Frontier NEX II MP3 Player

Pros: Compact and lightweight; Carrying case with belt clip; Infinite memory expansion; USB compatible; Incredible sound.
Cons: Included headphones are too small.

As some may know, I'll be headed back to Singapore for a visit in December. As no one knows, my old Diamond Rio 300 MP3 player is very outdated, using a proprietary cable to transfer the songs to and from the player.

It was time to look for...

Pros: Cheap, light, simple and easy to upgrade
Cons: Nothing significant

I'm so glad I discovered this device because its the best value MP3/WMA player out there. Its packaged really well in terms of usability. I love that you can by it without any storage for under $100 and get your compact flash I or II or IBM microdrive...

Pros: Practical, Great Sound, Easy to Use, Jog Button very useful, Great LCD!
Cons: Need PlayList Function & Option of Having a A/C Adapter (for transferring)

I got my Nex II from eBay's mp3player.com. I think mp3player.com is in Canada. I believe they have a branch in the USA also. I'm in Canada and the player arrived in 2 or 3 days at my door step! I'm rather excited to receive the NEX II in the mail....

Pros: Compact Flash, plays MP3 unedited, great display, simplicity, battery life.
Cons: Repeat play only, access to options during play.

I bought my NEX II player a couple of weeks ago. It cost me $100 for the player and $15 to ship it to me. The package arrived 5 days later.

The first think I noticed is that the player is smaller than it looked in the pictures (it is hard to...

Pros: Upgradeable, uses Compact Flash, big LCD, long battery life
Cons: Flimsy battery cover, distortion at max volume, some audio glitches.

I still haven’t found the perfect MP3 player, but things are looking up with the new products that are being released almost every other month.

My Samsung Yepp was falling apart; the battery door didn’t quite close, the buttons...

Pros: Inexpensive, nice if you already have CF cards
Cons: Lightweight construction, no playlist support

NEX II uses Compact Flash cards as it's primary memory, a real boon to those digital camera owners who already own a few or want another use for the IBM microdrive. No CF is included, which is just as well since most electronics that include the...

Pros: Quality Build, Great Features, Excellent Sound
Cons: Learning curve for "Jog Wheel."

Many of the MP3 Players available on the market with expandable memory utilize SMARTMEDIA cards, MMC cards, or SONY'S Memory Stick. What if you already have a collection of Compact Flash cards that you use with your Digital Camera? The options...

Pros: Sound, price, features, no SDMI protection, battery life, screen, USB HD function, controls, upgradeable, expandable.
Cons: Slightly plasticky construction, no custom playlists, weak song selector, one directory deep support, no FM/recording.

I'm solidly convinced that the NexII is the best player available for its price for what you get. It's not perfect, by most standards, but it does pretty much everything well, or better than average. Some more expensive packages will give you better...

Pros: Great Sound, Inexpensive, Flexible storage
Cons: Jog control tricky to use, USB interface a little quirky, no FM or voice recorder

I have been very impressed with my new NEX II. The machine is attractive, well-built and the perfect machine for the user who has a digital camera and already owns compact flash cards. No other machine comes close to matching the storage ability of the...

Pros: Light weight. Easy-to-read screen. Manufacturer does updates. Good accessories. No anti-piracy nonsense. High-speed transfers. Price.
Cons: Buttons are in weird places. No built-in rechargable battery support. Custom cable.

This review is based on version 1.4C, the latest firmware version available at the time. I’ll try to only provide opinions when appropriate. The majority of this review will be an objective description of my experiences using the player. I don’t own...

Pros: Great sound quality, easy to use jog dial, bright readable screen.
Cons: Clumsy USB interface

Great player!

The unit itself is very light, and is sturdily built. The buttons are placed along the side though, which makes it hard to pick the unit up without accidentally hitting a button. The buttons on my unit were a Stop button and a...

Pros: Sound quality, expandability, size, battery life, firmware upgradability, price!!
Cons: Batteries and CompactFlash difficult to insert/remove

I began researching MP3 players back in September. I wasn't looking to spend much money, but I wanted a small, affordable, expandable unit with good sound quality. I was not interested in a disk-based unit, because I planned to use my MP3 player on the...

Pros: Firmware upgradeable, good sound
Cons: Sluggish song selection, difficult to insert memory card

I received my Nex II a few days ago and have already been using it extensively. I had read reviews criticizing the player as a "basic" player lacking "bells and whistles" such as an FM tuner and voice recording capability. In my opinion FM and voice...

Pros: inexpensive, lightweight, easy to travel with
Cons: uncomfortable headphones, comes with a very small compact flash card

I purchased my Nex II off of frontierlabs.com thinking it was going to be some cheesy hollow non-durable mp3 player (what you'd expect when you're paying $109). Little did I know that the Nex II is one of the highest quality mp3 players I've ever seen,...

Pros: CompactFlash flexibility. Plays WMA and MP3. Great sound. Small.
Cons: Cheap feel (then again it is cheap). No firmware updates.

Dec 1, 2003 Update--- The battery door fell off, but overall the player is chugging along even though my fiancee drops it once a week ;-) Unfortunately Frontier Labs has not put out new firmware in over a year, no support for new formats, no support for ...