I’ve used the Fuze+ for about a month now, using it exclusively with Rhapsody To Go and here is my feedback:
Pros
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Gapless playback
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Great sound (I use it with Klipsch s4 earbuds)
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Multiple disk albums are correctly displayed in artist view (unlike Fuze)
Cons
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Device unlocks itself in my pocket very often
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Album artwork is displayed with a large white border around it. This is intermittent, a very few albums are OK for every song, most are not (have the white border on all of the songs or some of the songs)
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After I deleted a Rhapsody channel, and multiple albums, I needed to do a power button reset of the unit about half the time I turned it on, as it would just go to a blank screen and was unresponsive. It seems to have fixed itself after a couple of weeks.
Overall impression is that I’m disappointed in the device compared to the Fuze. It feels like there was very little testing done on the device, as the problems I’m experiencing seem really obvious, and I think I’m a relatively typical user. I’m hopeful that Sandisk will be prompt with some firmware updates that will address these seemingly basic problems. If that happens, then I’ll be very happy with the device.
