Philips Flash MP3 Players

Philips GoGear Muse

The GoGear Muse is Philips' best portable media player to date, featuring a number of enhancements over previous models, including a redesigned user interface and slicker design. It doesn't offer the best audio quality we've ever heard, but its format support is hard to beat

User rating 8.0

Editor's rating 6.8

Philips GoGear Vibe

The GoGear Vibe budget MP3 player compensates for its deeply irritating navigation system by offering a well-rounded feature set and good sound quality. Photo- and video-playback capability are of limited use on a 38mm colour screen, but Philips deserves credit for squeezing in such features at this price

Editor's rating 6.0

Philips GoGear Opus

The GoGear Opus manages to stand out from the crowd of iPod nano rivals by offering some impressive extra features, such as support for the BBC's iPlayer and the ability to record FM radio. The screen isn't great, but sound quality is good and it's a decent media player overall

User rating 10.0

Editor's rating 7.0

Philips SA2820

The Philips SA2820 is a strong competitor against the Apple iPod shuffle. With a crisp monochrome screen, voice recorder and 2GB capacity available for a low price, it's certainly attractive. The sound quality emphasises the bass line, making it great for fans of dance music

User rating 9.0

Editor's rating 6.0

Philips SA9345

If you want a simple and good-sounding audio player, don't overlook this Philips SA9345. It incorporates an FM radio besides protected and unprotected MP3 and WMA play. Get your finger on its Superscroll function to simply fly through your music. How could you brush off a feature like that?

Editor's rating 6.8

Philips GoGear SA6025

This flash MP3 and video player promises a generous feature set -- including FM radio and voice recorder -- and certainly beats the iPod nano in terms of affordability. But can it match Apple's stylishness and ease of use?

Editor's rating 5.9

Philips GoGear SA4020

The 2GB Philips GoGear SA4020 doesn't deliver the most enviable list of features for a flash-based MP3 player in its price category, but it does boast a solid, well-designed build that's easy on the eyes and pleasant to hold

Editor's rating 5.0

Philips PSA235 (512MB)

Philips has packed this sporty player with features any gym rat would love -- an FM tuner, easy-to-use rocker controls, an included armband, a talking stopwatch that records your times, and a bass boost that we didn't need -- this baby kicks out plenty of volume. It doesn't include a pedometer or a heart-rate monitor and it's fairly expensive, however

Editor's rating 6.7