Apple iPod nano 16 GB Red (4th Generation) Review

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(More customer reviews)The iPod Chromatic (or nano 4th generation) is better than any previous version. With a larger screen, twice as much memory, accelerometer, new genius playlist creator, and colors that are POP'N hot, this iPods a keeper.

My first iPod was the iPod nano 1st generation white. I loved it. Second I had a second generation nano in the color red. the color was awesome with the same great features. Until 2008 I had the second generation.

I had no idea what I was missing. The 4th generation iPod nano (chromatic) includes all new features, built in accelerometer and all new genius feature. No longer do you have to wonder which music goes best together, a couple clicks and you have a brand new list of songs that go well together (from your own song collection.) The accelerometer is great because it recognizes when the iPod has been turned on it's side and will automatically change the screen orientation to match. Giving you more room to read and navigate through your music.
The wide screen coverflow menu makes selecting your favorite music even easier.

Let's not forget battery life, ample life on this iPod, even with the extra memory and bigger screen.

I giving this iPod five stars.

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With eight amazing colors, a new curved design, and great new features, iPod nano rocks like never before. The Genius Playlist feature finds the songs in your music library that go great together and makes a playlist for you. With its built-in accelerometer, iPod nano is made to move. Give it a shake, and it shuffles to a different song in your library. Turn it on its side to flip through your album art in Cover Flow. And tilt, move, and play accelerometer-inspired games (games available separately). Watching movies, TV shows, and video is even more fun on the sharp 2-inch screen. And your photos (up to 14,000 of them) look great in portrait or landscape view. Available in 8 GB and 16 GB models, the 16 GB iPod nano puts up to 4,000 songs or 16 hours of video in your pocket. testing bold

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iriver P7 16 GB Multimedia Player (Silver) Review

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(More customer reviews)This player has style. Not everybody may fall in love with it, but it has more style than any small gadget I've used in a long time.

Playing music and videos is simple and straightforward, the main thing I was looking for in a player. Boot-up time is very short, thumbs up. Subtitle support? Check! Battery life? Excellent.

Why 4 stars, not 5? I have three complaints. First, the player is too picky about video format encoding. Second, a proprietary USB port... not again! There is no reason to use yet another unique cable to connect to a USB port. A mini-USB would work perfectly well for this device. Finally, touch sensitivity of the screen is terrible. You have to touch, then press, then press again, then jam your finger into the screen really hard and hope it works. It's a good thing this is not a PDA, you don't have to click too many buttons to enjoy the playback.

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PRODUCT FEATURES: Sleek and modern PMP, Light and rigid Aluminum Metal body. TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION: Display: 4.3" TFT + Touch WQVGA, Display Resolution: 480X272, Storage Type: Flash Memory, Built-In Storage Capacity: 8/16GB, Expansion Memory Slot: Micro SD Digital Audio Formats: MP3, WMA, OGG, ASF, FLAC, APE, WAV, AC-3 and AAC, Digital Video Formats: MPEG, DivX,RM, RMVB and H.264, Digital FM Radio Tuner: 76.0MHz ~ 108.0MHz, Equalizer Presets: 7 Preset EQ, User 5EQ, SRS WOW, Battery Type: Internal 2500mAh battery (Li-Polymer), Battery Life: 50 Hrs Audio Playback/ 7 Hrs Video of Playback,Weight: 6.1 oz (173g), Dimension: 2.88" x 4.4" x 0.5", Connection Type: USB 2.0, Ultra Fast Data Transfer. Required O/S:Windows 2000 / Windows XP/ Vista,*Windows 98 / ME not support. FM radio and FM recording, Voice Recording, Firmware Upgradeable. PACKAGE INCLUDES: P7 Device,Stereo Earphone,Stylus Pen,USB 2.0 Cable, Installation CD,Quick Start Guide, Warranty Card.

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Apple iPod touch 16 GB (1st Generation) OLD MODEL Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this 16GB as an upgrade from my 8GB Touch, and what a relief to finally have enough space for all my music and some videos into the bargain!I'm also very happy that this is available at what I consider to be a much more reasonable price for a 16GB Flash player (at $320 which is what I got mine for).So, here's the things I love about the 16GB Touch:

