7.5 out of 10

Philips GoGear Ariaz (SA3ARA04/SA3ARA08/SA3ARA16)

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User Score (186)

7.4
Expert Score (7)

7.5
Design (7)

7.9
Features (9)

7.5
Ease of use (13)

8.5
Sound quality (17)

8.6
Durability (7)

7.8
Overall quality (5)

9.3
Equipment (4)

8.0

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Pros & Cons

easy setup, lightweight, stylish, fits well, easy to use

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Expert Reviews

CNET

6.0/10

27 April 2009
The GoGear Aria is a useful MP3 player that makes a great match for Rhapsody subscribers. It won't turn any heads, but it won't break the bank, either. Read more
- The Philips GoGear Aria is an affordable MP3 player that packs a 2-inch color screen, premium earbuds, FM radio, voice recording, photos, and video, and seamlessly int...
- The Aria's design is a little blah, navigation is a tad quirky, the construction is all plastic, and the music player doesn't support AAC files from iTunes.

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Overall Pretty Good

6.0/10

Reviewer: keifers13, Bestbuy
19 May 2010
I was excited to see an android-esque music player. Very similar to my galaxy s phone, i do like it a lot. The sound quality is very good coming from the internal speaker. Does not support facebook for android app which was a little bit of a bummer. Also, phillips music management software, Songbird, at first is similar to itunes, but it does not sync properly with my device. Overall i would reccomend to others, but its no where near an iPod. Read more
- Design, battery, sound quality
- no facebook app, Songbird
Yes! THIS is what you've been looking for!

10/10

Reviewer: Nic, Amazon
13 January 2012 See Product at Amazon ($76.97)
My 9 yr old had been begging for some kind of device to call her own (tablet, laptop, cell phone...anything really). She saved her money for ages and finally had enough to start shopping around. She's too young for many of the devices out there, and I don't want her to have that sort of connectivity yet so...I started looking for a "happy medium" which appeared to be an Ipod Touch. Read more or see product
Would've been great, if it worked...

4.0/10

Reviewer: Feelah_the_tigress, J&R
15 April 2011
This seemed like the perfect mp3 player for me. It had drag and drop functionality (since I'm running Linux, I can't use some bloated proprietary program), a text file reader (so I can read some lyrics), and it had good old buttons instead of a finicky touchpad. It seemed perfect... However, all these things are only good if the product actually works. Read more
- Drag and Drop, Easy To Setup, Has a text file viewer
- Buggy Software
"was great while it lasted"

6.0/10

Reviewer: musicmaninAR, CNET
31 March 2010
One of the most appealing 16gb mp3's out there for the money, but I just won't risk getting another one of these. Bought a Creative Zen to replace it, with a 1 year warranty :) I liked it for the brief period I owned it, but probably would not recommend this thing to a friend. Read more
- The sound was great, easy to use, long lasting battery.
- Died after 5 months, well outside of the 90 day warranty, but still new enough for me to be upset about it. Used some rewards points to get it so I'm not out anything,...
The best MP3 player thus far

8.0/10

Reviewer: so_opinionated, epinions.com
14 July 2009
I recently purchased my phillips 8gb mp3 player from walmart. Read more
- Great battery life, durable, easy to use, pocket size
- ear buds are irritating(not a good fit)

GoGear Ariaz

The GoGear Ariaz personal media player by Philips, brings a "significant jump in sound quality" to mid-range PMPs. The Ariaz itself is compact and light, measuring 66 x 43 x 12 mm, with a 2-inch full colour screen for viewing videos on, or album art and information during music playback. The control system is a combination of touchscreen buttons and a large rocker key for scrolling through the menus quickly. GoGear Ariaz supports most popular file formats including MP3, WMA plus MPEG4 …

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GoGear Ariaz

Features

The Ariaz features FullSound technology, which enhances the dynamics, bass, treble and stereo imaging of highly-compressed MP3 files for clearer playback and come with a pair of high definition, sound isolation headphones, which prevent against external interference. They will also include three different shaped earbuds for users to choose the most comfortable ones for use. It allows users to download movies directly from the internet using a PC or laptop, without having to worry about the sizing. The included software will allow users to choose any open source video file to be downloaded and automatically enhance it for the Ariaz’s 2-inch screen. Users will also be able to listen to the radio through the RDS FM tuner, and make voice or radio recordings via a built in microphone. The player will be available with 4, 8 and 16 GB of storage space from April at 79 euros, 99 euros and 129 euros respectively.

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Manufacturer's Description

Tune in to amazing sound on the GoGear Ariaz MP3 Player with FullSound and sound isolation headphones. Plus, enjoy music to the max without worrying about hearing damage with SafeSound. Discover and sync a universe of music with Songbird.

Specifications

Backlight

Yes
Type

LCD
Diagonal screen size (cm)

6.10 cm
Diagonal screen size (inch)

2.4 inch
Resolution

320 x 240 pixels
Equalizer customizable

Yes
Equalizer settings

Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Rock, Techno, Classical
Sound Enhancement

FullSound
SafeSound

Yes
Built-in speakers

Single 0.8W speaker

Release Date

First seen

20 February 2009

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which video format will play in 4gb philips go gear ariaz

(No answers yet. Write an answer!) 2011-03-28
why does it take so long for songs to download

(No answers yet. Write an answer!) 2011-01-07
Volume Reglemantation in Europe

Hello, I have bought the Philips GoGear Ariaz 8GB in Austria and would like to know ig there is a way to bypas the volume reglementation for Europe. In relation to other mp3 players like Samsung or Sandisk Sansa, the high volume of the Philips device is like a whispering ... Thanks, Peter pn0303@gmail.com

(No answers yet. Write an answer!) 2010-12-29
How can I download videos and films on this player?

Can you download videos and films on this player? And how, i would really appreciate if anyone could answer. Thanks.

(No answers yet. Write an answer!) 2010-12-11
Are the playlist-on-the-go files accessible from my computer?

Hi! I want to be able to access the playlist-on-the-go files from the computer (like to upload one of those playlists into my computer and write a script that deletes all of the songs in it). are those files accessible from the computer? i can't seem to find them in the windows explorer. or on the other hand - can i add files to playlists which are not on-the-go, without connecting to a computer? would love an answer. thanks a lot guys!

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