So I got myself one of these small Samsung U3 music players that looks like a simple flash stick.� Small, cute, black, and complete with earphones, an earphone reel�and software, I thought this the perfect little music player.� To steal a phrase and mangle it, I�m not totally�lovin� it.
It is a cute player barely bigger than a standard USB stick.� The connector retracts into the player (breakage protection) and the small but slick display screen has easily read sections.� It was fun to explore and no manual is required as it is so intuitive.
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Getting my CDs on it proved a hurdle.� The provided software does not work and I had to beg use of husband�s program for his Creative Zen player.� I knew without the native software I probably could not use the �mood� functionality but wanted my music.� No worries � worked a charm.
Obscure Japanese animation music locked and loaded (BGC 2, Escaflone (all), Lodoss Wars (1,2,3) ), I tried to get the earphones in to my ears and had some trouble.� I have to admit I am more used to the soft earphones from my Sony Erikson phone so these hard sticks were more of a challenge.
Playing with the new toy, I explored all the different sections it offered and got the radio working both in the US and in the UK.� I found ways to change how I selected my music tracks and the settings for the stick to sleep and the like.
The battery lasted at least 10 hours though I believe Samsung says it should last for 15.� I was asleep for some of that playback time 
� The touch sensitive controls were too sensitive and I found myself moving around menus�needlessly.� Still, they aren’t buttons which is a huge plus.
You can record voice messages, get it to sleep after a period of time, preset radio stations, select music by album or artist or theme and lots more.� What I haven�t figured out how to do is stop the music without turning�the player�off.
I have lived with this and while I can lock it, the buttons make �beep� noises when it is in my pocket for a minute until it sleeps.� I can�t hook it on anywhere so can�t take it to the gym.� The USB connector keeps popping out.� The flashing blue light is a bit distracting.� But hey � it�s small and cute!
Overall it has many positives and negatives.� A big plus is the cuteness factor � I�m overlooking a lot because of it.� Maybe I’ll buy those Swarovski earphones.� But in summary, would I use it?� Every day – it�lives in my handbag!
Can this product be eaten in an emergency?
I did nibble at it once during the flight when I thought it was a Twix so I know it is no good as a substitute for chocolate.
However, if you need more roughage in your diet, this could do the trick!
don’t understand why people waste their precious time with non-apple players
A friend of mine has an iPod and I just had to be different – friendly rivalry and all.
Plus when I fell asleep on the player, I didn’t break it like someone else I know *laughs*
I am kinda waiting for a phone which I can load movies and music on – and my code and compiling engines and everything else. Technology is almost there (and no, an iPhone doesn’t cut it because I can’t load my compiler on to it) so I figure it’s not long now!
Not sure whether you can hack and load a compiler on the iphone yet…still, the ipods and iphones are both simply amazing pieces of technology. Lots of people are very anti-Apple but honestly, they make the best stuff out there. You can get movies on the iphone now you know…
Yep – iPhone is getting closer to what I want. In Japan I saw the closest thing yet which was a phone with a huge screen, fold-out keyboard, and lots of memory.
My ideal computer/phone should be coming soon! *grins*
I can’t understand why you would want to load a compiler on your phone beyond the novelty factor. Thats what laptops are for.
Seriously it would be torture to write code on any phone. I loaded Ruby on my iPhone but that was just to see it work. I suppose I could write Ruby to perform some sort of function on the phone that might be useful but nothing that couldn’t be achieved through a web service or on an actual machine connecting to the phone (since it has working ssh).
Hey Tony…it’s because Judith is a big geek. Hahahaha! There’s no way on earth I could even code HTML on anything that small. It would be hellish.
*laughs*
Dear goodness gracious me – I *am* a geek, aren’t I?
And who said HTML? Maybe I was talking C#…?
Mind, I’m really lusting after one of those small Sony Vaio laptops and Lisa’s endorsement of the Asus has me wanting one of those…
I wonder…