3 being a Rio Carbon. The unit itself is VERY nice and quick to learn. Video is presented clear with the bright 2.5" display. Music sounds great with the included earphones, and the unit is a lot smaller than I would have imagined, almost as small as the Rio Carbon. My problem with this product though is not really with the unit, but with the Itunes software. It's terrible. Rio Music Manager was easy to use. Itunes had a much longer learning curve though. I STILL (after 2 weeks with it) can't get pictures on it. I think the Itunes software is corrupted or something. Getting video on i

markwmrk - (11/22/2009) Sync'ed 1000 songs at 64KBPS WMA, watched all songs go on, but playback showed only 500 songs...said "root" library was over capacity....no mention of this in instruction manual with supplied disk. Usless if doesn't play back all that was put on!

myisihotmailcom - (11/09/2009) Main reason for purchase was to listen to WMA DRM Protected textbook recordings. I also wanted to be able to increase the playback speed because the most of my audio textbooks are read too slowly (that is, the people who read the textbooks read too slowly for my tastes). The Transcend 850's maximum playback speed is 1.3, which for this device, I can hardly tell any difference from normal playback speed. Useless. The use of the buttons on the front and side of this mp3 player are not at all intuitive. For example, to delete a file, you have to hold certain buttons for certain lengths of time, including the record button! Deleting a playlist can be a nightmare, with odd coordination efforts between the player's interface and Windows Media Player. If you get it wrong, you have to search for and delete each file individually by that nonsense holding of the record button at the right moment for the right length of time. Uh! I should probably have spent a little more money to get a Samsung!

iloveapple - (11/03/2009) ilove this ipod!!!!!!! the thing with the nano 4g is that its screen is just SO SMALL! the size of the screen on this ipod is just right! and i love the size of the iopd overall! the picture quallity is also good. in my opinion you cant go wring with this ipod!