Philips 4 GB Flash Video MP3 Player with FM Radio and 1.8-inch Color Screen (Black) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Philips
Category: CE
List Price: $79.99
Buy New: $58.75
You Save: $21.24 (27%)
New (5) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $51.97
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 7147
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 1.8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.4 x 3.2 x 1.8
MPN: SA3245/37
Model: SA3245/37
UPC: 609585152885
EAN: 0609585152885
ASIN: B0016763AW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Navigation is easy using the backlit 1.8-inch, full-color LCD | | • | FullSound technology provides enhanced MP3 sound quality | | • | Fast downloads from your PC via USB 2.0 | | • | FM tuner includes presets for 20 of your favorite stations | | • | Plays MP3 and WMA files |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Product Description
The Philips Go Gear digital audio player features the company's patented FullSound technology, allowing you to have crystal-clear, digital music as it's meant to be heard. 
FullSound technology provides enhanced MP3 sound quality. Plus, with its backlit 1.8-inch, full-color LCD, using this player easy--even in the lowest light. | Express Yourself
With the press of a button you can sing, dictate, record notes--whatever your heart desires--using the built-in microphone. Your files are recorded in WAV format and available when you want them. Easy Navigation
The full-color, 1.8-inch LCD makes quick work of moving through the hundreds of music, movie, and photo files you can store on the player. Ready for a change? Connect to your computer using the included USB cable and then simply drag and drop your music or data via to your device. 
This tiny player is about the size of a credit card. |
What's in the Box
Philips 4 GB Flash Video MP3 Player with FM Radio and 1.8-inch Color Screen; CD-ROM with IFU, device manager, media converter and Windows Media Player; high-definition headphones; quick-start guide; USB cable
Product Description
Indulge in the best possible audio quality with the Philips GoGear digital audio/ video player SA3245 featuring Philips' patented FullSound technology. Enjoy MP3 and WMA music and view videos on the 1.8" color screen wherever you go.
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| Customer Reviews:
 For the price, amazingly good. July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am VERY happy with the product. PERFECT for LINUX. I have found this device amazingly good for the price, for sound, audio, pics, text and more. I am using with Linux (Ubuntu) and it is totally compatible with and usable in Linux. I also used this product and its SW in Windows, but like most things, it is faster in Linux. Even conversion of videos to SMV format is easy with the enclosed SW for Windows, OR the superior smv_encode for Linux which is available online. Might not be as perfect as an iPod (which I have as well) but tremendous for the size and price (1/3 an iPod's).
 Two Major Flaws July 19, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this product a week ago and am returning it asap, and I rarely return things, as I can usually find a way to work around things. I am a previous owner of an iPod Nano, and that may be coloring my criticisms, so take this as some disclosure.
First, I found that random shuffle isn't really random. On the iPod I had, when I requested a random shuffle, it would actually shuffle the music and I could not detect any patterns in music sequence between any two shuffles. Not so with GoGear. Over the course of a week, I could detect patterns such that when song A was playing, I knew what the next 10 songs would be, and that was irritating. Not only did the same patterns repeat, they repeated on a small subset of songs -- there were tons of songs that were never played when in random mode!
Second, I thought that I could circumvent that by making playlists. The users guide and online FAQ said I could do this through Windows Media Player. That may be true of some of the other models that this User's Guide is used with, but not of this particular model. I confirmed this with a call to customer service, and they said that playlists could not be made on WMP on this particular device -- only one playlist could be made, and that could only be made by pressing the 'playlist' button on the player when a song I liked was being played. That to me is a horrible partial solution.
So, these two things are dealbreakers for me, so I am returning the product.
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