I’ve finally given in and got an MP3 player.

After wondering for ages if I needed one the backlog of podcasts that I have to listen to and my attempts to get out once a day for walk finally convinced me.

Not needing to carry around a life’s collection of CDs and assorted MP3s I plumped for cheap device, simple to use and with the advantage that I could record onto it.

I had visions of travelling, listening to some music on a beach and recording sounds from markets and musicians to podcast myself.

So, back from PC World I came armed with the Matsui MAT110MR. I plugged it into the PC and downloaded a few podcasts, wandered around the house and listened happily to them.

Back I went to load some music and more podcasts and that is where the fun started. Either the device sulks and refuses to appear or it appears, needs formatting, allows you to copy to it then refuses to restart when removed from the PC.

After trying for over an hour (and listening to some of the backlog of podcasts) I give up and turn to Google where I discover that this sort of behaviour seems to be a “feature” of this little device.

A sense a trip to PC World is due …