Compaq iPAQ PA-1 (64 MB) MP3 Player

Pros: Good sound quality, no skip
Cons: Low storage capacity for the price

I must admit that I did receive my Compaq IPAQ PA-1 for free as a prize in an online contest. I would have never considered buying one at the current price because of the limited storage. With that in mind, here is my review...

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Pros: great sound, good headphones, compact and lightweight
Cons: 10-hour battery life

I recieved this for Christmas and have been hooked since. Overall this is a wonderful piece of electronic equipment, albight a few minor problems. However, considering the infacy of this technology I would have to say this is one of the better buys on...

Pros: Small compact size, holds 64 mb worth of songs, good looking, big buttons
Cons: Slow upload time, Slow scrolling in menu, not very loud/powerful

I purchased this Mp3 player in October of 2001. At Best Buy I was told it was a great player for the money, so far that has held true. It was about smack dab in the middle of the other Mp3 players price-wise. I picked it because of its small size and...

Pros: Extremely lightweight and compact. Sounds great!
Cons: Poor battery life and useless software.

After looking at several MP3 players, I decided to buy the Compaq iPAQ Personal Audio Player PA-1. I not only liked how it looked, but I thought its size would be handy for taking to the gym.
I don't mind having to use the two 32 MB MMC cards that...

Pros: Compact, good memory, ease of use
Cons: Short battery life, poor customer service

Tired of carrying a bulky Discman or a Walkman that skips whenever you skip? Try Compaq's new portable MP3 player - the iPAQ PA-1. Stores almost 2 hours of music with a total memory of 64Mb. This thing is compact with dimensions of only 2.7" x 2.2" x...

Pros: Great size/weight, good sound
Cons: Horrible customer support, poor battery life, poor reliability

OK, I did the research and found that a lot of people out there liked the IPAQ PA1... and there is a lot to like. It is a great size, small and light. The supplied belt clip is more than sufficient for clipping it to the waistband of your shorts while...

Pros: Quality, ease of use
Cons: Memory card door

.... and boy was I pleased this purchase.

All the stories about MP3 player proprietary formats and painful upload procedures, primarily around SONY, had me scared. It boggles my mind that electronic stores do not have the software that...

Pros: Cute
Cons: Useless unless you're running Win98

A previous reviewer wrote a glowing review of this device, just sneaking into the bottom the fact that he couldn't comment on the sound quality as he hadn't actually been able to download any MP3s onto it. The reason: Although the specs say it supports...

Pros: Incredibly small, lit LCD shows track names, Good sound quality, Easy to use.
Cons: Software takes some getting used to, a bit pricey for the amount of memory.

I bought a couple of these for relatives around Christmas of '00 and liked it so much, I bought one for myself. At the time, the price was reasonable for the amount of memory and the compactness of the player is great.

First, the pros: ...

Pros: Size, ease of installation, quality
Cons: Memory limited to 64MB

Sorry for the poor play on words...

First, Speakman in his review is wrong. The PA-1 has, and does, support W2K. I have it on my system as we speak. Installation was simple and flawless.

The PA-1 is my 3rd MP3 player, and by far...

Pros: It is very portable, lightweight, with a good amount of music storage.
Cons: Battery life not so great.

I got this MP3 player about three months ago and so far it has been pretty good. I use it when I work out so it is pretty strong. I have dropped it a couple of times. The only drawback to the setup is that rechargeable batteries are a must because the...

Pros: when it worked, it seemed to be a great product
Cons: poorly built ~ LOUSY customer support!!!!!

Before buying my MP3 player, I did quite a lot of research about MP3 Players and read MANY reviews. I came across a few reviews that complained of poor quality construction of their Compaq PA-1. Unfortunately, I ignored these because I thought Compaq was...

Pros: Good Sound
Cons: Horrible service

I got a Compaq MP3 player for Christmas this past year (2000) and recently, I have had nothing but trouble with it. It was working fine until one day when it just stopped working. I then sent it into the Compaq service department. Two days later when I...

Pros: its great
Cons: its small and easy to misplace

For Christmas I wanted an mp3 player but not just any player I wanted the best one. A newspaper article told me that this was the best value, had the longest battery life, and the overall best. The man at radioshack and circuit city also said that...

Pros: Sleek, small, compact, fast, cheap
Cons: memory cards cost alot

This Mp3 Player, which was produced by Compaq was rated highly by Consumer Reports, so that is why I purchased it. This Compaq iPAQ Personal Audio Player is sleek, cheap and works effiecntly. You can store many works of music on it. You can buy unlimited...