[Hidden-tech] making the leap to MP3 player

[Frank Aronson]

I wholeheartedly agree with what Duane had to say:  iPods (or iAnything) are
not the only game in town.  Zen and Sandisk (Sansa MP3 player) are both
expandable by use of a removable memory card.  The Zune, I feel, is largely
overlooked, but offers some interesting features.  That said, I think you'll
be happier with the iPod (or iAnything...) because you are on a Mac platform
already and this will offer you a more seamless "user experience."  Now it's
simply a question of the features you want or feel you *may *want in the
future.  The iPod Nano <http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/> offers video
recording and a built-in FM tuner, with a capacity of up to 16GB.  The iPod
Touch <http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/> gives you up to 64GB of storage
(that comes at a price, however: $400) and offers a whole bunch of
installable software and games (kind of like an iPhone without the phone).
 Here's a full comparison of Apple's media
players<http://www.apple.com/ipod/compare-ipod-models/>
.

For your purposes, I'd say the Nano is probably the best bet, but check out
the whole line before making a decision.

Frank Aronson
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On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Duane Dale <duane.dale at gmail.com> wrote:

>   ** Be sure to fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area.
>   ** If you did, we all thank you.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Robin MacRostie <
> rmacr at choreographicdesign.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> All my portable CD players are died.   I need to make the leap into Ipod.
>>  I say ipod, because it seems to be the industry standard and I'm a mac
>> person.   ....
>>
>
> Hi Robin. Rather than answers, here's an assertion, a candidates, and some
> more questions...
>
> Assertion: The Apple products aren't the only game in town.
> Candidates: Creative's Zen (which I have)
>    or for higher-fi:  Creative Zen X-Fi and some others
>
> Questions:
> * Is a radio important or useful as part of the deal?
>    > and would you like to be able to commit a radio program you're
> listening to to the player's memory?
> * Is microphone recording something you'd like to be able to do?
>    > at what quality level, and with what degree of control?
>    > with an external microphone?
>
> And as far as memory capacity, what about models that allow you to upgrade
> memory yourself by having a memory slot?
>
> --Duane Dale
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