Frontier NEX II MP3 Player

Pros: MICRODRIVE SUPPORT, fast uploading, compatibility, upgradeability, size
Cons: the firmware, the menu, the errm.. so-called earphones,

I preordered nex II and got it 1 month ago. It is a ggreat player. It can access up to 1 GB of mp3's or wma's with an ibm microdrive but is also compatible with standard CF I and CF II cards. I can even use my NEX II as an external drive to read the...

Pros: multiline display, CF card support, 20-hour battery life, great sound, light weight
Cons: Frontier Lab released erroneous permanent flash upgrade, weak battery cover, weak belt clip

Does everything I want it to for my jogging. Have an inexpensive 512mb CF card that I use with the NEXII and I have plenty of songs to choose from. The battery cover fell off sometime and was lost! A probable result of the weak belt clip that sent the...

Pros: Quality Build, Great Features, Excellent Sound
Cons: Learning curve for "Jog Wheel."

Many of the MP3 Players available on the market with expandable memory utilize SMARTMEDIA cards, MMC cards, or SONY'S Memory Stick. What if you already have a collection of Compact Flash cards that you use with your Digital Camera? The options...

Pros: Practical, Great Sound, Easy to Use, Jog Button very useful, Great LCD!
Cons: Need PlayList Function & Option of Having a A/C Adapter (for transferring)

I got my Nex II from eBay's mp3player.com. I think mp3player.com is in Canada. I believe they have a branch in the USA also. I'm in Canada and the player arrived in 2 or 3 days at my door step! I'm rather excited to receive the NEX II in the mail....

Pros: Sound, price, features, no SDMI protection, battery life, screen, USB HD function, controls, upgradeable, expandable.
Cons: Slightly plasticky construction, no custom playlists, weak song selector, one directory deep support, no FM/recording.

I'm solidly convinced that the NexII is the best player available for its price for what you get. It's not perfect, by most standards, but it does pretty much everything well, or better than average. Some more expensive packages will give you better...

Pros: Loud , MP3 and WMA, compact flash1GB Microdrive, good battery life, no SDMI bs, PRICE!
Cons: ON/OFF button placement, lock that can be accidentally unlocked

After having gone through 4 very disappointing players -- RIO 800, Ipaq, Nomad, and MPMan -- along with a lot of $$ down the drain, finally a company by the name of Frontier Labs comes out with a player that put a smile on my face without wiping out my...

Pros: CF+ Rules. Nice design, sounds great.
Cons: Doesn't recharge batteries, Battery door scary.

I bought this player from DataViz.com for $99 including a 64MB CF card about a year ago. It's worked flawlessly ever since. I very much like the CF+ capacity, though I've only used it with CF Flash cards thus far. The interface is clear and...

Pros: inexpensive, no skip, expandable, easy to use
Cons: included headphones need upgraded, no battery life indicator

I bought this one to use at the gym. There's been no skipping and the battery life is excellent. It usually gets 8 to 12 hours on one pair of AA.

I bought a 256 MB flash card for it and just have endless songs (don't forget about buying the...

Pros: Compact and lightweight; Carrying case with belt clip; Infinite memory expansion; USB compatible; Incredible sound.
Cons: Included headphones are too small.

As some may know, I'll be headed back to Singapore for a visit in December. As no one knows, my old Diamond Rio 300 MP3 player is very outdated, using a proprietary cable to transfer the songs to and from the player.

It was time to look for...

Pros: Great sound quality, easy to use jog dial, bright readable screen.
Cons: Clumsy USB interface

Great player!

The unit itself is very light, and is sturdily built. The buttons are placed along the side though, which makes it hard to pick the unit up without accidentally hitting a button. The buttons on my unit were a Stop button and a...

Pros: Any size of solid state memory up to 1GB. Upgradeable firmware.
Cons: Kind of flimsy feeling. Current firmware needs work. Incorrectly reads song length for VBR songs.

Most importantly it is flexible:
Uses any size CF type 2 compatible solid state memory up to 1GB.
Acts like USB mass storage device (no need for proprietary software to get mp3s onto the device).
Upgradeable firmware

There are...

Pros: Great Sound, Inexpensive, Flexible storage
Cons: Jog control tricky to use, USB interface a little quirky, no FM or voice recorder

I have been very impressed with my new NEX II. The machine is attractive, well-built and the perfect machine for the user who has a digital camera and already owns compact flash cards. No other machine comes close to matching the storage ability of the...

Pros: Great sound, Uses inexpensive memory, a relative bargain
Cons: Uncomfortable headphones

For a couple of years I toyed with the idea of an MP3 player, but found them too impractical. 32 or even 64MB of storage is a joke - and the prices were outrageous.

I started looking again to see if things had improved and stumbled onto the...

Pros: Easy to use, compact and a great deal.
Cons: Downloading freezes frequently.

I had never owned an mp3 player before I bought the Nex II. I decided to buy it with the 256MB card so I could have a nice collection of songs. It holds about 50+ which is perfect for me right now. I can always buy more cards. Probably the best thing...

Pros: Cheap, light, simple and easy to upgrade
Cons: Nothing significant

I'm so glad I discovered this device because its the best value MP3/WMA player out there. Its packaged really well in terms of usability. I love that you can by it without any storage for under $100 and get your compact flash I or II or IBM microdrive...