Posted by bald-bloke on 11/30/06 20:55

Hi,

I'm looking to buy the wife an mp3 player for christmas. Being an old
fogey (me, not the wife) who has difficulty operating a video recorder
these days, I have no idea what is on the market. Perhaps someone can
point me in the right direction, please?

It must be very rugged/robust as it is very likely to get dropped,
bashed or sat on. (Nokia used to do a mobile phone in a rubberised
case that bounced when it was dropped - nice feature that)

Simple to operate. (Bells and whistles are fine and well but my wife
just wants to listen to classical music - not spend 20 minutes
configuring menus). No need for any features other than listening to
music so video playback is a definite no-no.

It must have a good battery life. Correction: an excellent battery
life. An internal-rechargeable battery would be nice.

512mb to 1gb should be plenty of memory capacity.

Physical size? - Smaller the better.

Appearance is not important. Nor, within reason, is price.

Any help or suggestions appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Bald bloke.

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