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(More customer reviews)The S3 itself is a lovely little device, playing a decent number of AV formats with a great sound and video quality. The screen is on the small side, but since I bought it primarily as an mp3 player, I don't mind that at all. The FM radio is great and easy to use, and i like the idea of datacasts (aka podcasts) a lot. It even came with a few games!
The problem is EmoDio. I cannot think of a time since I had Windows 95 as my OS that a program has crashed so many times. I've reinstalled it umpteen times, and tried every trick in the book, including installing an earlier version (Samsung Media Studio) and all I can say is that it makes me want to cry. I've literally spent hours trying to get media on the player using this program, and each time i click "sync" it quits on me. It got to a point where it quit everytime my S3 was plugged in.
That being said, you can just drag and drop music or sync it using WMP or Real player - but you miss out on a good amount of the functionality. I can't get playlists to work with anything other than EmoDio, and you can't sync datacasts in the same way. Moreover, since Samsung has some proprietary video format, you can't really use the video capability with anything else. Overall, Emodio has turned this from a cute and functional little player to a time-consuming waste of money. If Samsung reps are reading this, please please fix this horrible program so I can return to enjoying this otherwise great product.
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Samsung S3 4 GB Slim Portable Media Player (Pink)Samsung YP-S3JAR 4GB Red Multimedia PlayerThe Samsung S3 media player stands out from the crowd with itsstylish ergonomic design and multiple color choices. Take your tunes anywhere with 4GB of storage. That?s approximately 1000 songs and the S3 is small enough to take jogging, walking, biking or almost anything you can think of. Samsung?s DNSe sound engine brings the life back to your music so it sounds better than ever. The S3 is also compatible with Rhapsody and Napster so you can have access tomillions of songs without spending .99 cents per song. S3 helps you look good and can make your life easier or more fun with the built-in FM radio & recorder with auto presets, a photo viewer, games,and text viewer. We can?t forget the lighted touchpad, fun to use and great to see. Samsung S3, imagine style and great features.Features:* Lightweight portable media player* Plays audio,video, photo, and games* Supported formats: MP3, WMA, MPEG4, Ogg, SVI, JPEG, TXT* FM Tuner and recorder* DNSe 2.0 sound engine with variableEQ settings* 1.8" TFT LCD display* Datacasting with Samsung Media Studio* Shows album art and wallpaper* File browser, mobile playlists* Adjustable playback speed* Clock display*Audio Playback: 25 hours* Video Playback: 4 hours* Internal Li-Poly rechargeable batterySpecifications:Formats: MP3, WMAMusic: Sort: Artists, Albums, Songs, Genres, PlaylistsDNSe: 7 preset EQ settings plus 1 custom 7-band EQ with 3D and Bass settingsPlay Modes: MP3/WMA/MPEG4/JPEG/ TXTPC playlists supportedDisplays album art, artist info, and wallpaper25 hours of audio playback per battery chargeVideo Playback Formats: MPEG4, SVIMax Pixels: QCIF(176*220)Max Frame Rate: 15 fps4 hours of video playbackper battery chargePhoto PlaybackFormat: JPEGFM Radio and Recorder: S3 is able to record FMbroadcastsDatacasting: Users can set up Datacasts (podcasts)using the SMS software which comes on the installation disk.Datacasts are automatically placed in the Datacast menu structure.Samsung EmoDi
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