I am in the market for a new MP3 player. I am willing to spend $200 - $300. Which brand do you recommend?

Answer 1

The new Microsoft zune!! its $250. and MUCH MUCH better than the iPod!
go to zuneinfo.com and it will tell you all about the zune! and even compare the zune with the iPod!
good luck with your final decision!!

Answer 2

iAudio X5L (not the regular X5). I have one (without upgraded firmware) and it's awesome. It's great for music, but the video support is mediocre (you can play video, but only after converting it to a small resolution .avi file that plays at 15 fps, it's not too bad but...). I'd recommend only using video on it for things like music videos and short clips, but not full length feature films. The battery life is great (I typically get 25+ hours between charges, and that's not with continuous play). It also has a ton of other features, such as custom wallpapers, photo storage, a built-in FM radio tuner (you can record FM radio, also), voice recorder, a clock feature, alarm (that's saved my *** a few times, I'll tell ya). There's also a secondary USB port on it that you can connect other devices to, such as a digital camera (you have to go to the iAudio site to see which models are supported though). Then you can transfer photos over to your mp3 player, essentially giving you a ton more storage space for any photos you take while travelling. And it also serves as an external harddrive, if you want to backup important files on it or whatnot.

The only gripes I have are that the backlight doesn't function right unless you update the firmware (which might cause more problems with the player so I don't recommend doing it). The backlight still comes on as it should, but you can't adjust how long it remains on. The other gripe is that you need an adapter to connect it to the PC or AC adapter. This isn't too much of a problem, the adapter comes with the set and it's easy to use, but I imagine it could be easy to lose... You just have to be careful with where you place it.

Anyway, I have the 30 GB model and as I said, it works like a charm. It costs $260 at NewEgg.

Answer 3

It really depends on what you are wanting to do with it, but I can tell you that the iPod is limited to iTunes only so unless you are a huge iTunes fan...., I have an RCA LYRA with a 2GB SD card in it and it holds all of the songs I want at one time because I change them quite often and I can take the card out and use it other places, the new Microsoft 30GB one looks to be a good deal you can use it with multipule jukeboxes not limited to iTunes, so Creative, RCA, Samsung, or Microsoft is my suggestions

Answer 4

Anything but an ipod, unless you have alot of patience!
Ipods require you to;
Use Itunes
Be willing to buy a new battery in a year for over a hundred bucks!
They get stracted easily

get a Creatize zen microphoto, or Zen Vision

Answer 5

Well for 250 you can get a video ipod and it is okay I have one I just dont like that I can share music. it is for only one mp3 player and I download music from limewire those songs works its just that when I go to my friends house I cant give her any music at all its just for my ipod so that kinda sucks but I still love it u can put so much songs on it is the 30 gig one

Love,
♥ Desiree ♥

Answer 6

you should get the new player that came out by dell, its really convenient, check out the website, and its only 250 dollars

Answer 7

Go for the ipod

Answer 8

ipod. u can even get video with it :)