Rio S10 64 MB MP3 Player – Customer Reviews

I like this little thing but the play button went wack and turned into the fast forward button so i had to pop the plastic button thing out and touch the sensors it looks so weird. When i bought it i thought that 64mg would be enough memory but it wasnt i always had to delete my songs all the time just to get another song on it. But i love the software that comes with it, its so easy to use, but i reccomend that you bye something better.

12/30/2005 12:00 AM | Rating:

Actually, I'm 16. I got my Rio S50 128 MB MP3 Player two years ago and the only complaint I have is that i lost the transfer cable on a move a year ago and (obviosuly) havent found it or a replacement (which bugs me. My brothers have a newer version that has a fairly common USB cable, not the feakish one that this one has).

Otherwise, the player has survived being dropped, stepped on, kicked, thrown acorss a room in a fit of madness, dropped a couple more times, spilt water on, another couple of drops, a drop-kick, and another journey on Fury Airlines. It's very durable, and one AA rechargable battery (came with mine) has played an entire week long vacation with only being recharged once (near the end of the week, mind you).

I highly reccomend this product! (im off to steal my brothers so i can actually upload my new music onto it)

8/22/2005 12:00 AM | Rating:

I've had many mp3 players in my lifetime and guess what the most important feature is?RELIABILITY!!!This is the ONLY mp3 player that has not let me down!I wish something would go wrong with it so I could justify buying a new one, but I'm scared the new one will screw up!

I've had the Rio 500, an MPIO, an Ipod, a Creative Muvo TX, a Rio One, a Pogo DMP100, and a Casio PDA with mp3 playback.I had to return 2 Rio 500's (when they first came out for $300 with 64mb!), the Creative Muvo never did work worth a damn (although I really liked it!) and had to send it back, The Pogo worked well (until I lent it to a friend and the volume button quit working) but the menu sucked big time, the Casio bit the dust in less than a year, the MPIO wasn't bad (I probably should have kept that, I forget why I sold it on ebay), and I was REALLY UNIMPRESSED with the Ipod especially that there was no hold button!

Anyway, this thing is dependable, and it has this soft case and since it's so light it has fallen to the floor countless times with no effect whatsoever!It always works reliably, and the battery LASTS FOR MONTHS!! Well, maybe not months, but a hell of a long time on ONE AA battery! (I think maybe 40 hours is the official statistic).I just can't convince myself to buy a new mp3 player when this one is so good!

Well, I do have some wishes. For one, I like USB 2.0 alot better than 1.1. It's much faster, and Rio is slow to put USB 2.0 on their mp3 players.It DOES have a bookmark function, which is indispensible if you listen to sermons or books and such, which is mostly what I do.The sound is great, and you can upgrade with SD or MM cards.The included headphones are even quite good comparitively.However, I would like to be able to transfer from the player to the computer, and I would like drag and drop instead of using their proprietary software, although it's nowhere near as assinine as the old Rio Manager was!So, if they would add USB 2.0 and drag and drop software this would be the ultimate mp3 player IMO.

I am starting to think that the mp3 player manufacturers LIKE to make cheap and flimsy products that will break, so you will buy new ones every year!If all mp3 players were this good they'd go bankrupt! LOL!

2/24/2005 12:00 AM | Rating: