I bought this Mp3 player because of its compact size for working out at the gym. Unfortunlety, I have spent more time trying to get the darn thing to work than working out at the gym! I am good with mp3 players and have had many before, but I have had nothing but problems with this one and I should have done the smart thing at the start and returned it instead of trying to make it work. Save yourself the trouble and spend the extra on the Ipod.....The savings isnt worth the effort on this Mp3 player.

This is my first mp3 player and I'm very pleased with it. When I was shopping and comparing devices I saw a bunch of criticism on it that didn't make much sense. Now that I've had one for a week and I am sure of its quality I wanted to comment on this.

Two things to keep in mind when buying a small player:
1) Navigation will not be perfect; small buttons and lots of features come at the price of easy navigation. (That being said its easy to learn, its just not intuitive really).
2) A 1 gig flash player can not hold 1 gig of music! Much like a computer with a 20 gig hard drive can't hold 20 gigs of data. Your OS will take up some space. If you put on a full gig your player is bound to mess up, don't do this (I've heard about 950 mb is ok).

A lot of people complain about those two things and its just stupid. You get what you pay for. This does not support tags, just file names. It also doesn't support playlists. However, files will show up in the order you place them on the device, so if you really want to you can build a play list. The shuffle resets whenever you turn off the device, not after going through your whole list. This isn't ideal, but once again, it's what you should expect. The firmware update really needs to be installed or you will probably eventually experience some static (I did), but it's a very painless process.

All in all this is a good player and is a pleasure to use and listen to. I'm not an audiophile, but I really enjoy the quality of the music. Just make sure you understand the way the device works and that you can live with it before you buy it. It actually has very few true flaws.

During this Ipod era, it's nice to see innovation continues. After hearing about the cost to replace the Ipod battery was nearly equal to the cost of the Ipod itself, I decided to keep looking. I'm glad I did. This little MP3 player hooks up to a supplied USB cord and was instantly recognized by my XP software as an additional drive. Using a My Computer window, I created some folders and started dragging and dropping copies of my MP3 files. After trying them out I decided to reorganize them to make using the tiny screen a bit easier for my 50 year old eyes.

Sound is great and there is a little equalizer to customize the sound a bit. Earbuds are supplied but I will most likely use a small headphone set with a volume control on the cord to suit my needs. I have tried it with a cassette tape adapter in the car and it works great. No skipping because there are no moving parts. 1 GB capacity gives me plenty of room for carrying along a variety of my music.

It has a small blue light to help see the screen. This comes on automatically anytime you press a button. It goes out fairly quickly afterwards to save battery power. I would prefer it stay on perhaps another 3 seconds longer. I notice that when the USB is plugged in, the light is on constantly. I don't know if it draws power from the battery or the USB but I suspect it draws down the battery. It would be better if it did not come on at all when hooked up to the computer; I don't think it adds anything but does seem to deplete the battery. If you want to see what's on the device, use the "My Computer" window.

It has a built in FM radio. Reception seems to be fine. I've used it very little because that is not what I bought it for but news and weather are not far off if you need it. It does have a seek function and of course, a digital readout. It also has a voice recorder but I haven't used it yet.

I am pleased with my purchase. Let me plug J&R computers; Great price and really fast delivery. No moving parts, no thugs trying to steal your Ipod, pop in a AAA battery when you need to and a voice recorder and FM radio. Wow! Thanks San Disk.

I love this little thing. It's great for my workouts, playing basketball, and running. I don't use the armband much, but I just stick it in my pocket and go. It doesn't skip and it's so small you can barely notice it. The sound quality is good, and the controls are very easy contrary to what other reviews have said on this site. It has a lot of space to put your music on, up to around 300 songs (I don't know a person that can listen to more that 300 songs in one car ride or workout). It started freezing on me the first day I got it, but as soon as I got the firmware update on the site it hasn't happened since in about 2 weeks. The only bad thing I have to say about it is that the songs aren't in alphabetical order, but after a while you kind of remember where they are, and it's not too hard to get around. I would definitely buy this SanDisk again and I'd recommend it to anyone who's looking for a tiny, lightweight workout companion or just something that you can stick in your bag before a long car ride or walk. Overall a great buy.

First, I like it and I use it all the time. It sounds pretty decent (but you will need to get decent headphones) and hooks up to your PC as a USB drive, so it's easy to upload to.

But, it has many flaws, some that have been mentioned by other reviewers, some that I'm surprised other reviewers have not mentioned.

- The interface is not very good, navigation is by filename and folder, and not possible via the ID3 tags.
- Folder list is buggy, items can repeat
- It crashes every so often, I've found especially when on the shuffle setting. When this happens you have to remove the battery, which as someone pointed out is more difficult than it should be
- When battery runs low, it makes horrible noises rather than failing more gracefully
- I don't use the control for affecting the sound (those equalizer settings for different kinds of music), but if you do, you may notice that anything other than normal introduces some hiss

But, when it's playing a song it sounds good, it's small, it's easy to load, and it does display the song's ID3 tag. In short, despite its flaws, it does what I bought it to do.

(Btw, I have upgraded the firmware and the flaws above still exist)