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Review written on May 08, 2008
I've had an Ipod, that died, seems they do that a lot. Anyway, I am really impressed by this Walkman. I synced, or uploaded, all my music, pictures and even some video from my laptop in less the 30 minutes. Not only that, but it also has the FM radio....
Review written on Sep 20, 2007
Ok, I usually wait to test the product for a few weeks before posting a review, but this time I can't wait that long. It's been a while since I first started to look decent mp3 player that was easy to use, looked nice and was able to manage several file...
Review written on Oct 24, 2007
ok let me start off by saying i have bought i believe every mp3 player out there to try and i have had a 30gb ipod video for about 6 months now and have never been satisfied with the sound of any mp3 player ive tried they all sounded tunnelly not stereo...
Review written on Dec 30, 2007
Pros: Sound quality is crisp and full; EXCELLENT navigation and UI; dedicated volume control on the side; player instantly turns on, no wait time at all; great battery life; nice to look at and hold. Cons: There are no on-the-go playlists which is the...
Review written on Jan 09, 2008
I upgraded from an I-River 1 gb player. Boy what a difference. The menus are easy to understand as well as the functionality. I also like how the album covers are displayed for the downloaded songs on this high resolution screen. The battery life is...
Review written on Jan 14, 2008
I can not express now impressed I am with this product.I purchased the 4GB player for my sister as a gift. I am so impressed with it that I am going to buy an 8GB player for myself. Sony has topped the IPOD by leaps and bounds with this player, and they...
Review written on Jan 18, 2008
This is my first MP3 players, so I can't compare this unit to an ipod or any other MP3 player. I decided to get caught up with the technology age, so I purchased this unit to replace my SONY portable CD player (which still works great), I listen to while...
Review written on Jan 23, 2008
ANTES DE COMPRAR UN PRODUCTO, SIEMPRE ME INFORMO BIEN, Y NO ME ARREPIENTO DE HABER ADQUIRIDO ESTE VIDEO MP3 PLAYER, ES SENSACIONAL, SU TAMAŅO ES PERFECTO, NO ES FRAGIL, SU SONIDO ES MAGNIFICO, TIENE UN MENU MUY FACIL DE MANEJAR Y DE ENCONTRAR LO QUE...
Review written on Jan 25, 2008
What an awesome player!! I just got my 8gig. I upgraded the headphones to the Sony High Performance earbuds (I have only found them at Best Buy)and they cost $43 but are well worth it. My live songs sound like I am truly at the concert and the bass is...
Review written on Jan 28, 2008
PROS: Outperforms iPod Nano in every important respect, for 25% less $$. CONS: Not compatible with iTunes; overpriced accessories. With the introduction of their NWZ-S600 "Walkman" line of digital media players, Sony hasn't exactly put a man on the...
Review written on Feb 13, 2008
Found this Sony MP3 player very easy to use with absolutely great playback quality. Love that the batteries as rechargeable. Highly recommend this product....
Review written on Feb 09, 2008
For whatever reason I was NOT going to buy and ipod, so I was looking for an easy to use mp3 player. This player has been everything I wanted. I have over 400 songs on it right now and it is easy to organize them. I also use it at school to play...
Review written on Feb 17, 2008
This is my first MP3 player and I'm totally blown away. Pros: 1) It's small. 2) The display looks awesome. 3) 5-band EQ. I already made a custom "Metal" EQ because theirs was horrible. 4) Drag and drop MP3 onto it via Windows Explorer. 5) The stock...
Review written on Feb 20, 2008
After having my ipod go bust approximately 12 and 1/2 months after I received it as a gift and after dealing with itunes' cumbersome file manipulation and synching, I selected a Walkman as my next mp3 player. I absolutely love it. It's small, light,...
Review written on Feb 24, 2008
I got this in 4gb sat. morning, sunday I had it filled up with 911 songs. I use a Vista laptop and had no problems at all. The sound is outstanding if you trash the junk earphones that come with it. I am using Grado headphones and it sounds just like my...
