I bought 3 of these in different colors for my three kids. They wanted the more expensive ipod nano, but since the new version is so small (and they already lost ipod shuffle's because they were so small)I opted for the walkman. The kids and I love the walkman. It's got all the capabilities that they wanted without the price. I was able to use our itunes library to load with songs and videos and it was easy! Great value for the price. Sony Walkman NWZ-E354 8GB Digital Music Player (Blue)
My daughters, ages 13 and 8, both bought one of these with their holiday money. What a great choice! It came ready to go straight from the box. Both Sony's were fully charged and started right up, navigating was simple and syncing with our computer was a snap. Even our 8 year old opened it right up and moments later had videos uploaded and was happily listening to her favorite songs. The video quality is absolutely amazing. The screen isn't overly large but the image is crystal clear. Sure, they both love the ipod touches and admittedly, this lil gadget is only for music/book listening and video watching-not playing games or communicating electronically--but for the price and given their primary desire was to listen to music and watch some videos, this was a perfect choice and is still compact enough to easily carry around or even run with. A+ My only regret is not yet upgrading my own Philips GoGear
This is the best music player with all the features that you need. The price is perfect and should be advertised more to give IPOD a run for its money. Music, movies, pictures, pod casts, and FM radio all for under $70.00.
First of all, I received this item two days early. Thank you amazon.
FM Radio- Overall very good.The connection is very good and you can hear the sound very well. You also have the option of creating a preset channel. Helpful because you don't have to scroll through EVERY SINGLE channel each time you want to listen to a specific channel.
SensMe- I though it was very useless. What it does is it plays songs according to the mood you choose. It only can read the moods of the songs pre-loaded into it. But since I don't use it, I don't really care. Minor...
Playlists- You can make playlists on your computer and put them on your Walkman. Seemed pretty simple. Works great.
Videos- You can put videos on your Walkman. They show up surprisingly good and look great. The only con is not very compatible.
Music- THE BEST FEATURE! When you select the "music" icon from your home screen, it organizes your music into All songs, Album, Artist, Genre, Release Year, and Playlists. ( two more options book mark and folder but im not looking into that.)When you select a song a screen poops up that shows the cover art, the little time bar, the song name, artist, and the album name. Great layout.Last but not least the music sound quality is great. I enjoy this thoroughly.
Pictures- You can put pics on the Walkman. haven't really used the feature but the sample pics look great and very clear. You can put a group a pictures as a screensaver or set one as your background.
Podcasts- NEVER looked into that. Sorry.
Settings- in the settings there are music, video, podcast, photo, FM radio, alarm/sleep timer,common, and language settings.
Controls- Arrow pad around a play/pause buttons. When you wrap your hand around the Walkman your fingers go straight there. Very easy to press. There is also a option button that you can hold to power off. There is also a back button that you can hold to go to the home screen.
Screen-The quality is really good. Everything shows up nice and bright. Doesn't scratch very easily or anything.
Capacity- Its says 8gb but is actually 6.99.
I bought this for my daughter right after Christmas since her previous MP3 player had died on her. Her boyfriend was trying to convince her to go with I-Pod, but I refused to download I-tunes onto my computer. I went to a local electronics store and seen this exact MP3 player (just different color) and I liked it and thought I would check on Amazon to see if I could purchase it cheaper and I did! After the first week of my daughter having it, her boyfriend has now ditched his I-pod and has this exact MP3 player as well. I'd say, if you can convince him to ditch I-anything... The product is really good.
I have owned this MP3 for 3 months now. I am very happy with the ease of operation and the fact that I loaded it in no time. You don't need an entire manual. The website is available if you need any help. I think this a great player for the money and would recommend it. You don't have to be a techie to figure it out and love the fact that it plugs into my car.
I generally like Sony products. I had an older version Walkman MP3 that was great - but it was left on a plane so I needed to replace it. I bought the NWZ-E354. I like everything except this - and it's a deal killer, I am going to send it back. When you turn it off and then go back to it the next day, it does not save where you were. It takes you back to the home screen. This means I have to go through several screens then back into my folder, then scroll down the list of songs to try and find out where I left off. Doing this day-in and day-out is a total waste of time. And if you are outside (running), it is hard to do because it's hard to see the screen, which would be no big deal if the MP3 player went back to the song you were listening to the day before. I called Sony support to see if there was a problem with my unit or if it was by design and I was told it was by design. Some nerd of an engineer obviously does not routinely listen to MP3 players. I guess if going back to where you left off does not bother you, go ahead and get it. This glitch drives me absolutely nuts.'
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