iPod alternatives?!?! what should I get??

[danz]

I am in the market to get a hard-drive mp3 player...what do you all think about the ipod alternatives out there today??

I am thinking between the
Rio Karma (20gb)
iRiver iHP-120 (20gb)
iPod (20gb)
there are a few other players out there, but these seem to be the ones most interesting to me...

I think....
iPod still edges the others in terms of design and user interface...
iRiver wins interms of crazy features (recording, inline remote w/lcd)
Karma wins interms of supported audio formats, docking options, weight, battery life

give it to me....which is the best!?

danz

[R3C]

... I've only played with the iPod, (the one with the round controls, and the one with the button row.) I had no complaints with them. (I didn't check them out thoroughly, but they seemed nice.) I like the way they look too. The Hango Personal Jukeboxes are pretty cool too, though they are a bit big, expensive, etc. So I suppose I wasn't that helpful. Basically, you won't be disappointed if you get one, but who knows, maybe the other ones have some incredible magic feature that revolutionizes compressed audio as we know it. [TEE HEE HEE]

Hmmm... It's late, and I've been staring at the screen too long.

[Bill Drayton Jr.]

I read on MSN that in the future all the DJs will be using iPods - so it MUST be the coooooolest cuz after all it's MSN!
HAHAHHA!!!!!!!!!!



-l2icks0r! (aka trend... uh...somethign or other...)

[Beeeph]

Apple has unveiled the business card sized - albeit 13mm thick - iPod mini, capable of storing aropund 1,000 songs on its 4GB 1.8" HDD.
Available in five colours - silver, gold, pink, blue or green - it features enhanced, 'Click Wheel' navigation technology, has an eight-hour rechargeable battery and weighs a mere 102 grams.
iPod mini connects via USB 2 or FireWire but will not be available on these shores until April at the earliest. US csutomers, however, can get it now from the Apple Store for $249.

[enderzero]

Available in 5 colors ranging from ugly to ugly. ...All right the silver is okay.

The product is cool none the less.

[mistasparkle*]

I thought they were joking with that price. big unveiling of a low-cost iPod.... only to find out its only 50 bucks cheaper than the cheapest iPod.



WEAK.