Kingston K-PEX 100

Another problem with the USB functionality on the phone is the inclusion of a rarer miniUSB 'B' type slot, instead of the more common 'A' type on most cameras and a lot of phones. Type 'A' cables are more commonly available and just one cable plugged into the PC can fit into multiple devices, so this isn’t such a good idea. The player also supports USB On-The-Go, so you can hook up a digital camera to the player and directly transfer media (mostly photos) without requiring a PC or Mac. For that, they bundle a regular full size USB adapter cable in which you plug your camera’s USB cable.

The player boasts 17 hours of battery life when continuously playing back MP3 files. We tried out a combination of movies and music and it lasted for around 8-10 hours approximately. This is good battery life for a device with such capabilities.

At around Rs. 8,500, the 2GB K-PEX 100 is just a bit cheaper than the 2GB iPod Nano (Rs. 9,800). What do you get by saving a few hundred bucks? Video playback? FM radio? USB drag-and-drop and On-The-Go? While that sounds like a good deal, the over-all performance of the device is not worth the money. Get a SanDisk Sansa instead; it offers much better quality.