Information About MP3 Players

[Compnewbie01]

Okay so I have been interested in buying an MP3 player. Although the new iPod Nano looks awesome and is easy to use, I feel that I can get better for less if I stay away from the iPod craze. I have been looking at Creative Zen Micros and found this...

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDe...ductCode=380035&affiliate=pricegrabber

Now, this seems good for the price because I don't need some massive 60GB player. 5GB will/would be enough for as long as I need it. So I need advice and a few answers. I liked this because it has a built in FM tuner and looks good. I used search and found some answers about quality and utility and it looks solid. However, I have to know if I would be able to use iTunes to upload songs to it. Currently, all music is on iTunes (others in family have iPod). It wouldn't be a huge deal if it didn't work, but I have to know. I don't want to have to jump through several hoops to upload music, but it doesn't have to be idiot proof either. I am looking for a quality player that has more "uses" than an iPod (but please tell me if steering away from iPod is bad because the music quality is most important).

 

[Compnewbie01]

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[Compnewbie01]

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[mzkhadir]

check out forums.creative.com. They can answer your questions better.

 

[Goosemaster]

dude.

in the end it comes down to the software.

crappy software means that your mp3 player will be collecting dust on a shelf or that you will be listening to the same damn songs afor the rest of your life because you will fret over having to use bad software a second, or god forbid, a third or fourth time.

 

[imported_goku]

Check out the iRiver? It supports the ability to just plug it in and use it as a "pen drive" though you might need to checkout some forums to figure out how to do that.

 

[Goosemaster]

it will not work with itunes

 

[mzkhadir]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
dude.

in the end it comes down to the software.

crappy software means that your mp3 player will be collecting dust on a shelf or that you will be listening to the same damn songs afor the rest of your life because you will fret over having to use bad software a second, or god forbid, a third or fourth time.

what he said. I own a Zen Touch 40gb. I use Notmad Explorer to transfer files back and forth to my device because the Creative software sucks. I am still waiting on the Firmware upgrade that they promised a year back.

 

[hans030390]

I heard the 5gb Iriver h10 is pretty good. the zen micro is also ranked up there with the ipod mini.

i'd go for it.