Posted by Gary Tait on 04/11/06 16:56

"J. Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote in news:1144772988.151662.53730
@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com:

> I'm finally about to buy an MP3 player, and would appreciate some
> input on which of these two products is preferable. This player would
> be used at the gym for working out, and occasionally jacked in to my
> car sereo.
>
>>From what I can tell, they are both at the same price point, but the
> Creative has twice as much storage, a display screen, the ability to
> record via microphone, and an FM receiver... in other words, a
pretty
> one-sided contest in favor of the Creative.
>
> Is there anything I'm overlooking which would argue in favor of the
> ipod?
>

iTunes Music store would be it, althout the Creative seems to work with
PlaysForSure services.

The Creative player uses an AAA battery, the Shuffle uses a built in
LiPo cell, charged over USB.

Given the choice, I'd go with the Creative.

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