1) Big beautiful screen
2) Touch screen interface
3) Wifi connectivity with Safari, iTunes and YouTube built right into the main screen. Its awesome, I love to watch a few YouTube clips during my lunch break at the spot with the free Wifi.
4) Changeable background, finally!
5) Sleek form factor slides nicely into my pocket.
6) Don't have to use it as a cell phone (ok I'm a little biased against the iPhone, I admit it so its ok).
7) Flips back and forth from landscape to portrait modes depending on how you hold it or what you are viewing.
8) Power/Sleep button, thank you Apple for finally deigning to put a power-ish button on an iPod!Its nice being able to turn off the display at will with a dedicated button.
9) Automatic brightness adjustment, absolute genius!
10) Seems to remember where you left off on every video on the unit, awesome feature I love it!
11) iTunes: for any iPod you have to count the flawless relationship with iTunes as a big plus, you just can't beat it for reliability, ease of use and great features (and believe me I've tried!)And the automatic firmware updates are a big plus.I also like the way you can download calendar and email information through iTunes.
12) Great Now Playing music page, the album art fills the whole screen and by tapping the middle you get immediate access to repeat and shuffle buttons. Now you can now easily shuffle just a playlist, a feature that has been hard to find on previous iPods.
13) Like any other iPod, accessories abound and are easily purchased just about anywhere!
14) Apple customer service is good imo, they stand behind their product and will replace without much hassle as I know from experience.
15) The great new stuff, Notes, Mapping, stocks, you can customize the home page, email, etc.
16) Quick access to play/volume buttons even when its locked (by double-clicking on the home button)... so I can save on the battery and still have quick access while listening to music.

But of course, nothing is perfect. I give this a 5 stars because it is such a great innovation for Apple and a great product, but that doesn't mean that its without flaws and here's the ones I've noticed so far:

1) Touch screen can be a bit frustrating, often doesn't feel me and often I miss the button I'm aiming for with my fat fingers (they feel fat when trying to hit keyboard buttons on that screen anyway!). I understand that this is a "Capacitance" screen which means you can't use a stylus or your fingernail, you have to register firm contact with your flesh on the screen.I have also had occasional problems with the touch screen (or parts of it) locking up. However, a reset (hold sleep and home buttons down at the same time for at least 10 seconds!) of the unit seems to fix the problem every time.
2) Screen flipping: although this is a cool concept it can be annoying sometimes. Occasionally the screen flips as I'm moving around and I didn't want it to. So I sit there twisting the thing to and fro trying to get the alignment I want. Wouldn't it be nice if you could lock it into the perspective you want and it would just stay there (is anybody at Apple listening?)
3) Hard to operate "blind", as I walk around I like to be able to pause/play or adjust volume without having to look at the screen. Very easy to do on my Classic iPod, almost impossible on the Touch. I have to pull it out of my pocket almost every time I want to pause or adjust the volume.I miss having dedicated play and volume buttons, I think it was a mistake to get rid of them... one thing I like about the Archos and Classic!
4) Sound quality is not quite as good as my iPod Classic or my Archos 605, I've tried it on speakers and headphones and the Video has just a little bit cleaner smoother sound especially at high volume.
5) No built in USB port!
6) Customization options for sound EQ and User Interface themes are still pretty limited when compared to a player like the iRiver Clix2.

Overall, its an awesome innovative, trendsetting, and fun product and if you really like having the coolest mp3 playing toys (like me!) and money is not a major concern I say what are you waiting for?

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iPod touch has always been an amazing iPod. With great new applications, now iPod touch is even better. Watch a movie you rented from iTunes. View rich HTML email with graphics and photos displayed inline. Open PDF, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel attachments. With Maps, find your location and get directions from there. See where you are on a map, a satellite image, or a combination of both. Make Web Clips for your Home screen so you can visit your favorite websites in just one tap. Fill up to nine Home screen pages with Web Clips and arrange them however you like. Browse YouTube videos, follow your stocks, check the weather, and take notes. With the new iPod touch, tap into even more.


Glide through albums with the iPod touch's amazing Cover Flow technology. View iPod touch dimensions.

Browse the Web with the included Safari browser. Or fire up a YouTube video and enjoy the show.

The iPod touch responds to your movements; turn it sideways and your video is presented in widescreen mode.

Incredibly thin at just 8 millimeters. The mail application lets you view rich HTML email with graphics and photos displayed inline, as well as PDF, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel attachments. Rearrange the icons on your Home screen. Even change the Dock. Mark specific locations, find the best route between them, and search for points of interest along the way with Maps.


Music, Movies, and More
Flick through album covers and find your music. Download and watch your favorite movies, rentals, TV shows, and more from the iTunes Store. Tap into thousands of photos. All using incredible multi-touch technology on a beautiful 3.5-inch display.


Music
If a picture says a thousand words, think of what all the album art in your collection might say. With Cover Flow on iPod touch, flick through your music to find the album you want to hear. When you do, just tap the cover to flip it over and display a track list. Another tap starts the music. Even view the lyrics while you're listening to the track.


