hi there. i am sending a gift to my cousin in Russia. I have Zen micro myself and i love it but it's pretty expensive in Canada...280$...so i want something around.$199. I dont want to get her an Ipod because they break so often..and if one breaks in Russia..there is no way it can be fixed. I dont want to risk it..but can u suggest me something? and what's the difference between flash and hard drive mp3?
2006-07-27 09:16:18 · 4 answers · asked by Feodora 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
flash pros- very good for excersize/ more stable/ smaller/ less energy consumption/ faster access
flash cons/ smallsizes only highest yet is 16 gb sony laptop/
harddrive pros/ BIGGER sizes 100gb sofar/ more music/
cons: seseptible to shock/ not so good for jogging/ littlemore engery used/ moving parts
2006-07-27 09:23:59 · answer #1 · answered by kickenchicken360 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard drive based players offer more capacity but are more prone to failure because of jurk etc. Its anyway have a hard disk as your computer has, so its a mechanical device which can break or malfunction is dropped.
Flash one's one the other hand are more rugged, less capacity though. Quite versatile I would say. I own iPod Shuffle 512 MB and I am having it for more than a year. I really like it, 'coz its quite rough n tough, quite strong, I wear it around my neck all the time, even while sleeping ... :) sometimes... A couple of weeks back I bought one iPod shuffle 1GB for my sister while returning from US...
I didn't faced even a single issue with it. The only thing is, it didn't have a display. But ya, I dont mind that, I always load my playlist by connecting it my PC and load 50-60 or 70 songs at a time. I am quite happy with it :)
2006-07-27 09:27:09 · answer #2 · answered by Vks 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A flash player has no moving parts, but holds only up to 6GB of music.
A hard-drive player uses a mechanical disk, so it's prone to breaking if you use it while running, etc. They hold a lot, though. (20GB-120GB)
I would suggest the Sandisk Sansa e200 series. They are flash players that are easy to use and have good battery life at around 22 hours.
The 2GB version is around $150 and the 4GB version is around $200.
2006-07-27 12:31:55 · answer #3 · answered by perfectionist_tn 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flash drives have a lower capacity than hard drives........so depends if you want more storage or not.
hard drives has to "load" also, so there is a time lag.
2006-07-27 09:20:36 · answer #4 · answered by Not_Here 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