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User Opinions: MiniJam


TworhythmsExcellent Sound Quality! Easy to use!

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This MP3 player has excellent sound quality and is easy to use. I only wish that the form factor was smaller. Overall, I would recommend it to everyone!

StanwardHorrible, two bad units in a row!

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First unit I purchased, came with broken ear bud earphones. Also the first unit's LED would not work. It only lights up red, but never would light up green. Second unit I received, crashed my Visor several times. Would not play the MP3's on my MMC cards. Volume would be all whack. Innogear needs to get better quality control!

Tas_Burfootsoftware nightmare

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I oredered one directly from Innogear with a SpeedLoader. It took 2 weeks to get here. the software loaded fine, then the trouble started... It took me 3 trys to get 1 song to load without crashing. my system would blue screen everytime I booted with the loader attached. the MJLoader didn't work. I uninstalled and reinstalled and was finaly able to get some songs transfered. I tried to play them and had snaping and poping in everyone of the songs, noises that were definatly not in the origional MP3. one week later I've got an RMA and it's going back on Monday.

Polskagreat deal!

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Mini Jam is everything that we asked for a MP3 Player. Even when turned the Visor off you still can foward, rewind the songs. Amazing! Congrats! Now, just need to be able to record voice and data on the MMCs! :)

cipaterGood product with room to grow

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The price drop to $199 for the 64 meg version finally convinced me to take the plunge, and I'm pretty glad I did. I like the expandability using standard MMC cards, as well as the potential to store other kinds of data on the cards besides MP3s. I carry too many things in my bag already, so it's nice to have an integrated unit like this that adds so much functionality to my Visor Platinum. True, it does suck down the batteries quicker, but I switched to NiMH rechargables some time ago which helps out a lot. It's true that the Mac software is somewhat paltry, but I never had any problem downloading multiple MP3s at the once (though I wish the downloads were faster, or that InnoGear would come out with Mac drivers for their MMC writer). Sound quality is surprisingly good, the extra bulk is not much of an inconvenience for me. All in all, one of my better impulse buys!

gordboygood product, expandable

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I've had the minijam for a few months now and am very happy with its quality. Transfers through the hotsync cradle are very slow, but using the independent card writer accesory they become very fast (about 10x faster). Writing 64MB to the card took ~30min through hotsync, but 3-4 min with the accessory that doesn't use the visor but writes directly to the MMC card. I wish more skins were available. In comparison to the soundsgood player, this is the better deal since it is expandable. I have not noticed much battery degradation on my Visor Prism, which uses internal LiOn batteries with more power instead of standard AAA. Given the $99 price of 64MB MMC cards, the minijam price of $249 makes a lot of sense.

RyanIt's not as small as the Sounds Good MP3

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This product is a very good one, considering the price. Overall, SoundsGood MP3 player is a little better in sound quality.

pierrefMac support is limited

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I bought it, and I decided to return this machine. They provide only Mac support software called MiniJam browser. You can drag and drop your MP3 file from Mac finder to MiniJam browser window for transfer music data. However, this software have difficulty when I drop more than one file. It means, I should drop one MP3 file, then wait for a while of transfer, then drop another MP 3 file.... what a time consuming process! Plus, MiniJam doesn't bundle any MP3 software. You should download software from Music Match. Even so, Mac version of Music Match doesn't have Mac version of plug-in soft for Music Match, so once you convert your music to MP3 from your CD, you should deal with MiniJam browser. Document said Windows version has MiniJam plug-in, and file trancfer may not so pain as I experienced (I haven't tested yet). Overall, if you are Mac user, I'm not to recommended to buy MiniJam.

PolskaALMOST Perfect

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I always wanted to have a MP3 player and now I have it while using my Visor. All the complaints about battery drain to me is no use since I use a Visor Prism. I used about 4 hours in a roll and the battery gauge stood at 89%. The only complaint that I have is that SOMETIMES when I take the module of (even with the power off) it crashes but a soft reset and it's okay. It's worthy for me. Now it just have to be able to record information at the MMC.

AnonymousBattery sucker, too

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Practical battery life with the volume up (needed in city sidewalk traffic) is little more than one (1) hour. This makes te MiniJam truly uselass. Does anyone want a used MiniJam?



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Product Details
Name: MiniJam
Company: InnoGear
Size: 2½ x 2¼ x 1-1/8
Weight: 1.4 oz.
Memory: 37 K on Visor when inserted
Hard Cover Compatible: No
Price: $199.00 (32 MB), $259.00 (64 MB)


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