Chocolate at the gym

Has anyone used this yet at the gym? I am wondering how it performs there. Like how well does the headphone adapter hold up for example and any other input you can provide. I am considering this phone and would mainly use the MP3 functionality at the gym. I realize I could get the iPod Nano but I just need something for the gym and do not see myself using an MP3 player anywhere else as I have Sirius in the car. I also like the ideal of just having one unit with the phone and MP3 player. I would greatly appreciate anyones input.

Thanks,

CEV

Either this is not a very popular phone, or no one has ever used it at the gym. I may just end up finding out for myself in a week or so if there are no responses by then.

Thanks,

CEV

I have the phone but will probably not use it as an MP3 player. I got the phone because I liked its look and I got it for free during my upgrade. So far I like it and I am trying to get adapted to the touchpad.......At 1st I didnt like but I am beginning to get the hang of it

I have the chocolate and am planning to use it as an MP3 player. I plan on getting bluetooth headphones for it. This would be a good idea if you are worried about the sturdiness of the headphone jack. Also then there are no wires to get in your way either!

I use my phone (i870) as my primary Mp3 player, at the gym, and in the dry sauna- best mp3 player I've ever had

I use my VX8500 at the gym, I bought the 2.5 to 3.5 adapter for my comfy radioshack RadioShack.com - Home Entertainment: Accessories: Headphones: In-the-Ear Noise Reducing Stereo Headphonesheadphones. I like it best that I can watch movies while getting in cardio.

If you're willing to shell out another $100 for a set of bluetooth headphones: it's great.

Otherwise: it sucks in oh-so-many ways.

-The sound quality of headphones that come with the music kit is abyssmal.
-The cord for them is very short: I could barely stand upright on a cardio machine without pulling the phone from the control panel (I'm 5'11").
-The port is on the side of the phone, not the top, which is more irritating than you might imagine.
-The port is not a standard stereo plug: it's a propietary design so you need to use an adapter to use anything other than the terrible provided headphones. As if that weren't enough, the adapter is for a 2.5mm plug, so to use most decent headphones you'll need an 3.5mm adapter for your adapter: the whole contraption is incredibly clunky and has a tendancy towards poor connection.
-Since the phone locks itself after a few seconds, you'll have to unlock it every time you want to skip a song or adjust the volume. To do that, you have to press the "Unlock" button on one side of the phone (twice) without pressing the symetrically placed "End" button on the other. It's hard enought to do in the calmest moments, never mind while running. Not a really well thought out bit of design there, that.


That said, I did shell out another hundred bucks for a pair of Motorola HT820 bluetooth headphones.

Now my gym experience is almost seamless. Other than looking like Shrek (maybe not an issue if you don't shave your head) and occassionally redialing my last call by accident (because I'm an idiot), I have no problems with it at all.

Other than that night in Thailand, it's the best $100 I ever spent.

I sweat at the merest thought of exercise, so my Chocolate does not travel with me to the gym. It resides safely in my glove box until it is safe to handle it again.

Just make sure you charge the batteries before going out to gym. That's the only problem I have with the phone.