hawkeye_1's Full Review: Intel Pocket Concert (128 MB) MP3 Player
If you are looking for an mp3 player that is small, light and compact with just enough space, look no further. If you are looking for players that hold many more songs you will have to move to the large, bulky, expensive players.
This Intel player holds between 20 and 25 songs. That's enough for me since you can delete any or all of them and replace them with others in the blink of an eye. This is the only 128 meg player that I know of that is this small and this light.
A few features I like: This player is also the only player of it's size that I have seen that also has a digital tuner as well as an mp3 player. Although the FM reception isn't that great, it's just good enough for me. I also like the roll button on the side. You can use it to scroll through songs or radio stations by just rolling your thumb over the rolling button. Another great feature is this player has it's own operating system. The great thing about this is it's completely upgradeable. That means by just downloading (for free) the new version of it's OS, you can get improved features out of this player. It also helps when someone develops a new version of the mp3 that this player cannot recognize. All you would need to do would be to install the updated Operating System for it and it would immediately recognize the new format. This saves you from having to buy a new player. I also like the aluminum casing to it. It's much more rigorous than the plastic models.
A few features/problems I didn't like about this player: When I first got this player I thought there was a MAJOR defect in the design of the headphone jack, so I returned it for another. The problem was the sound was only coming out of one ear piece, and it was muffled. The second one I received also seemed to have that problem. Upon researching this issue i noticed a lot of people were complaining about this. It turns out that the headphones jack is too big for the Mp3 player jack. What you have to do is give it a good push into the jack. Once you finally get it into the jack it sounds great. You only have to do this once. After the first time the jack easily fits. The design of the headphones is very childish. I think it's that cheap blue plastic they used reminds me of the plastic the use to make childrens toys like action figures and things like that. Another feature I wasn't crazy about is the transfer rate is pretty slow. If you transfer 20 songs at once it can take up to 5 minutes to load all of them onto your player. Another thing I didn't like about this player is the battery life was awful. I only use this player about 5 hours a week and I find myself replacing the batteries about once a week. It wouldn't be so bad if rechargeable batteries would work with this player, but the instructions clearly say DO NOT use them, it may burn out your unit. So be prepared to buy lots of batteries for this thing.
Overall this is a very good player. I noticed just recently (early 2002) that the price of these players are beginning to come down. I bought this one for $200. That includes a $50 rebate. This is brand new technology so expect new and better players to be coming out all the time. Just about the same month a new mp3 player comes out it is already outdated by a better player. You just have to deal with that.
128 MB of built-in memory--over 4 hours of music Digital FM radio with 10 presets Supports MP3 and WMA; upgradeable to support future digital standard...More at Amazon Marketplace
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