Mojo MP3/FM Player 256MB USB with voice Recorder & Headphones

• SD/MMC Expansion Slot
• FM Tuner with 20 Presets
• FM and Voice Recording Capable
• Supports MP3/WMA Formats
• Text to speech software - listen to documents when reading isn't convenient

I agree with the pros and cons of the previous reviewer with just a few things to add/reiterate.

1) the USB connection cover is annoying to get off.

2) yeah, the expansion slot is wide open; they should make a cover for it. but...

3) it's expandable! that's 256 + up to 512 via SD or MMC! this feature is pretty hard to find in a player this size.

4) comes with cool text-to-voice software. converts your text files into audio files so you can study on the go.

5)sound quality good; earbuds stay in your ears.

6) very lightweight. size is also quite small and convenient.

7) i was wary of its USB 1.1 max capability, but was surprised at the speed of transfer. probably doesn't make too big of a difference at capacities this low.

8) jog dial is very convenient. in general, button placement is smart.

9) transferring software is also pretty good. uses a file-tree interface, so it's easy to locate files you want to tranfer.

10) FM reception is surprisingly excellent! 20 presets available, which is more than enough where i live.

11) you can create your own folders and as many of them as you like. this feature is usually limited in other players.

12) upgradeable firmware.

13) sleep timer.

14) plays mp3, wma, asf, adpcm, and vbr mp3!

15) macos compatible, for those of you who care. it's got an itunes plugin, but i don't know whether or not it works for windows itunes.

16)features, size, and button placement make this an excellent mp3 player for exercising with.

i've done a ton of research on flash based mp3 players, and ended up getting an iaudio cw-300 for my friend. that is also a great product, with three advantages over this one: 1) *excellent* sound quality (signal/noise. not sure what the tdk one is, so i wrote tdk but never heard back. still, it's decent enough) 2) the battery lasts well over 30 hours (compared to 12 for the MOJO) and 3) it has USB 2.0 (the difference of which, as i implied earlier, you may not even notice). one disadvantage, sorta, is the earbuds, which, although of excellent quality (i opted for the mx400 sennheisers), fall out of your ears easily and make a weird squishy/squeaky sound when you run.

this player, on the other hand, is a great bargain. you get a lot of bang for your buck with the convenience of expandibility. it's not bad looking, either. i got a forty USD MIR and sixty USD IR, making it a great bargain indeed! i've only had it for a few days, so it remains to be seen whether or not it's reliable. i'll keep you updated.

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the bottom line on this player is that it has two features that most players in this price range do not:

1. expandable memory. by ading a 512M mmc / sd card, you can bring the total memory up to 768M. no players in this price range are expandable. in fact, i don't see that any newly produced players are expandable.

2. fm radio. a few other models have this, like the creative rhomba. but they dropped this feature on their new models. sometimes i simply get tired of listening to music and want to hear the news. it is very nice (indepensible for me) to have this option. the radio is quite usable.

the user interface, ergonomics are adequate. i think most mp3 players have a nice user interface so this isn't really a selling point. it has a nice display and lots of options on the player.

complaints ...

the players seems to be of pretty high quality, except as the buttons feel cheap. i wonder about the life span of these.

the unit comes w/ a case, wrist strap, and belt loop. that's great, but for me, i use this exercising so i'm never going to hold it in my hand. also, most workout clothing does not have a belt, so the belt loop is useless in this regard. i wish it would have had a belt CLIP or better yet, an armstrap.

the battery life is quoted at 12 hours. for a mix of about 40% radio and 60% mp3, it looks like i'll get around 8-10 hours life. i expected this though, it's typical to overrate battery life.

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This is my second MP3 player and it has almost all I was looking for in an flash player. Sound quality is high, esp. compared to my first player, though I've never tried an iPOD so can't compare it to other high end players.

Good quality headphones, clear (but not crystal clear) with a natural balanced frequency response and better than Sennheiser MX500's I also own (MX 500's have better instrument separation, more forward midrange, but a very thin midbass sounding odd).

The thin form factor easily fits in your palm. The button setup is easy to learn. The design is attractive, the metal faceplate exudes quality, though the back seems cheaper than a $210 list price would imply. It has a whole range of gee whiz features, though how often do you use them, and an FM Tuner.

3 problems: 1) Tuner reception is poor. 2) buttons would be too small for large fingers, esp. with the case that comes with it, and 3) the case blocks the mic for the sound recorder. The case is really nice looking, though it wasn't well designed in a sense for the player.

I got a great price for it, enjoy it and can recommend it if you can get a discount and don't have large fingers. Though at the list price, I'd spring a few more dollars and get an iPOD.

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So many things are great about this player -the size, the ability to expand using SD, the sound. But it is ruined by the horrible software. I am so tired of it freezing up, that I don't bother any more. I just change music on my SD card. I keep looking for a fix from TDK, but there never is one.

I picked the Mojo up recently (...). With its expandability options via SD/MMC, it's no doubt a great player for the price I paid. Don't get me wrong, I like my mojo alot and don't regret buying it, but it has some drawbacks to keep in mind if you're going to pay full price for it.

Not so good:

** the 256F Mojo is actually a rebranded MPIO FL100 with a different casing, you'll find this posted in several forums (the Virgin mp3 player also falls into the same category and is also based on the FL100). What this means is that TDK doesn't actually write either the Unify software or the firmware for it. In fact, my unit has old firmware on it but I can't upgrade it because the newer firmware (9/29/03) on www.mpio.com seems to perform hardware checks to see if my mojo is branded as a TDK model or a real MPIO model and TDK hasn't posted any firmware updates. MPIO's FL100 current firmware also supports 1GB SD Cards.

** the Unify software that comes with it is a good example of poor programming. The application locks up pretty often requiring you to hard shutdown. The TDK version also doesn't work with Windows XP SP2. For that you'll need a few files from either the MPIO Yahoo Group or from www.mpio.com. I'd suggest just downloading the MPIO version of the mp3 management software called MPIO Manager, which is updated frequently and is identical in every way to the TDK version except for the abscence of the TDK logo.