Sony NW-E003FBC
I’ve been thinking about getting an MP3 player for a while, and the launch of the new iPods from Apple got me looking again. I was tempted by the new Shuffle (in the shape of a clip), but I decided to look around and see what else is on the market.
So. For a bit more than a Shuffle, I got a much more capable player from Sony. Graphic equalizer, 1Gb of storage, FM radio, decent display. All good.
One needs to use the SonicStage software to load music, which is a little boring but does work. It’s designed around the idea of an album or a playlist, but it is possible to load individual tracks if desired. There are also “dynamic playlists” which can be set up with some basic rules, and then choose a selection of music to load (say 60 minutes of random tracks, or all the music marked as genre Techno which was added to the library in the last month).
The display is a single line of text, and one can navigate by album or by playlist, or search for a specific track. The UI is very good considering the small display.
Apple? Pah.
October 1st, 2006 at 19:12
ApplePah indeed. I liked the look of the Sony but eventually was persuaded to get the new Shuffle (I know, I know…but it’s a Mac household, everything already in iTunes and pressure from the kids). It hasn’t arrived yet, but the man from Apple said it would ship at the start of October.
I’m not holding my breath.
October 1st, 2006 at 20:33
:-)
Format lock-in!!! ;-)
October 23rd, 2006 at 16:12
Maybe it’s not such a bad idea to listen to music at work in order to blacken out your collegues’ conversations…the good thing is, I can just listen to internt radio stations;-)