Pogo RipFlash DX (128 MB) MP3 Player

Pros: Excellent record quality, Std AAA batteries, easy operation, LONG record time (WMA), expandable memory
Cons: Bug on 128kbps record rate, no external mic, no speaker.

The distinguishing feature of this recorder is that it encodes directly to WMA format, which provides a higher quality recording with the most efficient use of the available memory. It has selectable record bitrates of 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128kbps, which is ...

Pros: Easy to use. WMA quality: Excellent.
Cons: Headphones

I finally have a MP3/WMA that is as easy to use as connecting to a usb and dragging and dropping wma's. I love it. IT takes minutes to create MANY wma's, drag and drop and you're ready to jog and/or lift! The sound quality is awesome; the digital readout...

Pros: ripping direct from CD; light; runs on AAA batteries for easy replacement
Cons: REALLY BAD SOFTWARE and built-in stop-record function

Small, light, really nice function of ripping direct from a CD player -- BUT if you do that you can't title the song (the only workaround I found was to transfer the song from the Pogo TO the computer, rename it, then transfer it BACK -- doesn't seem very efficient to me, either...) and has no artist/album/genre/playlist function, so you'd better like all your music equally well or have lots of time and like to scroll. Worst trait ever -- it shuts off after 5 seconds of no music, so if the gap between tracks is 6 seconds then you miss the first note or two of the next track while the machine turns back on. James Taylor's "Your Smiling Face" without the first two drum beats is just unacceptable. When they get better software and someone who speaks English to write their manual it'll be a really great product.

This was a Valentine's day gift. Wow, what a gift. I had previously owned a Rio (slow, delicate, low-memoried piece of rubbish) and wasn't too excited about MP3 players. This one, however, has been nearly everything I could want in an MP3 player. The software is easy to use and quickly downloads songs to the player. It also comes with an onboard micrphone so it's a tapeless recorder...handy! One can even record CDs without having to use the software. It comes with a cord to pull music directly from a CD player(haven't used that feature yet). All of these features literally fit into the palm of my hand and weighing about the same as a C cell battery. Absolutely amazing.