Home > Consumer Reviews > Coby MP705-2GBLK MP3 Player with 2-Inch TFT Color LCD, 2GB Flash Memory, FM and Touchpad Control (Black)

I bought this product a couple of months ago and was excited at the time. Today is a different story. This MP3 player is the biggest piece of crap on the market. The touch pad is sensitive and it is hard if you have large fingers. After the first month of use the player started giving message "May be disabled" on every song. I had to delete everything and start over, but that did not work either. Then the player would not update the library after downloading songs. Had to reset the p.o.s after 5 minutes.

When I buy products, I usually check out when people had problems with theirs. I would recommend you read everyone else that had problems with this unit. Don't waste your money!

This is a nice, light weight player. Although I haven't used it much yet, it seems to be just what I needed for the reason I purchased it. Specifically needed the FM radio for use at the fitness center. I would recommend to anyone.

I love it, the sound is good, easy to down load music if you have DSL, which I don't ,I have to use my brother' s computer, don't like emusic at all wish they would have use pandora. I will buy agian for my kids .....

It wouldn't be fair to compare this to an iPod, that would be like comparing a Saturn to a BMW. Compared to other budget MP3 players, this is a decent product. It's small, sexy, and the touch pad is very nice. The screen is clear and large enough to comfortably navigate the menu. It plays MP3, OGG, and WMA formats, which is always good, and it has video and picture capabilities. I personally don't care to watch videos or view pictures on a 2" screen, but some people may like to. And it offers playlists and "drag and drop". You can also sync with windows media player, which is what I prefer.

It has it's negatives though, and there are a few. It's 11 hour battery life just doesn't cut it for me. If you want to fill this up with music, be prepared for some constant frustration as the scrolling speed in the music menu is ridiculously slow, so I have to rely on playlists. You have to have at least Window Media Player 10 to use this. The instructions say you need WMP11, but I get by using WMP10. if you don't have it, your computer will not recognize the device correctly. The packaged headphones are garbage, but then again, the headphones every iPod comes with are garbage as well. Another big negative is the lack of support for AAC format(M4A in iTunes), which is a compressed music file, and very handy for conserving space.

If you're on a very tight budget, or you just don't intend to use it very much, this may work for you. But if you're serious about your music and you can afford it, I say get an iPod. This MP3/4 player is good for a tight budget, but you get what you pay for.

I got a few MP3 players to use for my Spanish class. This was one of them. The maneuverability around the device is so-so...a little unintuitive. I have seen worse though. It works though, and does allow some fairly easy movement among files. Just an initial assessment. I will know more when my students start using it.