Not bad... Esp. for the price.
Let me begin by admitting that I am "downgrading" to a Coby 610 from an ipod Nano which broke (mysteriously) a few months ago. I needed an MP3 player and I could not afford to invest in a new Nano. The Coby was my compromise: at a fraction of the price and apparently with far greater capabilities this machine had the contest hands down.
Well sort of. My principal need was a machine that would play music WELL and hold a lot of it. I got what I paid for: the Coby 610 has copious memory (more than enough for my needs) and seems to be able to play my music just fine. So my complaints here are technically superficial. But I think they are worth considering.
First if you get a Coby 610 you will be amazed at how light and chintzy the plastic case seems. My Nano had a sturdy flashy beautiful metal case-- this one FEELS ready to crack in my hands (note: actual cracks have yet to appear). Second you will notice that the font used on the display screen is a blocky system font-- easy enough to read I guess but far from sleek or stylish. Next you will discover that the "fly wheel" on the lower half of the front panel does not "fly" at all: the Nano had a wheel that actually "swirled" allowing me to scroll and navigate through the Nano's various menus: here it is just a directional up/ down/ left/ right button placed on a silver wheel.
Okay more good things: I was blown away by the fact that for about $30 I could watch a full-length movie on the [tiny] display screen. I mean it's really really small and the practicality of watching ANY movie on a screen so small must be considered questionable but there it was right there: a movie on the LCD display. My Nano could never do that.
Am I happy with my purchase? I guess so. I do not feel like I was ripped off certainly nor do I feel like I walked in blind. I guess I was just well disappointed... When I got it out of the box and started working with it I was disappointed. I didn't feel like I had gotten an amazing new thing for a bargain price. But I am glad I have it. Rihanna just isn't the same unless you can hear her sing.More detail ...
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