Posted by swordman on 12/10/06 04:14

It's really nice to have "resume" as some player companies call the
feature.
The player starts up right where it left off when you last turned it
off.
In my case, that's often in the middle of a song. I've read that it
helps a
lot to have that feature for books, where it may be hard to get back
to, or
even find the place, where you left off.
Unfortunately, most descriptions don't mention the "resume" feature
even if
it's included. I bought an MP3/MP4 player on ebay (item 200001384683 )
which
is really nice, and does resume, but the seller's description and
another
description of an identical model from another seller (a HyFai HF-4608
from
crhub.com) don't mention it.

Doug

pjbphd wrote:
> I'm looking for a simple MP3 player for my wife who will use it primarily to
> listen to audiobooks. I assume I'll need a couple gigs of storage due of
> the size of the books. After looking at several audiobook web sites,
> including iTunes, I've finally figured out that the iPods won't really work
> well for this purpose. (Attention iPod cult members: I'm sure iPods are a
> great product, in fact as many of you claim they may be a better invention
> than the wheel and the last, best hope to save civilization as we know it.
> However, for my simple need and due to some proprietary software issues at
> both online sites and my local library they may not work best in this small,
> single, exceptional case. For this I am sorry and will never say a bad
> thing about iPods again in my life. I promise.)
>
>
>
> Anyway, she may also use it as a radio, another iPod downside. (iPod
> cultists. I'm sorry I did it again. That's the last time. Honest. Really
> this time.).
>
>
>
> She won't need a lot of buzzes and whistles, just good battery life, a large
> file storage capacity, and possibly the ability to power it through a 12V
> plug formerly known as a cigarette lighter. In her case, the fewer features
> the better.
>
>
>
> Any suggestions?
>
>
>
> pjbphd
>
>
>
>
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