Video
The 3.5-inch display gives you video like you've never seen on a portable device. Watch your favorite movie or rental from the iTunes Store. Catch up on TV shows anywhere. Enjoy video podcasts. Play music videos. All using multi-touch technology. With a tap, bring up onscreen controls to play/pause and view by chapter. Turn your iPod touch to switch between widescreen or full screen.


Photos
iPod touch holds up to 20,000 photos you sync via iTunes. Flick to scroll through thumbnails. Tap to view full screen. Rotate for landscape format. Or perform some sleight of hand by opening two fingers to zoom in. You can even play slideshows, complete with music and transitions. Set any photo as your wallpaper to personalize your iPod touch . . . with a touch.


iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
With iPod touch, discover new music anywhere. Its built-in wireless capability gives you access to the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, where you can buy songs with a tap. Browse New Releases, What's Hot, Genres, and Top 10 songs. Or find exactly what you're looking for with a quick search. Tap a song to preview it, tap Buy to purchase it. Even redeem your iTunes gift cards and gift certificates. All from anywhere you happen to be.


Starbucks Music
You walk into a Starbucks. Order your latte. While you wait, you hear a song wafting from the loudspeakers. You love it. So you get out your iPod touch and buy it over Wi-Fi. Just like that. The iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store on iPod touch tells you what's playing in select Starbucks and lets you buy it along with other featured Starbucks content. So you can sip, shop, and listen.


Home Screen
Make the iPod touch Home screen your own. Change what's in the Dock. Rearrange the icons. And make room for even more. You can add up to eight Home screen pages and fill them with Web Clips.


Internet
Surf the web. Send email. Get directions and find your location with Maps. Check stocks, weather, and more. iPod touch is not just an amazing iPod. It's the Internet in your pocket.


Safari
iPod touch is the only iPod with wireless access to the web. Safari is built in, so you see websites the way they were designed to be seen. Search the web using the touchscreen keyboard. Zoom in and out by tapping the multi-touch display. Switch between portrait or landscape view, depending on how you hold your iPod touch. Sync your bookmarks. Better yet, add them to your Home screen. iPod touch can automatically create a Web Clip on your Home screen from any of your favorite websites. So just one tap takes you directly there.


YouTube
Got a bit of a YouTube addiction? iPod touch feeds it from anywhere with a special YouTube player built right in. Watch featured videos, check out the most viewed, search for something specific, then bookmark your favorites for future reference. It's all the fun of YouTube--pocket-size.


Mail
iPod touch is the first iPod with Mail. And it's the best email you've ever seen on a handheld device. This mail application lets you view rich HTML email with graphics and photos displayed inline, as well as PDF, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel attachments.


Maps
Get directions and check traffic with Google Maps. Even find yourself, wherever you are. Using some local Wi-Fi networks (if Wi-Fi is turned on), iPod touch finds your approximate location and gives directions from there. Mark specific locations, find the best route between them, and search for points of interest along the way. With a hybrid map and satellite view, you can see major street names on top of satellite images.


Widgets
Widgets are small, incredibly handy applications you can use every day. Three of the most useful widgets now live front and center on your Home screen:


Weather
Get a five-day weather forecast, including highs and lows, for cities around the world. Save your favorite locations so you can check the weather anytime.
Notes
Take notes, make a to-do list, or jot down a reminder using the easy-to-use touch keypad. Then save or email them.
Stocks
Check your stocks and track the market over one day, one week, one month, three months, six months, one year, or two years.
High Technology
iPod touch features the same revolutionary interface as iPhone, the most advanced software ever engineered, and state-of-the-art technology. With the multi-touch display, you can control everything using only your fingers. If you rotate your iPod touch from portrait to landscape, the accelerometer automatically changes the way the content is displayed. And with wireless technology, you can connect to the Internet from any Wi-Fi network, anywhere you are.


Multi-touch
iPod touch features the same revolutionary interface as iPhone. Built to take full advantage of the large 3.5-inch display, the multi-touch interface lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flick through photos and enlarge them with a pinch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page. And iPod touch features a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard perfect for browsing the web in Safari, getting directions on a map, searching for videos on YouTube, finding music on the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, or adding new contacts.


Ambient Light Sensor
The iPod touch display has an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts brightness to suit the ambient light in your surroundings. The result? A better experience for you and battery-saving efficiency for iPod touch.


