I'm actually kind of surprised that nobody's mentioned two of the worst things about this player. If you've ever played with the iPod's dial and are familiar with its degree of responsiveness, you'll definitely be missing out on it here. The interface is crazy laggy -- at LEAST 100ms per interaction, and closer 200-300ms on every menu change. Now two or three tenths of a second might not seem like much, but it definitely adds up, especially when you realize that the only way to scroll through your music or adjust the volume is by finger tapping through the lag. Moreover, in the current market of MP3 players there's absolutely no reason why anybody ought to put up with this. There are better options on the market in the same price range if you look around.
Secondly, the way the buttons work make it impossible to do just about anything without picking the device out of your pocket and putting all of your attention on it. Other players are not like this; they frequently make it easy to adjust the volume or change tracks by just sticking your hand in your pocket and adjusting. If you want to do that here, however, you'll testing your luck on its buttonless surface with very little by which to judge that you're jabbing the right spot. Switching tracks by accident while trying to adjust the volume, or ending up in the music-options menu and then having to pull the thing out of your pocket in order to opt out it, gets old quickly.
Other people have mentioned the uselessness of the variable speed playback function (way to tempt users with something seemingly great, Sanyo!) and the clunky Samsung Media Studio.
No, no, no. This isn't acceptable. Saving a few bucks isn't worth taking this large of a hit in usability. Get more detail about Samsung S3 4 GB Slim Portable Media Player (Blue).
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