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Title: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: prestige cleaners on May 26, 2010, 09:08:47 pm
hi been using philips Sa2820 2gb been getting them on ebay for about £10-£20, but i think they have been discontinued? and replaced with one for about £30.

does anyone use one which is just as cheap and good?

ive used creatives, and been thru loads of them, never buying them again,

no way am i going to spend £100 on a ipod!

or is worth spending a bit on an indestructable? ie., wife washing hers in the machine!
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: TC1 on May 26, 2010, 09:37:48 pm
I just use my phone  (nokia n97 mini) have got the radio, mp3 and when i get a phonecall can have it hands free and still keep cleaning!! ;D
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: formb on May 26, 2010, 09:40:53 pm
I just use my phone  (nokia n97 mini) have got the radio, mp3 and when i get a phonecall can have it hands free and still keep cleaning!! ;D

NO NO NO NO

If you are getting a phone for this, get a sony ericson w phone:

http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/sony-ericsson-w595-vodafone-payg.html?base

Built for the job.
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: DaveG on May 26, 2010, 09:42:09 pm
I just use my phone  (nokia n97 mini) have got the radio, mp3 and when i get a phonecall can have it hands free and still keep cleaning!! ;D

NO NO NO NO

If you are getting a phone for this, get a sony ericson w phone:

http://www.prepaymania.co.uk/mobilephone/sony-ericsson-w595-vodafone-payg.html?base

Built for the job.

Thats what Ive got
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: prestige cleaners on May 26, 2010, 09:42:22 pm
im getting a htc desire in 2 days £17 a month, 500mins, unlimited internet, from 3, will be using that for mp3 duties, but want to get my wife something as she washed hers!
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: DaveG on May 26, 2010, 09:44:12 pm
Im with 3 and they are crap mate...cant wait til the contract finishes :o
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: chopsie on May 26, 2010, 09:45:19 pm
my mrs was with 3. had nothing but trouble with them, she could not wait to get out of her contract
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: prestige cleaners on May 26, 2010, 09:49:00 pm
thankfully its been ok for me, i know you have to put up with going thru to india, but its only once a year for me so far!

and for the price i cant fault it

good coverage too.
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: chopsie on May 26, 2010, 09:52:52 pm
she lived in tooting bec, when she went into central london she lost all signal, Also she could never get a signal in Derby
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: mci services on May 26, 2010, 10:22:04 pm
i am on my third contract with 3 and cant fault them at all so i suppose it depends where you live
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Dave Willis on May 26, 2010, 10:37:57 pm
Been using an Ipod Nano for the last couple of weeks. Very pleased so far.
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: chopsie on May 26, 2010, 10:41:48 pm
I also have an ipod nano, really pleased with it so far, (dont know how to tag songs on it though  ??? )
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: dazmond on May 26, 2010, 11:02:19 pm
ipod nano as well(16gb).mine was a xmas present!loads of room for music(4000 songs!)and radio if you choose! ;D ;D ;D.

i only use mine on the odd day when there is not many custys around! ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: dan hughes on May 26, 2010, 11:05:44 pm
 ;D

Iphone all day every day!

my earholes are starting to get thick skinned from the earphones,

plus,


I'm on it now !!

It does everything !!!
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Frankybadboy on May 27, 2010, 06:39:15 am
ipod is the only way to listern to quailty music ;D ;D
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: john tomkins on May 27, 2010, 08:42:12 am
ipod is the only way to listern to quailty music ;D ;D

Design and user friendlyness is good I'll admit but sound quality is poor compared to quite a few other players
Sony, Creative, Sansa to name a few.
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Sean Dyer on May 27, 2010, 11:02:31 am
I have a nokia 5800 comes with music get free downloads of pretty much any song i have searched for so far, 8 ggb hd got about 600 tunes so far

Good sound on external speaker too, plus good with earphones, and has a radio its pretty good, only problems are i cant upgrade phone or i lose my music, and the battery dies at about dinner time if i start at 8 am and listen constantly which i normally do howeever i could just buy another battery :)

