Philips HDD070 2GB Micro Audio Jukebox - White

However, it has a FM Radio - which uses the earphone lead as the aerial, to reasonable effect (I have never had much luck with small radios - I always loose the signal)

Apparently, according to some reports, you can record from the Radio into MP3 - but, I have to say, I don't actually think you can (or its being kept a secret!)

One downside is that you cannot use windows explorer to drag and drop - well, actually you can - but the player won't play the songs!! You have to use the Philips Software (I think for copyright reasons) - I still think its a bit Big Brother and completely unecessary.

PLEASE NOTE:- This player is a Hard Disk player, and, as such, doesn't take shocks! Look for a solid state player if you want to take it into the gym for high impact!!!

The quality of the earphones is top notch - as is the sound quality ........ imagine, all the songs you EVER bought or want to listen to on your hip in a tiny player like this??? AMAZING!

To think, not too long ago, you had to have a tape player and 100's of tapes to get what you get here!? I have put the first record I EVER bought on to it ...... just to remind me how far technology has come!

I considered the i-Pod ....... but EVERYONE has one (and if they haven't they'll mug you for yours!)

I considered the i-River players (5 stars and highly rated), but were a bit big and expensive.

This Philips HDD070 at £139, or cheaper, is a bargain - in my opinion.

Oh, yes, I'm an old fella and can get along with it just fine! :-)

In comparison to my creative zen xtra, the philips micro jukebox is a great size, very light and easy to hide in your pocket. The headphones are great but I've got to admit, the battery life isn't great and of course it only has a 2Gb hard drive so I will eventually run out of room soon enough.

I would much rather pay an extra £20 and get the creative zen xtra that has over 10 times the capacity even if it means carrying around something a little bigger and heavier.

However, if all you really want is a small player to hold 15 of your cds, the philips micro jukebox would be perfect!!!!

bad points are that the screen is too small, song titles will be cut off. also the backlight is necesssary to read the screen of the player at all times, unlike the ipod mini where u can clearly see the display without the backlightn on.

it comes with a very useful pouch with clip. overall a good player if you only need space for about 1,000 and its got a good fm radio that i dont use much. but its let down by the software, small screen.