nokia 5800 Xpress music, saves carrying an mp3/ipod

Advantages: Easy to use. Good memory (8Gb). Good camara
Disadvantages: A bit bulky in the trouser pocket

...I recently up-graded my old samsung flip phone with this new nokia model, as an upgrade the handset was free with my contract, taking into account I have a minimum cost contract the phone is very good value. I chose this phone becuase of the 8Gb of memory so I could transfer a good quantity of music to the handset, as I live an active lifestyle(mountain biking,snowboarding and motorcycling) it would save me carrying an extra ipod. the handset comes complete with all data transfer cables you would ever need, a hard cover to protect the touch screen and hands free kit with remote control. I found it easy to use from the start using texts and internet, it has a very useful wi-fi search facility to locate free access to the internet. So far it has proved to be resiliant enough for my daily life and would highly recommend. I would...

scottwad 01.06.2009 · Read review
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Amazon MP3 is an excellent alternative to 'itunes' and 'napster'

Advantages: DRM free MP3s play on all computers / mp3 players, and copied endlessly, huge variety, good prices
Disadvantages: Download program needed for multiple song downloads, but this is also occurs with main rivals

...I don't have an ipod, I am very happy with my MP3 player and don't plan to buy an ipod. All of my music is organised in Windows Media Player,and I wanted to keep it that way. I didn't want to mess up my carefully organised system, but I really wanted to start downloading music (without doing so illegally). I didn't want the itunes or napster programs on my computer, then I discoverend Amazon MP3 music download. Most importantly - Amazon MP3s are DRM free. DRM (digital rights management) found on itunes and napster tracks, involve software that restricts the tracks being played to the computer they were originally purchased on (and 2 or 3 nominated computers that also have naptster / itunes installed). DRM prevent you sharing your music with your friends and you can even lose it altogether if your computer dies. Amazon MP3 files...

potoroo99 18.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of AmazonMP3 Music Downloads

Free mp3 music - almost! It's true!

Advantages: Very very cheap
Disadvantages: Search facility could be improved

...WHAT? FREE MUSIC? Yes, free mp3 music, almost ? and I?m not talking about file sharing either. As far as the old Napster is concerned ? been there, done that, got the virus? No, I?ve had my fill of queues, misnamed and incomplete files, adware, Trojans and other assorted malicious code from these sites. I?m not talking about over-commercialised sites either, where you?re expected to pay 99p for a track. For an album (in mp3 format, which is not as good as audio CD), you can pay as much as you would in the High Street ? and you don?t even get the CD, the jewel case or the sleeve notes to keep. I?m talking about a little-known Russian (so far!) music download site, (there are actually three sites I use, which are all very very cheap, but this one beats them all in price if not for scope, and which I?ve been using...

xandie1 01.07.2004 · Read review
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review of hercules mp3 djay control

Advantages: easy to install and understand, very cheap, good features very small and portable
Disadvantages: No headphone jack, space slightly cramped with buttons, requires seperate sound card for cueing

...plug and play after the install all you need is the unit itself the sound card and whatever mp3's u fancy getting down with. its small enough to keep in a cupboard when not in use and it also sits nicely in front of your monitor when you do decide to play. This was mainly bought spur of the moment after i had got rid of turntables to make room. Since buying a new set of turntables this was gathering dust in the cupboard but i have since found out this can be used as a midi controller within music production software. assigning the faders and knobs to particular controls gives you a hands on feel when producing music aswell, but i wouldn't buy this for that purpose only but its good to know if you already own one. the unit itself online will cost between thirty five and sixty pounds the muse pocket lt external sound card is advertised...

Gerryatrix 25.06.2009 · Read review
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Review of Hercules DJ Control MP3

The Apple Of My i (MP3 Edition)

Advantages: An excellent MP3 player with a huge hard drive.
Disadvantages: So much space available you may not know exactly what to do with it all.

...Once I bought the iPhone I was dying for another bite of the Apple. I have a huge and ever expanding collection of music and therefore need a large MP3 player to hold it all on. The iPhone is great, but with a 16GB hard drive it just isn't quite large enough to store my masses of music on. From Abba right through to ZZ Top; the 160GB Apple iPod can hold it all and there is still plenty of space left over for my ever expanding music collection. Having so far taken up 100GB I think I'm doing quite well at filling it so far, but there's still plenty more that can be stored and I doubt I'll be stretching my player to its full capacity for a long while yet. 100GB is the total amount of music I have amassed during the last 5 or so years, and to tell the truth a lot of the music on there I probably shan't be listening to ever again. How...

