Sony Walkman NW-E002F 512 MB

I bought this mp3 player well over a year ago, as a cheap and cheerful alternative to the iPod I'd broken days before going on holiday. It's only got 512mb of storage on there, but what the hell i thought... It's cheap and I dont need much. Upon getting home, with the plan of 'chucking some tunes on it then leaving' I discovered that I had to go through a painstaking process of installing Sony's software (SonicStage) which then has to convert mp3's to it's own format before it will let you put them on your player. This wouldnt be a problem, if it didnt take the best part of 30 seconds per song. Once all the music was on there however (and it did ...  Read the complete review

Upon first glance, it is hard to deny the workmanship of Sony that is reflected in the NW E002. The player is USB memory styled, which explains why it looks like a USB flash drive. The player can be used to store files and data to transfer from one computer to another if needed. The size and weight of the player is compact, only weighing 23g, it might be possible to just forget that you are carrying it. When using the supplied headphones, the sound quality is quite good with a good level of bass and accurate treble. Since they are in ear styled headphones, the interruption of background noise is less noticeable, the length of the cable is also quite long, ...  Read the complete review

I bought this MP3 because it was the cheapest one with a name that I'd actually heard of. Whilst it is an okay player, I suspect that it is no better than one of those ones nobody has ever heard of before. The best thing about it is the internal batter that charges itself via the USB. Three minutes charge gives three hours playback, and you get about 24 hours use from the full battery. There are two major downsides; firstly you have to use and install Sony's proprietary software, soundstage, and convert everything to the proprietary format before you can upload it. This is so time consuming and laborious that I have only bothered changing the music ...  Read the complete review