Portable MP3 Players

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

I've got a friend who wants to buy a portable mp3 player with a decent amount of memory but at a price range of around 200-300 bucks.

Can anyone recommend any good players with a decent memory/price ratio?

BR_WB · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 2850

I've got a really small I-river that is about the size of a big pink eraser and it'll hold like 100 songs except I can't figure out how to lower the bitrate.

SCBrips · Guest

Get an iPod. They're both Mac and PC compatible. They work like a charm and transfer of songs is super fast.

I have a Palm Tungsten E w/256 mb memory card that doubles as an MP3 player. It doesn't hold near as many songs as what an iPod will but I wanted an MP3player/PDA combination.

DRAGON88 · Posted: Oct 23, 2003 6:17 pm Post subject:

i second the I-Pod, its a sweet little number...

i gots to get me one of dem...

BillJ · Posted: Oct 23, 2003 10:35 pm Post subject:

I have an iPod and it works really well, definitely a nice unit.

Jim M · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 17 Jan 2003 Posts: 2933

I found a great portable one. I got this one for $120 shipped, its 128MB which gives you around 25-35 songs. The larger IPOD's and others are much better quality with much more features, but for a straight-up portable this one was the coolest I found..

http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?PAGE=PROFRAME&PROD_ID=70889

Its ideal for running/working out and it was absolutely perfect for snowboarding (theme music baby!). It has a lanyard so it hangs off your neck, the earbuds come off the lanyard so its super comfortable, once its on you just forget about it. And the play/pause button is a big button in front so i just slap my chest when I want to pause it Smile

Tyler T · Posted: Oct 24, 2003 9:30 am Post subject:

i can't wear ear buds, they don't fit in my ears Sad

drifter36 · Addict Joined: 25 Aug 2003 Posts: 679 City: Fargo

go with ipod it is the best thing you will find.

Maestro · Posted: Oct 24, 2003 3:31 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I can wear earbuds but they tend to fall out and/or be uncomfortable in my ears. Much prefer headphones.

Dragonlady8 · Guest

Definitely the IPod.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/72404/wo/6i4g9Jm1cc0z3TzBgetR4qh5Ij1/0.0.7.1.0.5.21.1.3.1.0.0.0.1.0

Yeah I'm a Mac user....get over it.

ontrider · Ladies Man Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 16491 City: Russia

OK, thanks. I'll check out IPod and pass along the info to my friend!