I do have an ipod and they are pretty good too, my bro in law has been through all the budget mp3s and probably spent mor than if he just bought an ipod to start with whic he has now and likes
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: john tomkins on May 27, 2010, 11:58:38 am
I have a nokia 5800 comes with music get free downloads of pretty much any song i have searched for so far, 8 ggb hd got about 600 tunes so far

Good sound on external speaker too, plus good with earphones, and has a radio its pretty good, only problems are i cant upgrade phone or i lose my music, and the battery dies at about dinner time if i start at 8 am and listen constantly which i normally do howeever i could just buy another battery :)

I do have an ipod and they are pretty good too, my bro in law has been through all the budget mp3s and probably spent mor than if he just bought an ipod to start with whic he has now and likes

Sean.... I've have the same phone you got.
I turn radio on in the morning and it's still on when I get home, add to that at least an hour on the phone and I still have charge left.
My radio reception ain't that good though
bit hit and miss in some areas.

What do you mean by
Quote
cant upgrade phone or i lose my music
It's stored on the memory card so just take it out.
Also update to v50 software, few bugs sorted out :)
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: prestige cleaners on May 27, 2010, 06:10:12 pm
if any one is after free mp3s try this peer 2 peer software called soulseek, theres no bugs with it

http://www.slsknet.org/

its good for underground dance music, especially oldskool
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: e newlands on May 27, 2010, 08:04:49 pm
still using the ipod shuffle same one 2 yrs
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: leegooner on May 27, 2010, 09:19:03 pm
ive got the sony e series 4 gb (check page 91 in the sun today)
or tesco.com £35 with trade in bargin
can't beat sony for music   :)
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: formb on May 28, 2010, 05:52:53 pm
I bet you all look super cool with your white wires connected to your ipoop.  >:(

Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Lee GLS on May 28, 2010, 07:34:14 pm
I bet you all look super cool with your white wires connected to your ipoop.  >:(



I think you will find that you are right, there is nothing cooler than an ipod and white earphones, you need to catch upi with the times, get rid of that old sony rubbish and get a proper mp3 player (an ipod)
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: chopsie on May 28, 2010, 10:28:13 pm
do not think i have ever looked cool in my life. Its a music player that came highly recommended, so i got one  ;)
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: formb on May 29, 2010, 11:30:14 am
Apple ipod:

The king of style over function.  ::)

The music quality is mediocre to say the least.  :(

The itunes software is very poor.  :'(

Ever other player plays mp3s no problem at all. I can take songs off my Sony X10 and play it on any other mp3 player in the world but try and take an itune and play it on anything that don't start i, your screwed.  >:(

Apple are now pulling adobe from their ipoops. ???

Adobe for crying out loud!  >:(
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Sean Dyer on May 29, 2010, 11:54:17 am
I have a nokia 5800 comes with music get free downloads of pretty much any song i have searched for so far, 8 ggb hd got about 600 tunes so far

Good sound on external speaker too, plus good with earphones, and has a radio its pretty good, only problems are i cant upgrade phone or i lose my music, and the battery dies at about dinner time if i start at 8 am and listen constantly which i normally do howeever i could just buy another battery :)

I do have an ipod and they are pretty good too, my bro in law has been through all the budget mp3s and probably spent mor than if he just bought an ipod to start with whic he has now and likes

Sean.... I've have the same phone you got.
I turn radio on in the morning and it's still on when I get home, add to that at least an hour on the phone and I still have charge left.
My radio reception ain't that good though
bit hit and miss in some areas.

