Hey Guys 'n' Gals. Thanks for all the r/r/c's. Take a look at my latest review to see pictures of my...
Hey Guys 'n' Gals. Thanks for all the r/r/c's. Take a look at my latest review to see pictures of my new baby, I always r/r/c in return. I'm having a huge clearout so check my auctions. My hair smiley: x : )
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~Introduction~
I've finally decided to review one of those fantastic mp3 players. When I bought my first mp3 player I was amazed by the unique round shape and the memory capacity. Firstly we have the introduction, then the features, the pros and cons and then the "and finally". So I'll begin.
The brand name Sony has been around since the 70's and the walkman name first appeared in the late 80's with the compact walkman cassette player. The Walkman range is one of the best brands around in my opinion because all Sony products have always been very reliable for me. I should have bought Sony products a long time ago. I was so used to buying those cheap makes thinking I was getting a bargain, then getting frustrated when the damn things broke down. I started to thing I was damned with bad luck forever. Then I came across this gorgeous little number, I knew sony was a reputable and reliable brand name so I brought it there and then. I think my luck is now starting to change...touch wood (touching my head).
Sony
has gone for a unique shaped player, at a good price. It may well take a long time before other companies come up with something better.
~Features~
The box contents are: 1 Sony Network Walkman 1GB MP3 Walkman, my one is dark pink but you can get about 6 different colours. 1 set of headphones, USB cable, SonicStage 3.0 Software and the instructions.
Here are some the features that I find interesting: You can transfer up to 45 CD's onto the player, thanks to the ATRAC 3 compression feature (usually used on video tapes and PC's), that's a whole lot of CD's, double my collection in fact. I love the circular shape, that's one of the things that drew me to it in the shop. I love the huge memory, it has 1GB of memory. You might be thinking, I don't need that much memory, but I managed to use most of it because you can also store word, powerpoint, ATRAC, Jpeg pictures and Mpeg files, so you can almost store anything in the player. So it's great if you've got something on your computer that you want to show your friends or family, even your work collegues. It's also great in that aspect if you do a lot of projects and can't take your computer with you. I can just imagine me trying to lug my desktop onto the train to go and see my best friend. It's operated with one AAA battery and has a playback time of 70 hours, it's about the same as the rest of the mp3 players out there, but still a good feature. It has one a 1 line LCD display, there's nothing worse when you have a mountain of information that you don't need, so that's great too.
The SonicStage software is really useful, you don't have to mess around having to set it up and transfer your music files onto the software as it does most of this for you. The player supports all the usual digital audio formats (ATRAC, MP3, WMA, WAV e.c.t). The player is also really light in weight, my old player used to pull a bit when I had it in my neck but this one doesn't. There are a lot of great features about this player which makes it a wonderful gadget to have, I'm so proud of it.
~The Pros and Cons~ And here are the good, the bad and the ugly. They are numbered so it's easy to follow. I found that the other way that I wrote out the pro's and cons didn't quite make sense.
The Pros
1. It is really stylish and cute.
2. It fits snugly your hand.
3. The ability to organise music into files or play lists is really easy.
4. The main buttons are really nice, they fit in well with the design and the volume controls is placed in just the right place for holding it in your hand.
5. The huge 1GB memory can easily fit on upto 700 songs.
6. The MP3 player comes with everything you need to transfer your music.
7. The Sonicstage software automatically asks you if you want to transfer any files already on your computer to sonicstage.
8. It transfers music quite fast onto your player.
9. The 1 line LCD screen which lets you know what's playing, and no other unnessary information.
10. WMA and ATRAC play at the same quality with only half of the amount of memory needed.
11. It has a small hole so that the player can be attached onto a key ring or neck strap.
12. The weight of the player (26 grams).
The Cons
1. The ear phones have a slight hum, so it's best to use other ear phones.
2. The player doesn't cope very well with compilation albums that have more than one artist.
3. Renaming anything other than the track name can be a nuisance.
4. The buttons on the back can be a bit fiddly, but they're not the most important buttons.
5. You have to convert all your mp3 files before you can upload them. This can take a very long time. Tip: have tea and biscuits while you're re-formatting all your songs.
~And Finally~
This mp3 player is a brilliant for the casual users out there, as the sonic stage software is easy to access, and transferring your songs is simple if you don't have to convert all your files first. I do like this mp3 player and I think I will have this one for a lot longer than my other one.
All in all I'd say that the Sony Network Walkwan mp3 player is brilliant. I'd definitely recommend this product to anyone who's thinking of buying a player that's lots of memory and is easy to use.
I think I might go and change some of the songs on my player now that I'm finished. I'm also going to get a well deserved cup of tea. I hope you enjoyed reading my review. Thank you for taking the time.
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed it. And it's time for me to move on to keeping up with all you lovely lively people.
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Just to let everybody know that this review is not copied. I was told that my personal experiences were similar to that of other people. A lot of people have the same technical problems with anything electrical. This is my work and I didn't realise that some one else has written something similar somewhere else. Sorry if this has caused any confusion. Faye x : )
Jan 15th, 2006
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