Customer Reviews:
 Intermittent power connections _et al._ doom MP3 utility May 9, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
With different AAA batteries, and both before and after "stretching" contact springs (I was getting desperate), this seems to intermittently lose power. When it's restored (almost always by just reseating the battery) it's lost its place to one degree or another, restarts at the beginning of the current track, or perhaps in the middle of the previous one, occasionally at the beginning of all tracks.
As if this wasn't bad enough, the backlighting is uneven, the contrast low, and the font too small for older eyes, so it's difficult to tell what's playing anyway. The big power / play / pause button is indeed too easy to depress. The small skip-to-next/previous-section lever (above the power button, on the side, barely visible as a tiny sphere in some photos) is too easily tripped (and there's no way to fast-forward or fast-reverse through a track). Workmanship in the volume control is poor; the "-" lower-volume function requires much more force than the "+" raise-volume. The earphone jack was intermittent with one set of headphones. And there's no clip to carry it (depending it from the headphones puts all of its modest weight on the earbuds is not cool, sticking it in a pocket risks toggling power or fast-forward buttons).
About the only neutral thing I can say about this is that now that I've retired it from MP3 usage, and removed its battery permanently, it works fine (so far anyway, but my faith in its quality is badly damaged) as a (too expensive for its 512MB) very very slow (even on USB 2.0) flash drive.
I heartily recommend AGAINST this product (and won't be buying Nextar again).
 An MP3 player that is capable, slim, easy and cool looking. April 25, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I must admit, I am one of those people who just hates the iPod. Or the iPud as I call it. Or maybe the iSpud! Its encryption of your files just is more trouble than its worth, and its wayyyyyy overpriced.
But enough about the competition.
This MP3 player is magnificent for someone who doesn't want alot of fancy doo-dads and gadgets, like album pictures, or randomized playlists, or games. This is just an MP3 player, that plays...MP3's.
And WMA's, and WAVs as well. It plays them, is easy to use, and fits in the smallest of pockets.
Best of all, I use it as a flash drive as well, due to its built in USB connection and Flash memory. I carry around all kinds of files on here, along with my music. A great buy for a simple, fun MP3 player.
Bad Design April 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Like other reviewers, I found this item frustrating. The item would turn itself off, and then hardly turn itself on. I thought that maybe something was the matter with the battery that it came with, but when I changed the battery, it wouldn't work at all! After fiddling with it awhile, I found that the battery doesn't fit snugly in the battery compartment, so it comes loose and turns off.
I liked the price, and the fact that it was a good started player for my younger children, but it didn't even hold up under normal usage.
 A good starter mp3 player March 16, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a nice little inexpensive mp3 player. It holds quite a few songs and is easy to use. There are not a lot of options, but is a good starter mp3 player or for a younger music fan. I was happy with what I got, but will eventually upgrade, passing this one on to my kids.
Upset March 9, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The mp3 player I purchased work perfect for three weeks, since then every time it is touched more moved it shuts itself off. When you turn it back on, it goes back to the song that was playing when you first turned it on. It was never dropped or mishandled, so this purchase was very dissapointing.
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