Nextar MA715

usability, price, design, durability, performance

portability, sound, reliability

56% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Basic mp3 player, just drag and drop your files and you are good to go. 1 battery lasts for a while I like that I do not have to deal with recharging

No cons for an inexpensive mp3 this is not an Ipod you get what you pay for...if you want to drag drop your old mp3 into a portable unit this is for you

i bought this last year with the intentions to use it while exercising and so far its done exactly that. i plug it in to my computer drop in the music i want and hit play simple as that. dont expect an ipod. its a basic mp3 player that works. i like...

touch screen would be nice.. lol

Cheap, arrived fast and works on rechargeable AAA batteries, lightweight, good volume, simple control once I learnt to push the menu button. Works with the Philips wraparound headsets I prefer. Happy camper here, using it to edit an audio book

Hard-to-open package, would not play till I read the microscopic print and tried the menu button which activated the folder containing the mp3s. No attached plug, so you have to use a cable, and the string that lets you secure it comes attached to the...

For starters this is a very cheap unit. Uses 1 AAA battery, which is nice, instead of always having to constantly recharge. Navigation of songs and CDs is fairly uncomplicated. Backlight works great and easy to read display. Worked right of the box

Took nearly 4 hours to download 2 GB of data. Manual says USB 2.0 but I have had faster downloads over a 56k modem ; this is listed in error. The buttons sometimes stick and causes you to occasionally over shoot the track or folder your looking for....

Cheap ; Plug-n-Play- No drivers or other software needed to transfer files. (Win 98 requires USB Driver.) ; Decent sound quality ; You can browse the folders directly on the player

Can't browse folders while music is playing- have to pause first ; Folders and Files are listed in the order they were transferred ; No way to sort music by artist, album, genre, etc ; Random play mode only uses current folder ; Slow transfer speeds....

None - there is nothing good about ths piece of junk ; It doesn't rate even the one egg I gave it - but you have to give it something to submit a review - this is pure Chinese junk

First off, a brand new unit did not work. The buttons used to navigate the menus did not navigate diddly - no way to even play your music. 2nd - the menu is so small and unreadable, you need a magnifying glass to make out what you're looking at. Next -...

The controls are easy to learn and are a lot faster than most other controls I've used. You don't even need to see the player to turn the volume up/down, go to the next/previous song, play/pause. Turning it on and off is very simple, just switch the...

The explorer does not alphabetize the folders (different from the medialib). The screen attracts fingerprints. I got a screen overlay to help with that. Some computers (so far it's only with Vista) the battery charge animation does not display, so I...

Nice screen, light weight, built in speaker, 8 gigs, (plus expandable memory) ; good concept, but needs alot of work still

Speakers were blown out when i received them, the volume + button didn't work, the user interface is obscenely over complicated, the micro sd card feature needs alot of work and ; The over all feeling of it seems...flimsy

PROS: Good sound, FM reception, at $55 is cheap for 8 gigs and what it can do. Good color and sharpness on video and photos

CONS: Cumbersome menu structure, tiny type, painful buttons, video converter is hard to use and limited in types it can handle