Philips SA9200 GoGear Review:

The Philips SA9200 GoGear MP3 player lets you enjoy the world of digital music anywhere, anytime. The compact Philips SA9200 GoGear measures a mere 1.81 by 3.45 by 0.35 inches (W x H x D), making it small enough to fit in a pocket or purse with ease. Yet its 2 GB of built-in flash memory stores up to 1,000 songs, so you can listen to all your favorite MP3 or WMA tracks while working out or commuting. And thanks to the 1.7-inch color LCD screen–which offers a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels–you can also share up to 560 JPEG photos with friends in slide-show format, complete with a custom soundtrack in the background.

The Philips SA9200 GoGear is a breeze to control thanks to the sensory touchpad, which lets you navigate through hundreds of songs easily and smoothly–or one at a time–in just a few seconds. The scroll key senses your finger movements on the touchpad and adjusts the speed to your navigation through the menus or tracks accordingly. An enlarged alphabetical letter, meanwhile, helps you keep track of your position in the menu while scrolling for songs and artists. As a result, you know exactly when to release your finger from the touchpad. The device even lets you control playback and browse at the same time–a rarity among many MP3 players.

Another handy feature is the unit’s PlaysForSure compatibility, which guarantees a wide choice of online music stores and synchronizes your collection easily with Windows Media Player. And audio-centric listeners will dig the Philips SA9200 GoGear’s variety of equalizer settings–you can choose from classic, dance, electronica, hip-hop, lounge, pop, R&B, rock, spoken word, or custom–and the SRS WOW bass enhancement. Other details include a soft fabric pouch, a USB 2.0 interface (cable included), and support for ID3 tagging.

The Philips SA9200 GoGear, which runs for up to 14 hours per charge of its lithium-polymer battery.

Philips SA9200 GoGear User Said:

I did a good amount of research before i bought Philips SA9200 GoGear MP3 player as it is my first. I knew when i bought it that it is windows media player 10 compatible and i have WMP 11 and was willing to downgrade just because of the physical qualities and the price of this player. However i just got it in the mail today and tried to downgrade my system to WMP10 as i’ve had it before i upgraded to 11 and dont really care for the layout of WMP11. My computer gave me an error that my version windows isnt compatible with WMP10. So, I started transferring music files to the player using WMP11 and it was successful. However i am unable to transer pictures using WMP11. I was really looking forward to transferring some photos onto the player so that’s a bummer. I tried to copy and paste photo files into the gogear file but they didnt show up on the player. I will probably try one more time to load WMP10 and see if there’s another way to load the photos without WMP10….

That is the only negative experience i’ve had so far and like i said i knew before i bought it that it needs WMP10. Now, as far as navigation is concerned, I LOVE this player. It’s very easy to transfer the songs and the player categorizes your music for you and you are able to create playlists which i havent done yet because i’m still loading up all my music. The touch screen isnt too sensitive, its just right and really easy to use. The player is very slim and beautiful glossy black with really cool blue illumination which is one of the reasons i got it. The sound quality is pretty nice and there are several EQ settings you may use. The back looks like a metal finish sort of like the ipods but its a black finish not silver. The headphones are pretty good too. I wanted a media player that wasnt too expensive but didnt lack in quality and i’m happy with my purchase. There’s a lot of hype around IPods but i really wasn’t interested in its plain looks. I was also looking at some of the zune players but those too didnt strike an interest for me.

Overall, besides the fact that Philips SA9200 GoGear player should probably be capable with WMP11 i’m still stoked about the product and cant wait to bring it to work on monday…

—– By I. Frias

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