Thursday, June 19, 2008

Your reviews: Samsung U3 MP3 player


by s
Yes, it's sexy, small, and wrapped in a brightly coloured case. Yes, it looks great clipped to your shorts when you are jogging on a treadmill at the gym - but don't fool yourself that the Samsung U3 ($69 for 1GB) is easy to use and bug free.
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Samsung has created a confusing, hard to use and bug ridden product. After two hours of messing around, two reformats and four glasses of wine, I am ready to tape my $100 YP-U3 to a treadmill and see how many times I can run over it.

Playlists: Near impossible to create (and don't dare make the mistake of copying songs to the playlist folder because you won't be able to delete them no matter how hard you try).

Cute little Samsung Media Player 5: W.T.F. I would expect this rubbish little piece of software to vaguely match the devices LCD setup; but no it doesn't.

Flashing blue light: OK, I have to admit that it's sexy but what does it mean? Sometimes it flashes, other times its solid. I am so confused.

Did I mension that playlists are rubbish and impossible to create? If you do figure them out, please call Samsung and tell them to publish directions somewhere.

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