Creative has a great line of MP3 players.
I am liking the zune as well.
Personally I'd recommend the ipod, ... get a flash drive player, like the nano.
iPods are exceptional for athletic activity.
I work with someone who has a zune, the old model. .... It's pretty bulky and looks fragile, however.
From a female point of view (as it sounds like this is a gift)...
I love my Nano when I'm traveling, driving, or generally on-the-go.
I just recently got a refurb'd 30 Gb Zune off of woot.com and I love it... looks great, works great, and the price was great ($100).
I'll through my two pennies out and suggest my Cowon IAudio U2.
i have an iPod and a Zune. Suprisingly enough I prefer the Zune. Either way, get flash if you plan to work out with it.
Wow... now I'm not confused anymore :wacko::biggrin:
Apparently most people like whatever they have - those the consensus seems to be that flash drives are the only way to go for active use.
Keep the opinions coming ... I may have to do some hands-on research this week at Best Buy - unless there are better places to shop for them?
Here is my opinion and I'm a person that has bought about every single tech item in the last 10 years.
I lean towards the Ipod family of MP3 players. A lot of non-Ipod owners slam the Ipod but the truth is that it's #1 in sales for a lot of reasons. There are MP3 players that can do something better but I think as a total package, it's hard to beat the Ipod family.
For example, in the last 5 years I've had an Ipod mini, and normal 30gb Ipod, and my wife has a shuffle. We use the same Itunes for all 3 of these products. All 3 Ipods have worked flawlessly and they do everything I need them to do (I would like to see an FM tuner). I will admit that my Ipod acted up a little after I left it in my car and it was -20 but after a few hours indoors it was fine again.
The itunes software allows me to use either MP3 or AAC format, allows me to burn CD's, back-up songs, create playlists, buy songs, convert CD's, etc. I've used both Windows XP and Vista with Itunes. If I get my songs from another source I just drag and drop them into Itunes and everything works like it should.
I guess I can't really think of any downsides to the Ipod besides them being a little more $$$.
I like the Ipods but I feel itunes is crap. Its bulky and slow. As I have said before, I like the accessories that the Ipod can connect to. Very good expandability. Never liked the price on the Ipods though. Seems like a limited machine for the cost. It apple so people buy part of the name. The usability is nice. Nice interface etc. Im torn on the product honestly.
I'm actually anti-Apple but i like their Ipod.
You're correct about Itunes. If you don;t like Itunes than don't buy an Ipod. If I was looking for my first MP3 player I would play around with Itunes for a few weeks to see how you like it. It's free.
I'm actually anti-Apple but i like their Ipod.
You're correct about Itunes. If you don;t like Itunes than don't buy an Ipod. If I was looking for my first MP3 player I would play around with Itunes for a few weeks to see how you like it. It's free.