Wireless
Connect to the Internet anywhere there's a Wi-Fi network. Send email from a coffee shop. Surf the web at the airport. Browse, buy, and download music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at select Starbucks locations or other wireless hot spots in your area. iPod touch finds wireless networks and connects you to the Internet.


Accelerometer
An accelerometer detects when you rotate iPod touch from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display, so you immediately see the entire width of a web page, your music in Cover Flow, or a photo in its proper aspect ratio.


Read Kindle Books on the iPod touch
Read Kindle books on your iPod touch.

No Kindle required.
Get the best reading experience available on your iPhone or iPod touch.
No Kindle required.
Access your Kindle books even if you don't have your Kindle with you.
Automatically synchronizes your last page read between devices with Amazon Whispersync.
Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle.
Don't have a Kindle? Get yours here.

Shop for Books on the Kindle Store on Your iPod touch

Buy a book from the Kindle Store, optimized for Safari, on your iPod touch or iPhone and get it auto-delivered wirelessly.
Search and browse more than 275,000 books, including more than 107 of 112 New York Times bestsellers.
Find New York Times bestsellers and new releases for $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
Get free book samples; read the first chapter for free before you decide to buy.
Books you purchase also can be read on a Kindle.
Kindle newspapers, magazines, and blogs are not currently available on the iPod touch or iPhone.

What's in the Box
16 GB iPod touch, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, dock adapter, polishing cloth, stand, quick start guide.

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COBY PMP3521 3.5" TFT Portable Media Player with 20 GB HDD Review

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(More customer reviews)I am doing Underwater Photography and wanted to have an 'off-camera' storage+viewer; this product was cheaper than the 'professional ones' so I bought it.
Good things:
1. Plays almost any video format (including DivX)
2. Good size product - pretty small.
BAD THINGS:
1. Product works ONLY with CF Type I (thin) cards; CF Type II are too 'thick'for it.
2. Little 'joystick' that is used for majority of operations works very strangely. Having a Computer Science background, it took me a while to figure out how to work the device. Overall UI is OK, but...
3. No support to RAW format (honestly, did not expect it)
4. Takes FOREVER to load large images (at times you think it is hung).
5. Does not play some MPEG-4 (very few of them do).
REAL BAD THING(S):
I could not get the Video/Audio output to work! ANYTHING I TRIED - could not get the image/sound on TV. Not too much about it in the manual.
I called support - ABSOLUTELY NO ATTEMPT FROM COBY's side to help. Basically 'send us the unit; we will send you another one in a few month' - totally unacceptable!!!
OVERALL: RETURNED THE PRODUCT - VERY POOR QUALITY!

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3.5" TFT Portable Media Player with 20 GB HDD

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SanDisk Sansa View SDMX10R 16GB USB 2.0 MP4/MP3/ FM/Voice w/2.4" LCD (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)My first MP3 player was a Sansa e200 series 4gb.When I outgrew that device, I "upgraded" to a 8gb device, but it wasn't a Sansa.What a mistake!!I've now fixed that error by coming back to Sansa.

Here's how I see it:

Pluses:
Fast booting, bright screen.
Great battery life.
Responds quickly with a light touch on the touch pad.
Although I'm not a big user, it is convenient to have a built-in FM radio.
I really enjoy the sound quality.

Cons:
My biggest complaint (which I admit is relatively minor) is that creating an "on the go playlist" is a bit of a hassle as you have to go into a screen for each song and select it there.

In the world dominated by that "other" company, I find that Sansa provides a pleasing, easy and economical alternative.

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Enjoy the ultimate mobile multimedia experience with this SanDisk Sansa View SDMX10R Player!Featuring an ultra-sleek and stylish black design, this Sansa View has a compact and lightweight form factor that easily fits in your pocket. Running out of room will never be an issue. Store all your favorite songs, videos, photos, audio books and more with the massive 16 GB capacity, or use the microSDHC card slot to expand your storage space.View brilliant images, text and videos on the 2.4-inch color TFT LCD display that delivers a crisp 320 x 240 resolution. This SDMX10R if fun and easy to use with blue backlit scroll wheel controls and user-friendly on screen displays. Load it up with all your favorite media using the blisteringly fast USB 2.0 interface.Tired of your same old music library and looking for something new? This Sansa View features a built-in FM tuner so you can explore new music or enjoy all your favorite sports and news radio stations. With 20 presets available you can program in your top picks with plenty of room to discover more stations in the future.This versatile player has a built-in microphone so you can record voice memos, lectures and sound bites. With a multitude of customizable settings including language, backlight, power save and wallpaper, you can tailor this SanDisk Sansa View to meet your every whim. Put the power in your hands and take your multimedia with you anywhere you go!

