Customer Reviews

I-Jam IJ-100-32BK 32MB MP3 Player Plus (Black)

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(6)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

I saw this item at this years Comdex event in Las Vegas. The size and features of the I-Jam unit are Awesome, after sampling the audio (cd quality +), and seeing, and feeling how small, and light, yet rugged it is, I knew I had to own one..

Having the luxury to create my own play list from dragging and dropping the mp3 files from my desktop to the memory card is a great feature. I would agree a 32mb card would be nicer than two 16 mb cards, but the 16 mb cards will hold 4 cd quality mp3 files, or 6-8 downloads off the net.

I think this unit is by far the best MP3 player in the sub $200 range, it comes will the software and interface device that lets you connect to your pc and download to the memory card the mp3 files you want to listen to... Mine uses the printer port, I think soon they will releasing a USB model.

The I-jam portable mp3 player is the most affordable (and available) mp3 player with an FM tuner. The sound quality is excellent for such a portable unit. The one improvement might be the inclusion of 1X32 Mb card instead of 2X16 Mb cards. Overall, I am extremely pleased with my purchase!

I was really skeptical when I ordered this player. Here's how I felt when I got it:

This has to be the smallest player I've seen. You can easily fit it in your shirt pocket and it'll never get in your way. As for the memory: You get 2 16MB cards, which will hold about 4 songs each. It only takes one card at a time, so don't get upset when you can only have 4 songs in the unit at once. As for the songs, you can't play anything with a bit rate over 128 )it'll sound real bad), so keep that in mind. You may have some good music that won't play on this unit. But, I've found I can get any song I want at that rate.

This has a real nice case with a big drawback: The cards fit in the bottom of the unit, and the case doesn't have a hole in it. You have to take it all the way out of the case to change the card. The headphones are okay, but I'd pick up some others if I were you for better sound. The FM tuner would be great if you could pick up stations. The sound is good, but stations are hard to get on this little unit unless you are reasonably close to the radio tower.

The sound quality is great, and it goes loud too. The bass and treble controls are also great features, especially if you hook this player up to a car cassette adapter. They allow you to fine tune the sound for the best experience.

The 2 AAA batteries seem to last good. I'm using the Energizer Rechargable NiMH system they sell here at amazon. Now, the display on the i-jam is less than perfect. It doesnt display the song you are listening to, its hard to read, and the backlight floods out the digits when its dark. You'll keep your sanity with it, though.

You can't skip thru songs (fast forward), you can just play them in whole, or go to the next one.

All in all, I'm very happy with this player. It was well worth the money I paid. I hope in the future they will have larger cards (64 or 128 MB) that we can afford to buy. If you want a good, rugged, entry level player with some great features, go for it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Ryan

I have read a lot of reviews that say this item is too expensive, not enough memory... and so on. My advice is, know what your needs are before you make a purchase. Yes, the item is fairly pricey. But the cost of owning the latest technology always is. I've encoding songs using the higher, and lower compression rates, and it's difficult to tell the difference. So,............use the lower rate, thus creating a smaller file, and get more songs on your data card. I typically get about 10 songs per data card. Ok, the cards themselves are not cheap, but they're so tiny they're cool. And after all isn't that the point? I use my I-Jam when I cycle, with some street style headphones, and I don't want to carry around a MD player. I want the smallest, lightest, (yet decent sounding) player I can get.

I find that this fulfills my needs, and for me is a good value for what I want. Do not be influenced by the negative reviews, this is a good product!

I've been using the I-Jam for a week now. Here are mythoughts.

Overall this is an excellent product.

I bought theplayer mainly for use while running because of the fact that it has no moving parts and so can be shaken without interrupting the music. On this score - 10 / 10. It performs beautifully. It is a perfect size and the FM radio gives you something to listen to when you are bored of the MP3 tracks that you have downloaded.

Just a few minus points.

1. It eats batteries - I think this has something to do with the fact that if you "pause" the player rather than "power off" - it doesn't "auto-off" after a while.

2. I bought the Parallel version and haven't been able to get Win2000 drivers for it.I wrote to the Tech Support group a week ago about this - no reply. END

I got this I-Jam MP3 player as a present. It's really lightweight, so you can bring it basically anywhere. I also like the fact that it has FM radio on it, and it has enough memory for about 8 songs. Oh, yes, one more thing. It requires 2 AA batteries, which will give you a lot of play. There is only one problem,that is that there are only 2 cards included, but the rest of this great player make up for it! I highly suggest!

I fell in love with the player when I saw it at Macworld in July. It was definately worth the wait! Smallest and most affordable, the only shortcoming is the memory limit; but new media will be available soon. The other benefit of this player is that it HAS removable media, no waiting till you get back to your machine to hear different music, just slide in a different media card!

The small size is really a plus. I particularly like the fact that one could actually adjust the BASS and TREBLE as desired. The availability of an FM tunner puts this product above its equals.

I bought an I-Jam in October 2000. At the time, they were offering a $50 rebate which I sent in promptly. In spite of repeated promises made by the company about a 6-8 week waiting time, etc. I *still* have not received the rebate after 6 months!

*extremely* bad way to do business. I have a feeling that it was all planned on their part.

BTW - The player also is not that great. The hardware to actually load the songs in unweildy. And the tiny display is less then informative and difficult to read.

WOW! i got this yesterday.. and for the [final] price, i would say this is the best out there. the memory disks are incredibly small, and the only drawback is that they only hold about 5 songs each. the connector was extremely easy to install. you can record songs on to the disks just as you use a floppy. the player itself is small too, with great sound and decent earbuds. instead of getting other more expensive models i would buy four of these. the player is the smallest i've seen, like 1.5 inches * 4 inches. BUY IT IF YOU CAN!