MP3 Player Recommendations

[massbikebabe]

My little brother gave me a 30g IPOD for Christmas and I just love it. I love that I can use audiobooks in there as well. Seems to me there is a hold button on top of mine for when you exercising. I have never had to use it. I am glad that he got me an Apple product, they started this revolution so in my opinion they are tried and true. Same reason I use Palm Pilot instead of Blackberry.




karen

[MomOnBike]

I have the Creative Zen V. The silly thing has turned into my constant companion. It is small, simple, and, so far, bullet-proof (No, not literally, sillies). Non-Apple, 'cause I have an unreasoning dislike of Apple products. No, I don't know where it came from.

My only real advice is to get as much memory as you can afford - or somewhat more than you can afford. You won't regret the extra space.

[Bluetree]

I'm a loser, too!
Umm... I mean I tend to lose things like sunglasses, keys, iPods etc.
I have a Nano but I use my Gen-1 and 2 Shuffles when working out. Not so upsetting if I drop a dumbell on it, or forget it in a locker...

I actually had a friend's lab nearly swallow my first shuffle... had to put it out of his throat gently by the ear cable/cord so it wouldn't go all the way down his gullet. Wiped off the dog spit, it worked fine!

[Tuckervill]

I just got an Ipod Nano for my birthday, and I LOVE it, and I didn't think I would be that interested in it.

Both dh and ds have Shuffles, but I didn't like anything about not being able to see what was playing. I tried to use my son's Shuffle and it was totally confusing. Plus, I couldn't figure out how to rewind it.

My favorite part is being able to get This American Life podcasted for free every week!

Karen

[HappyAnika]

When researching to buy DH an MP3, I read about so many file compatibility problems with anything other than an apple. (And since then have heard stories first hand as well, like brother in-law who can't download anything, he can only copy CDs).

So I got DH the 30 GB video and he loves it. He travels a lot for work to Europe and China, so he likes that he can watch tv shows on it when the laptop battery dies on the flight. He can also store back up copies of word and excel files, just in case. When we went on vacation in Europe, we got the camera connector so I could download my pictures to his ipod, no extra memory cards needed, there was plenty of room on his ipod (despite hundreds of copied CDs on there). He runs with the big honkin thing either in the arm band, or in the MP3 pocket in his shorts, no problems skipping.

I have the 4 GB nano and I love it. Nice and small, fits on my arm with the band for running and at the gym, but still holds a lot so I don't have to erase and reload all the time like I think I would do with a shuffle. I can also listen to audiobooks on mine, they don't take up too much room, which is great when I take the bus, or for listening to in the car with the radio transmitter.

If you just want to load a workout play list, the shuffle might be a good option, but I also travel (domestically), so I like having a wide variety at any given time to listen to.

[uforgot]

I've had an ipod mini forever, and I love it. Recently one of my students came in with an ipod shuffle, the new one, and it is really tiny! it clips on just about anywhere. I got one and use it for running on the track. Just clip it on, it's about the size of a postage stamp. No screen, but that's perfect for an exercise mp3. Holds 240 songs or several audiobooks. I don't really need to store pics or videos, so my mini is my basic hold everything and my shuffle is for exercising.

I like I-tunes, also. There are plenty of things you can do with it if you are interested. Lots of books out there.

[Dianyla]

Another happy Sansa notPod user, checking in!

It's all flash/solid state, and also has an FM tuner which I find very handy when I'm tired of my playlist and too lazy to freshen it up. Oh, and it doesn't cost a million dollars like the proprietary stuff.

[Brandi]

You know ipod is not all that is out there. I have had 4 mp3 players that i have used to death including an ipod. My favorite to date is a samsung yp-mt6. There is a 6x and a 6z. Both my hubby and I have the 6x you can get them for real cheap on ebay right now. We paid over a $100. for ours until my dh left he's in a rental car last year and got a new one on ebay for like $40. Please these are so nice and easy trust me. Like to know what you pick too. Oh an added note ipods don't have fm radio in them and these do! Which for me is a huge feature when I am on the road.

[light_sabe_r]

Okay so I am NOT an iPod fan.

I bought a 30GB iPod for me for Christmas in 2005. I loved it!

'cept for the fact that it stopped communicating with my computer after an itunes update and the apple service centre couldn't help me. Then it would contantly freeze up on me.

So I took it back. It was less than 1 month old. I got my 500 bucks back and bought my rollerblades.... If I hadn't have bought them I wouldn't have started meeting up with my future BF on his bike, we probably wouldn't have kept the friendshop going after he finished working with me and I wouldn't have bought my first bike to start keeping up with him a few months later...

So you could say the iPod is responsible for me ending up here. I still am not a ipod fan.





BUT I am a Nokia 6280 fan! I bought a 2GB Mini SD in my phone and It has a built in speaker meaning that I can still listen to my eclectic music in the laboratory where we're not aloud to wear headphones. PLUS the battery life is FAR superior to what my 30GB iPod was.

Yup... Mobile and music is the way to go. The other thing is you only have to carry ONE thing when you're out running instead of the iPOD and the phone. However even then I reccommend using the speaker instead of the earbuds.

[uforgot]

They all freeze. You just need to do a troubleshooting search. Every kid in our school got an mp3 for Christmas, and I have unfrozen at least 4 different brands. The only one I didn't have any luck with, was Sansa. There are all kinds of forums out there about it. I think it happens when people don't stop their mp3 players before disconnecting it from the computer. The Apple ipods are actually the easiest to unfreeze. There are about 5 different key combos that are published all over the web. I have never found an ipod I couldn't unfeeze with one of the combinations. Lots of forums with tips and troubleshooting on ALL mp3 players. I tend to stay away from the manufacturers website as I have never really found them or their technical support very helpful.