My girlfriend wants to buy a new mp3-player. She wants 4GB to 8GB storage and a big battery, which provides enough power for 25 to 30 hours playing time. And the mp3-player has to be small with a nice design.
We have three candidates for the final decision:
1. Cowon D2 4GB
This mp3-player is my personal number one, because of the touchscreen, the high-resolution monitor and the storage, which can be upgraded with SD or MMC cards. My girlfriend likes the playing time of 52 hours for music files and the 10 hours for video files. But she don't like the idea of a touchscreen because the durability is always a question. She wants a mp3-player that can take some punishment, e.g. getting buried in the purse under cell phone and make up. The display shouldn't get scratches easily. She doesn't believe that the touchscreen will survive a ride in her purse.
2. iriver E100 8GB
The iriver is a mutlimedia player, that can handle a lot of video and audio formats pretty well. The iriver can also manage .txt-files, which can be useful to view documents everywhere you want. I also like the Micro-SD slot for storage upgrades up to 4GB. My girlfriend likes the size of the iriver. It's thinner than the Cowon D2. And she also likes the design. A little black beauty, that looks more like a cell phone than a mp3-player. And of course she likes prize, the iriver is way cheaper than the Cowon D2.
3. Creative Zen 8GB
The last one is the Creative Zen. It is a cheaper alternative to the Cowon D2 and the iriver E100.It also features a high-resolution screen and upgradeable storage. The Zen plays music for 25 hours and videos for 5 hours. And you can use it as an USB hard drive. My girlfriend has concerns about the firmware because some users at amazon.com complain about software bugs. Personally I like the design of the Creative Zen the most of the three players.
Why is there no Ipod on the list?
Because everyone got one, it's time for some individualism.
August 21, 2008 5:37 AM
I'm practically drooling here! I feel like Homer Simpson.
August 21, 2008 10:34 PM
wow...those three options are all great! got one myself recently too.
August 23, 2008 3:25 AM
I can tell you that you can buy ipod 4 GB. That is the best mp3 player I think.
August 23, 2008 6:13 AM
By the way, mp3s can sound really close to CD quality if you use a high compression rate. The I-tunes player is set to 128 when you install the program. When compressing CDs to mp3 I suggest using a bit rate such as 192 at the very least. Of course now the mp3 will take up about 1/3 more space, so you will not be able to have as many mp3 on your i-pod. Still, 192 sounds so much better, especially on the high end of the EQ spectrum.
August 25, 2008 5:36 AM
Same opinion as above. Thanks for sharing this post.
September 17, 2009 1:48 AM
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