Transcend MP350 8GB Portable MP3 Player - Blue

Great product,strong clip, actually loud yes thats right its actually painful on full volume! Good solid click to the buttons so you dont accidentally hit them. ive tried the sandisk, and philips clip mp3 players and this is the best.

Good pointsThe sound quality of this player is excellent, which is by far the most important thing for me in a music player. Base sounds are rich and satisfying. High frequencies are extremely detailed, without being too bright.The supplied headphones, as expected with a player at this price, are worthless. But combined with the inexpensive Creative EP-630 Noise Isolating Earphones, also available on Amazon, the sound quality is really outstanding *for a unit in this price range*.I've mainly used the player for mp3, but the radio worked well when I tested it.Bad points- The file handling and navigation are fiddly and annoying.- When navigating to a new folder, the menu defaults all the way back to the previous track if no button is pressed for 6 seconds, which can be frustrating.- The fast forward is very slow, and does not speed up if the button is held down. If you want to fast forward to half way through a 60 minute podcast, you will be there a long time.- The player must be demounted using the 'safely remove hardware' dialogue, otherwise newly transferred files do not show up on the player menu.- Files are displayed in the order in which they are transferred to the machine, not alphabetically. One outcome is that if you want to copy a lot of files, you cannot randomly click a file then 'select all' and drag, because the randomly clicked file will be transferred first, and will therefore appear first in the file list on the player. If you don't care what order the tracks appear in, maybe that won't be a problem for you.Now that I've had the player a few weeks, I don't notice the annoyances too much. Without them, I would without question give this item 5 stars. Even with the shortcomings described, this player is easily the best of the limited range available in the price range, in my opinion. (Yes, I have tried the others!)Finally, it is robust as promised. It survived a 1m fall onto a hard floor without any problem at all.

Can take some rain and really handy on the go with its solid compact body and clip. Sadly, that's it concerning advantages. There's no shuffle, in any mode. The sports functions are very limited - if not worthless - and there's no tracking over long periods, just a single activity, no averages or progress. I doubt there's any sensors in this device that actually measure anything. It takes forever to boot. Sure, it's a fun animation but after 50 times it's only a nuisance. The worst thing of all: it forgets what mode you're in every single time. My previous players always "remembered", which is a big plus. Just turn on the device and press play to continue listening to the radio. Not for this little Transcend, it always shows up the music player (first item). If you want to check a setting, the music stops (radio or mp3). The software is the most limited I've seen in a long time. That would be great if it benefits its intuitiveness but that is not the case. As a rating I gave it an "Okay" rating because it's not a bad player, it just plays your music and you can listen to the radio. Don't expect anything more.

I had this same MP3 for the past 2 years and at the end it stopped working, but for someone who doesn't like to use the phone as a media player, this MP3 is easy to use, has an equalizer and a clip to keep it on your pocket. I am very pleased with the purchase.

Better than Sony walkman. It's headphone are much better than Sony's MP3 player and produce good bass, so don't need to buy an extra headphone.Transcend MP350 8GB Rugged MP3 Player with Radio

Arrived on time. Took me a while to work out to use it. Bought it to listen to radio in gym but the signal is too weak so no good.

This is marketed as a sports mp3 player but falls short on a number of issues.The description says the controls can be used instinctively. They can't. They are small and awkward to use.The set up is overly complicated and even using the full handbook I had difficulty selecting music options ie selecting shuffle mode. I never attempted using the radio or fitness application just too complicated.In shuffle mode there is a delay of about 8 seconds between tracks, hardly good for the gym!I have queried this with the firm and they say it is normal. It is not normal in any other mp3 player I have had.It is hard to say any positives as I am very disappointed with the productThe positives would have to be it has a good clip to attach to clothing whilst at the gym or cycling and it does appear to be robust.It is not a patch on the sandisk clip when they work but unfortunately I have never had one of these that didn't develop a fault within a couple of months.

Brilliant. Once you get your head around all its funny little ways, then it is a delightful device to use