Hi! I'm a 16-yr-old girl who loves all things arty. I love technology too…until it goes wrong!
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Hi! I'm a 16-yr-old girl who loves all things arty. I love technology too…until it goes wrong!
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When I first bought this product it was very new to the market, and I had numerous problems installing the Samsung software on my computer. Eventually it installed, but I found the Samsung music organiser not as convenient or easy to use as Windows Media Player, so I still use that to syncronise my music to the player. Since buying it, I am regularly shown new downloads to update the player, which I have found easy to install. On the whole I have actually noticed that these updates have made a visible improvement to the features of the player.
The screen is clear and menus are easy to use to find what file you're looking for, whether you're browsing by artist, genre or playlist, etc. However, if you have a long list of things, for example a list of album titles, you can't scroll through the list quickly to find one a long way down because it has to scroll through each item on the list individually, which is very annoying. The screen is great quality, although probably a bit small to watch a full length film on. I like the way you can personalise it by changing fonts, colours and fun backgrounds including your own photos. The smooth, thin, black design is very stylish, and the touchpad is straightforward and easy to use, not at all fiddly, although once or twice I have had problems when one of the buttons appears to have got 'stuck' and won't stop scrolling, and I have had to turn it off and on again to get it to stop. Thankfully the on/off switch is a basic manual sliding switch at the side (no overcomplicated technology there then!)
The headphones that come free are very reasonable, and produce clear and full 3D stereo sound, so unless you're a headphone fanatic, I wouldn't bother trying to upgrade them. The FM radio has reasonable reception, and you can record off it. You can also make voice recordings.
One reason I bought it was because it appeared to have relatively good battery life, although I have not noticed this particularly with use. It does not come with a mains adapter, so has to be charged by USB port, which is a bit inconvenient. Tesco does sell a USB/mains adapter charger for £14.99 which should be suitable, although I have not tried this product yet. Apparently you can also charge it with a standard Samsung phone charger.
The Bluetooth function was one of the key features that attracted me to this product at first. It's brilliant for transferring music and pictures from mobile phones etc, and you can also set it up to work as the keypad(this is a bit too fiddly though) and headphones for your phone, meaning it will pause the track while you recieve a call though the player, working as a handsfree set. Definately the future of MP3 players lies here!
Compared to other similar products on the market, it is definately worthwhile considering instead of the more popular ipod models, bearing in mind its sleek, sophisticated design and impressive range of features (Bluetooth in particular). Overall, very good value for money.
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