Gandaar

Due to overwhelming pressure from my daughters, I am being dragged kicking and screaming into the 21st Century.

I have been informed that "cool" fathers have MP3 players for their music. Personally, I see nothing wrong with my vinyl albums and 8-tracks... but in the interest of keeping things peaceful, I am looking for an MP3 player.

I am looking for:

Small... the smaller the better

Flash memory instead of a hard drive. ( I have been told that they are sturdier and less likely to die on you... as well as longer battery life)

At least 4GB of memory

Ability to use it to move data files as well as music

Something reasonably priced... preferably under $300 USD


And I really don't know what else to ask for..... any thoughts and ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Fullwin

This is probably too obvious an answer, but I believe the 4GB iPod Nano is going to be as good as anything else out there - very easy to carry around and pretty reliable.

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Osgiliath666

I to am going through this very thing with my little girl who thinks she has to have a Ipod mini.... I thikn I have a cassette walkman laying in a closet... maybe she would like state of the art for 1985?

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Gandaar, if you're going to stick specifically to flash mp3 players, I'm going to agree with Fandros and say go with the ipod nano. SanDisk is also making a 6 gb flash player (the nano caps at 4 gb, if I'm not mistaken) that might be worth looking into: http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=...70&btnG=Search

Happy hunting.

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fildien

I have an iPod and freaking love it! I highly recommend them Find the size and price that's right for you though. They're very easy to use as well.

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Sixee

Remember, MP3s of music you own are perfectly legal for you to possess.
No one on this board sanctions the downloading of illegal music.

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fildien

It's just so much easier for me go to itunes and download songs or albums that I want and then use software to make CDs of stuff I want. Remember if you do get an iPod back it up b/c like any piece of technology you can goof and in the iPod's case erase your collection!!!! I'm up to 4k songs on mine and haven't *knocks on wood* done that yet.

I love the versatility of the iPod, it connects to the car stereo and my home stereo or my PC. Some car stereos require extra parts or new stereos but it's still really cool

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Elemak the Enchanter

iPod all the way. Decent price, good storage space, and high quality sound.

Binuven

Aye, not only for the product, but for the support you get with an IPod.

We sell them as well as some other companies, including LG and Creative. LG have a great warranty, but you pay WAY too much for little product.

My experience with Creative has been quite dismal. It turns out that should your Creative MP3 player break, you have to deal with the manufacturer directly and must pay a $25 fee just to return your broken MP3 player. Pure Garbage and why we've since stopped bringing them in.

Apple has excellent support as well as a solid product. Gonna be a sheep here and follow the herd, buy a Nano.

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Moglor

is it possible to get the Nano or any IPOD to play mp3's from other sources then money grubbbing apple?