Sony 1 GB Walkman MP3 Player (Black)

This is one of the BEST MP3 players out, -especially- for workouts, etc. I say this because it is sooooo easy to use/setup and the SOUND is -outstanding-!!! Its hard to believe you can get SUCH good sound out of something so small. The sound is rich, clear and full. It is lightweight and ready to go right out of the box. I love the fact that there are no extra cables to keep track of (or lose). You just pull the cap off and the player plugs -right- in to your pc (USB) to charge or load music. You can literally drag and drop your music from your pc to the player with no trouble at all. PLUS, the battery life is AMAZING! Its a great -value-, (@ $34.95) considering what you have to pay for a Shuffle or Sansa clip, -and- you don't have to bother with iTunes, etc. The 1GB player is -plenty- for your workout player (@250 songs) and having a display (although small) is an added bonus. Originally got this for my wife to take to the gym, and we liked it so much, we got my daughter (6yrs) her own (it's great that it has a max volume control, so we can prevent her from blasting her eardrums...and better than the overpriced 'disney' ones) and I got the 2GB for myself as well. Long story short: this is THE player to get, whether for your first "starter" MP3 player, or for a backup/workout player. Happy shopping.

The unit is only slightly bigger than a standard jump drive and has a FM radio which is just what I wanted. It was easy to use right out of the box. The included earphones are rinky-dink, but with better ear phones the sound quality is good. The FM radio fades in and out in volume - can't figure out what causes that yet. The most annoying feature is that the power button gets turned on inadvertently very easily, like in a backpack, using up the battery.

I had one that works great, so I wanted to get one for someone, and the one I recently purchased has never worked properly. Now it just freezes up. Not happy!

I would really like to give this product a 5 since the majority of the features work as advertised and it is a slick player. The MP3 player has a lot going for it, but often the tracks are played out of order. If you select Album and choose an Album name for example, the tracks do not follow the logical track number ordering, but instead follow some strange undocumented Alphabetical order. This is horrible for classical music which demands that the movements be played in order, or even for audiobooks. I found that sometimes, if you browse to the MP3s via the Folder viewer, that you can actually get them to play in order. I name my files as 01-name.mp3, 02-name.mp3, 03-name.mp3, etc... but it doesn't even honor that and will sometimes play 20-name.mp3, 01-name.mp3, 02-name.mp3, etc...

Ive owned this sony mp3 player for about a yr. I had the samsung usb mp3 player before this one. The samsung crapped out, wouldnt charge, wouldnt transfer music, pretty much sucked. This Sony mp3 player with usb connection is so easy to transfer music & use. There is no software that "NEEDS" to be downloaded to transfer music. I basically drag & drop. I wrestle with my husbands ipod everytime and most of the problem is with itunes. The sound is great with the Sony as long as you have a good set of earbuds. The hard, fall out of your ear ones make the sound suck. I would recommend using the koss earbuds that conform to the inside of your ear with this mp3 player. I only had one problem that was quickly solved. My son changed the mp3 player to repeat one song over & over. I had to read the online guide to figure out how to cancel that. All in all...a great little, easy to use mp3 player. My son is getting one for xmas so he wont steal mine anymore!!!!

I bought this for my girlfriend, she loves it. The sound clarity is really good, quite crisp for a usb device. It has great features including the recording option and it needs no drivers which is great for someone not so "computer related". It runs for long periods of time with just some charging by plugging it into any usb port and what i like the most is the equalizer and bass features, they really kick it up a notch or two with any song. Overall recommended for the price and quality

Pros: It is compact, light, and charges quickly. Cons: There are too many menus, organized poorly as well, and the buttons to navigate through them are not the logical buttons you would use to do so. For example the previous button scrolls through the menu forwards? Also when it plays a song it doesn't display the the ID3 tags of the .mp3 files on its screen. So let's hope that whatever naming system one has for one's files it better have enough information in it, that's the only thing it shows. The mp3 player does not resume play upon start up, it seems to reset to the default menu if one leaves it off for a few hours. The shuffle feature seems to be predictable. Also though petty, the screen is very grainy and just in general from an aesthetic point of view, ugly.

My walkman doenst work... the power button doesnt work! Please, can you help me?