on 4/28/2008
Involvement:
General (knows how to use it)
- Ownership:
more than 1 month
Pros: It's cheap! Imagine if you paid a hundred dollars for it and it broke before your very eyes. Scratch marks are imminent after a while, but because of the price you wouldn't really mind.
Everything apart from the firmware is excellent. It takes very quick to charge, too.
Cons: Between previous and next (the right ear), only previous works. But then here's the dilemma: previous is actually next, so you can only skip songs.
Also, holding onto what's meant to be "next" (for a few seconds) results in a rush of volume.
For the left ear (which controls volume), you should only increase the volume at a few increments at a time or else you'll "skip" into the next track instead.
Basically, the controls are pretty random.
I mentioned its quick charge time, didn't I? In turn, it lasts for just around 50 minutes. Alright, I guess, but considerably a "con" to most people.
Other Thoughts: The earphones were blue, the USB socket on the bottom is non-existent so the audio socket serves both purposes (which can be a bad thing since it can't stand on its own), the audio socket is white, not pink (which looks better, in my opinion) and it actually comes in an iPod nano-like oblong clear container instead of the white box.
Also, I have an ominous feeling the songs are played in the order you add them.
Bottomline: Even if I were forewarned of the random controls, I would still buy it.
I recommend it to anyone who isn't too stingy about having to listen to an exact song, an exact artist - just listening for the sake of it. :)