Latte Espresso 16 GB Player/ FM Transmitter

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I bought the Latte Expresso for my son's birthday and he loved it. Sound quality was good and the FM transmitter is a very useful feature. The only problem it will not turn on after 3 months of use and since I still had the manufacturer warranty, I contacted technical support for help; it has been a week and no answer. I placed a phone call and no one answered, I cannot believe that this is a place of business.I think it could have been a great product if you can actually get in contact with someone at Latte Global Communications.If you do decide to buy this product, please make sure you get the replacement plan from Overstock. It would have save me a lot of headache if I did.

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I bought this MP3 player for my daughter as a Christmas present. AMAZING BUY! It's a great little gadget and would reccomend it to anyone. I think I play with it more than she does!

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Overall, this is a nicely featured media player. The built-in FM transmitter was the selling point for me as my wife has a lot of stuff she wants to listen to in the car and having to deal with the player and a separate transmitter were just too much of a pain. There are some quirky things about it, though. For instance, it seems as though you have to set the options for signal output (fm transmit), then turn the unit off and on again before it will transmit the audio to the radio. Sometimes you have to do it after changing the radio output frequency. So it can be a bit frustrating when doing the initial setup in the car. Once it's set, though, it generally works pretty good.The other quirky thing is that the battery life indicator doesn't seem to work well. Even after a full charge, within a few minutes the indicator is down one bar (of 3). It doesn't seem to stay charged for very long, either, but of course that depends on how much it's being used.

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The screen has a quality picture, the touch screen is easy to use, loading the different media is easy. The player does NOT have a play list function, searching for songs/artists/albums is time consuming. The FM Transmitter/ Radio did not work and the player would freeze up once in a while during playback, but Overstock has sent a replacement and I will edit the review if these issues are resolved by a different player.

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Where to start hmm, well lets start with the interface. Its a clear 3 inch screen with a clean GUI (Graphical User Interface.) The audio is top notch when paired with a good set of headphones. Very clear and responsive bass also clear highs. The video is also really good, the only drawback with the video is im sure this PMP (Personal Media Player) for the price is not using the strongest Graphics Chip, like the nVidia Tegra for the Zune HD. SO the blacks in the background wash out or turn blocky and its hard to see sometimes. That is the only problem for the video. Other than that I was surprised on how well it handled fast past action, I was watching 007 Quantum of Solice the beginning with the Cars very clear and fluid. Now the features. The FM Transmitter is really good but it does tend to wash out the bass a little but not like your under water. Just make sure the volume is at its fullest on the PMP. I also did a little trick, you need the headphones in the 3.5 mm jack to operate the FM Transmitter so while it was transmitting it would also play through the headphones which at the highest volume could either damage your headphones or be an anoyance. By the way all you need is the headphone jack stub hooked in it uses that as an antenna, so get an old piece of headphones and cut the rest off and keep the jack stub. Connect it to the PMP and your good to go! :D lets see what else, the G Sensor is cool but they need to fix some things like you can maneuver the sensor to what direction you want the PMP to be at I.e. vertical or horizontal.. and keep it there but if you turn off the PMP it will revert back to normal which can be annoying. Also the text is alright but its has to be in TXT for the player to read. The stopwatch is nice if you have things to use it with, I use mine for timing my presentations. LAST thing GET YOURSELF A STYLUS. My fingers are too big for the scroll bar and things to that nature. They make the player look big in the picture but its actually rather small which is nice for your pocket on the go but bad if you have gorilla hands. lol ALL IN ALL great player for under 150 bucks. but before you jump on this great deal look for others in the intuitive interface department this one can be annoying but im happy for the product I purchased, for the price GREAT FEATURES. Hope this helped.