What do you mean by
Quote
cant upgrade phone or i lose my music
It's stored on the memory card so just take it out.
Also update to v50 software, few bugs sorted out :)

I thought the licensing softaare limits its use to one cpu and one phone?

my music player kills the battery in a bout 4 hours
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: formb on May 29, 2010, 11:59:00 am
I have a nokia 5800 comes with music get free downloads of pretty much any song i have searched for so far, 8 ggb hd got about 600 tunes so far

Good sound on external speaker too, plus good with earphones, and has a radio its pretty good, only problems are i cant upgrade phone or i lose my music, and the battery dies at about dinner time if i start at 8 am and listen constantly which i normally do howeever i could just buy another battery :)

I do have an ipod and they are pretty good too, my bro in law has been through all the budget mp3s and probably spent mor than if he just bought an ipod to start with whic he has now and likes

Sean.... I've have the same phone you got.
I turn radio on in the morning and it's still on when I get home, add to that at least an hour on the phone and I still have charge left.
My radio reception ain't that good though
bit hit and miss in some areas.

What do you mean by
Quote
cant upgrade phone or i lose my music
It's stored on the memory card so just take it out.
Also update to v50 software, few bugs sorted out :)

I thought the licensing softaare limits its use to one cpu and one phone?

my music player kills the battery in a bout 4 hours

You can normally copy 5 times before license stops you but, if you are keeping it on the same memory card you are not actually copying it.

You also probably need a new battery. You could try running it totally flat then (without turning it on) charge it overnight.
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Lee GLS on May 29, 2010, 01:04:24 pm
Apple ipod:

The king of style over function.  ::)

The music quality is mediocre to say the least.  :(

The itunes software is very poor.  :'(

Ever other player plays mp3s no problem at all. I can take songs off my Sony X10 and play it on any other mp3 player in the world but try and take an itune and play it on anything that don't start i, your screwed.  >:(

Apple are now pulling adobe from their ipoops. ???

Adobe for crying out loud!  >:(

The king of style over function.  ::) WRONG

The music quality is mediocre to say the least.  :(  WRONG

The itunes software is very poor.  :'(  AND WRONG

I hate the fact that they are twice the price of other mp3 players, and apple always do that with the products, but they are always they best in whatever field the venture into, i will be buying ipods for may years to come.
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Smudgeoff Cleaning Services on May 29, 2010, 01:09:44 pm
I-Phone radio and custys call center all-in-one  ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Nick Wareham on May 31, 2010, 02:40:52 am
I use this one:

(http://www.infosyncworld.net/resources/products/sandisk/sandisk_sansa_clip_4gb_i00.jpg)

Sansa Clip 8GB.  Think it cost me about £30.

Works great and has an FM radio.  Nice and small and compact.
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: Glen Bullivant on May 31, 2010, 09:47:45 am
I have a nokia 5800 comes with music get free downloads of pretty much any song i have searched for so far, 8 ggb hd got about 600 tunes so far

Good sound on external speaker too, plus good with earphones, and has a radio its pretty good, only problems are i cant upgrade phone or i lose my music, and the battery dies at about dinner time if i start at 8 am and listen constantly which i normally do howeever i could just buy another battery :)

I do have an ipod and they are pretty good too, my bro in law has been through all the budget mp3s and probably spent mor than if he just bought an ipod to start with whic he has now and likes

Sean.... I've have the same phone you got.
I turn radio on in the morning and it's still on when I get home, add to that at least an hour on the phone and I still have charge left.
My radio reception ain't that good though
bit hit and miss in some areas.

What do you mean by
Quote
cant upgrade phone or i lose my music
It's stored on the memory card so just take it out.
Also update to v50 software, few bugs sorted out :)

I thought the licensing softaare limits its use to one cpu and one phone?

my music player kills the battery in a bout 4 hours

I had a 5800 before I got my iPhone, if you go in the settings and set it to use gsm only (if you don't use the Internet much on it), turn off wifi scanning and make sure Bluetooth is off you should find it lasts ages. Mine stands by for over 2 weeks set up like this so should easily last you a days work.
Title: Re: what mp3 player for work?
Post by: dazmond on May 31, 2010, 10:04:14 am
must admit the ipod is not as good as the sansa clip i gave away to a friends daughter sound wise.

and the battery soon runs down.very overpriced really for what is.