The One thing they don’t tell you is when you unsubscribe you lose all your music. Napster Unveils Portable Service, Anti-iPod Campaign

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I had spent quite some time in the past few years researching and just trying to figure out which device would work best for me. I had figured that I would probably end up with something in the 20gb range. 4-5 was too small and 40+ was out of my price range. I had pretty much made a decison by xmas but was going to wait till Feb to purchase. I wanted to see if anything was going to come out of the CES. unfortunatly nothing did. so the top three products for me were The Creative Zen Touch, The Apple Ipod and The Jet Audio iAudio M3 They all had ups and down, and I know I’d probably have been happy with any of them. The jet Audio was by far the best bang for the buck. with several supported formats such as a line in, an FM recorder and it was the smallest in size. Perfect for the true Audio geek. My last Player (the 64mb Samsung Yepp) like the M3 had no display on the device it too was on the remote and it was the one feature that I hated. Like all the user reviews for the M3 said “if you can deal without haveing a disply on the Unit then this is it. ” unfortunatly I have been dealing with that for some time and was not going to again. The Zen touch for me was the first True competitor to the ipod. With similar looks and an attempt at their own single control interface, I thought it was going to win me out… but, the thing was larger than I really wanted. The smaller the more portable the better. So just like the other millions of people out there I ended up with an ipod. I cringed several times but I kept coming back to this device. But It was the all around best device. There are several reasons why the thing has sold as many as they have. For one it is still one of the cooler looking devices out there. Not only has apple devoted them selves to this thing (support upgrades etc) but so has the rest of the world spawning this “Ipod economy” With hundreds of add-ons and and accessories I could truly customize my Ipod and have exactly what I want. And as girly as it may sound, I love to customize and accesorize to give a more personal touch to things. How could I not pass up the oppertunity for the free engraving!

Saw this on the frontpage Today as i was walking to the post office… Kind of interesting.In iPod America, legions in tune

MP3 player buying guide CNET Has a good summery perfect for anyone looking to buy an mp3 player and doesn’t know where to start. BTW after years of research and waiting The Old Samsung Yepp will now be replaced. I’ve finally made my purchase…. It was shipped today and I hope to see it soon.

These Guys Make some pretty cool protective gear for your Various Media Devices. They Have already got a cover for the Ipod Shuffle. The thing hasn’t even been out a week!

I’ve decided to start using this word as a generic term for digital music player. Just Like The walkman 20 years ago I think in the near future the ipod will become the generic term for such a device. Just getting a head of the game.

Hmm I have plenty of sticky notes if anyone is interested. HOWTO: Hack iPod into iPod Shuffle

Dont forget to erase all but 240 songs