Another compact success (Philips GoGear SA2840 4 GB)

Member Name: geek_squad

Product:	Philips GoGear SA2840 4 GB
Date:	14/07/09 (36 review reads)
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Advantages: User friendly, good battery stamina, lightweight

Disadvantages: Start up delay

When looking at the SA2840 from a distance, it is hard to be certain whether it is really an MP3 player. Due to its zen styling, with minimal buttons protruding out of the player, giving it an elegant/clean style. Being rather compact and slim, it only weights 27 grams, but still armed with 4GB of space.

When using the supplied headphones, it produced a rather soft bass, that did not feel substantial enough. Upon using an additional pair of headphones with a higher output power, a more uniform bass and consistency was achieved. The player is compatible with all audio files in the DRM, WMA, M4A, WAV and MP3 file formats. In terms of file transfer speed, it is quite fast, on average taking a mere 4.9 seconds to transfer 10 megabytes of audio files.

Its battery stamina is brilliant, on average providing up to 44 and a half hours of continuous audio playback. When the batteries are completely drained out, it takes about 3 and a half hours to full recharge them again.

The ergonomically placed buttons, makes it easy to operate the player without even actually looking at it. However, there is a slight start up delay which is longer than the average.

Summary: Probably one of the best players to use whilst sporting activities

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