Sony NW-E107 1GB MP3 Walkman - Blue

It's small + light and really easy to use. The supplied software is really good. It organises all your music files and it's easy to upload music on to the mp3 player. Also the battery life is mad! I generally use this about 2 and half hours a day, 5 days a week and one good AAA battery last me about 3/4 weeks.

The only problem, as with most personnel music players, is the headphones. They are OK but get some better headphones so that you can appreciate the quality of sound.

It's a great little thing!!!

It's a beautiful little thing, very visually pleasing, and well designed - the controls are all pretty obvious, for those who are allergic to reading instruction manuals! I was expecting something small but am still getting over just how dinky it is! I don't find this a problem, though if you have issues with small gadgets this could be a problem.

After 2 days of fiddling around and playing music the battery indicator is still at full. I've uploaded around 40 albums worth of music onto it from CD. The Sonic Stage software is very simple to use and I had installed it on my computer and got my first album onto the player within about half an hour. So it is ideal for if you want a neat way of carrying a large chunk of your CD collection around. I can't comment on how easy it is to put mp3 files onto it though.

Sound quality is excellent, as far as this non-anorak is concerned. Headphones are fine if you are ok with in-ear ones. There are three sound settings, enabling you to vary the bass etc a little.

I'm not much of a gadget freak and normally am more concerned with getting a basic job done reliably, but as well as being impressed with how this works, I really love the design of the whole thing. And I have always found Sony products to be reliable, so I have high hopes for this.

It looks great and seems to be tough enough, although the menu buttons on the back are a little fiddly to use because they are so small. Not too much of a problem because you don't need to use them much, and at least you can't press them accidentally. The controls on the front are superbly designed for easily stepping through tracks and albums. This is a great design that allows the player to stay very small and light, yet still easy to use. To switch between track and album navigation, you move a slider on the edge of the player. This is easy enough but could be a little awkward if you have large hands, or have less than nimble fingers. You can always leave it in "track" mode and step through track by track as the player is very quick at doing this.

The software is superb. It's very easy to manage your albums while the MP3 player is connected. You can group songs into albums, rename, re-order, remove songs. It even links to a special download site where you can purchase music to load straight onto the player.

The headphones are adequate, but you can always connect better ones. Best to try them out and see what you think first.

It's well worth the little extra cost for the 1GB version. Twice as many songs as the one that's slightly cheaper, and remember you can't add more memory later like you can with digital cameras.

All in all, highly recommended!