One of the Best Player I had ever had

Bought this originally for my father(70 years old) because it works easily with MS Media Player(MP) 11. Finding a player that takes MP is extremely important to me because I have been teaching my dad on how to "rip" and "burn" disk for the past year and a half. Why media player than itunes? MP was free @ the time, at the moment I was "hating" apple because of my wife's nano(more later). Lastly but not least, I was in no mood to "teach" my dad something new after investing over 1.5 years of training...

Back to the review, I have to buy 2 of these units so I can have one handy so I can explain to him(lives over 1500 miles away) how to use it or when he had questions(which it could happen @ any time). After using this unit for 2 weeks, it was not too hard to fell in love with it.

This beats my wife's Nano by a mile - bigger screen, can do videos(which my 5 year old love watching from when I pick him up from school) and has an expansion slot(nobody has this option). There is one more thing I need to note, I had to deal with Apple's customer service before when I had to change out my wife's nano's battery...Lets just say, that is one of the worst customer's experience I have ever had(#2 reason why I refuse to endorse their iTunes/ipod when my dad ask about ripping music)

Here are my main positives on this unit:

* Great screen

* Does video

* Works well with Media Player

* Voice Recorder

* Small and light

* Extremely fast charger(3 hours for me)

Here is my main negatives on the player:

* Doesn't have an AC charger out of the box(bought the ipod shuffle charge block that takes USB with your current USB cable charge via AC).
* Can't play music when it is in recharge state (connect to the computer)

* Not all album cover's(one of the coolest thing) get downloaded to the player during synch(might be the software fault - not player)

* Videos get broken into pieces when you use its software to convert videos.

* Lack accessories.



Although, it sounds like I am complaining a lot, I am not and they are very minor. I have a lot more complaints when it comes to the Nano(don't get me started).


In short, this was a very pleasant and worthy buy because pleasing my father is a lot harder than pleasing myself. My dad loves it - hence I love it too. Now, my mom(65 years old) wants one...