BenQ Joybee 102R MP3 Player, 128MB, Purple

by BenQ

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.6 x 0.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002UHUU6
• Item model number: DA102R-128MB-PURPLE
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #307,786 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Joybee102R's miniaturized form makes it the smallest Joybee portable music player, with a compact design that allows you to use a single jack to listen to MP3 files through earphones and transfer data over a USB connection. The Joybee 102R is the must-have accessory for the high-style digital lifestyle.

The Joybee 102R harks back to the royal balls once held in Europe's palaces drawing inspiration from the elegant necklaces and nobles' pocket watches. To this aesthetic sensibility geometric shapes from modern art have been applied. Bold design and futuristic materials have been melded to create a high-tech aura and produce the exquisitely stylish Joybee portable music player. The Joybee 102R's trendsetting and evocative form will convince you that it is necklace or bracelet or other elegantly designed personal accessory. With it, you can create a life of boundless vitality, sophisticated sensibility, Bohemian attitude. Show your creative side with the Joybee 102R and make yourself the center of attention.

The Joybee 102R can play MP3/WMA/WAV digital music - 10 hours of your favorite rhythms. You can connect the Joybee 102R to a computer for recharging. The Joybee 102R uses flash memory to store your music and data, meaning that you never need worry about damage from vibrational shocks. So when your feet want to move to the beat, or you want to sing to the song that's on - there's no stopping you.

Additional Features

• Trendsetting digital audio player + portable USB flash drive
• Classically-elegant and user-friendly design
• Rechargeable lithium-ion battery, providing up to 10 hours playback
• Convenient bus-powered operation and battery recharging through USB connection to PC
• Bundled with QMusic software, letting you specify the way you want songs played.

Product Description

The Joybee 102R harks back to the royal balls once held in royal palaces-drawing inspiration from the elegant necklaces and nobles' pocket watches. Bold design and futuristic materials have been melded to create a high-tech aura and produce the exquisitely stylish Joybee portable music player. The Joybee 102R's trend setting and evocative form will convince you that it is a necklace; a bracelet or another elegantly designed personal accessory. With it, you can create a life of boundless vitality, sophisticated sensibility, and Bohemian attitude. The Joybee 102R can play MP3/WMA/WAV digital music-8 hours of your favorite rhythms. You can connect the Joybee 102R to a computer to recharge. The Joybee 102R uses flash memory to store your music and data, meaning that you never need worry about damage from vibration.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Supercool and light, January 17, 2005

By 

slkx (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: BenQ Joybee 102R MP3 Player, 128MB, Purple (Electronics)

I bought this a month ago and have been using it daily since. The battery life is nice and long (8hrs), and I love and adore the fact that you don't need another power adaptor to charge it, all you need is a spare USB slot on your computer and it draws power from that. Down side -- the computer must be powered on to charge the thing (unless, like me, you have an external usb hub with separate power). Anyway, overall I love it -- so here's the bottom line:

PROS: Very, very light. Clever in-built neckchain/earpiece means you don't have to find a way to hang this mp3 player on yourself -- it's all there, on one loop of wire. The quality of the earphones is surprisingly good and the overall sound of the player is exceptional compared with others I have owned. Nice centrally located light on front so you know when it's recharging (red) or playing (green) in a glance. When walking, you barely feel it, and it does look and feel like a simple pendant -- great for those who don't want their mp3 player to attract them masses of attention due to its ostentatiousness.

CONS: You can't use another pair of headphones without an adaptor (although I am happy with supplied pair). No LCD screen. No pause button (it switches off when you unplug the earphones, and resumes playing where you were in the song when you plug it back in and hit the On button -- but having to do all this just to pause it can be a little annoying).

The software it comes with is very non-intuitive and basically sucks but is workable if you are patient. There's no fast way of reordering songs when you add them to a playlist (it plays them in the order you add them -- period); to test play a song requires more than one mouseclick. And there's no way to easily burn songs from the playlist -- adding songs must be done from a different menu selection. But the worst thing is when I tried to just drag and drop songs on the device and bypass the program, it doesn't play those ones, so I will have to return to the Qmusic software and basically 'switch on' those mp3s by selecting them so the device sees them.

On balance -- think about this, the time you spend downloading songs onto it will be minimal. Most people, once it's done, it's done, so the above quirks are just that. The most time you'll be spending with your player is actually playing it (full marks for its ability and sound there) and recharging it (fast). So in sum: this player IS worth it, I would buy it again, and I don't think anyone else will have much regret either, unless they get a dud right out of the box or something.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL WONDERFUL, December 30, 2004

A Kid's Review

This review is from: BenQ Joybee 102R MP3 Player, 128MB, Purple (Electronics)

I just got this for christmas and i love it. the only complaint i have is that the headphones hurt your ears.its nice that you can take a friends cd or something and put it on there useing your computer and then you can have that cd on your mp3 and your friend can have their cd back. ITs nice thats its light and can hang around your neck. Its portable and easy to handle and great for all ages.