Trying to find inexpensive MP3 player, advice welcome

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Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

im looking to get an ipod shuffle because theyre so cheap. but i hate how you dont really select the way the songs are played (i mean you do but you have to manually skip around and not have a screen). but the price is just right.

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Thats why they call it a iPod Shuffle. For a 512MB, you can get a Creative Nomad Muvo TX FM which is small and is a flashdrive as well w/a display. Runs on AAA battery

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Originally Posted by Dragonmaster Dyne

im looking to get an ipod shuffle because theyre so cheap. but i hate how you dont really select the way the songs are played (i mean you do but you have to manually skip around and not have a screen). but the price is just right.

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For $50 more, you could get the 4GB iPod Mini. They're only $199 now.

havt checked the prices of the bigger units. thanks for the heads up. thankf for your info too bandit.

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Originally Posted by diffusionx

iPods support mp3.

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It can't bookmark them though! That's funny, I remember how annoying it was on my old Archos, having to fast forward through a show to get to where I left off - and this was before the "podcast" craze which has increased my intake of spoken word media.

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

For $50 more, you could get the 4GB iPod Mini. They're only $199 now.

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Or, for the same price - from a different manufacturer, you could have a total of 20 Gigs in something only slightly larger that also doubles as a quick, easy mass storage device. But of course you wouldn't want to deviate from what everyone else has, right?

Seriously, do you work for Archos?

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Originally Posted by MarkRyan

For $50 more, you could get the 4GB iPod Mini. They're only $199 now.

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Free shipping and no tax from Amazon. There's also that 1.3% A9 discount thing.

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Originally Posted by OmniGear

Seriously, do you work for Archos?

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He's just fighting the power. It's working too cuz I'm not in the market for an mp3 player, but now I want an archos.

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It can't bookmark them though! That's funny, I remember how annoying it was on my old Archos, having to fast forward through a show to get to where I left off - and this was before the "podcast" craze which has increased my intake of spoken word media.

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So youre complaining that the iPod doesnt have a feature that 99.9999999% of people dont give a shit about? I have never listened to a "podcast" nor will I ever. I think I speak for most people. But if its something you care about, hey, thats cool. Just dont act like the iPod's lack of the feature is game-breaking or whatever.

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Or, for the same price - from a different manufacturer, you could have a total of 20 Gigs in something only slightly larger that also doubles as a quick, easy mass storage device. But of course you wouldn't want to deviate from what everyone else has, right?

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You can use the iPod as a mass storage device. And it actually has a good interface and doesnt look like the shit I take after a night of heavy drinking.

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Originally Posted by Rumpy

He's just fighting the power. It's working too cuz I'm not in the market for an mp3 player, but now I want an archos.

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If you want to fight the power get a Creative player.

I'd once again vouch for Creative :tu:

As someone mentioned though, their support IS terrible, which is why I got a unit I could repair myself. But damn, this thing sound sweet.