RazzaLazza 15.02.2008 · Read review
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Bose SoundDock Digital Music System Review

Advantages: Superb Sound, Very Loud, Ideal for Ipods
Disadvantages: not go to travel with, Extremely Expensive

...Bose SoundDock Digital Music System I happened to get this as a gift and it turned out to be quiet interesting Summary: This dock is used mainly for ipod and allows you to connet mp3 players to it and listen to high quality music via speakers. It is idle for homes and small gatherings, although I would not run a party off these. Pros: This system has terrific sound and can go very load despite its relative small size. As with almost all Bose speakers the quality is amazing, so long as the source you are playing it from is high quality it will allow the speakers to each its potential. I have a surround sound Bose set up in one of my rooms but now prefer to use this product as it is very simple to operate. Just plug the mp3 player in and press play and your set. Can't get much simpler. It also runs off a wall...

plunt 05.04.2008 · Read review
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Technika MP-308 4GB MP3 player with FM tuner

Advantages: Wide range of features
Disadvantages: Difficult to navagate menus

...The MP-308 is Tesco?s current top of the range mini MP3 player with FM radio, and at 3p shy of £30 places it firmly in the budget end of the market. Having very recently ?goosed? my previous player doing a firmware upgrade, I got mine as an impulse purchase. It?s small ? about the same size as a lighter, and has a rechargeable battery, so running costs are minimal. You get everything you need; the player, a USB lead, a pair of cheap headphones, and a set of paper instructions and a mini-CD. In fact if you?ve previously owned an MP3 player, you can probably dispense with the last two items, the player supports traditional ?drag?n?drop? from your ?my music? folder. The instructions suggest that it?s far better to use the application which comes with the machine, that way you can make playlists, catalogue your albums and so...

dobieg 23.09.2009 · Read review
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Review of Technika MP3 player

BOSE: Music for the soul

Advantages: Great sound quality, perfet at loud volumes, just in general FANTASTIC
Disadvantages: none so far

...Anything made by BOSE can be trusted. Its sound quality is always at its best, no matter what soundsystem you use from bose, and it's true... you get what you pay for. Jus plug it in and press "ON" and you're set up! IT'S THAT EASY! bose is a big brang name, and everyone expects the best from, and how right they are. The sounddocks simplistic design brings out the best of your mp3 player, making it the whole music experience that much better. For (at most) £300, you are getting exactly what you pay for AND more! The bose soundock has an inate wonder within itself, which brings you to appreciate the minor details embedded into whatever track you are listening to. Its reasonably light weight, comes with an easy to use remote and from there onwards, it really is just you and your music i can easily say that the best thing about...

joshm12 30.05.2008 · Read review
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Legal mp3s

Advantages: new bands!!!
Disadvantages: thousands of them :o(

...MP3.com is a site which consists of a huge database of legal(yes legal) mp3 files for your downloading pleasure. If you are looking to uncover the next Oasis then this is probably one of the better places to start as there are some really good bands etc. on here...if you can find them... The main problem which I find with this site is that it is simply so huge. There are literally thousands of mp3s on here by numerous artists and trawling through the chaff to reach the corn is something of a life-shortening experience. Sadly it is moe likely that you will prefer to use something like Napster and find the files by artists you already know and like rather than seeking out ones you have never heard of at mp3.com. Overall, a great idea and a site which is easy to use and navigate, but the easy option is always best so unless you have...

wampyrii 16.11.2000 · Read review
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Review of mp3.com

The best MP3 resource on the Internet

Advantages: Free original music, plenty of reviews on software, and comments on legalities
Disadvantages: Can be a little slow at times due to the huge amount of traffic

...This site covers every single aspect of the MP3 computer music scene. You need look no further than mp3.com for everything you ever wanted to know about MP3's - oh and you can get some music as well (how could I forget the music). Where do I start? Well, I'll start with the tunes. I am actually a member of the mp3.com artist group, and I can tell you there are some very good people who put their music on to this site! Some of whom I'm sure will go on to bigger and better things in the future. Basically what we have here is a music "community" made up of various artists who need/want to get themselves heard. This site covers pretty much every musical genre that there is! If it's not here then it probably isn't worth listening to. This means that whatever kind of music you are looking for you are bound to find something to suit you...

Infinity 20.12.2000 · Read review
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