Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm a long time and big fan of the Clip players, being among the very first users of the original Clip back in 2007-8. I have owned every iteration since (Clip, Clip+, Clip Zip and Sport) and you can read my reviews of each of them. I have always believed the Clip to be a much superior player to the iPod Shuffle (and even the grossly overpriced Nano) given it's low price point and usable display. The Clip+ has been by far my (and several others) favorite iteration of all Clips released so far. It improved on all aspects of the original while maintaining the same small foot print and I've owned several of them over the years. However something went horribly wrong with SanDisk's design dept. after the Clip+ when they thought that a low-res color display in a portable mp3 player was more important than usability when they released the terrible Clip Zip. It tanked badly among critics and customers. SanDisk then went back to the drawing board and released the Sansa Sport. While it offered a massive improvement in battery life, it retained the useless low-res display and crappy OS while actually INCREASING the size of the player. Suddenly it was no longer such a portable audio player that made it so popular. After another lukewarm response from the consumers, it seems like they have finally heard us with the release of this latest version. While it still doesn't feel as sturdy as the awesome Clip+ (the body retains the same cheap plastic introduced with the Zip), this little Jam guy retrieves all the features we loved about it's elder brother: the smaller footprint, the basic but oh-so-useful monochromatic screen that shows only the info we're actually interest in (track title/artist name instead of a stupid low-res album artwork) and a pretty cool set of colors. While I'm sad that the battery life has gone down compared the Sport (18 hours vs 25) I'm happy that it feels like the portable player it's meant to be and I can be proud of my Clip again. Although I think they should offer a 4GB version at a lower price point (under $30) since I really don't need larger storage for a player made primarily for exercising (most gym sessions last less than 1 hour, how many tracks/storage do you need for such a short time really?) All in all this is the best Clip since the +. SanDisk is back on the right track, now if only they swap that cheap plastic body for the same material as the + for the next version..