What I like about the iPod Shuffle is the ability to recharge through the USB port. No messing with replacement batteries. No need for a separate AC adapter.
I love my 20GB Nomad Zen Jukebox, don't get me wrong. But it's just a little to bulky and heavy to carry comfortably in a pocket while up walking around, and because it's got a hard drive, you have to be careful about not shaking it around too much.
A nice tiny, no-moving-parts player that recharged through the USB port of a computer would be so nice. :-)
Rechargable = nice, true. I can use a rechargable AA battery in my players if I want (though I usually don't - bad me!) and I get many hours use with the single battery. I do wonder how long the inbuilt batteries last.
I was being silly - my lovely Rios (two of 'em) were less than $70 apiece - and I love that they're expandable with SD cards. So I pick on iPodShuffle cuz it's not expandable, despite being the new fair haired boy on the block. (Still, it seems a good deal for those who don't have nice little Rio s10s lying around.)
On eBay, other brands are going in the $50-$80 range. Most of them use an AAA battery, though. Only a few are rechargable. A lot of them have a built-in FM radio as well.
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I love my 20GB Nomad Zen Jukebox, don't get me wrong. But it's just a little to bulky and heavy to carry comfortably in a pocket while up walking around, and because it's got a hard drive, you have to be careful about not shaking it around too much.
A nice tiny, no-moving-parts player that recharged through the USB port of a computer would be so nice. :-)
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There are cheaper ones to be had, on eBay, though.
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