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Sony Vaio Pocket

Sony Vaio Pocket
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alaScore 81

132 reviews

Apr, 2024

alaTest has collected and analyzed 132 reviews of Sony Vaio Pocket. The average rating for this product is 3.5/5, compared to an average rating of 3.9/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. People are impressed by the portability and sound. The design and performance are also mentioned favorably, but many are critical about the headphones and reliability.

usability, performance, design, sound, portability

reliability, headphones

We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Sony Vaio Pocket is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 81/100 = Very good quality.

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Consumer review (amazon.co.uk)

Amazon.co.uk review summary for Sony Vaio Pocket

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 26 user reviews of Sony Vaio Pocket from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 3.8/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.0/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers really like the design and sound. The durability and battery also get good feedback, whereas the performance and reliability get negative reviews.

usability, battery, durability, sound, design

portability, reliability, performance

73% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Consumer review (amazon.com)

Amazon.com review summary for Sony Vaio Pocket

 

alaTest has collected and analyzed 47 user reviews of Sony Vaio Pocket from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 3.4/5, compared to an average user rating of 3.8/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People are impressed by the sound and design. The portability and performance are also mentioned favorably, whereas there are some less positive comments about the durability and headphones.

usability, performance, portability, design, sound

reliability, headphones, durability

70% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Dan Wu (engadget.com)

Sony Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1L review

 

The Register took a look at Sony's newest music player, the Vaio Pocket VGF-AP1L, which not only plays music, but has picture viewing capabilities in a package, you know, roughly the size of the first iPod. In additional to a three-line LCD remote and...

Oct, 2004
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Stellar value and hardware quality

 

Past Experience: I own a flash-based Creative Muvo (128MB) mp3 player. However, this marks my first HD based mp3 player purchase. Research: I knew everyone and their brother had iPods, but friends ...

sound quality, indcluded remote, USB host functionality, screen coloration, skinnable interface

touch pad interface, computer software, buggy initial firmware, company support for parts, photo limitations

Feb, 2006
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Stellar value and hardware quality

 

sound quality, indcluded remote, USB host functionality, screen coloration, skinnable interface

touch pad interface, computer software, buggy initial firmware, company support for parts, photo limitations

Feb, 2006
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Neat product from SONY

 

Battery Life is great.

Don't expect very "loud" sound from this player.

Aug, 2005
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Vaio VGF player could not be more disappointing

 

I was in the market for a new MP3 player to hold my collection of about 7000 mp3s. I saw the Vaio VGF-AP1L player on ECost and was immediately attracted to it. When I received the player two days later, however I could not have been more disappointed. ...

Solid Construction

Proprietary format, poorly designed navigation, wasted color lcd

Jul, 2005
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Vaio VGF player could not be more disappointing

 

Solid Construction

Proprietary format, poorly designed navigation, wasted color lcd

Jul, 2005
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Sony_VGF_AP1L Pocket Vaio

 

I purchased a Pocket Vaio VGF-AP1L due to all the hype about it and because I generally like SONY products. However, it has several very serious deficiences. I now really wish that I would have bought an IPOD. Here is a short list of the things I hate ...

Good Hardware

Inefficient storage of playlists. Playlist has 1000 song limit. No car charger

May, 2005
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Sony_VGF_AP1L Pocket Vaio

 

Good Hardware

Inefficient storage of playlists. Playlist has 1000 song limit. No car charger.

May, 2005
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Consumer review (epinions.com)

Terry Byford, UK

 

40Gig, great design and excellent playback . Good battery life and digital camera image capturing.

If you haven't got a computer, how do you get uploads to make this great?

Mar, 2005
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Terry Byford, UK

 

This is for me a beautiful piece of Sony design. It is simplicity itself to use especially capturing CD from my collection via the SonicStage software supplied. I have no interest in MP3 (although there is a software upgrade available to those who do ...

40Gig, great design and excellent playback . Good battery life and digital camera image capturing

If you haven't got a computer, how do you get uploads to make this great

Mar, 2005
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