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2 GB Built-in Memory USB Direct Connect MP3 and WMA Audio Codec Support Compatible with Secure Windows Media Audio FM Tuner with 30 Station Presets Voice-Recording Function Battery Life Easy Listening What's in the Box User Submitted Sony 2 GB Walkman MP3 Player (Black) ReviewsDate: 2009-01-06 Could be perfect with a few changes I bought this player to replace my samsung yp-u3j, which I loved, but it was just getting old and I was hard on it. My biggest requirements for a new player were: direct USB connection, quick charge, works on a PC and Mac, the headphone jack is on the end, and doesn't require 3rd party software to run it. This Walkman meets all the requirements fantastically. Great sound, nice little bells and whistles - and both PC and Macs easily recognize it without issue (it pops right up immediately, unlike the Samsung). I listen to a TON of podcasts, so many tracks are 30 minutes or more long. Here are some improvements they could make: - You can't change the rate of rewind or fast forward, and it's agonizingly slow on the Walkman. Fix it, Sony! - If your track is paused, and you try to skip ahead in a track by holding the FF button down, it will only skip to the next track. Frustrating! - If you are listening to a track (say 25 minutes into a 60 minute podcast) and you plug it into a computer to recharge, it resets the Walkman and doesn't remember where you were. And add that on top of the slow fast forward/rewind.... ARRRRGGGGHHH!!! - If you move files around in a Mac, and then use a PC, you can't delete folders in the PC. You have to go BACK to the Mac, delete the folders, and then you're set. If you use strictly a Mac or strictly a PC, then it's not an issue. Other than than, I'm very happy with the player and would consider purchasing another down the road if I needed to. The cons are minor inconviences... don't let that stop you from buying this little gem! (Watch for sales though... I got mine for $40...) Date: 2009-01-06 Easy to use. Good for music. This is a very good value-for-money choice. It is really easy to use. It is more than a mp3 player. It is also a mini radio and a recorder. Date: 2008-12-22 cost I just bought two of these players for my kids at Circuit City for $39.99 each! Sorry to see Amazon chaging $20 more. Date: 2008-12-17 More Positive than Negative I once had a 20gb Ipod, for which I spent maybe $300-350. It broke in a year and a half, and repairing it would have cost just as much as buying a new Ipod. So rather than going back to Apple, I decided to buy this mp3 player. While it's smaller than an Ipod shuffle (and you actually have a small screen) (a huge positive), the headphones were poorly produced (if not broken). The chord for the left ear plug is roughly an inch long, while the other chord is 4-5 inches in length so that it's very uncomfortable to wear (and I'm now using different headphones). Another problem is that the mp3 player does not read certain file formats, such as .mp4 (typical for Apple) and .wmv sound files. Alas! I will have to go through the process again of ripping my cds onto my hard drive in .mp3, not .mp4. So those of you who are iPod users, beware that you won't be able to use iTunes to upload music into this player...but, if anything, we should blame Apple for using that file format over .mp3. Date: 2008-12-13 Amazing small player I have a 30GB ipod video, it was a bit bulky to take to the gym each time. I decided to buy a small player with enough capacity to take my up-beat music. I was astonished by the sound quality, its better that the ipod, after all its a Sony Walkman.
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