Review written on Feb 22, 2008
I have the Sony NWZS616 Black 4GB and couldn't be happier! It has the capability to hold up to 2300 songs plus videos and it also has an FM receiver, with 30 presets. The battery life is great...up to 33 hours! This is a great choice if you don't want...
Review written on Mar 29, 2008
After two Nano's in just shy of one year and a cheap Coby that was only so-so (but I DID say it was CHEAP) I did some research and for anyone who has had enough of sour Apples, this is the player for you. It is easy to use, no aluminum or plastic that...
Review written on Apr 05, 2008
it has a nice menu, and a great sound. The manual doesnt say very important things: you cant turn it off to unplugged it, it's not necessary, but i didn`t know when i bought it....
Review written on Apr 09, 2008
This mp3 player is awesome, nice size and quality screen, it looks better than other player, easy to use and load music and it gets better, you can see your pictures and mp4 videos and listen to radio, this is great for me. The music sounds incredible...
Review written on Apr 23, 2008
The screen is tiny. Watching video would be a challenge but we love the "drag and drop" thumb-drive-style operation of it. No iTunes, no synching. It's great....
Review written on May 25, 2008
This excellent device let you go around with your favorite music and videos plus the FM radio. very compact and easy to...
Review written on Jun 12, 2008
I purchased this a few weeks ago after doing a lot of research and comparison with its competition on line. I narrowed my choice down to this and the Samsung T-10 (sorry, I have no time for ipods and their lack of FM radio, their itunes software, and...
Review written on Jun 16, 2008
I love the size. It fits nicely into a pocket. Battery life is excellent. The HOLD option is great. I only use it for listening to music so I haven't explored any of the other features, yet. The only problems I've run across so far are that you can't...
Review written on Jun 21, 2008
Well just be sure you want to upgrade to media player 11. If you don't you'll have problems syncing video to your player. Other than that it has a beautiful screen and is well built. Has a lot of small buttons which can get confusing. I like it. As it's...
Review written on Jul 01, 2008
When it comes to reviewing items, I can be very critical. I can criticise this product also. The software that comes with it is slow. Sometimes you cannot copy disks to the walkman, but even with all these little annoyances, this is a great product. The...
Review written on Jul 02, 2008
is the best player there is in the market, its sophisticated design sharpness of the screen and its incredible sound. I recommend...
Review written on Jul 24, 2008
Es un reproductor excelente, el tamaņo es perfecto para los bolsillos, tiene una opcion de bloqueo para que no se marquen las teclas mientras lo lleves en el bolsillo. La calidad de sonido de los audifonos es muy buena, ademas de contar con equalizadores...
Review written on Jul 29, 2008
I just wanted to add in the fact that the radio reception on this was awesome compared to the Creative Zen. I had the zen for all of 5 hours and then took it back because I really like all the other features but this one has great reception compared to...
Review written on Aug 12, 2008
I don't have much time to elaborate about this product but all I can say it's the best out there in temrs of ease of use. What makes it more perfect is that you dont need special software or format to use the product.. It uses the basic mp3, wma formats...
Review written on Aug 13, 2008
Actually bought this player mainly for the FM radio. Radio reception and sound quality are excellent. Equalizer works for both mp3 and radio. Radio presets easy to scroll through, just press forward or back button. I believe it has 20 presets, which...
Review written on Jan 25, 2008
What an awesome player!! I just got my 8gig. I upgraded the headphones to the Sony High Performance earbuds (I have only found them at Best Buy)and they cost $43 but are well worth it. My live songs sound like I am truly at the concert and the bass is...
Review written on Sep 03, 2007
I'm not the first to say that Sony has not had a good track record with their "Network Walkman" series of MP3 players. With their restrictive ATRAC formats, horrible SonicStage software, and just the whole year-behind feel to their products, Sony MP3...
