Gremlins in the Gremlin?

Michael Gartenberg | June 19, 2006, 10:11 AM

Sean Alexander doesn't love the Music Gremlin device. "If you're going to give your product a name that refers to a mythical creature that destoys machines and is the subject of one of the scariest episodes of The Twilight Zone ever and two campy 80's movies, you better make darned sure you've worked your own Gremlins out of the system. This was honestly one of the worst device experiences I've ever had. The fact that Walt Mossberg's column seems to like it so much tells me either someone over at the WSJ isn't really spending much time living with the device or perhaps I just have a bad unit. Either way, it's time to put this one back in the oven and let it bake a bit longer. Here's to hoping there's a firmware update because right now, the device isn't working for me as-advertised and is about to get returned. I'm waiting to hear back from technical support."

I take Sean's view on this a lot more seriously that I would coming from other reviewers. Sean works on the Windows Media team and MSFT and frankly, it's in his best interests that stuff like this works. When he says it's the worst device experience he's ever had, I believe him. Makes you wonder about those other glowing reviews :)