Omar starts another review
Category: Technology

Omar reviews another audio player. My big question is (as it always has been): “Can I sync playlists to it via WMP10?”

By that I mean "Will it sync the actual playlists and not just the songs on the playlist?"

I am constantly amazed that each and every player in the Microsoft world appears to eschew this feature. Do they think that it’s unnecessary or is it missing from the MTP spec?

As the capacity of these players goes up so too do the number of songs/artists/albums/etc. This leaves me with a mess of songs and only convoluted workarounds to my playlist problems.

I sit here in amazement as I dream of a high-capacity MP3 player with the simplicity of my, uh, PHONE. That’s right; I, being the owner of the wildly-popular SMT5600, enjoy WMP10Mobile. It’s just wrong that I often look down at my phone and think, “This is the best general MP3 player that the Microsoft world has to offer.”

I’m serious! Oh sure, it’s first and foremost a phone. However, it’s also a great MP3 player. I would LOVE to buy a (theoretical) version of this device that kept the OS (well… a slightly stripped down version) and non-phone-related hardware.

I figure that you could shorten the device by an inch, ditch the camera, replace the digits with dedicated music buttons, and go with a 5 gig hard drive. The result would be a fabulous little device.

Can you say PMC (Portable Media Center) light? You sure could with this device. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. I don’t pretend to have a firm handle on the COGS related to such a device (My phone was $119. However, cell subsidizes always make these things hard to gauge.)

What I do know is that I’ve been dying to buy a music player that fits into my eHome world and until I can sync playlists I just don’t see it happening. I also know that I shouldn’t be looking at my phone as what’s closest to my dream player…

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