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Visual Land V-Touch Pro 8 GB 3.2-Inch Touch Screen MP3 player with Camera (Black) Review

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(More customer reviews)Felt cheap and I broke it within a week. Spilled some water on it and that was all she wrote. The touch screen reaction time was slow enough to drive me nuts. The speaker, which was the main reason I bought it, was so quiet that I could barely hear it at full volume.

It was easy to add music to; I liked the drag 'n drop file system and I thought the graphics were good.I actually liked the fit of the earbuds better than most that come standard.

Replaced it with an Iriver(and a bluetooth speaker set).Much better product, although I haven't given it the water test... ;-)

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The Visual Land V-Touch Pro is and upgrade to our best-selling V-Touch.Improving upon an already versatile and feature rich player, the V-Touch Pro does everything its predecessor did and more in a new, sleeker, slimmer housing.Now pencil thin, the V-Touch Pro has a larger 3.2" widescreen with stunning image clarity.The touch screen navigation makes it easy to navigate through the numerous options.Video playback support of AVI, Real Media and Flash Video is displayed on a crystal clear screen.MP3 and WMA audio support with various equalizer settings can be played through high clarity earphone output or the built-in speaker.And of course, like its predecessor, the V-Touch Pro can also display all your favorite pictures in JPEG, GIF or BMP format.The V-Touch Pro still has its built-in 3-in-1 camera, recording still photos, videos and, when connected to your computer via USB, it functions as a webcam.Other features include an FM Radio (with presets and internal recording), Voice Recorder, E-Book Reader and Calendar.The unit also works as a USB Flash Drive, with large, internal flash memory.But should that not be enough to store all your files, a built-in MicroSD Card slot allows for expansion of up to 16GB of more memory.

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Sony 16GB S Series Walkman Video MP3 Player (NWZ-S639FBLK) Review

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(More customer reviews)I got my first Mp3 player about 4 years ago...it was an iPod 2GB Nano.I loved it so much I shortly thereafter upgraded to a 4GB Nano.Kept that one a couple years but didn't upgrade again because I was frustrated with the iTunes interface, having to "upload" all my music to iTunes and ending up with two sets of music on my hard drive ; 19GB of wmv/mp3 format and an additional 19GB of the same music in Apple's iTunes format (M4P).

I was fed up with being an "iTunes slave" so I went looking for an alternative.

I went with a Sansa 8GB player and liked it well enough but it had problems.It was heavier than I liked, the display's resolution wasn't all that great and you had to use Windows Media Player to transfer music to the player.Fortunately, 8GB of music represents so many tracks of music, I didn't have to fiddle with Media Player that much.

After another year, I started getting antsy again for what I really wanted...a true "drag and drop" mp3 player so I could fine tune tracks on the player without having to mess with clumsy Media Player or the ridiculous iTunes system.

So after doing some research, I went with an 8GB Sony player (NWZ-E438).Awesome!!I was in mp3 nirvana.True Windows Explorer drag and drop, slick styling, great display, convenient controls and did videos and FM radio and well!! Then about a month ago someone swiped it while I was in the shower in the gym.I was near heartbroken as I dug up the old Sanza and started using it again.But the good news is that I could get another one and upgrade to 16GB and be HAPPY again.

So I got the one I am reviewing: the Sony NWZ-S639F. This one is fundamentally the same and the other Sony I owned but with greater memory (actually a little less than 15GB - not 16GB as advertised),LONG lasting battery, "themed " displays, easier video transfer and other features that I don't really use.The sound is spectacular.I, personally, can't guarantee that it is better than the iPod or Sanza because I never did a side-by-side audio comparison - but I can't imagine sound through earbuds being better than this.Oh, and the volume is louder.I used to listen on the older Sony at volume setting 28 (1-30 scale).On the S639 I rarely listed above setting 20.

All that said, because iPod came out first with mp3 players they still have a huge lock on the market.Because of that, they are able to keep people locked in as iTunes slaves, especially those who are afraid to change to something better because they just "don't get it"!I cannot tell you how easy it is to just drag and drop files in Windows Explorer.This is the way life should be - EASY!!!

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Premium Walkman NWZ-S639F mp3/mp4 player with 2" LCD screen. With superior sound quality, SensMe automatic playlist generator, FM radio and 40 hours battery life. This premium video mp3 player is the perfect blend of style and function.Ultra light and super slim, get amazing audio and video quality with this pocket-sized Walkman player. Enjoy seamless sounds, crystal clear pictures and incredible battery life for the best show on the go, whether you're commuting, traveling or chilling at home.

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