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i like my coby mp305-2g. it is pretty basic, but has some nice features. You can set the screen back-light color from 7 colors. You plug it in your laptop or pc and use explorer to copy and paste your mp3s, folders etc to the unit.
It seems playlists are not supported, but it will play all mp3s in a folder- or all mp3s loaded on the unit.
Not having a playlist feature is something some people might not like.
You can play all mp3s in a folder in order, random, random repeat, all repeat. You can even play all mp3s in every folder in order, random, and random repeat.
A single seasoned AAA rechargeable battery lasts 5-6 hours for me, and new non-rechargeable batteries last a bit longer. I prefer AAA batteries versus built-in batteries since I travel.
The menu is simple to navigate. There is an equalizer with the usual music type presets, you can delete files from the menu.
I don't use the FM radio, but there is one on the unit.
I usually just load all my songs onto one folder, hit random repeat, put it in my pocket, and let it run- so this player works for me.
I don't baby it, i throw it in my backpack and around the car. The sound is great, and with ear buds, can make your ears ring. Max volume with large studio headphones is loud but not deafening.

I bought this a few days ago, and its been awesome. I'm gonna go through some features then advice:

pros---1.only 4Gb player less thatn $30 that I've ever seen
2.looks sleek
3. plays very fast; my brother has a $100 rca opal that takes literally 5 minutes to "build database" every time it is turned on, but this player takes about 2 seconds.
4. I got a 50 songs and 1 audiobook free from Coby, and another 50 from Amazon
5. The earphones do sound just a little tinny, but overall they're great. They fall out my ears, but all earphones fall out of my ears so that might just be something that has to do with me.
6. Comes with a 3-foot-long usb extension cable, a battery that's lasted about 8 hours, and the earphones as I said earlier
7. The sound quality is GREAT: even on low volume I can distinctively hear the music with no distortion whatsoever
8. The radio is great, I even pick up stations that I didn't know were there, 18 in total, and they sound CRYSTAL CLEAR. I live in houston btw
9. I got free shipping, and it only took 2 days to get here instead of the estimated 4 days.
10. It holds 1000 mp3s at the standard 128kbps and 2000 wmas at 64kbps
11. It doubles as a flash drive
12. It syncs about 20 songs/minute

cons--
1. Although its cleverly designed visually, the box is annoying to open
2. If you just sync it with your library on Windows Media Player, it arranges the folders according to artist, then album and likes to group the artist's songs together; there's no real order Also, the artists aren't even in alphabetical order so its very hard to navigate.
3. Battery life is relatively low-8 hours.

Overall, this thing is excellent in general, especially for $30. When you add music, I recommend that you open the folder where your songs are, make some folders by genre and artist on your mp3 player, and then just transfer the songs that way. Be careful because after you transfer the files you can't put it in alphabetical order so do that first. Hold "shift" or "ctrl" to select multiple files at a time.

Great simple mp3 player with a removable AAA battery and almost 4GB storage. Can be used as a Flash memory. It also has FM radio. Does not have a recorder or microphone. Very good user manual is included. Supposedly one can use it in a mode that allows play lists etc, but I only use it in MSC format that allows a simple drag and drop of files to it and make separate folders to organize play lists. I have been using it daily for a month and love it.