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Works for the Warranty Duration
I've gone through two versions of these over the past two and a half years. Each of them stopped working a couple months after the one year parts warranty period ended.
For each one, I loaded music onto the player about once every three months, and used for roughly 4-5 hours each week.
It's great for what it is, which is why I bought this second one. If you're okay with replacing these each 1 year and 2 months, you should get this.
I am a bit ready to try something else. The problem I've had in both is that the sound in the right ear just pretty much blew out.
Don't cheap out, Sony. This is a product that deserves better.
March 2, 2013
I listen to MP3 audio books...
I listen to mp3 books while I do housework and gardening. I hate headphone wires, they get caught on everything and rip the player out of your pocket or ears. I needed a either a player built into the headset or bluetooth headphones. Bluetooth is more expensive and drains the battery faster so I went for built into the headset.
Audio books come in "parts" that are about an hour long. If you run out of battery in the middle of a part on the Walkman, the book will come back on at the beginning of the section and you have to listen to as much as an hour of book that you've already heard. If there was ff or replay, you could scroll back or forward to find your spot. No such luck with the Walkman.
Sometimes I get distracted and wish I could replay the last few minutes that I missed, but with the Walkman, I'd have to go back to the beginning of the section to do that so I don't.
The earbuds are not ear shaped. Even the smallest buds make my ears ache after an hour or so.
The battery life is pretty good, it charges quickly and even 2 G is plenty of room for a couple of books at a time. Downloading from my computer (library books mostly) is easy.
If Sony fixed a few rather easy issues, a whole new market would open up. After all, boomers are hitting retirement, more of us will listen to books while we walk, or potter around the house then listen to tunes while we lift weights or run.
November 8, 2012
Does not stay on
Bought this for my husband and he absolutely does not like it. He used it once and it did not stay in his ear so put it aside and bought regular headphones. I tried it and it did the same. Wasted my money.
June 23, 2012
Second time is a charm
The first one I recieved the connector was loose and wouldn't stay hooked-up to my computer. After a call to Sony support, they sent me a fed ex return label..shipped off that one about 5 days later got a new one and works great stays in place and sounds good
March 9, 2012
