by Zep on Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:28 pm
It's a very sleek design with very very good sound quality. It plays mp3s, wma, and some other formats. You can update the Firmware on it very easily and this allows for other formats to play as well. I'm sure there will be custom hacks for it too. It's very easy to use also.
So far I have only a couple problems with it. Maybe I'm going a bit deaf in my old age, but it seems to me that it plays mp3s quite quietly. This is only a minor problem however because there is software areound which can enhance the quality of mp3s before you transfer them to the device.
The second, but very big problem with it is the software that comes bundled with it called "Sony Connect". To put it short, it simply doesn't work. Even if you do manage to get it working after a few re boots, it's shit. Sony are apparantly fixing all the bugs and in the mean time I have to use "Sony SonicStage" which is a bit slow, but it works okay.
I very nearly bought the Zen over this one, but I am still very happy with it as a player and can reccomend it.
God gave me everything I want!