I bought this 2GB MP3 "Go Gear" player on amazon for around $30 to replace my old Coby, which I lost. I've had it for about 6 months, and as for playing music, it's fine.
But the gripes:
Since this mp3 player also functions as a 2gb USB stick, I use it for my data backup as well, just in case something happens to my computer.
They advertise this MP3 player as exactly 2gb, but that's not actually true. The true size of the drive is more like around 1.80 GB. So, if you use it to it's max capacity (all 1.80 gb), you get a nice error message when you try to "Go" and play your music:
"Error! capacity is full! please keep 16mb free for memory!"
... what?! what kind of poorly designed player doesn't have it's own internal memory? this is especially annoying when you're going to work, to the gym, or somewhere and quickly want to update your player with the latest songs. The transfer goes fine, and you think "Great! ready to go!" until you actually get to the gym and then attempt to -play- your music, when you are warned that you cannot because the player doesn't have enough free space to play your music. So, you need to wait until you actually get home to delete 16mb so that your music will actually play.
This was not mentioned when I purchased the item, in the manual, or in anything/anywhere else. When something is advertised as 2GB, I -expect- 2GB. Not 1.80gb, not 1.70 gb ... but what I -paid- for, 2gb.
It's stylish and looks great, but the original headphones were uncomfortable (I had to buy new ones) and putting it on radio mode drained the new batteries very quickly.
Getting a new one, won't be purchasing this one again. Get more detail about Philips SA25 2 GB Flash MP3 Player with FM Radio (White).
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