Wolverine ESP 250 GB Multimedia Storage Player with Built-in 7-in-1 Memory Cards Reader
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- Wolverine Data Cradle System Accessory
- Wolverine Data ACCE29 ESP Leather Case
- Wolverine DC Car Adaptor & Battery Charger for the ESP, MVP, FlashPac, and FlashPro Storage Models
- Wolverine Data Remote Control Accessory
- Wolverine Replacement Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Battery for the ESP Video Player, 2300mAh, 3.7v
Please Read my review & comments - I had been an avid archos cust for a long time, never had a prblm, they honour warranties within the 1st year no matter what it is. I decided to try the wolverine 250gb in fact bought 2 of them for $600 a piece. The joystick on one of them went out thus had to send it back to them for warranty repairs, the manager Ricko told me l had to pay $50 to repair the joystick, l was shocked out my mind....he was try to tell me about the motherbrd how it attaches to the joystick thats some b/s who cares, unit still looked brand spanking new. Thus l decided to sell both of the units on ebay which l did and went right back to archos gen 5 250gb its awsome so be warned about their warranty coverage, you will pay. Wolverine data will charge for warranty repair work within the 1st year based on my experience thus do not buy this product you better listen go with archos gen 5 250gb is the way to go, have dealt with them for , stir clear of wolverine data period.
Great multi-function storage/player on the go - I have the 100GB version for a year and it has served me well for downloading my digicam photos on the go, live recording talks, taking music with me on the road etc. It is more a linux-style device and less platform specific. In the market of photographer/music travel drives it offers the best storage capacity and capabilities.
As a music player, only functional - This review is of the Wolverine ESP 250 GB as a music storage and playback machine only: this is the principal use to which I put it, and I cannot speak regarding its other functions, save the included game, called Matrix and not mentioned in any information I have seen, which is a very close clone of Tetris. Indeed, I have seen no differences yet.As a music storage and playback device, the Wolverine is only adequate. The good points are these: the sound is good, and the storage capacity is good. Also, I listen to music that is titled with three different writing systems (Roman letters, cyrillic, and Japanese): support for the three systems is perfect.Bad points are as follows: with Windows Vista Ultimate, on a one-month computer with 2 GB of memory and 1.25TB of hard disk storage space, synchronizing with Windows Media Player has not worked at all yet. Rebooting several times, I was able to get the computer to recognize the Wolverine as a media player only once, and that for less than 10 minutes. Copying directories when the Wolverine is set to function as a USB storage device works well enough.The manual for the product (the manual that can be downloaded from Wolverine s site being idenitical to the printed manual provided in the box) is scanty at best: no mention is made, for example, of how to pause music in mid-play. This function works by pressing the joystick during certain playback setups, but this is something I had to figure out for myself.The player has no dedicated pause button. For those who wish to use it while commuting on public transport, while having a drink in a cafe, or while shopping will find this inconvenient. Those who wish to protect this expensive device will, in addition, find the control buttons inconveniently placed when used in conjunction with the carrying case: the device has to be removed partly from the case to access any of the buttons.Far worse is the lack of any search capability in the software. I frequently (with other portable digital music players) have found it useful to search for song titles when, for example, I wish to compare different treatments of a standard. This does not seem to be possible with the current Wolverine firmware. Given that the machine s capacity ensures that it will be used by people with a lot of music, this is a serious drawback. Needless to say, searching by composer or even singer s name, is also not possible. Make sure that your music is well organized before transfering it to the Wolverine.I live in Japan, where the biggest capacity for MP3 players is currently 60 MB (save for Apple s crummy products), and so I bought the Wolverine in the US. It s the only player large enough for me, but I might recommend waiting for either a search-capable firmware update from Wolverine or until dedicated MP3 players of like capacity are available.Weakly recommended.Update: With a further two months of use, my recommendation remains a weak one. Further inconveniences or troubles have cropped up. First of these concerns the actual machine: after use five times per week for two months, the joystick/selection button (with which the undocumented pause funtion works) has begun to respond erratically, sometimes pausing and sometimes pausing only when the button is depressed.Second, I loaded an MP4 video into the machine: the visuals and the sound become unsynched after four or five minutes of viewing. In fairness, this may be due to the files I have watched: all n-th generation copies of musical TV programs originally broadcast in the early 1950s. Whether the lack of synch obtains with other video formats I do not know.A further note with regard to the machine s functioning as an MP3/music player is that it does not display any tag information and, unless the tracks have order information in their file names, plays track in alphabetic order. This is a minor inconvenience with new CDs I copy to the machine, but it plays hell with the older files I had orignally prepared for a Creative Zen Jukebox Xtra.Annoying as well is that the device does not store the state of play in memory, which means that one cannot turn the machine off and on again to resume listening.Perhaps a quibble is that scrolling through files is only possible (upon turning the device on) from the first ASCII-order directory. For me, with more than 1500 CDs loaded onto the machine, looking for a CD by an artist listed under T, for example, consumes time, non-alphanumeric (Cyrillic and Japanese) are placed at the end of the queue.Note as well that this review has hereto implied that there is no way to search for individual tracks: the user must remember where a particular track has been stored.On a positive note, battery life is good for such a machine and the uses to which I put it. Still, unless you have a positive need for a machine with this great a capacity, I cannot recommend the Wolverine 250GB.
- Robust and versatile 250 GB multimedia player with memory card slots
- 3.6-inch wide viewing angle (320 x 240) TFT LCD screen with adjustable back light
- Effortlessly copies photos and digital camera video data via ESP s built-in 7-in-1 card reader
- Built-in FM radio, built-in speaker, USB 2.0 connectivity
- 1-year limited warranty