Philips GoGear SA3245 4 GB Reviews

The Go Gear is Phillips response to the excellent ipod and the Sansa mp3 player. I was bought this mp3 player last year and am still undecided about this one. Firstly though it allows the standard fare of being playing mp3 files and WMA files but it also allows for video playback. It is nice to have this additional feature on the phone ...  Read the complete review

The Philips SA3245 looks promising at first glance, with its rounded and piano black finish that catches your eye. The ergonomic placing of the controls and its sensitivity makes it easy to operate, in addition to the well designed menu structure, making the player user friendly. The task of scrolling thought the menus are quite ...  Read the complete review

I got this product for my dad at xmas and have been trying to organise some playlists on it. Just worked out how to do it.

When you go to the music folder where all your tunes are, organise them into different folders and name them seperately. Organise the folders like playlists. When you turn on the device go to folder view on the main menu and you'll find all your organised folders and listen to them like you would a playlist. Best I could do.

Hope this helps someone.

Not what you are looking for, most definetly. Ive read alot of reviews and to be honest, i dont know how in the hell they can call this "superb" or "great". I mean, it gets the job done, but theres so much in the way. Music wise: The volume controls are weird, its like they go up 3 notches every time you ...  Read the complete review

Very disappointing as I was looking forward to using it, mainly for radio and MP3 files. Transferring files was easy but I could find no way to create playlists - note plural - as indicated on the menu.

I contact Philips support. Can I copy existing playlists across? No. Can I create a playlist offline and copy it across? No. Can I create more thatn one playlist on the player itself? No.

After what felt like pulling teeth, I finally got the answer that it does not support multiple playlists. How bizarre is that? Why would anyone want a single playlist??

So major disappointment but the retail store was good enough to take it back...;-)

Pity 'cos I liked it in other respects.

Totally unsuitable for me as the output is unsufficient for car stereos or other external devices. When used with max volume for those - sound quality is distorted, especially on bass range which is limited on the low range too.

Loaded with good functions but the basics not done well. Maybe this all is caused by the hearing protection claims.

Startup is rather slow too. Like starting a Windows OS. Charging with USB cord only. No independent charger included ie. needs available PC to keep it powered up.

Video clips can be played in one format only - conversion from one format only. Video quality acceptable with obvious size limitations.

Sorry. Was a very bad deal for me.

I was pleased and dismayed to get a Philips go GoGear ! Pleased because I have always wanted something like this, since my old cassette player Walkman, which used to seem the height of fashion! - and dismayed because my partner had a terrible time trying to get music uploaded on to his ipod and i feared it would be difficult too. However ...  Read the complete review

This MP3 player is a better and cheaper alternative to the Ipod. It's easer to get music to the MP3 then the Ipod and I think cheaper too. Not only that it has great features such as the ability to read txt files, not you're cup of tea well Im sure the video player and the music to keep you company and if you get fed up of you're own music then ...  Read the complete review

This MP3 player is very easy to use. I plugged it into my laptop and copied a load of music across without the need to install any software. The player itself is small and aesthetically pleasing. The buttons are a little on the small side but do the job. The screen is of reasonable quality but I was disappointed when it didn't play the ...  Read the complete review

Man, where do I start? I've had this product since Sunday (August 3, 2008). So far it has given me to problems whatsoever. I was looking for a new mp3 player that wasn't too cheap but also wasn't too expensive. To tell you the truth, this is the most expensive player that I've ever had. I live in the U.S. so here at my local WalMart it was about ...  Read the complete review