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Philips GoGear SA3ARA16K

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Do people like it?	The majority of people had negative reviews and opinions about this product. 12 User Reviews 2.75 out of 5 Read User Reviews »
Good Value?	This product is selling at a price in-line with its capabilities and what you'd expect to pay.
What are the key features?	MP3 Player Flash based • photo playback • Equalizer • LCD - color Display
Based on the facts above, Retrevo rates it:	Buy with caution if you really want it

Most Favorable User Reviews

good ipod alternative by Generok on amazon.com Mar 29, 2012

Once we figured out how to download videos to it, and how to get songs from Amazon to it, we were much happier. I am not a fan of the "Songbird" software that comes with it, but it seems to be the only thing that will put a video on there. It has nice ...

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small light Mp3 player by Trace S on amazon.com Dec 27, 2011

Got his as a replacement for my wifes Mp3 player. It small and light and does its job. It's an adequate player. After 1 day it was locked up and needed to be reset but it was a small issue that would not have been too bad if it hadn't happened after I ...

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Great but be aware by James Pelchat "Techno Geek" on amazon.com Apr 10, 2012

This player is great but not out of the box. This is the second of this model of player that I have the pleasure of dealing with. The software version on the mp3 player is very outdated and needs to be updated. This sounds extremely easy and it would ...

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Does well at what I need it to do by AdamK_Hawaii on amazon.com Jun 20, 2011

Like others, I needed a player that can do bookmarks with Audible books. I also needed the ability to do RhapsodyToGo. This can do both, and does a decent job with both. It was confusing figuring out the specs - but this player does NOT have a micro-SD ...

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Mp3 by Exectech on amazon.com Oct 12, 2011

This is one of the best MP3 player that I have. It is easy to use and has great sound. I will but another one soon.

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Most Critical User Reviews

A very mediocre product by Assaf Rahav on amazon.com Feb 21, 2012

Has a very slow CPU, everything happens in slow motion (scrolling, menu navigation) Low resolution display The Philips Songbird software is rather poor and non intuitive The player got bricked during a firmware update, but the recovery feature did work ...

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Kept Crashing by R. C. Hutchins "lodauthor" on amazon.com Dec 2, 2011

Though I absolutely loved this player for about 3 months, after the fourth month it crashed for the first time. I reformated it completely, and it was fine for another two months. It just recently crashed again; however, unlike last time, no matter how ...

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good for a while, hardware problem. by 5556667x on amazon.com Nov 19, 2011

I input loads of music with art work for the screen, I was lovin' it, but it lasted for like 2 wks, once it updated by itself and no more art work display on the screen, I asked Philips they told me it's the problem from hardware, I saw I could still ...

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needs help by bpoll on amazon.com Apr 4, 2012

So I have gone through many mp3 players and this one is mediocre at best it is slow it only shows about a third of my album art and it has frozen up on me three time in two weeks of use And the reset takes forever.

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Not acceptable by John Moore on amazon.com Sep 25, 2011

This product did not operate as advertised. In fact. it did not work at all. Operating instructions were unclear and confusing. The recommended software, when downloaded, did not operate at all with ms MS Music, on which my CDs were stored. To the ...

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User Reviews from the Web

amazon.com

2.8 out of 5
from 12 reviews

Amazon.com: Customer Reviews: Philips GoGear MP4 player SA3ARA16K Ariaz 16GB with...

PROs It syncs just fine with Rhapsody (including Playlists) and with AudibleManager...Does well with FLAC and high bit-rate WMAs Has fast and slow playback options (but see CONs for limits) Battery life is pretty good - but nowhere near the 36 hrs advertised...CONs Some things can only be done when track is actually playing...