Posted by RichardK on 04/11/06 21:24

George Graves wrote:
> In article <1144772988.151662.53730@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com>,
> "J. Nelson" <spam_box@ev1.net> wrote:
>
>
>>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?
>
>
> The Shuffle is a low-end player designed to just allow one to turn it on
> and play what's there. Without any display, navigation is all but
> impossible.

Indeed, but on the plus side, the Shuffle's output stage is (according
to one of those fancy test thingies, with graphs and stuff) absolutely
outstanding.

Sandisk are launching 6Gb devices with colour screens, radio and AAA
battery source. Maybe look for their machines too, just for comparison
purposes?

Richard


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