How long is the battery life ? Can you play music on it at the same time while it is charging?
1170655
Here's an important hint: If you have a large memory card filled with music, DO NOT charge your ClipZip by plugging it into your computer. Using the computer (unless they've upgraded the firmware) will force a re-indexing of all the music... and this can sometimes take hours. Use a USB charger, and if you buy a small and cheap one, you can carry it nearly everywhere with you to recharge.
1170656
Battery life is around 10 hours - yes you can listen while charging, but only if you have a USB charger (not PC connected) - the cable that comes with it goes to your PC, which charges and syncs but no listening while syncing
787308
Mine takes a long time to come to a full charge. Several hours. So as a matter of course, I usually leave it plugged in and charging, until I want to take it somewhere untethered. It does provide a long play time (8-12 hrs). Although that time seems about the same, whether it's playing, or just in standby mode, switched off. Which is why I leave it plugged in/charging.
2254095
I found out the hard way that you can not. Once the battery dues it won't charge and play at the same time. Also there is no warning that the battery is low. Best thing is just to charge it on a regular basis. Hope this helps.
1760550
Sorry for the late response. This is my daughter's device and I had to check with her first. She had some trouble getting heard iPhone to charge and play at the same time, and now the device is not working at all. It only worked for about two weeks and I don't believe it works well to charge.
324966
Yes, I am able to listen to music and charge. Sound is good...It's not a BOSE but it does fine for me. I'm very happy with mine and the charge holds well also.
1682061
It does not charge the iPod/iPhone while playing. It holds a charge for up to five hours and can be played anywhere.
1404353
Yes it can. Just tried it and it can be plugged in and charge while playing.
1013309
No, you can let it play as long as you want, the charger will automatically stop charging the battery when it is at full capacity.
1135365
It connects through the headphone jack. I would assume you could have it charging at the same time. I have not ever tried to. I bought these for my kids.
612740
Yes, you can play it while plugged in. It actually plays quite a bit louder. It should be charging depending on the volume .
2202156
I can really only get about 1 1/2 - 2 hours of playing music. But on the bright side, it only takes like 5 minutes to charge :)
1260491
There is a rechargeable battery. You just plug the cord in and charge when the light turns red. You can still listen to music as it charges.
28491
I used mine to mainly listen to music as I commuted to work. So I had to charge it every day. My commute round trip is about 5 hours. So I got about 6 hours of playing time.
749164
Yes it does play while charging. I play it all night long while it's plugged in.
2090871
Yes you can charge while listening to music, but it will take longer to get a full charge.
378206
No this device once being charge it can play music for long periods of time before it needs to plugin again, you only need to plug for it can start and then unplugged
1330017
Yes the music plays while being charge. I can not answer the second question. I have over 500 songs on a 4gb sdcard and I have yet to reach the end. My only dissapointment with this device, once you turn it off the music go back to the first song. other than that It's a good device for the price and the speakers are pretty loud!