Posted by iws on 11/30/06 21:15

"bald-bloke" <sjrodgers100@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1164920130.831962.141900@h54g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> 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)

Not many mp3 players will deal well with that sort of abuse. maybe the
answer is to buy the least expensive one you can find on sale and just
expect to have to replce it every so often. Whatever you do, avoid the
Creative Zen Nano Plus - I have one and its battery cover breaks by simply
looking at it the wrong way. As far as battery life, I prefer one that runs
on AAA batteries and many newer will run for 10 or more hours on one
battery.

[Back to original message]