On Monday I committed involuntary mp3slaughter. We were pulling into the narrow driveway of a friend’s house and my wife realized that she couldn’t open her door without hitting their truck. I had started to get out of my door and had forgotten that my mp3 player had been on my lap. It fell out the door and when I backed up to let my wife out I flattened it with the front wheel.
I don’t think I can fix it, but I am going to see if I can do anything with the parts.
For all the shortcomings my Sansa m240 had, I really enjoyed it. Fortunately I have a backup mp3 player. It is a pretty lousy and only holds 128MB (I listen to about 200MB of podcasts most days).
Below are some I am considering (although I will probably get something completely different) in no particular order:
- Truly MP310PLUS 1GB Color MP3 Player
- iRiver H10 / 5GB MP3 Player
- KASER 1GB Mambo Nano MP3 Player
- RjTECH 1GB MPEG-4 Pocket Movie Theater Model RJ-1100PMP
- RjTECH 1GB Portable MP3 and Video Player Model RJ-200OLED-1
- SUPER TALENT 2GB Super Talent 2GB MEGA Screen MP3/FM/Recorder Player Model MP3/4-2GBK
- Kingston 1GB Portable Media Player Model KPEX100/1GB
Basically something that is under $120 with at least 1GB of memory, an FM tuner, and a recorder. I would really like it to show pictures and even movies would be neat (perhaps some technical how-to videos would be useful while working). It needs to be easily carryable, I carry my mp3 player in my shirt pocket or tucked into my belt usually since the bottom of my pocket is too far for the earpiece cord. I also need to be able to move between files without looking at it and by pushing buttons through cloth. A holster would be nice too.
I take my mp3 player everywhere and I couldn’t risk anything too expensive. However, if I had an iPod then I would have a tiny hard drive to play with right now instead of just some flash chips.
Update: I plugged it into my computer and while it sees a USB device it does not recognize it. Perhaps I could toss it up onto eBay and sell it for a buck. There is no private information on it, only 250MB of podcasts.
The Creative Zen Nano Plus 1 GB has my attention right now.
I just thought of this as I was reading your post. I want an iPod because I like having all of my music to choose from at all times (if possible). BUT…I also want an iPod for a handful of podcasts. I am getting a new cell phone/PDA soon (Cingular 8125) and it will ALWAYS be with me, and it has the ability to add a 1 GB mini-SD card. Could this be the answer to you MP3 player needs plus some extras? More expensive than you have listed here, but if you are in the market for a new phone as well it could be the answer.
Even if this doesn’t help you, at least I know what I going to do with my podcasts until I can afford my iPod.
Another thing I would consider would be a pda, phone, & mp3
get an all in one unit