I’ve had this player for nearly 2 months now and I’m very happy with it.
Good Things:
* Plays oggs (I don’t get any crackle or distortion like other people mentioned)
* Battery life really is in the region of 12 hours
* Works on Mac (panther and tiger), Windows and Linux
Bad Things:
* The control panel / touch buttons. Either they work for you or they don’t. I seem to have real issues clicking ‘Next’ but some of my friends can manage it fine. Maybe I have special fingers?
* The headphones – bin them
* The manual. It is rubbish and only works under Windows.
Notes:
* You need to plug it into either a powered USB hub or directly into the USB socket otherwise it doesn’t get the power it needs to charge – though it will eventually say it’s full it won’t have charged at all.
It would also be nice to be able to buy another of the USB cables that you need to charge and transfer data with, but I can’t seem to find where to buy one.
Overall – very nice and I wouldn’t change it for anything :)