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deetah
Joined: 14 Nov 2004
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 Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 12:07 am Post subject: MP3 players for runners? |
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| I'm a runner and I want to buy an MP3 player. Any suggestions? |
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Sage Monkey
Joined: 01 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 5:24 am Post subject: |
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Anything with flash memory will do you fine. Harddrive players will be absolutely out of the question for your uses.
You can get flash players these days with up to 1.5 gb of memory. iRiver has a very nice line, I suggest doing a google search and looking at their lines. |
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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Sun Jan 16, 2005 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Sage Monkey wrote: |
Anything with flash memory will do you fine. Harddrive players will be absolutely out of the question for your uses.
You can get flash players these days with up to 1.5 gb of memory. iRiver has a very nice line, I suggest doing a google search and looking at their lines. |
iRiver is great. Good sound. However, many of the iRiver units use this little spring loaded joystick to use most of the functions. The joystick is very fragile and mine broke after 3 months of use. Anything that relies on a small spring won't last, especially in the hustle and bustle of big city life. Bad design.
My advice when you buy an mp3 player, look at the control set and ask yourself how robust it is. |
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keithinkorea
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 8:14 am Post subject: |
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I'd get a maycom. I bought mine for rollerblading and the subway. It is small, pretty cheap. Holds 256mb and you can also use it as a storage device, you can store pics or video or word docs whatever.
Nice and cheap and small. The heaviest component and the only real drawback with this device is that the batteries are double A and are really heavy, but at least it only takes one.
Maycom 256mb MP3 is a cool, lightweight device. I bought mine with a load of service (free stuff) almost a year ago and it's great. It cost me 185 k won then but I'm sure it will be a lot cheaper now as there are far superior machines on the market now.
If I was going travelling for 6 months or so I'd probably buy an Ipod, but if all you want is a reliable, jolt free device then by a flash ram one. Does me fine and saves my sanity on a daily basis.
And it was cheap and never skips. Why buy stuff your never going to use. With a poratble USB harddrive and the software I can travel all around the world with all my favourite music and my little MP3 and never be stuck for tunes.
Buy something small and cheap if you only want it for jogging. Save your cash for a big *beep* off monitor or a nice component for yuor computer. |
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nrvs
Joined: 30 Jun 2004
Location: standing upright on a curve
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| Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 10:18 am Post subject: |
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The iPod shuffle. 512MB or 1GB. US$99/149, at the COEX Apple Store in a couple weeks. |
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keithinkorea
Joined: 17 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2005 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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The iPod shuffle. 512MB or 1GB. US$99/149, at the COEX Apple Store in a couple weeks. |
That looks a nice little thing. Why do they tell you not to eat it though? Are they a bit weird at apple or what? |
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