Review written on Sep 24, 2007
I just got this player. I like it very much so far. It is small and fits perfectly in my hand and I love the red metallic look. It is easy to drop and drag in files into folders. It is also easy to navigate and the buttons are easy to use. However, the...
Review written on Dec 26, 2007
First I want to thank the several people who write reviews on the various products here at Amazon (and CNet.com). I was initially going to go with the ipod Nano because it seemed to work well (my boss plays it in the operating room through the FM tuner)....
Review written on Jan 21, 2008
after reading many reviews including the sony mp3 walkman 616(4gb) and finding out that i am not the only strange person that has be through several mp3 devices (cowan, iriver clix 2 etc.)and listening to a few ipods, i did purchase a sony walkman. good...
Review written on Jan 23, 2008
At first it was kind of annoying that all of my wouldn't transfer without copying it to a disk. But once I got the hang of it, it went smoothly. There are cool features such a "time machine shuffle" which shuffles songs according to the year they were...
Review written on Jan 31, 2008
Sony, I'm impressed: No proprietary software, no proprietary memory and a slick design. This is a USB plug and play unit. I did connect it to my computer, it was immediately recognized by the system. Then I just drag and dropped my files, and ready to go....
Review written on Feb 24, 2008
Sony is finally in the MP3 player race. The 616F Walkman is thoughtfully built with features, such as an FM Tuner, video support and drag and drop uploading that make this player one of the best. The ability to use Windows explorer to upload photos,...
Review written on Mar 01, 2008
I listen to allot of books that I download from my library system using Overdrive, which uses protected wrm files. I was excited to see this player as a compatible one on the overdrive library website so purchased it. Everything the reviewers say about...
Review written on Mar 21, 2008
I've owned an iPod Shuffle for about a year, and recently decided to clean house a little and get rid of my CD collection. After burning all of them onto a flash drive and donating them to the local Goodwill (= nice tax break), I had to find a player...
Review written on Apr 14, 2008
This is my first time buying an MP3 player, and I must say that I am very impressed with this! My only complaint is the crappy generic headphones that don't stay in your ears. That, of course, is easily remedied with the purchase of some good...
Review written on May 29, 2008
I can't believe how great how great the sound reproduction sounds compared to an I-pod. No distortion and I hear instruments in the background that before were lost in "mush". Getting songs transfered from I-Tunes works great if you use the drag and drop...
Review written on Jun 01, 2008
Easy to operate with one hand, great sound and long battery life. The interface is very easy to understand and move around in. The controls are well placed, intuitive and responsive. I mainly use this connected to the stereo in my car. Other players...
Review written on Jul 17, 2008
Likes: Sound quality, ease of use, size, battery life. Dislikes: Can't find a good case that protects the screen. Limited playback order, if you select "play all" it only gives you the option of playing songs in order of song title. My old MP3 player...
Review written on Aug 24, 2008
As a person who is not all that tech savvy, I was very intimidated when it came to shopping for an MP3 player. I had seen the problems that other people had. One thing I knew for sure was that I did not want an Ipod since most of my music files are WMA....
Review written on Sep 02, 2008
Works with both my pcs...windows xp and windows vista. It was a good deal on Amazon for half-price when I bought it. Songs are tranferable by cut and paste or through windows media player 11. All you'd need to do is install the software (CD...
Review written on Sep 02, 2008
My four stars on this MP3 player may be an under-estimation of what it can do. Have not put in the disc to learn all there is to know about the hows and ways. In other words, I've not read the instructions. That being said, I"ve been able to download...
Review written on Aug 09, 2008
I am not juan miguel i am his son, just got the player and though it looks good, the files will never transfer they take ages and don't even complete. Sony sucks in software, they have created a great adorn that does not what it is supposed to do....
Review written on Feb 02, 2008
My primary reasons for buying were: 1) it was somewhat inexpensive, 2) it supported playing copy protected Windows media (which to my surprise the Zune did not), and 3) I was leaving the next day for an international trip and my previous media player had...
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