Great alternative to an ipod (Sony Walkman NWZ-A815 2 GB)

Member Name: purplehibiscus

Product:	Sony Walkman NWZ-A815 2 GB
Date:	08/01/09 (33 review reads)
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Advantages: Good-looking, easy to use, great quality, plays video

Disadvantages: Perhaps slightly small storage size

I wanted an alternative to an ipod to avoid both itunes restrictions and also at the time the nanos did not play video. After much searching, and I regret to say it thinking about the "coolness" factor, I bought this and have not since regretted it.

It is bigger than an ipod nano but is definitely not any sort of brick! It looks cool and when I bought mine came in three colours black, white and pink. As with most Sony items, the build quality is excellent and it certainly does not look tacky or cheap.

The controls are intuitive and easy to use and there are a good range of usual music functions such as playlists and playing sonfs with certain ratings it can perform.

What really clinched the deal for me at the time was the ability to play video. A 2" screen does not sound very big at all but I have watched full length films on there on the move without feeling I was missing out. At 2GB storage size however, you are not going to get too many films on the flash drive although there are models with a larger storage size (and price) available. For someone who just wants to listen to music and has an average size collection 2GB is ample and you can always swap films or videos over.

When I brought mine, you had to use Sony's SonicStage program to convert and transfer any music on to the player and this was a bit of a nightmare. It was slow and annoying to use but the good news is that now you can just plug the player in and drag and drop files on to it.

Summary: Thoroughly recommended

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