Lightweight 2 GB flash audio player with support for MP3 and WMA formats
Reversible, blue backlit LCD flips for viewing in either direction; holds 1,000 WMA songs
Built-in microphone for voice recording; doubles as portable mass storage drive
Integrated USB 2.0 connection plugs directly into PC; runs for 18 hours on AAA battery
5-band equalizer; measures 2.93 x 0.59 x 1.44 inches (W x H x D); 1-year parts warranty
Rating: - It works ok, but slow, with stupid scroll wheel.
I got this thing because it was cheap for a 2GB Flash MP3 player. I had previously used a 1GB iAudio G3, which I gave to my daughter. Wow, I miss that G3. It had a much easier scroll menu with a joystick, faster memory transfer, etc.
With the MuVo, the biggest drawback, not mentioned in any of the lead reviews so far, is that you can only scroll with this spring loaded wheel - the screen does not scroll in real time with you as you flick this button, probably because the flash memory or processer is REALLY SLOW, and so you can only guess at how many flicks of this wheel you need before you get to the song that you want. The menu on the LCD screen also only shows what is currently loaded to play, it doesn't give you a screen of several songs before and after like the iAudio.
So, scrolling through the menu to get to the song that you want is a VERY SLOW process on this MP3 player.
Transferring songs to it from your computer is also extremely slow - but others have mentioned that already.
Finally, also not mentioned so far, you have to install a driver to get it to even load any music from your computer. I only discovered later that you can load the Windows driver without having to load ALL of the MuVo software.
The iAudio G3 had none of these hassles, but, unfortunately, the 2GB G3 is not longer being produced, as Cowon seems to have stopped making any AA or AAA battery powered MP3 players.
Rating: - Small with lots of Memory
I take this everywhere with me, so small, it easily fits in my pocket. If you listen to audio books and like to carry lots of them with you, this will fit seeral audiobooks, music, etc. (I have at least 20 audio books in mine and it still has a lot of room for more) I love this product.
Rating: - good, slow transfer, hair inside
I have used this little guy for about 6 months. It is my second MuVo - the first was 256MB one with FM radio. I don't miss the radio but I do miss the speed of transfer -- the new MoVo is sloooooooow. I do a lot of podcasting (no FM radio) and it takes far too long to move the podcasts to the player. AND there is a black hair across the screen -- yep, the manufacturing process has incorporated the hair into my MoVo. The hair does not impair (or speed up for that matter) the performance and is a nice conversation starter. One point off for the hair and for the transfer speed.
Rating: - Happy customer
I bought this player for my mother after I was so happy with my older model. While most of the features of this one were similar to mine, it was very useful not have to keep track of wires to hook it up to my computer to load music. Simply slide the cover off and the USB is right there!
Neither my mother nor I needed anything too fancy in an mp3 player. We just wanted simple drag-and-drop functionality to get the music on it and to be able to see the names of the songs on the player itself. I love that I can separate the genres into folders and switch between them rather than just having a whole mish-mash of songs in one big folder. That's very helpful for audio books too.
So as long as you're not looking for fancy features, this is a nice little unit! I've had mine for over a year and my mother's had this model for about months with no issues.
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