RCA Pearl 1 GB MP3 Player with FM Radio and Direct USB (Black)

I am baffled by the negative reviews for this thing. My kids got these today for Christmas and so far, they are great! I loaded almost 250 songs in about 5 minutes. It's possible that if you have trouble loading music into this thing, you just don't know how to use your computers file system. You can drag and drop from anywhere you keep your music on your computer or use windows media player to sync it perfectly. The file system is similar to an ipod. You can select from artist, album and song. Great sound. The 1GB is not expandable but for an 8 and 10 yr. old 300 songs is plenty. It's about the size of a Bic lighter. It doesn't have any sort of clip and the software it comes with is not that great but you really don't need it anyway because it's easy enough to drag and drop as i've already mentioned. If your getting this for jogging or the gym or for kids or even audio books, this thing will work fine.

I bought this device paying about $39 last December. I purchased it to listen to audio books on Audible. It works great. Its powered off of a single AAA battery, which tends to last for about 20 hours. (the battery indicator often shows 0 bars, but it will still play for many hours at that level).

It plays audible books with format of 4, which does take up more space on the device. I tend to only load up a single book at a time, so there is never a space issue. I could probably load up 3-4 unabridged books of 25 hours each if I wanted to do that.

It plugs in with a usb connection that folds into the device itself and hides away.

Has some other features, but I don't use them as I have a pocket recorder for voice notes already. The headphones that came with it are low quality but for audio books that is also not a big deal.

This mp3 player has to be my most favorite so far because of its sheer durability,it has been through h311 and back. I have dropped it over 100 times and it went through the wash and dry cycle,when i heard a clanging in the dryer i pulled out this mp3 player. when i found it,it was steaming and full of water lol. After a little while of drying it off i turned it on it still worked perfectly so i still use it all the time and other than some cosmetic damage it still runs "like a swiss watch". For portability it is rather small (about the size of a stick of gum). The features of it are very useful and it gets the job done.The screen has a really thick clear plastic protecting it.On the back is a mic that has pretty good quality sound although i never really used it other than screwing around at school but it will work well if needed. For interface navigation it can be learned rather quickly and after two minutes it is really self explanitory. The battery life is good but not the best...Read more