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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Little Player,
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This review is from: Sony NWZB143B 4GB USB Walkman - Black (Electronics)
Bought this mp3 as a gift for someone and it's everything I thought it would be. It is recognised as an ordinary mass storage device when plugged into a PC, allowing you to 'drag and drop' music files the easy way. You can also use Windows Media Player 11, but I couldn't be done with that. I found that it is also compatible with our USB hi-fi system (plugged into the USB port, again treated as a generic memory stick).
Using the tiny screen, you can navigate through the music either by the hierarchy of files/folders or by the devices recognition of the metadata (e.g. ID3 tags with genre, album, artist, title, track) held within the individual music files. The screen is the size of a postage stamp, but does very well showing three lines of text and turns it self off after a short time to save power. The sound quality is fine as far as my ears can tell. The unit seems about twice as bulky as plain thumb drive and I reckon that the cap that covers the USB plug could be very easily lost if you're not careful. The player has a light plasticky feel to it, but it's absolutely great for the price.
142 of 147 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Suited my requirements better than an iPod!,
By Tom (UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony NWZB143B 4GB USB Walkman - Black (Electronics)
I'm a a big fan of Apple gear, so when I was looking to buy a mini MP3 player, iPod shuffles were naturally the first thing I looked at. But...
This was a present for a friend, who I knew would be moving around a lot, with no computer of their own, so I wanted something which could simply be connected to any PC or Mac to manage the MP3s, without having to use special software (iTunes/Media Player etc), and without 'locking' the device to any particular computer. This MP3 player from Sony does the job nicely. Sony seem to have have ditched their ridiculous (Windows only!!) management software of a few years ago, and you can now treat this MP3 player as a flash drive, and put any MP3 files you please onto it from Windows or Mac file managers. Indeed, you can also use it as a flash drive to transport any files. Let me make this clear: You don't need to install any special software to use this MP3 player (assuming your computer is a Mac or PC made within about the 10 years or so!). There are a few other ways in which this product won over the iPod shuffle for me: - It has a display (ok, it's pretty small, but still it has one). - It is a bit cheaper than an equivalent iPod shuffle (not really a big deal, but true nonetheless). - Its controls are on the body of the device, NOT on the headphone cable, thus allowing you to use any headphones of your choice and not lose functionality. On the other hand, it doesn't look as nice as an iPod shuffle, but Apple are pretty much always going to win aesthetic design battles, so that's no surprise!
55 of 57 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Nice little Player,
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This review is from: Sony NWZB143B 4GB USB Walkman - Black (Electronics)
I wanted a small MP3 player and came across this, the Sansa clip (8Gb) and the latest Apple shuffle. The shuffle was immediately ignored as its full functionality relied on the supplied headphones(rubbish quality).
The Sansa clip was a good contender due to its size and storage. I chose the Sony because I own a Sony NW-HD3(still going strong) and have been very happy with it. The player itself is compact and easy to use. Sound quality is excellent. ZAPPIN is something I haven't used yet as I know what I want to listen to. No on-the-go playlist but that never really bothered me: you can create playlists in WMP11. Transferring music was simple using WMP11. Excellent Sony product once again and I definitely recommend this to anyone after a compact MP3 player.
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