I have had thi smedia player for around 3 months now and havnt broken it yet which is a first for me!
Durable, reliable, great sound quality and amazing if you buy it with the bluetoothe headset!
The only thing which robbed it of that 5th star is the battery length, a bit shorter than the manufacturers claims, but long enough for a good weekend worth of listening! (were talkin like 20hrs at least!)
Highly Recommend! ;)

If you want to use this unit for listening to audiobook DON'T!!!!!!! Unlike the iPod it does not remember playback position. Fine if you just want to use it for listening to 3 minute songs.

had this player about 2 months now

sound is fantastic, and player itself looks good

but i don't know where they get the claim that the battery life is 36 hours ?

i'm lucky if i get 10 hours out of it

charge until battery symbol says "full"....but within 2-3 hours i've lost a bar of battery life, another 3 hours , i lose another.

after i finish using it, i press and hold down the "power off " button,and turn on the hold button so it doesn't switch itself back on.

not sure what i can be doing wrong or have i got a dud, battery wise ?

can anyone help ?