> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Raley -ITC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 11:53 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: MP3 player > > Anyone have suggestions on an MP3 player? Going to get wife one for > xmas > since the creative labs she had is dead because battery won't recharge. > Was > recharging off USB connection to PC and stopped. Its only 10mos old and > Creative Labs tells me its under warranty return to place it was > purchased, > well target doesn't do warranties after 60 days so I'm stuck at this > point.
If you can stand iTunes (I personally can't) then iPods are, by far, the most supported - but you are forced to use iTunes (blech) and you'll be spending a little more. I LOVE my Sandisk Sansa - I picked up the 4 Gig model (which also accepts 2 Gig MicroSD) for less than $40 but I've seen the 16 Gig models for less than $100. It's small, has a great screen and features a voice recorder and FM radio (with "record from radio"). Battery life is stunning with my unit lasting well over 20 hours of play time on a charge. The unit appears as a removable drive or you can use Windows MediaPlayer or any software that can access a removable device. It's "PlayForSure" compliant and plays most non-DRM'd formats as well. One interesting aspect is that there are several open firmwares available for the unit: as with most things like this the interface leaves a lot to be desired, but if you ever wanted to play "Doom" on your MP3 player (or, more pragmatically, use many of the lesser known lossless CODECs) it's an option. Accessory support is good - not great, but probably as good as you'll get with a non-iPod model. Simple things like cases, straps, cables, etc are easy to find. Docks and such are harder and more limited, but still available. About the only negatives I have to offer are that it uses a proprietary charging/sync cable (I wish companies would just stick to plain-jane USB) and that it sometimes takes a bit long to start up (when you change the content it does a "database refresh" which can take as long as 20 seconds - I presume longer on the larger capacity models). Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:281166 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
